101 Things in 1001 days: 200-Day Check-In

I started my 101 Things list on September 11th 2023. I’m checking my progress every 100 days. At the end of the first 100 days, I calculated that I was 11.73% complete. Let’s get into the next 200 days, shall we?

• Reading and Writing
  
  
  
  • Read 120 books – I’ve read another 20 books (+16.67%). That makes 24 in total.
  • 50 lists blog project – another 5 posts (+10%). I’ve done 7 lists in total.
  • Read five Miles Franklin Award Winners – Breath by Tim Winton was the 2009 winner. (20%)
  • Join a theological library – done. I joined the Dalton McCaughey library
    
    
• Running and Fitness
  
  
  
  • Run a marathon – I’m in training
  • City to Surf – we signed up to do this year’s race
  • Parkruns (x10) – I’ve done three Parkruns (30%)
    
    
• Home
  
  
  
  • Get artwork (bedroom and living) – we found our piece for our living. I’ll count it as done once it’s framed and hanging on the wall.
    
    
• Sustainability
  
  
  
  • Repair something instead of replacing it – complete. I repaired my watchband, two T-shirts and pair of 3/4 running tights.
  • Start a worm farm – complete.
    
    
• Neighbourhood
  
  
  
  • Finishing walking or running every street in Brighton, Elwood and Gardenvale – I’ve run another 20 streets 382 (+5.24%). In total I’ve run 299 streets.
  • Try five new neighbourhood restaurants or cafes – we took the girls to Bottarga. (+20%)
    
    
• Melbourne and Surrounds
  
  
  
  • Try 5 new restaurants – we went to Smith St Bistrot for our anniversary and The Albert Park Hotel with friends. (+40%)
  • Local Hiking (x6) – We went to Ferny (16.67%)
    
    
• Travel
  
  
  
  • Three Capes Track – complete. This was part of our Tasmania trip
  • Visit four Victorian National Parks – Ferny is in the Yarra Ranges National Park (25%)
  • Israel – we were supposed to be there now. This may need to be subbed out.
    
    
• Faith
  • Get a mainly music group up and running – complete. We started in February.
  • Read the bible in a year(ish) – still going with this (+17%)
    
    
• Experience
  
  
  
  • Internet free days (x15) – 25th Dec, 7th Jan, 1st and 2nd March (+26.67%)
  • Swim at a beach/river/lake (x15) – we are out of the El Nina weather pattern and expecting a hotter summer here so I expect I’ll have more swimming opportunities over the next couple of years. I swam in the ocean six times this summer/autumn. Three times each at Elwod and Point Lonsdale beaches. (40%)
    
    
• Food
  
  
  
  • Finish cooking all the recipes in Tenderheart Cookbook – I’ve cooked 3 more (+1.67%)
  • Bottling or preserving (x10) – I made Silvan berry jam with Dad. (10%)
    
    
• Family and Friends
  
  
  
  • Small gatherings (x10) – We had a friend over for dinner and some running friends for brunch (+20%)
  • Family 2000-piece puzzles (x5) – We’ve completed the last two for this challenge (+40%) … and kept going.
  • Update our wills and POA’s – the kids are adults now so no guardian is needed and the checks and balances we put on need a rethink. We had a zoom meeting with our lawyer and we just need to send through some more information to him.
    
    
• For later (these were three items I left blank to fill in later)
  • Camino di Santiago – we’ve booked this for October.
  • Finish my online French course
  • TBD

For days 100-200, I completed 8.22% of my list, which means I’m 19.96% through the list. I might need to get a wriggle on over the next 100 days.