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The Day Zero Project, or How I Convinced Myself to Do 140 Things Before My 40th Birthday

Start Date: January 1, 2018

End Date: October 29, 2021

Current Progress: 4/140 Completed

Money Saved for Items Completed:

Money Donated for Items Failed:

Last updated: July 15, 2018

Travel (0/34)

Act like a tourist in NYC.

Explore 5 new museums that I’ve never been to before. (0/5)

Go on a tour of the White House.

(Virginia) - Stay at Smith Mountain Lake.

(Virginia) - Tour Arlington National Cemetery.

(Virginia) - See the tulips at Burnside Farms in Haymarket.

(Virginia) - Do the Route 11 Yard Crawl.

(Virginia) - Explore Richmond.

(Virginia) - Find - and photograph - at least 10 “Love” signs

(Virginia) - Have a staycation.

(Austin) - Attend a live music show.

(Austin) - Find - and photograph - at least 10 of the Austin murals.

(Austin) - Go to either Schlitterbahn or Barton Springs.

(Austin) - Go bar hopping on 6th Street.

(Austin) - Conquer my fear and see the bats under Congress Avenue Bridge (and try not to have a panic attack in the process).

(New Jersey) - Explore Seaside Heights.

(New Jersey) - Attend the Quick Chek Festival of Ballooning in Readington (and maybe ride a balloon?)

(New Jersey) - Explore Cape May.

(New Jersey) - Explore Asbury Park.

Visit an iconic haunted building/location. (0/1)

Go on another cruise

Get 3 new stamps in my passport (0/3).

Visit 3 new foreign countries that I’ve never been to (0/3).

Visit - and spend at least one night in - a minimum of 3 US states per year (0/12).

Wake up in Vegas.

Spend a night in an ice hotel.

Travel by train, either within the US or from the US to Canada.

Visit 5 iconic horror movie landmarks. (0/5)

Go camping (staying in a cabin counts!)

Take a weekend trip by myself at least once (0/1)

Visit the Pioneer Woman Mercantile Store and tour the Drummond Ranch in Pawhuska, OK.

Stay in a bed and breakfast.

Go on a haunted ghost tour.

Explore Harper’s Ferry in WV.

Food and Drink (0/21)

Eat breakfast in bed.

Learn how to make my favorite martinis.

Try 5 new foods. (1/5) risotto

Have afternoon tea in the US.

Try food from 10 new food trucks. (0/10)

Attend the New York City Wine and Food Festival or the Austin Wine and Food Festival (or both!)

Have a cheesesteak taste test in Philly - Pat’s vs. Geno’s

Eat at 3 celebrity restaurants (0/3)

Go fruit picking and bake something from scratch using the fruit picked.

Have a drink at an ice bar.

Make one signature meal from each of the countries my family is from.

Attend a murder-mystery dinner.

Try 100 new recipes and make a photo cookbook of all recipes tried (62/100)

Go on a food tour in NYC.

Go on a food tour in DC or Baltimore.

Eat Maryland crab cakes in Maryland.

Try 100 new restaurants both close to home and while traveling (2/100) - The Sandwich Shop, Vienna, VA; Marinara Pizza, New York, NY

Prepare a meal using only items bought from a farmer’s market

Take a sushi class and learn how to roll my own sushi.

Conquer my fear and learn to cook fish that isn’t already frozen. (Completed 03/05/18)

Eat at 10 diners I’ve never been to (bonus points if they’re not in NJ) (0/10).

Entertainment (0/23)

Attend 5 live tapings of TV shows (0/5).

Attend 5 fandom conventions (0/5).

Re-read all Harry Potter books, including books in the HP universe...

...and then have a Harry Potter movie marathon.

See an MLB game.

Attend a concert of a band/singer I’ve never seen before.

Go to a drive-in movie theater 5 times (0/5).

Attend a trivia event.

Go to the movies 25 times (0/25).

Attend a Redskins game at FedEx field with my mom for her 55th birthday.

Xbox Gamerscore - improve from 50,600 to 75,000 (0/24,400)

PlayStation Trophies - improve from 128 to 300 (0/172)

Xbox 100% Complete Games - improve from 8 to 15 (0/7)

PlayStation 100% Complete Games - improve from 1 to 10 (4/10)

Read/listen to 140 books and track on Goodreads (bonus points if listed on the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge!) (1/140) In Conclusion, Don’t Worry About It (Lauren Graham)

See 3 new plays on Broadway or the West End (0/3).

Have a Lord of the Rings/Hobbit movie marathon.

See 10 classic movies that I’ve never seen (0/10)

Complete a 30-day photo challenge and post to Instagram (0/30).

Attend a local fair/festival.

Attend 3 comedy shows (0/3).

See something at Wolf Trap.

Watch 31 horror movies each October (2018 - 0/31; 2019 - 0/31; 2020 - 0/31; 2021 - 0/31)

Finance Goals (0/10)

Complete the 52-week money challenge (0/52).

Pay off my car in full (and do not buy another car unless absolutely necessary)

Pay down my student loans by 25%.

Buy shares of stock in 10 of my favorite companies (1/10) Starbucks

Get 401k to $25,000

Pay down debt by 25%

Create - and maintain - an emergency fund of at least $1,000 ($1,000/$1,000) (Completed 05/29/18) still maintained as of 07/15/18

Buy - or be in the process of buying - a house.

Improve my credit score with all three bureaus.

Add $10 to savings for each completed item.

Personal Goals (0/28)

Lose 25 lbs. (0/25)...

...and then lose another 25 lbs. (0/25)

Finish a 1,000 piece puzzle.

Attempt 15 DIY projects saved to my Pinterest boards (0/15)

Set up a coffee bar in the dining room.

Set up a gallery wall in the living room.

Finish building and organizing the bookshelves in my bedroom...

...and then post a bookshelfy to Instagram.

Take 3 classes through Fairfax County ACE program (0/3).

Participate in 3 events sponsored by the Smithsonian Associates (0/3)

Take - and do well on - the GRE (and GRE subject tests, if needed)...

...and then reapply - and get accepted to - a Psy.D or Ph.D program.

Renew my passport and have a better picture.

Complete either Ancestry DNA and/or 23andme

Complete family tree (to the best of my ability) to at least five generations from me

Learn calligraphy

Learn how to knit and make something.

Donate blood (and find out my blood type).

Take a baking/cooking class.

Take a photography class or tour.

Achieve 50% fluency in Spanish through Duolingo (Completed 02/26/18)

Vote in every Presidential and Non-Presidential election.

Do more with my Masters than just hang it on a wall.

Start another list when this list is finished (and add any of the items I failed to do)

For at least one year, note one good thing that happened each week and, on New Year’s Eve, reflect back on the amazing year I had (0/52)

Do something fantastic for my 40th birthday.

Create a vision board at the beginning of each year (2019, 2020, 2021)

Do something out of my comfort zone.

Family (0/3)

Do something with Max (TBD)

Do something with Michael (TBD)

Take Melissa to the Lucille Ball Museum in Jamestown, NY

Charity (0/7)

Volunteer for a cause that I’m passionate about

Donate to 5 kickstarter or gofundme projects that I believe in or that are of interest to me (0/5).

Give back to my colleges (0/3)

Donate to Toys for Tots each year (2018, 2019, 2020).

Donate $10 for each item I fail to complete.

Walk a 5k for a charity.

Tip 100% at a restaurant on a bill that totals more than $20.

Random (1/14)

Go to a shooting range and learn how to shoot a gun.

Collect Starbucks cups from 10 different cities and/or states (0/10).

Buy fresh flowers for my office at least 10 times (0/10).

Get a small tattoo.

Visit a cat café.

Get a psychic reading/get my palm read.

Own something from Tiffany’s.

Create an Instagram to document progress; link back to Tumblr. (Completed 01/01/18)

Have a legit picnic.

Own a Le Creuset dutch oven.

Ride on a sailboat.

Purchase - and maintain - a “where I’ve been” map.

Get a blow out at a dry bar.

Meet 10 celebrities (0/10)

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