Mission101: Attempt 2

Introduction

I don't know how many of you have heard of or even participated in the Mission101 Challenge/Day Zero Project. I attempted once before but failed dramatically - only completing about a third of my goals. Now I've once again decided to give it a second attempt and Shuyiin might do it with me! Many of the goals are actually pretty simple but I've had them on my to do list for many years! Probably just have to kick that procrastination bucket and get on with it.

What is this challenge? Basically, you set yourself 101 goals and you have 1001 days to complete them all. According to the Day Zero Project website, this was created by some New Zealander called Michael Green. If you want to join in, you could easily find inspiration from the site or create your own. You don't even need to join up! But if you want to take a look at their Top 101 then you're going to have to create an account and sign in.

The Mission: 

Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria: 

Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days? 

Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

Dates:

Start date: Saturday 1st of September, 2012
End date: Saturday 30th of May, 2015

New post coming soon!

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd I'm back.

Been a while, but nothing exciting has happened since the last time I posted. If you MUST know, I was sick for 2-3 weeks this month and I didn't go to work for 3 weeks. I'm going to be particularly poor next month. Sadly.

I'm now on mid semester break! We had tests last week - one of which was a multichoice test. Although it was really easy, I'm highly scared of these MCQ's so here's hoping, I didn't fail it.

Since I've been sick, I haven't left the house very often other than going to uni. I've spent a lot of time streaming dramas though! I've started and finished watching Game of Thrones and Suits. When I say finished, I mean I'm up to speed and waiting for season 3. Now I'm searching for something else to watch! Elementary is coming out soon, will give that a try when it comes out. Hope it's as good as the commercials make it out to be.

I've gone back and gone through my first (failed) attempt at Mission101. It wasn't bad though, I've done a quite a few of the things on the list. I've gone and deleted a lot of stuff and adding some. I'm going to refine it and then make a post on that. Just trying to figure out how to present it.

Every time I complain my life is getting dull...

It gets interesting!


Woke up this morning and was greeted with this message:

Auckland to Osaka or Tokyo from $549!!!

That is some crazy deal! Sadly I didn't take advantage of it since I have uni. =(

Speaking of which, I'm currently taking this geo paper and the lecturer bores me to death. I can't hang onto any of his words after three sentences. I've only experienced another lecturer like this, and I thought it was the subject. Turns out, nah.

But today, this geo lecturer kept saying the phrase "shades of grey". As in "how many shades of grey can you see?", "1, 2, 3, 4 shades of grey!", "and in this picture, 256 shades of grey!". And that's about all I got out of that lecture - 256 shades of grey = 8bit. Will have to look at the slides again to determine the meaning.

On an unrelated note, day three of being healthy and...

I took one look at the above screenshot and...

 Decided life is too short and had ice cream.

I am not a fan of this brand, but they put out flavours that sound like it will be delicious! I think the taste is bland, there's only a hint of what it's supposed to taste like and it doesn't taste like the ice cream I'm used to. I.e., it tastes like healthy ice cream, but it probably isn't, who knows.

After uni (by which I mean this evening, I was invited to a Japanese movie screening at the Civic in central Auckland. This was my first time at the Civic and now I understand why everyone throws a fit every time someone dares to suggest we tear the building down. I couldn't take pictures inside the building - I only had my iPhone and that definitely wouldn't do it justice, I was too busy admiring the view and also, I didn't want to block people. However, I did do a quick Google Image search for it so you can click here and look at something beautiful.

Ticketek needs to get better looking tickets, or at least the ones for the Civic needs to match the beauty of the building.

The movie was called Kiseki (English name: I Wish) and according to IMDb it is directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. It's a really sweet movie about two brothers who are separated from each other due to their parent's splitting up. The two brothers and their friends all have a wish and they believe a miracle will happen when the first shinkansen (bullet trains) pass each other, so they travel to the point where the trains will pass each other to make their wish.

It's one of those movies that leaves you feeling hopeful even though you know that nothing extremely magical will happen. It's simplicity creates a happy and fulfilled ending but at the same time, a little sad and you're left trying to hold onto that one grain of hope and you wonder what happens to the characters next?

I want to watch more work by this director. Perhaps I'll like kids more afterwards.