Sometimes, you feel stuck. You have the feeling that you are not going further and that nothing can change in your life. How long does it take to change your life? Sometimes, it just takes a few seconds, the time to make one life-changing decision. Sometimes, this is the work of several years of strategic planning. When a new president gets elected, we all expect most of the major changes to happen in the first 100 days of the presidency. If a politician is able to change a country in this lapse of time, then you too are able to change your life in 100 days.
100 ideas to change your lifeI thought bout the topic and found 100 ideas to change your life in these 100 days. Of course, I do not mean you should try all of them. First, some of them are small tasks you can do in an hour or less whereas others are consequent projects that will make you busy the all 100 days. Moreover, you are a unique person and not every idea will make sense for you. So just feel free to pick and choose what you want to try. If you have further ideas, please share them in the comments as we all are interested in them.
Part 1: Analysis and goal setting
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Make a list of things you are grateful for in your life
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Make a list of everything you have accomplished in your life
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Write a list of your strengths
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Make a list of your passions and interests
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Make a list of things you want to change
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Write a list of things you are afraid about and try to overcome these fears
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Make a list of 100 things you want to do before you die
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Imagine your perfect life and write about it
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Start a diary
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Start a dreams journal
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Write your goals for the 100 days and choose indicators to measure your progresses
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Track your time during a week and analyze the results
Part 2: Work and career
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Update your resume
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Update your Internet profiles (Linked in and other profiles you may have)
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Start a blog
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Write comments on blogs you like
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Go to a networking event
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Check out job offers on the Internet
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Interview someone about his or her job
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Write a book
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Start a business
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Go to a job fair and learn more about the companies there
Part 3: Learn and discover
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Take an online class
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Take a real life class
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Go to a workshop
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Read a personal development book
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Read a biography of someone you admire
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Learn a new language
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Read a non fiction book about a subject you hardly know anything about
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Read a classic novel you have never read before
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Go to the theater
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Learn to code
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Read a non fiction book about a subject you are interested in
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Learn to sew
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Learn to play an instrument
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Read a novel that was published this year
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Go to the opera
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Go to a concert (choose a music style you are not that familiar with)
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Visit a new city
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Visit a new country
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Read poetry
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Learn something new each day and document it in a journal
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Go to the museum
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Read a book in a foreign language
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Read 30 minutes a day for 100 days
Part 4: Friends and family
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Spend a whole day with your child or someone you care about without any electronic devices
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Give a present to someone you love
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Bake cookies for a friend
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Tell someone how much you love him or her
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Write a thank you note for someone who helped you
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Organize a party for your friends
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Travel with friends/ family members
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Speak with someone new each day for a month
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Have lunch with someone you do not know well (yet)
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Do some volunteer work
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Say good-bye to toxic friends
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Find a new friend with similar personal development goals
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Go to a public event and socialize with new people
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Compliment someone every day for 100 days
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Do something kind every day for 100 days
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Read a good night story to your children every day for 100 days
Part 5: Health, beauty and self-care
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Take a yoga class
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Have a health check up
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Have a walk alone in the nature
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Walk 10.000,00 steps every day
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Try a new sport
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Exercise every day for a month
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Drink 2 liters water a day
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Eat 5 vegetables/fruits a day for 100 days
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Eat 10 vegetables/fruits a day for a week
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Try 10 new healthy recipes
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Cook 10 recipes with a vegetable you usually hardly eat
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Try 10 infused water recipes
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Drink a smoothie a day for a week
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Make a DIY face mask (made with natural products)
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Make a DIY hair mask (made with natural products)
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Have a detox day
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No smoking/alcohol/soft drinks for 100 days
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No watching TV for a month
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Create a gratitude routine
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Create a meditation routine
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Set up a self-care routine
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Go earlier to bed
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Create a morning routine
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Create a good night routine
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Find a creative hobby that helps you to relax
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Create a playlist of songs that help you to relax
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Make a list of healthy snacks you can eat instead of chocolate
Part 6: Home and garden
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Declutter and clean completely your home
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Declutter your cupboards and give away or sell the clothes or objects you are not using anymore
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Read about feng shui and if this is something for you, try to implement some of its principles (I am personally not that convinced by the influence of Feng shui but for people who are very sensitive of their environment, this can be very useful)
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Create DIY decoration for your home
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Create an inspiration board for your home
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Grow your own vegetables
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Make a fairy garden
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Paint a picture together with your friends or family and hang it on the wall
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Organize your workplace
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Buy an aquarium
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Grow flowers
2 Comments
Tina
Great post! I love to make lists. Every January, I try to make a list of new things that I want to try each year, or things I just want to get better at. Lists push me to be better because I obsess about being able to cross things off of them. Thanks for making me think about this in a different way. Great blog!
momslovelearning
Thanks for commenting! I love lists too but I noticed New Year’s lists are not working very well for me. I am mostly using a list of things to do in my life and monthly to-do lists. So I can remain flexible when I discover a new field I am interested in or when I find out that a goal is not realistic.