TODO 2019 PvP [Jan 1 - Dec 29]

[Tobbe]

 

 

Intro

 

Have a list of things you want to do for the year of 2019?

 

 

 

Want to end every week the entire year with a feeling of having done something meaningful?

 

 

 

Come join us in this PvP where we check one thing off of our TODO list every week during 2019!

 

 

 

 

 

Rules

 

 

Pick something from the TODO-list, and do it!

For every week I'll pick a "TODO of the week".

 

Complete a task and tell us what you've done - 10 points

Write about what you did (at least 50 words) - 2 points

Post a photo of what you did - 2 points

Post a video of what you did - 3 points

Post a video where you show and tell us what you did (vlog) - 5 points

Completing the "TODO of the week" - 5 points

 

The points add up, so if you both post a photo and a video and you tell us what it is you did you earn 15 points (10 for doing it, 2 for the photo and 3 for the video)

 

For some flexibility I'll allow anyone to complete two tasks in a single week. I'll also let anyone do the same task twice, if they want. Any more than that and no extra points will be rewarded for the additional tasks. I will also not award points for any more than 52 completed tasks.

 

(The reason for the "TODO of the week" is that it's more fun if we all do the same thing, and get to compare what we've done)

 

 

Full credit to @Arkania for the idea and the initial list

 

[Tobbe]

The List

 

Item	Task	Week
1	Borrow a book from the library, finish it during the week
2	Go to an animal shelter and pet an animal
3	Write a short story
4	Write a poem	3
5	Learn to play a song on an instrument
6	Compliment 5 strangers
7	Bake for colleagues
8	Sit in a café and watch people
9	Try out a new sport
10	Send someone a postcard
11	Paint a picture
12	Go to the hairdresser
13	Invite friends for dinner
14	Buy a flower and plant it
15	Write someone a letter by hand
16	Donate some money for a good cause
17	Be especially kind to everyone
18	Get a massage	9
19	Say "yes" whenever anyone asks if you want to do something with them
20	Meditate/do yoga every day
21	Make people happy in an old people's home or hospital
22	Leave a book in a public place for someone else to take (i.e. book crossing)
23	Say something nice to someone I don't like	5
24	Shop groceries without packaging
25	Take five morning cold showers
26	Give a present to a neighbor
27	Crochet something
28	Meet a person you've wanted to meet for a long time
29	Go without caffeine for the week
30	Read a book, that one should have read
31	Try out a new hobby
32	Don't buy any food for a week (live off of what you have)
33	Live off of 1€/day, prices of the supplies included
34	Consciously allow yourself something that would do you good but for which you are usually too stingy or too busy	4
35	Take a week to consciously take time to concern yourself with something that bothers you about yourself
36	One week without a car
37	One week without Internet (private)
38	Film a dance video
39	DIY Balance Board
40	Customize a pair of shoes (e.g. make "Galaxy shoes")
41	Watch a movie/TV series from childhood
42	Play music and dance around every morning
43	Plant at least two different herbs or vegetables
44	Make something I need instead of buying it (piece of clothing, tool, furniture, that card you're going to send to someone later in the year... you name it!)
45	Buy a flower/gift for a colleague
46	Wash your bicycle
47	Try out a new gym (for your sport of choice, like bouldering/weight lifting etc)
48	Watch at least two foreign films
49	Learn my name in sign language
50	Learn a magic trick
51	Buy a food you've never eaten before
52	Memorize a poem
53	Practice martial arts
54	Do 200 reps of any bodyweight exercise
55	Learn a cipher or a code (e.g. Morse code)
56	Write something in computer code	1
57	Buy a homeless person something to eat
58	Smile at every person I see
59	Bake a new recipe
60	Listen to a new song
61	Learn 5 foreign words
62	Memorize a quote
63	De-clutter the house, or your room
64	Memorize five good jokes
65	Arrange a night out with friends
66	Cook a fancy meal for friends or family
67	Make a small investment
68	Call or message a friend you have not talked to for a while
69	Do a secret nice thing for a stranger
70	Attend a random church service
71	Sell something you don't use anymore
72	Give something to a second-hand store that you don't use anymore
73	Throw away all worn-out underwear, socks that are missing the other one in the pair, etc
74	Call your grand-parents
75	Help your mom vacuuming her apartment/house
76	Run 5k
77	Go for a walk and take a photo of five different flowers
78	Go for a walk and take a photo of five different trees
79	Clean your computer desk at home
80	Clean your desk at work
81	Put some chain lube on your bicycle chain
82	Listen to a song by a Swedish band
83	Give your significant other or best friend a massage	6
84	Pull a good prank on someone at work
85	Mount fire-alarms in your apartment (if you already have one in each room, make sure they all work, replacing any batteries that need replacing)
86	Offer up your seat on the bus to someone else
87	Go swimming in a lake or the ocean
88	Sleep a night outdoors (tent, shelter, under the stars, etc)
89	Try a new sport you've never tried before
90	Post a vlog here on the forums	2
91	Complete five NF quests	7
92	Post a photo or video of yourself doing a handstand (against a wall if you need to)
93	Go for a walk picking up at least five pieces of trash along the way and throwing in a garbage can	8
94	Go through your clothes and give the ones you no longer use to someone else
95	Paint a room/put up new wallpaper (in your own house or for someone else)
96	Engage in a discussion with the person sitting next to you on the bus/train
97	Take the stairs instead of the elevator, get off the bus one stop earlier, bike instead of drive when possible, etc
98	Cook a meal you used to eat when you were a kid

 

Score

 

Player	Completed week 1 (10p)	Completed w2 (10p)	Completed w3 (10p)	w4 (10p)	w5 (10p)	w6 (10p)	w7 (10p)	Text (2p)	Photo (2p)	Video (3p)	Vlog (5p)	Random (5p)		Total score
Rubik'sCat	62 61	1 90	4	2				1 2	1 2	2	90	90 4	62	86
Arkania	56 1	90 51	4 18	34 91	23 35	60	7 91	1 51 18 34 60 7	51		90	56 90 4 34 23 91		179
JulietKitsch	95							95	95					14
WhiteGhost	56	90	4	34	23		91	56 90 34 23			90	56 90 4 34 23 91		103
Jean	56		4	34				56 34				56 4 34	4	49
Tobbe	56	90	4	34			83 91	56 90 4 34 83 91	56 90 4 34 83	34	56 90 4 34 83 91	56 90 4 34 91	56	133
jmk	63	59 51	4	10 34	23	83	91	63 10 34 23 83	63 59 51 10 83 91			4 34 23 83		130
Doe	56			34		83	91	34	91			56 34 91 83 91		69
BardicGarlic		3	4					3				4		27

 

[Tobbe]

If you want any other item added to the list, let me know and I'll consider it   

The list is open for modifications at least until the 1st of January 2019

 

Have any questions or comments about the rules or the scoring/points ? Just tell me and we'll discuss it 

[Arkania]

[Tobbe]

I've updated "The List" a little bit. Making some items a little bit more generic and/or less strict. Like "five days" instead of "every day" for example.

[WhiteGhost]

I'm in for this, but I may skip or do something else on the "make galaxy shoes" week.  I have no need or desire to own a pair of galaxy shoes  

[Tobbe]

20 minutes ago, WhiteGhost said:

I'm in for this, but I may skip or do something else on the "make galaxy shoes" week.  I have no need or desire to own a pair of galaxy shoes  

 

I didn't even know "Galaxy Shoes" were a thing until I googled it...

 

Does look pretty cool though!

[Tobbe]

25 minutes ago, WhiteGhost said:

do something else

 

Feel free to post your own list of things you want to do here, and I'll add it to "The List"  

[Pride]

I'm in! I would like to add something like "Buy something you have never eaten and take a picture of it, once a week". Of course this doesn't need to be something expensive, just something you have never tried.

And "practice jiu jitsu, or any other martial art for atleast 6 hours per week" or three times per week.

And "pick one exercise which doesn't require weights and practice it for at least 200 repetitions per week."

Let me know what do you think about it

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[Tobbe]

20 minutes ago, Pride said:

I'm in!

 

Awesome! Welcome  

 

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I would like to add something like "Buy something you have never eaten and take a picture of it, once a week". Of course this doesn't need to be something expensive, just something you have never tried.

 

This is already on the list  Second last point "Buy a food you've never eaten before". (It was second last when I wrote this - it isn't anymore...)

 

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And "practice jiu jitsu, or any other martial art for atleast 6 hours per week" or three times per week.

 

I'll add "Practice martial arts" to the list. I'll leave it up to yourself to decide how much/for how long you want to do it

 

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And "pick one exercise which doesn't require weights and practice it for at least 200 repetitions per week."

 

"Do 200 reps of any bodyweight exercise" 

 

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Let me know what do you think about it

 

Always great with more ideas on what to do 

[Tobbe]

I collected all the things mentioned in Arkania's thread

 

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Buy a homeless person something to eat
Smile at every person I see
Bake a new recipe
Listen to a new song
Learn 5 foreign words
Memorize a poem
Memorize a quote
Write a poem
De-clutter the house, or your room
Memorize five good jokes
Arrange a night out with friends
Learn a code
Learn a magic trick
Cook a fancy meal for friends or family
Plant something in a pot on your window ledge or out in the garden
Make a small investment
Call or message a friend you have not talked to for a while
Go into a shop and buy a food product that you have never tried before
Do a secret nice thing for a stranger
Attend a random church service
Sell something you don't use anymore
Give something to a second-hand store that you don't use anymore
Throw away all worn-out underwear, socks that are missing the other one in the pair, etc
Call your grand-parents
Help your mom vacuuming her apartment/house
Buy a flower (or other gift) to your favorite coworker
Make a donation to a charity
Run 5k
Go for a walk and take a photo of five different flowers
Go for a walk and take a photo of five different trees
Clean your computer desk at home
Clean your desk at work
Wash your bike
Put some chain lube on your bicycle chain
Go bouldering in a new gym
Listen to a song by a Swedish band
Watch a Swedish movie
Learn to say your name in sign language
Give your boyfriend a massage
Pull a good prank on someone at work
Mount fire-alarms in your apartment (if you already have one in each room, make sure they all work, replacing any batteries that need replacing)
Offer up your seat on the bus to someone else
Go swimming in a lake or the ocean
Sleep a night outdoors (tent, shelter, under the stars, etc)
Try a new sport you've never tried before
Post a vlog here on the forums
Complete five NF quests
Watch your favorite movie from when you were a kid
Post a photo or video of yourself doing a handstand (against a wall if you need to)
Go for a walk picking up at least five pieces of trash along the way and throwing in a garbage can
Start a small in-house/on the window/balcony garden (flowers, vegetables, herbs or small fruits, your pick - if you haven't already)
go through your clothes and give the ones you no longer use
craft something you need instead of buying it (piece of cloth, tool, furniture, that card you're going to send to someone later in the year... you name it!)
paint a room (in your own house or for someone else)
engage a discussion with the person sitting next to you in the bus/train
go ride a bicycle

 

Now I just need to go through it and remove duplicates, then I'll add everything to The List
 

[Tobbe]

On 12/24/2018 at 12:10 PM, WhiteGhost said:

Learn a code

 

@WhiteGhost I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean... Care to elaborate?

[Arkania]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nFCW4qgCmz96Cz6T0Pdj6Muj_fBL5zisx3CAou0bzZs/edit?usp=sharing

You can use the google sheet, if you like

[Tobbe]

13 minutes ago, Arkania said:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nFCW4qgCmz96Cz6T0Pdj6Muj_fBL5zisx3CAou0bzZs/edit?usp=sharing

You can use the google sheet, if you like

 

Yeah, that's where I got the initial "The List" from   

[Arkania]

2 minutes ago, Tobbe said:

 

Yeah, that's where I got the initial "The List" from   

 

You can use it to track and add stuff, that's what I meant

(So you don't have to c+p it in a post all the time)

 

[Tobbe]

10 minutes ago, Arkania said:

 

You can use it to track and add stuff, that's what I meant

(So you don't have to c+p it in a post all the time)

 

 

Ohh, right   Yeah, I haven't fully decided on how I'm going to handle that yet. We'll see  

[RubiksCat]

Interesting concept you have here. I just stumbled upon this thread while I was browsing the home page of the forum. My phone lets me know when you post new content in your challenge thread but it doesn't give me notifications when you post completely new topics. If it's okay with you I'd like to play just to see how much self-improvement I can achieve. Some of them look really hard but I guess that's why it's called a challenge . Also, I don't have access to some of the items on the list so I won't be able to get all of them done. I don't know how many people can say the same. 

[WhiteGhost]

11 hours ago, Tobbe said:

 

@WhiteGhost I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean... Care to elaborate?

Originally this was going to be "learn Morse Code", but I wanted to make it more general so I dropped the "Morse" part.  I suppose I should have changed to to say "learn a cipher or a code".  I suppose "learn a few lines of some computer code" would also be something good to add to the list.  

[Tobbe]

6 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

Originally this was going to be "learn Morse Code", but I wanted to make it more general so I dropped the "Morse" part.  I suppose I should have changed to to say "learn a cipher or a code".  I suppose "learn a few lines of some computer code" would also be something good to add to the list.  

 

I'll add both to the list  

[Tobbe]

8 hours ago, Rubik'sCat said:

If it's okay with you I'd like to play

 

Yay! More people to the party!  

[Tobbe]

19 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

I have no need or desire to own a pair of galaxy shoes

 

I thought about this. I'm with you on not needing a pair of galaxy shoes. 

So I'll change that one to "Customize a pair of shoes", then I'll leave it up to whoever does it how elaborate they want to make it  

[Tobbe]

96 items in The List now that I added all the suggestions from @Arkania's thread.

 

Still time to add more to the list though, if you feel that there's something you really want to do during 2019 that's not already on the list!

[RubiksCat]

This challenge inspired me to get back into studying Japanese because I've been slacking off recently. I've already learned numbers 1-10, some of the colors, and all of the syllables and I'm picking up vocabulary words along the way. I'd say it took me around 2 months. I'm excited to learn 5 new words and cross that off the list. When I first started learning the Japanese kana and hiragana I had a ton of trouble and sometimes had to look in my book for the answers. Now when I see the kana and hiragana I instantly recognize them in the same time it takes to blink my eye. The brain is like putty, it can be shaped and molded to learn all sorts of new things, but every time I face a new challenge my brain still tells me "this is too hard, you won't be able to do this". 

[Tobbe]

7 hours ago, Rubik'sCat said:

This challenge inspired me to get back into studying Japanese

 

This makes me happy   

 

7 hours ago, Rubik'sCat said:

I'm excited to learn 5 new words and cross that off the list.

 

Wait until after Jan 1 with reporting that in and you'll earn some challenge points for them  

[Pride]

Can "waking up at the desired hour without hitting the snooze" be a thing? I used to be a very early riser and I want it back also, the time will vary, not everyone can wake up at 4 am.

 

Another thing might be "substitute a bad habit you have with a good one" like reading a book instead of watching TV. 

 

If they are already on the list I apologize, is quite a long list and is easy to miss things 

 

It would be interesting to create a Discord server for this challenge, is quite odd but I find writing here in forum in some way uncomfortable