Sharlene Douglas-Huriwai (sharlenesmith) - A goal setter on Day Zero Project

101 Things in 1001 Days

Jun 01, 2023 - Feb 26, 2026

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101 Things in 1001 Days

Feb 01, 2020 - Oct 29, 2022

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101 Things in 1001 Days

Sep 01, 2011 - May 30, 2014

Someday

Things you want to do someday

Done

Things you have done!

Sharlene Douglas-Huriwai

Gisborne

I am a young woman from New Zealand who looked for a challenge and found one here at Day Zero.

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Note added to goal Create a TBR jar

3 years ago

27 Sep, 21

Printed the latest 100 books from my Goodreads. Plus a shorter list of the oldest published books on my Goodreads. Gonna mix them up in a jar. Wish me luck!

Note added to goal Upgrade my cellphone

4 years ago

04 May, 20

I've got the new iPhone SE on backorder!

Note added to goal Buy our first home

4 years ago

04 May, 20

Paid a deposit on our first home on 24 March 2020.
Settlement to be paid on 12 May 2020.

Note added to goal Have a New Haven board on Pinterest

5 years ago

11 Mar, 20

https://www.pinterest.nz/sharlenesays/yale-new-haven-2021/

Note added to goal Complete the Popsugar Reading Challenge

5 years ago

02 Feb, 20

Reading 50 books for 2020. Progress recorded on my blog. http://sharlenesmith.wordpress.com

Note added to goal Give up alcohol for a year

5 years ago

02 Feb, 20

Started 1 Feb 2020. End date 31 Jan 2021.

Note added to goal Go to Hollywood Walk of Fame

5 years ago

21 Aug, 19

Album on Facebook.

The 7 Things Challenge:

6 years ago

29 Jan, 19

7 Things x 2019

My seven answers to the Day Zero alternative New Year's resolutions poll:

Learn how to calligraphy
Start bullet journalling every day
Stop leaving assignments til the last minute
Take a vacation to staycation!
Find our first home
Try living more minimalistically
Be more happy and content with life

Note added to goal Read a NZ Novel

8 years ago

30 Dec, 16

Read The Shattering by Karen Healey

Note added to goal Read a book at the beach

8 years ago

30 Dec, 16

Read at Maungatapu while Katene and Christopher were paddling.

Note added to goal Read an entire series in a month

8 years ago

09 Aug, 16

Completed:-
I am not Esther
I am Rebecca
Being Magdalene

in July 2016

Note added to goal Create a Pinterest board for at least 5 books

8 years ago

10 Jun, 16

https://nz.pinterest.com/sharlenesays/book-bookish-page-turners/

Pins are added regularly

Note added to goal Own all seven Harry Potter books

8 years ago

05 Jun, 16

I would like to own second hand copies of the hardcover adult edition, the dark covers.

I already own one, but it's in storage somewhere.

Note added to goal Visit 5 libraries in different cities

8 years ago

05 Jun, 16

Lived in Gisborne. Visited library all time in 2015.
Visited Rotorua library during a bus layover over Christmas 2015.
Live in Tauranga and signed up to library in February 2016.

Visited Te Puke library and worked on my assignments in 2016. Does this count as a different city?

Need to check date for Taupo library visit.

Note added to goal Volunteer at a local library

8 years ago

26 May, 16

Got a job in a library, Mar 2016

Note added to goal Cheer for a Dewey's Readathon

8 years ago

15 May, 16

https://twitter.com/sharlenesays/status/724204931553484800

Note added to goal Listen to 5 Audiobooks

9 years ago

30 Mar, 16

Finished Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 16/03/2016

Currently listening to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 31/03/2016

Note added to goal Participate in an Instagram Photo Challenge

9 years ago

02 Mar, 16

March 2016 I am participating in a Bookish Photo Challenge hosted by @celinereads on Instagram

Note added to goal Participate in a monthly Book Pool Challenge

9 years ago

02 Mar, 16

Participated in the Book Lovin' Kiwis Book Pool Challenge in December 2015. I hosted it too.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/17596137-december-book-pool-challenge

Note added to goal Read 10 books in a month

9 years ago

02 Mar, 16

Read 14 books in January 2016. See Goodreads 2016 Reading Challenge here: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/3672525

Note added to goal Listen to 5 Audiobooks

9 years ago

02 Mar, 16

Read:
The Selection #1 by Kiera Cass
Until Friday Night by Abbi Glines
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Currently listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
3/03/2016

Note added to goal Read a book published this year

9 years ago

02 Mar, 16

Read The Best Goodbye by Abbi Glines. Published on Dec 01, 2015. Finished reading on Dec 23, 2015.

Note added to goal Read a book with more than 500 pages

9 years ago

02 Mar, 16

Read Winter by Marissa Meyer on 1 January 2016.
Link to review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1112549576

Note added to goal Participate in a Booktubeathon

9 years ago

02 Mar, 16

Link to Youtube video Booktubeathon Wrap up: https://youtu.be/dwff1eJbX8c

Note added to goal Read a graphic novel

9 years ago

07 Sep, 15

Read The Graveyard Book graphic novels
http://wp.me/p4Nugr-106

Note added to goal Participate in Bout of Books Readathon

9 years ago

07 Sep, 15

Participated in Bout of Books #14 in August 2015.
http://sharlenesays.com/bout-of-books-14-progress/

Note added to goal Read a book in a day

9 years ago

07 Sep, 15

Read The Heir by Kiera Cass on 5 September 2015

Note added to goal Read a book with a one-word title

9 years ago

16 Aug, 15

Read FRINGE graphic novel 9 Aug 2015. Here's the review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1353264540

Note added to goal Participate in a Booktubeathon

9 years ago

16 Aug, 15

Completed in August 2015!
Check out my videos on Youtube

Note added to goal Complete an Adult coloring book

9 years ago

16 Aug, 15

I started the Travel colour in book but it's sooo hard!
So I'm gonna buy me a different one

Note added to goal Read a book that is an adaptation of a console game

9 years ago

12 Jul, 15

Suggested by Mariana

Note added to goal Style your hair like a book character for a day

9 years ago

12 Jul, 15

Suggested by Mariana

Note added to goal Quote a book in casual conversation

9 years ago

12 Jul, 15

Suggested by Mariana

Note added to goal Book Tour: Go on a hunt for street names of book characters and places

9 years ago

12 Jul, 15

Suggested by Mariana

Note added to goal Try something new that was inspired by a book

9 years ago

12 Jul, 15

Suggested by Mariana

Note added to goal Create a Pinterest board for at least 5 books

9 years ago

12 Jul, 15

Suggested by Mariana

Note added to goal Cook a dish from a book that's not a cookbook

9 years ago

12 Jul, 15

Suggested by Mariana

Note added to goal Take a monthly book selfie

9 years ago

12 Jul, 15

Suggested by Mariana

Note added to goal Complete an A to Z book title challenge

9 years ago

12 Jul, 15

Suggested by Mariana

Note added to goal Play a console game that is adaptation of a book

9 years ago

12 Jul, 15

Suggested by Mariana

Note added to goal Complete an Adult coloring book

9 years ago

11 Jul, 15

Bought a Travel colour in book from Paper Plus 12/07/2015

Note added to goal Read a middle grade series

9 years ago

10 Jul, 15

I read Taming The Taniwha by Tim Tipene.

Photo added to goal Complete a kids coloring book

9 years ago

10 Jul, 15

angry birds colour in book

Note added to goal Create a catalogue of "Books I Own"

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Cafe Chick

Note added to goal Read a book translated from another language

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Cafe Chick

Note added to goal Read a NZ History book

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Cafe Chick

Note added to goal Read a NZ Novel

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Cafe Chick

Note added to goal Read a Biography/Autobiography

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Cafe Chick

Note added to goal Read a Classic

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Cafe Chick

Note added to goal Read 100 books in a year

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Reader Rayne

Note added to goal Read 10 books in a month

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Reader Rayne

Note added to goal Read on top of a mountain

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Reader Rayne

Note added to goal Get a cookbook & cook your fave meal

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Reader Rayne

Note added to goal Read an Adult Mystery novel

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Reader Rayne

Note added to goal Read a middle grade series

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Reader Rayne.

Middle grade is 8-12 years old. Example: Fairyland series

Note added to goal Listen to 5 Audiobooks

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Reader Rayne

Note added to goal Have a Yankee Swap Bookish Party

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Reader Rayne

Note added to goal Participate in a giveaway hop

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Slip Into Books

Note added to goal Read the Series of Unfortunate Events series

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Slip Into Books

Note added to goal Celebrate my birthday with Bookish friends

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Slip Into Books

Note added to goal Meet your fave author

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Slip Into Books

Note added to goal Make someone read your fave book

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Slip Into Books

Note added to goal Read a graphic novel

9 years ago

06 Jul, 15

Suggested by Slip Into Books

Note added to goal Attend New York Comic-Con

10 years ago

12 Nov, 14

http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/
October 8 - 11, 2015 | Javits Center | NYC

Note added to goal Attend BookCon

10 years ago

12 Nov, 14

May 30 & 31, 2015
Javits Center
http://www.thebookcon.com/

Note added to goal Attend BEA (Book Expo America)

10 years ago

12 Nov, 14

Wednesday, May 27 – Friday, May 29, 2015
Javits Center

Note added to goal Go to the theatre

11 years ago

01 Feb, 14

Went to see I, George Nepia in September 2011

Note added to goal Participate in Round the Bays Auckland

11 years ago

01 Feb, 14

To complete again in 2014 with IronRevs

Note added to goal Upgrade my car

11 years ago

01 Feb, 14

Purchased a silver Subaru Legacy in Auckland HURI Y

Note added to goal Further my tertiary education

11 years ago

01 Feb, 14

Cross crediting my AUT papers to Open Polytechnic. Enrolled as a distant student, in Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Library & Information Studies.

Note added to goal Take a first aid course

11 years ago

01 Feb, 14

Done a First Aid course for work 2013

Note added to goal Read a classic novel

11 years ago

01 Feb, 14

Read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, 28 Jan 2012

Note added to goal Watch the sunrise

11 years ago

01 Feb, 14

with Cruz & Christopher New Years Day 2013

Note added to goal Travel somewhere I haven't been in NZ

11 years ago

01 Feb, 14

Went to Dunedin & Queenstown Dec 2012

Note added to goal Attend the midnight premiere of a movie

11 years ago

01 Feb, 14

Breaking Dawn Part Two 14 November 2012

Note added to goal Sell an item on Trade Me

11 years ago

01 Feb, 14

Sold a book

Note added to goal Go to a concert

11 years ago

01 Feb, 14

I saw Beyonce LIVE in Auckland, 18 October 2013
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201436907181964&l=eb2e43c43f

Note added to goal Send xmas cards to friends & family

12 years ago

15 Oct, 12

Sent December 2011

Note added to goal Go to Stardome Observatory

12 years ago

15 Oct, 12

Visited Stardome on 28 June 2012 and watched a showing of Matariki

Note added to goal Donate to a food bank

12 years ago

15 Oct, 12

Organised TUIA to donate a non perishable item for me to take to City Mission. May 2012

Note added to goal Start collecting sewing material

12 years ago

15 Oct, 12

Purchased an organiser in Jan 2012. Are slowly filling with pins, buttons, cottons, measure tape... a few necessities

Note added to goal Publish Video Blog

12 years ago

15 Oct, 12

Originally to vlog on season 3 of glee but changed to Publishing a video blog. That way I'm not limited to a subject (and time frame)

Note added to goal Have dinner by candlelight

12 years ago

15 Oct, 12

Completed on 29 December 2011, after the power was cut when I blew an element on the stove. Good times.

Note added to goal Attend the midnight premiere of a movie

12 years ago

15 Oct, 12

Purchased tickets to the midnight premiere of Breaking Dawn Part 2, the final instalment of the Twilight Saga. Screening on 15 Nov, 12.01am

Note added to goal give up coffee for six months

12 years ago

29 Sep, 12

Started off with a hitch but managed to successfully complete this from 5 Jan - June 2012

Note added to goal Further my tertiary education

12 years ago

29 Sep, 12

In my first semester at AUT University studying Bachelor of Arts in Event Management

Note added to goal Bake 10 different types of cupcakes

12 years ago

29 Sep, 12

1. Coffee and caramel
2. Flower vanilla
3.

Note added to goal Fundraise $500

12 years ago

29 Sep, 12

Held a Pink Ribbon morning tea bake off. Made over $500. May 2012. Will do it again

Note added to goal Fly a kite

12 years ago

29 Sep, 12

Purchased a kite from Avondale markets. It flies awesome!

Note added to goal Update my CV

12 years ago

29 Sep, 12

Updated in 2012 before I started at Uni. New design with bold name & a photo. Looks quite cool.

Note added to goal Buy reading glasses

12 years ago

29 Sep, 12

Bought reading glasses for University in July

Note added to goal Watch a new series

12 years ago

29 Sep, 12

Watched the first season of The Borgias

Note added to goal Post a postcard

12 years ago

29 Sep, 12

Kahlia and I sent a postcard down to Dad in Christchurch

Note added to goal Watch Top 50 IMDB 2000's movies

12 years ago

03 Sep, 12

1. The Dark Knight (2008)

2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003)

3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001)

4. City of God (2002)

5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

6. Memento (2000)

7. Spirited Away (2001)

8. The Pianist (2002)

9. The Lives of Others (2006)

10. The Departed (2006)

11. WALL•E (2008)

12. Amélie (2001)

13. Gladiator (2000)

14. The Prestige (2006)

15. Requiem for a Dream (2000)

16. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

17. Oldboy (2003)

18. Downfall (2004)

19. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

20. Batman Begins (2005)

21. Up (2009)

22. Inglourious Basterds (2009)

23. Snatch. (2000)

24. Gran Torino (2008)

25. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)

26. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)

27. Sin City (2005)

28. Hotel Rwanda (2004)

29. A Wednesday (2008)

30. No Country for Old Men (2007)

31. Rang De Basanti (2006)

32. Like Stars on Earth (2007)

33. The Best of Youth (2003)

34. Swades: We, the People (2004)

35. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

36. Into the Wild (2007)

37. Mary and Max (2009)

38. Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003)

39. Memories of Murder (2003)

40. Amores perros (2000)

41. A Moment to Remember (2004)

42. Donnie Darko (2001)

43. Finding Nemo (2003)

44. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

45. V for Vendetta (2005)

46. There Will Be Blood (2007)

47. Departures (2008)

48. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

49. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

50. Hera Pheri (2000)

Note added to goal Participate in Round the Bays Auckland

12 years ago

03 Sep, 12

Completed in 2012 with Hinekura & Ihaia Simmonds.

Note added to goal Dye my hair

13 years ago

27 Dec, 11

Dyed my hair black, for a wee change before Christopher's ordination - done on 10 Dec 2011

Note added to goal Write a hand written letter to someone

13 years ago

16 Nov, 11

Wrote a letter to my grandmother about my husbands ordination to the Diaconate. Sent 25 Sept 2011.

Note added to goal Upgrade my car

13 years ago

16 Nov, 11

Purchased a white Mitsubishi Colt off TradeMe

26 October 2011

Note added to goal Change hairstyle

13 years ago

16 Nov, 11

Completed on Friday 30th October 2011 at Balayage Hair, Wise Street, Christchurch by my friend Michele Rosewall

Progress Note

13 years ago

07 Sep, 11

I have set aside some dates for some goals.
1 Oct I will be changing my hairstyle. Round the Bays will be in March 2012. I am hoping to knock out selling an item on TradeMe before the end of the year. I am baking my own birthday cake next month, Oct 13. I think I might try some cupcake recipes out then too.