101 in 1001

The 101 in 1001 list is a list of 101 goals to accomplish in the next 1001 days.  This list is comprised of things that I have always wanted to do but have not.  One or two things on the list are things that I have not done in a very long time but want to again.  I would like to have less selfish goals…maybe next time.

 

The 101 in 1001 List

Started on March 3, 2008

Set to finish by November 25, 2010

 

1. Go create a blog (accomplished Apr. 3, 2008)
2. Go blog when I accomplish each of my 101 tasks (in progress)
3. Go buy nothing tangible/permanent for a month (accomplished Apr. 3, 2008)
4. Go learn how to drive a manual car
5. Go learn to play craps

6. Go to bed at 10 p.m. and read books until I fall asleep for one week.
7. Go pay down all of my debt (July 2009)
8. Go save $20,000 for a trip around the world (in progress)
9. Go start an eBay store (accomplished November 1, 2008…I have made business cards and listed items)
10. Go have happy hour drinks with Mom (accomplished May 12, 2008)
11. Go make party shuffle for my iPod (accomplished August 23, 2008)
12. Go max out my 401k contribution every year (in progress)
13. Go learn to change a tire and basic car maintenance
14. Go learn Adobe Photoshop
15. Go to an unusual convention just to go (i.e. ComicCon, Star Trek)
16. Go plant vegetables or herbs
17. Go win a trip
18. Go vegetarian for 1 month (accomplished November 1, 2008)
19. Go mail a secret to PostSecret
20. Go identify 100 things that make me happy
21. Go live abroad again for at least a month
22. Go read Tim Feriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

23. Go take my dog to the beach (dog died before this could happen)
24. Go improve my Mandarin to fluency
25. Go improve my German
26. Go learn Spanish
27. Go have a fully stocked bar
28. Go take the Foreign Service Exam
29. Go call Mom at least once a week (accomplished November 1, 2008)
30. Go mail a letter to someone once a month (accomplished November 1, 2008)
31. Go make 5 new good friends (accomplished April 26, 2009)
32. Go do 10 unselfish things in one day
33. Go to all invitations unless I have a real conflict (accomplished June 1, 2009… have been doing an excellent job of this and it is completed.)
34. Go host a movie marathon (accomplished November 23, 2008)
35. Go organize a picnic (accomplished Apr. 20, 2008)
36. Go reduce my junk mail (accomplished May 2008)
37. Go donate blood
38. Go volunteer for an organization or at an event (accomplished October 23, 2008)
39. Go donate to a candidate I believe in (accomplished July 7, 2008)
40. Go vote in every single election (accomplished May 19, 2009…have been doing an excellent job of this and it is completed.)
41. Go visit Australia (accomplished May 11, 2008)
42. Go start my trip around the world (to least 10 countries)
43. Go visit Russia
44. Go visit India
45. Go visit Germany
46. Go take Mom to Paris
47. Go take A on a trip

48. Go drive coast to coast again

49. Go walk across the Golden Gate Bridge (accomplished July 6, 2008)
50. Go walk on the Sydney Harbor Bridge (accomplished May 13, 2008)
51. Go hold a koala (accomplished May 20, 2008)
52. Go to a show at the Sydney Opera House (accomplished May 15, 2008)
53. Go to Uluru (accomplished May 16, 2008)
54. Go host a fondue party
55. Read The Economist online every week for 3 months
56. Go to an out-of-state music festival (planned for Bumbershoot in Seattle for Labor Day weekend)
57. Go to Washington DC to see Barack Obama’s Inauguration (accomplished January 20, 2009)
58. Go get rid of all old and get new underwear(accomplished July 2009)
59. Go make 100 photo layouts
60. Go have something I created be shown in a gallery (accomplished January 23, 2009…Art House Co-op)
61. Go publish a photograph (accomplished January 23, 2009…with a project at Art House Co-op http://www.arthousecoop.com/scavengerproject)
62. Go write a travel article
63. Go write a travel journal for all my travels
64. Go complete the 365 day portrait challenge

65. Go own a digital SLR camera (accomplished November 13, 2008)
66. Go do a photographic portrait study of someone
67. Go take another photography class
68. Go paint my dog (accomplished Mar. 29, 2008)
69. Go have Rolling Stone’s Top 100 albums in my iPod (accomplished October 7, 2008)
70. Go see Bob Dylan in concert (planned for October 13, 2009)
71. Go see all the AFI’s 100 Years…100 Films (in progress)
72. Go read the Modern Library’s top 10 novels (in progress)
73. Go read Aimee Phan’s, We Should Never Meet: Stories
74. Go read Hillary Clinton’s Living History (accomplished August 4, 2008)
75. Go read Bill Clinton’s My Life
76. Go read Barack Obama’s Audacity of Hope (accomplished October 20, 2008)
77. Go read Charles Bukowski’s Post Office (accomplished May 28, 2008)
78. Go read Jack Kerouac’s On the Road (accomplished December 20, 2008)
79. Go eat at French Laundry
80. Go eat at El Bulli
81. Go eat at 50 of Jonathan Gold’s Top 99 (in progress)
82. Go learn 10 of mom’s special dishes
83. Go make a 3-course dinner for friends or family (accomplished)

84. Go load the rest of my CDs on to iTunes (accomplished May 19, 2008)
85. Go stand up on a surfboard
86. Go shoot archery
87. Go hit golf balls at a driving range
88. Go bungee jump
89. Go on a hot air balloon ride
90. Go skydiving (accomplished August 8, 2009)
91. Go on a helicopter ride (accomplished May 19, 2008)
92. Go deep sea fishing
93. Go scuba diving (accomplished May 19, 2008)
94. Go see a show at least once a month (accomplished October 1, 2008)
95. Go get rid of 101 items I have not used in 2 years (in progress)
96. Go surprise someone (accomplished June 7, 2009…surprised mom with Baby Joshua’s visit)
97. Go start composting
98. Go feed someone’s expired meter
99. Go plan a wedding
100. Go get a short haircut
101. For every item left unfinished, donate $10 to charity 

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