101 Things in 1001 Days - The List

Here is a list of 101 things that I hope to accomplish in 1,001 days.  The purpose of this is to set tangible goals that can be measured or clearly achieved, the idea being that all too often people set goals and completely fail to realize them or can't seem to find the time. These goals are ones I hope to complete in 1,001 days and while I don't know if I can do all of them, I'm planning on trying.  This list will be continuously updated (it will be it's own page as it's updated - look next to the 'about me' section under the title & picture) as I move through the list and slowly knock off items.  Also, the list isn't in any particular order, but rather just things that came into my head, that I saw on the internet or other suggestions from the website.

I have my good friend Phil Duncan to credit for getting me into this. He's a brilliant writer and a whiz with pretty much everything, so I suggest you head on over his website and poke around a bit.  Also, my list can be found here if you're curious and if you feel like setting up your own (I recommend it!) then just head on over to the Day Zero Project!

As of writing this, this list must be completed by November 21, 2013. Here goes...

1. Get married
2. Get a job
3. Buy a suit
4. Learn to cook 10 new meals
5. Spend a week backpacking along the Pacific Crest Trail
6. Take a photography class
7. Read 'War and Peace'
8. Become fluent in Spanish
9. Learn to dance (salsa, bachata, merengue)
10. Build a snow fort
11. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet
12. Maintain a flower garden for one season
13. Get 'Elite' status with my frequent flyer program
14. Get a tattoo
15. Attend a Real Madrid match
16. Try (and hopefully like) foie gras
17. Learn to do Tai Chi
18. Join a softball league
19. See a polar bear in the wild
20. Buy a sitar
21. Start a retirement fund
22. Camp on the San Juan Islands
23. Finish graduate school
24. Start and finish a book of crossword puzzles
25. Do at least 1 month of field-based non-profit work
26. Fill up my passport
27. Learn to brew my own beer
28. Learn to fly fish
29. Watch every Academy Award winning 'Best Picture' movie
30. Get over my fear of spiders
31. Go to India
32. Perform one random act of kindness everyday for a month
33. Live in another country
34. Swim in the ocean at night
35. Get a new hobby
36. Complete a 365 day photo challenge
37. Blog once a day for a month
38. Eat turkey on Thanksgiving
39. Create my own website
40. Buy a used car
41. Listen to 10 albums by artists I've not listened to before
42. Spend a week in a jungle
43. Visit 3-5 Central and/or South American countries
44. Read a novel in Russian
45. Host weekly dinners for 3 months
46. Learn how to make Pho
47. Have a Guinness in Ireland
48. Read 10 literary classics
49. Write a detailed zombie apocalypse plan
50. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
51. Catch a fish that weighs at least 60 pounds
52. Put away $25 for every goal completed
53. Give $25 to charity for every goal left undone
54. Go wine tasting
55. Buy a nice pair of boots
56. Convince my dad to travel outside the US
57. Visit at least 2 new Russian cities
58. Eat fresh fish on the beach in the Dominican Republic
59. Write a poem every day for a month
60. Run a half marathon
61. Spontaneously buy an airplane ticket to somewhere I've never been
62. Attend an opera
63. Have a rootbeer float
64. Make a pizza from scratch
65. Go to the top of the Space Needle
66. Learn to change the oil in a car
67. Get a massage
68. Go to an IKEA
69. Write a book about my travel/living abroad experiences
70. Watch & understand a film in Spanish
71. Help someone I know achieve a goal
72. Make a list of 101 things that make me happy
73. Write 5 letters to 5 people who changed my life
74. At least once applaud when my plane lands
75. Learn a programming language (either HTML or Apple Script)
76. See a Caribbean sunrise
77. See a Cirque du Soleil show
78. Buy a really nice bed/mattress
79. Spend an entire day saying yes to everything (within reason)
80. Buy a pair of bowling shoes for casual wear
81. Sign up to be an organ donor
82. Read The Qur'an
83. Build a sandcastle
84. Play a game of Monopoly from beginning to end
85. Dress up for Halloween
86. Send in a photograph to a contest
87. Attend a fancy dress party
88. Draw something in wet cement
89. Keep my room tidy for a month
90. Host a holiday dinner
91. Take 2 months of classical guitar lessons
92. Send out 25-35 postcards from Russia
93. Read the Bible cover to cover
94. Make a return trip to Southeast Asia
95. Buy a bottle of wine that costs more than $50
96. Buy a bottle of wine that costs less than $5
97. Pay off my credit cards
98. Write, but not illustrate, a children's book
99. Watch the sunset on the Oregon coast
100. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
101. Go a week without logging onto Facebook

So Dear Readers, keep checking back for updates and I hope to maybe check out YOUR lists someday soon!