Andrew

Note: This will be updated as I complete items. It can be accessed by clicking the "101" tab at the top of the page.

There's a guy that started a thing called 101 in 1001. It's a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. I've decided to do it.

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Start: 18 August 2009

End: 15 May 15 2012

Reading:
Progress
1. Read "War and Peace"
2. Read "Origin of the Species"
3. Read "The Last Patriot" Completed 23 August 2009
4. Finish "Banquet at Delmonico's"
5. Read "The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone"
6. Read the entire Bible
7. Read 50 non-fiction and 50 fiction books
8. Read 1 book from each section of Bloom's "The Western Canon"
9. Read the Complete Shakespeare
10. Read all the Ante-Nicene Fathers

Writing:
Progress
11. Write a work of fiction with at least 50,000 words
12. Write 400 journal entries
13. Write one journal entry a day for 21 days

Culture/Movies/Art:
14. Watch 100 of Roger Ebert's "Great Movies"
15. Watch all 6 Star Wars films in a row
16. Stay up for 24 hours watching movies
17. Go to a midnight movie with Lisa
18. Go to a rock concert
19. See a musical (live)
20. Go to an instrumental concert
21. Watch an entire season of 24 in one day
22. Learn to play the Piano

Events:
23. Go to the circus
24. Attend a professional sporting event
25. Go to a college sporting event
26. Attend an Orthodox Easter service

Education/Self-Improvement:
27. Memorize a poem
28. Memorize 25 Bible verses
29. Memorize the Declaration of Independence
30. Learn to identify at least 5 different birds
31. Make a candle
32. Build something involving a microcontroller
33. Run sound at church without help Completed 30 August 2009
34. Re-take the LSAT
35. Get First Responder or EMT certified Completed December 2010
36. Learn to read Hebrew
37. Re-learn Greek (test: Read Romans in Greek)
38. Become proficient with all my firearms
39. Go a week without internet

Travel:
40. Visit 3 different National Parks
41. Go on a 2 week Backpacking trip
42. Go camping in 5 different state parks
43. Go to a winery
44. Spend an afternoon aimlessly driving with Lisa
45. Go to Niagara Falls
46. Go to Washington, DC Completed 20 October 2009
47. See Mount Rushmore
48. Go to Sea World
49. Go to a zoo
50. Ride in a sleeper car in a train
51. Fly first class
52. Spend the night in 5 different states

Activities:
53. Go snow skiing
54. Golf a full 18 holes
55. Drive a motorcycle
56. Go on a dayhike
57. Hike Mt. Nittany
58. Go geocaching
59. Go Hunting
60. Go canoing
61. Go fishing Completed Fall 2009
62. Have a picnic (basket and all) with my wife

For Others:
63. Buy my wife flowers out of the blue Completed 2010
64. Participate in a community garden Completed Summer 2010
65. Write 5 handwritten letters and mail them
66. Write a letter to my wife
67. Build a snowman with my son
68. Donate blood (if eligible)
69. Vote Completed
70. Donate something to Goodwill

Fun/Leisure:
71. Sleep under the stars
72. Buy a Lego set and put it together Completed December 2010
73. Play in the rain
74. Find a babysitter for the kids and spend the weekend with my wife at home
75. Spend a weekend at home without using anything that requires electricity
76. Get 25,000 posts on TMMO Complete ~19 April 2010
77. Reload 1,001 rounds (250/1001)
78. Take 1,000 pictures and host them online
79. Try 10 new cigars (5/10)
80. Try 2 new Scotches (1/2)

Household:
81. Have 12 months of food stored for my family
82. Paint my steps
83. Paint my porch
84. Redo my Will
85. Put up shelves in my office

Food:
86. Make jam Completed 28 March 2010
87. Cook a meal over a fire
88. Cook something with truffles in it
89. Eat nothing but homemade food for a week
90. For one day eat nothing but food I grew
91. Try 30 new recipes (5/30)
92. Drink nothing but water for 2 weeks
93. Eat nothing but local food for a week
94. Fast for 48 hours
95. Give up soda for one month

Money:
96. Pay off non-house debt
97. Have $1500 in emergency fund
98. Buy an AR-15 Completed: February 2010
99. Buy a grain mill Completed: 23 September 2009
100. Buy a fish
101. Buy a new suit