Inspired by Day Zero and a couple of friends that have undertaken the project I’ve decided to start my own 101/1001 project. The idea is simple: come up with a list of 101 really definable goals/tasks to complete within 1,001 days (2.75 years). Being the list/goal/task oriented person I am (hello, Traskpro) I think a project like this will give me an extra push for personal growth and improvement.
I started my project on Monday, April 28th, 2008. I am set to complete on Monday, January 24th, 2011 - in . As I complete each of the goals I’m going to try and keep this list up to date, and provide links to blog posts about as many of the experiences as I can write up. Without further ado my 101:
Attend 5 gallery showings (0/5)
Be it local or on the road - get out and see some art
Bake and frost a double layer cake from scratch
Be able to do at least 5 consecutive pull-ups
Fully extended arms to all the way over the chin.
Be able to run a full mile without stopping
Asthma be damned - I will get my lungs in shape!
Be able to walk briskly up 10 flights of stairs without breaking a sweat or breathing heavy
Be vegan for 12 consecutive days (0/12)
Become a full time employee
Be it at Microsoft or elsewhere - become a FTE within 1,001 days.
Become re-certified in CPR
It’s been so long I barely remember how to do it - a refresher is well overdue.
Buy a full-frame dSLR body
Likely stick with Canon due to the glass handcuffs. Something next gen with better light sensitivity than my current 10D.
Buy a house
two bedrooms, a basement, garage, and yard
Buy a scale and start to monitor my weight
What exactly do I weigh now? I’ll need to know to meet my goal of losing 15 lbs.
Buy a single nice piece of new clothing a month
Buy all seven seasons of Star Trek Voyager
Could it get any geekier?
Carve a jack-o-lantern
Clean my condo solo for 3 months
As nice as having a cleaner is it’s important to do this on my own from time to time.
Climb Rattlesnake Mountain and take a panoramic picture from the top
Head up to the top with Dave - bring a tripod for extra panoramic goodness.
Complete a 10 mile hike
A 10 mile walk won’t count - it needs to be a hike over uneven ground.
Complete a contiguous 365 photo project
A photo a day, a self-portrait a month.
Cook one complete 2 course meal from scratch
Cook one complete 3 course meal from scratch
Do not use any elevators for 21 days straight (0/21)
Donate $100 to 3 open source software projects (0/3)
Donate $100 to the ACLU
Donate $100 to the EFF
Donate 1% of my GAI to charity during a single 12 month period
Enter a photography contest
Win, lose, it dosen’t matter - just enter one.
5/11/08: Two contests in a row I’ve entered the TWIP photo contest. No wins yet, but participating is really fun!
Find a geocache
Find a new pit bull playmate for Skype
Finish tattoo sleeves
It’s been too long in coming - it needs to get done.
Frame and hang at least 3 individual photos around the home
Fix the barren white walls. Perhaps wait to pick frames until after the painting project is complete?
Get a manicure and pedicure
I’ve never had one of either and always been curious.
Get a therapeutic massage
Get tooth implant installed
Go camping
Spend a night in the great outdoors with Skype
Go go-karting with friends
Go on a downtown photowalk
Go one month without drinking soda\canned beverages\coffee
Juice and tea are still permitted.
Go one week only drinking water
Plain old water (tap or filtered) for a week - no coffee, tea, softdrinks, etc.
Go skydiving - buddy dive
Go skydiving - solo dive
I’ve always wanted to jump out of a plane…
Go swimming in the ocean
Learn RegEx inside and out
Leave a geocache
Lose 15 pounds
No definition needed, just drop the extra pounds for a trimmer look
Mail in a secret to PostSecret - http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
Make 5 mix CD’s for 5 friends (0/5)
Be it actual CD’s or just digital playlists share the love of music!
Make a costume for Halloween and go to a party dressed in it
Make a will
What better way to prepare for the unknown?
Make Pad-Thai from scratch
Own a project as a product manager through one full development lifecycle
Paint my living room walls
Thinking something dark - a rich royal blue, or crimson red.
Pay off the A6
To be car-payment free for a while sounds delicious indeed
Play a game of mini-golf
Put new carpet in the living room
Re-pierce my ears
Re-read “Calvin & Hobbes”
Re-read “Jurassic Park”
Re-read LoTR trilogy
Read “Blink”
Read a Harry Potter novel
Read books by 3 new authors (0/3)
Renovate bathroom in the condo
Ride 5 separate roller coasters (0/5)
Save $10k in the house fund/emergency account
The easy goal…
Save $20k in the house fund/emergency account
The stretch goal…
Shoot photos from the top of the Space Needle
Do this on a day with nice clear weather - wait for the sunset and shoot then as well?
Shoot wire photos with Alissa
Belmont and Olive at night - the crazy wires and the shadows they cast
Show at least 5 photos publicly (0/5)
Spend 3 days using only an iPhone - no computers
Spend 48 hours completely disconnected from communications technology - no computers or phones
Take a photo from the top of the Smith tower
Take a RDBMS training course to learn SQL/mySQL
Take a walk in the pouring rain without an umbrella
Take photos at Gasworks park
Sunrise at Gasworks?
Take photos at Prospect Point
Lensbaby shots? Brings back the old time feeling?
Take photos of miniature toys
Either in big settings, or staged as if real life.
Take photos of the sunrise and sunset of the same day
Take photos with a mirror
Show a contrast between two different viewpoints.
Take Skype to 3 new dogparks (0/3)
Try 10 new foods (0/10)
You never know what you are going to like until you try it.
Try fencing
Talk to Martin - he might be able to hook me up with a local fencing group
Visit 3 museums (0/3)
Visit a planetarium and shoot photos there
There is one in Walla Walla at Whitman - surely there is also a planetarium in Seattle as well?
Visit a zoo and shoot photos there
Hit up the Woodland Park Zoo with Veo and Akiva?
Visit Alcatraz Island and shoot photos there
Aside from the tours is it possible to get unfettered access to the island? Check for photo-permitting. Would make a fun weekend in San Fransisco.
Visit an aquarium and shoot photos there
Bring a tripod for long moody shots in the dark depths of the water.
Visit Disney World and take photos
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Visit Europe and take photos
Visit Grandpa and document the memory
Make a photo-essay out of what will likely be my final visit with Grandpa
Visit Japan and shoot photos8
Shoot the temples, gardens, and Tokyo
Visit New York and take photos
Visit the Morning Star Ranch
Document my teenage years before they slip away from the grasp of memory
Visit the Oregon coast and take photos
Take a swim while you are there - 2 birds with one stone!
Walk at least 60 minutes a day for a month (0/30)
Great exercise for both myself and for Skype.
Watch 100 of IMDB’s top 250 movies - http://imdb.com/chart/top
I’ve already seen 65 of them - that leaves 35 left to go as of the start.
Watch at least five of the 2009 Oscar winners
Watch the 1st season of “Heros”
Watch the 1st season of “Lost”
Watch the 1st season of “The Shield”
Watch the 4th season of BSG
Write a 10 page short story