101 Things

May 30, 2008 | 13 Comments

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

*Note: this list has gone way beyond 101 things, everything past 101 will be added to the next 101 list.

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).

I will donate $5 to charity for every item not completed.

Start Friday, May 30, 2009
End Friday, February 25, 2011-
Countdown
Completed 51/101

I’ve started these items
I’ve completed these items

1. Buy a house

2. Take a yoga class

3. Get another tattoo

4. Visit California

5. Travel outside of the US (not Canada)

6. Plant a garden

7. Learn to made french toast

8. Watch a movie at a drive-in theater

9. Get a bike

10. Run a mile

11. Run a 5K with Kate

12. Visit NYC

13. Get a dog

14. Get on stage and sing

15. Visit the Science Center

16. Picnic at the beach

17. Go to a Tigers game

18. Go to a Pistons game

19. Get my passport

20. Go rock climbing

21. Try 25 new restaurants (21/25)

22. Read at least three books a month (40/100) (The Secret, No One Cares What You Had For Lunch, Blogging With Moxie, Lucky, The Kite Runner, Ya Yas in Bloom, Communion, Choke, Kabul Beauty School, Act Like a Lady -Think Like a Man, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Almost Moon, The Cleft, Foxfire, In Evil Hour, Life’s Little Lessons, While I Was Gone, Fear of Flying, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Say You’re One Of Them, Survivor, The Namesake, The Red Tent, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Half Broke Horses, Run, Slow Man, Literacy and Longing in L.A., 4-Hour Work Week, The Giver, Come Together Fall Apart, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Glass Castle, How to Save Your Own Life, Lady Luck’s Map of Vegas, Eat Pray Love, Plantation, Hateship Friendship…, Little Altars Everywhere, The Color of Water, Lowcountry Summer)

23. Learn Spanish

24. Learn to ride a skateboard

25. Exercise 3 times a week (171/429)

26. Hang out with a friend once a week – (143/143)

27. Go to Disneyland/world

28. Buy a Sigg water bottle

29. Postsecret

30. Make 50 new recipes

31. Sell 5 items on Etsy

32. Speak in front of a group of people in a formal setting without getting nervous

33. Get rid of 101 things I don’t need

34. Go to the dentist

35. Learn Flash

34. Pay off credit card

35. File that pile of bills/statements

36. Crochet a blanket

37. Be able to do 3 pull-ups

38. Get to work on time every day for a month

39. Do three things that really scare the shit out of me (2/3) – Halloweekends, high trapeze

40. Paint on a canvas and hang it up

41. Go rollerskating

42. Go to the DIA

43. Play laser tag

44. Visit Eastern Market (I know I know, what a shitty metro-Detroiter I am that I’ve never been)

45. Do something death defying, like bungee jump, parasail, or sky dive.

46. Get a piece of writing published online, in a magazine, or a newspaper. AKA put the journalism degree to good use.

47. Bake something using yeast

48. Make a new, close friend

49. Sing karaoke by myself, not drunk

50. Spontaneous road trip to no where in particular

51. Refinish a piece of furniture

52. Make fake fried chicken

53. Go one week without hitting snooze (7/13 – 7/17)

54. Teach le boyfriend to mambo

55. Sister date (5/5)

56. Go to one of Dad’s shows

57. Make an article of clothing using a pattern

58. Have a girls night at my house

59. Buy a sewing machine

60. Watch 25 of IMDB top 250 (25/25) [Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E, American History X, The Departed, The Pianist, Requiem for a Dream, Benjamin Button, No Country for Old Men, Hotel Rwanda, There Will be Blood, The Big Lebowski, Ed Wood, Milk, Gran Torino, The Big Sleep, Into the Wild, Million Dollar Baby, In Bruges, Inglorious Basterds, Up, The Wrestler, (500) Days of Summer, The Usual Suspects, Up, Star Trek]

61. Scan and frame old family photos

62. Clean out my wardrobe – keep only quality pieces Stacey and Clinton would approve of, donate the rest.

63. Go to see a musical (White Christmas at the Fox)

64. Get a hammock from The Hammock Shop

65. ____ ________

66. ____ ___ _____ ___ ___ _ _____

67. Organize TG stuff

68. Host a potluck

69. Say yes – no thinking, no worrying – just once (hello chicago!)

70. Have the grandkids photo retaken

71. Set up a budget and stick to it for 12 months (October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, Sept)

72. Use reusable grocery bags

73. Don’t overdraft my checking account for 12 months…FAIL

74. Go to a used book sale, buy for me and books to donate.

75. Buy a new comforter

76. Get my eyebrows waxed

77. Buy myself an expensive piece of jewelry

78. Get a massage

79. Learn to make Grandma’s tarts

80. Learn to knit

81. Make or buy all handmade or vintage gifts each Christmas (1/3) FAIL

82. Be able to do the splits

83. Enjoy the snow – build a snowman, go sledding, etc.

84. Don’t buy clothes, shoes, etc. for 3 months (Dec 20 – March 20)

85. Go to one of Grandma’s violin concerts

86. Volunteer 5 times

87. Get my wisdom teeth out

88. Make pasta sauce from scratch

89. Spend a night in w/out TV or internet

90. Eat breakfast before I leave the house every day for a week (5/5)

91. Buy a handmade tea pot

92. Play mini golf

93. Rent paddle boats at Stoney Creek

94. Softball, kickball or capture the flag

95. Go swimming 10 times each summer (2009: 3/10, 2010: 10/10)

96. Have lunch with grandma and grandpa for no reason at all

97. Go to the circus

98. Go to a Wings game

100. No TV for a week (outside of work of course, can’t avoid it there!) (movies are OK, just no channel surfing) (Tues, June 23 – Mon, June 29)

101. Shoot a gun

102. Earn 200 followers/readers on my blog

103. Paint guest bedroom

104. Paint and organize office

105. Visit a country I cannot locate on a map

106. Eat at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge

107. Make pickles

108. Earn 100 followers/readers on my blog

109. Spending a day leaving notes of positivity on parked cars

110. Teach Slayer to lay down and not bark when people come to the door

111.  Learn to make good hummus

112. See the Rocky Mountains in person

113. Re-read my favorite book as a kid, “The Giver”

114. Write down all the bad, then burn it and let go

115. Hang the bells from S.C.

116. Listen to 10 This American Life podcasts

117. Take Slayer on a hike through the woods

118. Take a dance class

119. Makeout in the rain

120. Buy a digital SLR

121. Go to the Thanksgiving Day Parade

122. Make sushi

123. Ride a zip line

124. Take part in a zombie walk

125. Visit the White House

126. Be a guest on Oprah

127. Visit all 50 states [ 14/50 Michigan, South Carolina, Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Illinois]

128. Ride in a hot air balloon to see the fall colors in Michigan

129. Ride in a helicopter

130. Ride in one of those little two people planes

131. Swing on a flying trapeze

132. Ride an elephant

133. Buy a new car

134. Have sexy pictures taken while I still have a hot ass

135. Take pole dancing classes

136. Bake bread

137. Be paid to perform circus tricks

Comments (13)

 

  1. fly and visit b on the road! fly and visit b on the road! (with mcs…and when i’m there….yesssssssss)

  2. sillygrrl says:

    yes! we will have to make a plan for next tour!

  3. eleigh says:

    I’m reading a fluffy book called The Next Thing on My List. That plus your list is making me want to come up with my own, including but not limited to sky diving.

  4. sillygrrl says:

    ooo i’ll have to check that out, maybe it will give me more inspiration

  5. Amy says:

    Hooray for 101 in 1001! I found you through the great blog swap and also have a list of 101. Good luck on your number one goal, that would be awesome!

  6. L says:

    That is such a great idea!

  7. jess says:

    VISIT JERSEY DAN (AND JESS) _ HAHAHAHAH that’s how it should read ;)

  8. oooh, I like this! …I like how you cross them off as you go…. hmmm…thanks for inspiring!

  9. I need to do one of these things.

    Oh, by the way, regarding the book per month, I’m finding goodreads.com to be awesome at tracking my reading and reminding myself there is always a list of books I want to read – I’m always like, “wait! what was that book I told myself I had to read last week?!” when I’m in a bookstore. Anyway, I’m kind of obsessed right now!

  10. Shannon Kaye says:

    Kudos to you! I’m so impressed and inspired. I will check back on your progress in the near future. I have kept a list of goals and things to do all my life and have completed most items…. I don’t know if I would have ever done a thing without THE list! Good luck to you.

  11. Nic Lake says:

    You haven’t visited Iowa yet? Tsk tsk. :-P

  12. Shawna says:

    128. Ride in a hot air balloon to see the fall colors in Michigan

    That is something I have been dying to do! I live in the Northern part of MI and I’ve always wanted to fly (float?) around here.

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