My 101 List
05.17.2009 – 02.12.2012
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Completed : In-Progress (36)
Adventure
01. Hike the Grand Canyon (more info)
02. Do something that scares me once a year (1/3) (more info)
03. Climb a mountain (more info)
04. Go canoeing (more info)
05. Go on a road trip without a pre-set destination (more info) — 08.16.09
06. Go paintballing (more info)
07. Go horseback riding (more info)
Blogging
08. Keep up with My Day in Six Words blog (more info)
09. Participate in NaBloPoMo (more info) — 08.31.09
10. Comment on someone else’s blog 3 times a week (25/131) (more info)
Bookish
11. Spend an afternoon reading at the park (more info)
12. Read 10 books off of the “1001 must read” list (0/10) (more info)
13. Read 101 books (26/101) (more info)
14. Join/create a book club (more info)
15. Visit the library once a month (6/33) (more info)
16. Read 10 books from Time’s all-time top 100 (0/10) (more info)
17. Start and maintain a book log for 3 years (0/3) (more info)
18. Read 5 books suggested by friends or family (2/5) (more info)
Creative
19. Complete 3 short stories or poems (0/3) (more info)
20. Write and post a 55 word story (more info) — 06.23.09
21. Use my daily happiness journal 3 times a week (22/131) (more info)
22. Start and maintain a dream journal for 1 year (0/1) (more info)
23. Take a photography class (more info)
24. Send a post card to PostSecret (more info)
25. Get a nice camera for photography (more info) — 07.06.09
26. Complete 26 things photography challenge (more info)
Entertainment
27. Attend 5 concerts (0/5) (more info)
28. Find a new musical artist a month (6/33) (more info)
29. Watch 50 movies from IMDB’s top 250 (12/50) (more info)
30. Watch 101 new movies (39/101) (more info)
31. Watch Arrested Development, BSG and Freaks & Geeks (0/3) (more info)
32. Attend a local theater show (more info) — 07.26.09
33. Go to IL Shakespeare Festival (more info)
34. Watch 5 foreign films (0/5) (more info)
35. Attend a pow wow (more info)
36. Go to a renaissance festival (more info)
37. Watch 5 movies suggested by friends or family (2/5) (more info)
Fitness/Health
38. Run five 5k races (0/5) (more info)
39. Do yoga 4 times a week for 6 weeks 10 times (1/6) (0/10) (more info)
40. Take multi-vitamins everyday for a month (more info) — 09.23.09
41. Complete 2 half-marathons (0/2) (more info)
42. Join a yoga beginners program (more info)
43. Run in the morning once a week for 6 weeks twice (0/6) (0/2) (more info)
44. Drink three 8oz of water daily for 5 days a week (15/101) (more info)
45. Run a mile in under 9:00 minutes (more info)
46. Run a mile in under 8:30 minutes (more info)
47. Complete 5 races of my “Race in Every State” challenge (more info)
48. Attempt 100 push-up challenge (more info)
49. Buy a bike (more info)
Food
50. Try 2 new recipes a month (5/33) (more info)
51. Take a cooking class (more info)
52. Try 15 new restaurants (7/15) (more info)
53. Eat vegetarian for one week (more info)
54. Visit the farmers market (more info) — 05.20.09
55. Make a pie from scratch (more info)
56. Make a recipe binder (more info)
57. Eat 10 things I’ve never tried before (10/10) (more info)
58. Learn how to make 25 kinds of soup (4/25) (more info)
59. Learn how to start a grill (more info) — 06.15.09
Friends/Family
60. Make 5 new friends (0/5) (more info)
61. Take cousins to the library (more info)
62. Have 5 board game nights (1/5) (more info)
63. Host 5 poker nights (0/5) (more info)
64. Host a Harry Potter marathon party (more info) — 07.11.09
65. Have Shane make his 101 list and help him reach his goals (more info)
Fun
66. Play mini-golf (more info)
67. Go to the batting cages (more info)
68. Play catch (more info)
69. Go ice-skating (more info)
70. Make a geocache and hide it (more info)
71. Find 10 caches a year (0/10) (0/3) (more info)
Goodwill
72. Send 10 “just because” gifts (2/10) (more info)
73. Volunteer at least once a year (0/3) (more info)
74. Participate in 3 charity races/walks (0/3) (more info)
75. Join Big Brother Big Sister (more info)
76. Donate 100,000 grains of rice via freerice.com (6,000/100K) (more info)
77. Buy a stranger a meal/coffee once a year (0/3) (more info)
Learning
78. Be able to label a map of Africa (more info)
79. Be able to label a map of US (more info)
80. Visit a zoo (more info) — 05.30.09
81. Visit 5 museums (1/5) (more info)
82. Learn 2 new French words and 1 French idiom a week (23/131) (more info)
83. Learn 2 new ASL signs a week (23/131) (more info)
84. Attend a Toast Masters meeting (more info)
Misc
85. Go on our honeymoon (more info)
86. Pay off at least one credit card (more info)
87. Go to a shooting range (more info) — 08.23.09
88. Get FOID card (more info) — 07.20.09
89. Play with Luna for 5 min 6 times a week (19/101) (more info)
90. Sit in on a LARP meeting (more info)
91. Go out in public without makeup (more info) — 06.08.09
92. Update picture frames (more info) — 08.19.09
93. Watch sun rise and set on the same day (more info)
94. Write a will and living-will (more info)
95. Stop watching TV at 7pm 1 night a week (18/101) (more info)
96. Take out my contacts 2 nights a week (16/131) (more info)
Travel
97. Go on a road trip with someone other than Shane (more info) — 06.07.09
98. Go camping outside of IL (more info)
99. Complete A-Z Challenge (5/26) (more info)
101 Mission
100. Review/update this list at least once a week (19/131) (more info)
101. Create a new list once this one has been completed (more info)
05.17.2009 – 02.12.2012
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Thanks for the link! Yeah, I kept finding things that I wanted to add to my list, so I decided on an “alternates” section. I think next time, I’ll just leave 15-20 items blank and fill them in later. Good luck on your list!
Great list!
I also LOVE your finish date – it just looks so pretty with the 1s and 2s and 0s – does that make sense? :)
Thank you! Completely makes sense… at least it does to me! That’s why I picked it :) I love that yours ends on Thanksgiving!
Awesome list! We have loads of tasks that are similar or along the same lines. Good luck! I will be checking back :)
Thanks! I know!! I’m definitely looking forward to checking back with yours too :) Good luck!
Thanks for the link! Your list inspires me to want to add even more to my list… :) I’m sure that running half marathons and marathons won’t sneak there way onto my current list, but it would certainly be a good one to add after the first 101 is completed!
I’ll be sure to check in on your blog to see your progress- it seems like you have already have a good start!
On a totally random note, I was reading that your husband is from Iowa. I also am originally from Iowa- northeastern corner to be exact. Is he from the same area? I always get excited when I see that someone’s from Iowa. It doesn’t seem to happen too much when it comes to the blog-world!
I had to start a “things for my next 101″ list because I kept coming across great ideas from other bloggers :)
He’s from Richland, IA (about an hour south of Iowa City) and I graduated from University of Iowa then we lived in Pella, IA for a couple years. I don’t come across very many other Iowans either :)
You lived in Pella? My mom’s co-worker is from Pella! :)
Small world!! Shane worked at Vermeer for 4 (or 5?) years so I moved there after I graduated. It’s a really cute little Dutch town. I only miss Tulip Time :)
Thanks so much for commenting on my blog and adding me to your links list. I didn’t realize there were so many people doing this and had blogs like mine.
There seems to be a lot of people starting it in the last couple months. If you go to DayZero you can see a master list (and add yours to it if you like). I find reading other people’s lists really interesting and tend to find things I want to put on my next 101 that I never would have thought of :)
Ooh, excellent list! I would love to go paintballing!
I also thought about doing the A-Z challenge but ended up rejecting it… although I did find out there is a place in Germany that begins with X, which I think would have been the hardest letter.
Thanks for checking out my list!
I was worried about finding an “X” place to visit at first but I think there may be one not far from where I live (super small town but it will count lol).
One of my favorite foreign films is The Butterfly and the Diving Bell. It’s a French Film. It’s really good, very sad, but good.
Thanks! I’ll add it to my to-watch list!
Hey Tara thanks for the comment. Love your list & good on you for sharing it and collecting other people lists as well. I will be checking in here from time to time to see how you get on.
http://andemacpherson.com/2009/02/dream-it-list-it-do-it/
Thanks for checking out my site!
I’m thinking about getting a snitch, or the symbol for the Deathly Hollows. But I change my mind a lot…so we’ll see!
I’ve seen some really cute tattoos of snitches and Deathly Hollows symbols. I think I’d like to get a spell or a quote maybe. But I tend to lean towards word tattoos. Only 1 out of my 5 isn’t a word :)
I love your list. Thinks for the link to the ning group!
Thank you! And thanks for joining :)
Thanks for commenting on my blog…it let me to your amazing list! I’m be checking in to see your progress now, GOOD LUCK!
Thanks! I added you to my links too :)
I love this format – I’m stealing it for my list :)
Thanks! Steal away :)
Your list is fantastic! I really like your blog “My Day In Six Words” it’s such a cool idea!
Thanks!!
Nice list! I’m interested in following your blog. Thanks also for the link to Day Zero List Makers.
I particularly like #83. Once upon a time I knew how to sign, but I lost that knowledge over time. I’m interested in re-learning. Know of any resources?
Thanks! I usually use Signing Savvy :)
Thanks!
Nice list and a good practice, very inspirational, i’m going to do my own.
Thanks! Good luck :)
I got some great ideas from your list and i really like the “My day in six words” idea.
Thanks for sharing – Mike
Thank you :)
hi Tara…
I just finished my 101 list… :-D, thanks for the idea… :-)
Now the next step is to work for it…
your A to Z challenge was really cool so I have my own challenge to0…
thanks A lot…:)
Yay!! Congrats on getting it done! Be sure to post a link to it on Day Zero List Makers (http://dayzero.ning.com)!!