Updated 12/2/2015
Welcome to my new adventure!!
I’m a lists person. I write things down and cross them off. It’s what I do. I’m a planner. I plan my daily work, I plan my employees’ daily work and I live my life off of lists. I do annual lists for personal goals although I rarely share them. This time, I’m going to make myself accountable by sharing the list. I’ve been contemplating putting together a bucket list because frankly, I’ve always wanted to do it and I happened to wander across a blog about 101 things to do in 1,001 days. It is a sort of bucket list with a deadline. The idea is to complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1,001 days or about 2.75 years. The tasks must be specific, measurable, realistic and a bit stretching.
I like this idea because it is not so morbid as a bucket list and it has a deadline that isn’t too close and isn’t so far away it is an obstacle. I’m going to start the list December 1, 2015. The 1,001st day...the deadline...drop dead date, is August 1, 2018. A lot can change between now and then but I’m going to give this list an honest effort. I see a lot of blogs out there with essentially a lot of failed lists. Lists started in 2009, 2010 that have 80 items left to go.
Below is my list. I thought for a long time on this list and I believe it is all achievable however will take a considerable amount of effort. Some of these things I have already started so I will start fresh some goals while others I worded differently so as to merely complete the task. Some of them are a little weird, but that's ok because that's me.
My list is defined around a number of fairly loose themes.
My goal of the list is to have a bit of fun but positively affect the lives of myself and those close to me. I want to form new habits that will carry me through the rest of my life (hopefully) and keep me motivated for success.
Tomorrow, I will fill you in on what I plan on tackling in December 2015 for the first 31 days of this 1,001 day challenge.
Completed items will change to
List Based:
1.
Blog about these 101 things in
1001 days
2.
Reward: Spend $2 for every
completed task; Risk: donate $1 for every incomplete item
3.
Find a quote for every item on
the list
Habit Forming:
4.
Drink 2 liters of water every day for a month
5.
Go one month without added
sugar, sugary drinks, candy, etc
6.
Pack lunch to work every day
for a month
7.
Floss every day for 2 months (1/62 complete)
8.
Go a month without getting gas
station/takeout food at all
9.
Exercise 3 times per week for 2
months straight
10. Take
a multivitamin every day for a month
11. Use
face lotion every day for a month
12. Don’t
swear for a week
13. Set
a daily routine and stick to it for a month
14. Play
my guitar 15 minutes a day every day for a month
Mental Health
15. Go facebook/twitter/game free for 1 week
16. Complete
a 30 day challenge of some sort
17. Take
a sick day to do something fun
18. Wear
Something nicer than jeans to work every day for a week
19. Answer
the “50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind”
20. Take
a nap on a Mountain for at least 20 minutes.
Health
21. Get
my vision checked... It’s been a while
22. Get
a checkup... It’s been a while
23. Get
to my goal weight
24. Complete
Teeth Whitening program
25. Get
Body/Fat % to within Fitness Range
Wander More
26. Hike
on average at least one day per month (33 months)
27. Hike
150 miles in one year
28. Hike
300 miles total
29. Hike
Mt. Washington in New Hampshire in Winter
30. Get
to 150 miles of completed Appalachian Trail
31. Hike
a Vermont 4000’ Peak
32. Hike
a Maine 4000’ Peak
33. Backpack
at least 6 nights, can be separate trips
34. Finish
the NH 4000’ Peaks
35. Send
in for my NH 4000’ Club Patch/Certificate
36. Create
something to commemorate my finish of the NH 4000’ peaks
Career / Financial
37. Make
6 figures
38. Pay
off all revolving debt
39. Pay
off my student loans
40. Double
the automatic payments to my son’s college fund
41. Overhaul
my Resume
42. Get
promoted
43. Hit
Net Worth Goal: Private Number
44. Hit
Retirement Savings Goal: Private Number
45. Buy
a Blazer
46. Re-evaluate and re-balance my 401(k)
47. Create
a workable budget
48. Stick
to budget for 1 year
Family
49. Go
on at least a 4 night vacation with the family
50. Cook
a nice Dinner for Shelby for no reason twice
51. Give
flowers to Shelby for no reason twice
52. Go
Camping with my son
53. Climb
a 4000’ Peak with my son
54. Go
away for 1 night with Shelby without our son
55. Visit
my Aunt Glenda
56. Go ice fishing in Jackman
56. Go ice fishing in Jackman
57. Take
one day to do whatever my son wants to do
58. Celebrate
Shelby and my 10th anniversary
Simplify
59. Get
rid of my baseball cards and other memorabilia
60. Sell
/ Donate / Purge my Electric Guitar and Amp
61. Buy
new steel toe boots. Stop gluing the old
ones.
62. Get
rid of my Grad School books
63. Go
through all of my outdoor gear and childhood gear and organize/purge what isn’t
necessary
Learn Something
64. Grow
Hops
65. Use
home grown hops in a drink (brew or double hop is fine)
66. Finish
reading the bible
67. Read
10 random Wikipedia pages (5 of 10 complete).
68. Learn
to roll my kayak
69. Read
2 philosophy books
70. Read
2 self-help style books
71. Learn a complete song on my Ukulele
72 Obtain my conceal carry permit for Maine
73. Learn 10 new mixed drinks
Get Out There71. Learn a complete song on my Ukulele
72 Obtain my conceal carry permit for Maine
73. Learn 10 new mixed drinks
74. Go
to the Kennebunk Winter Prelude
75. Go
Fly Fishing
76. Go
Skiing
77. Run
a 5K
78. Play
Golf on a course I’ve never played before
79. Go
Whitewater Rafting again
80. Check
out a book from the library
81. Watch
the Sunrise from a Mountaintop
82. Watch
the Sunset from a Mountaintop
Stay In There
83. Watch all of the Star Wars Movies in order
84. See
10 Classic Movies I’ve never seen
Atlantic City,
85. Watch the Oscar nominated movies from the year I was born (1982)
85. Watch the Oscar nominated movies from the year I was born (1982)
Chariots of Fire, Atlantic City, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Reds
86. Watch
26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet
Atlantic City, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, Serpico, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
87. Read
5 classic books I haven’t yet read
The adventures of Tom Sawyer,
The adventures of Tom Sawyer,
Just Do It
88. Frame
my MBA
89. Donate
Blood
90. Renew
my Passport
91. Change
out all my underwear
92. Buy
a lottery ticket for a super large jackpot
93. Enter
a contest
94. Donate
to a Kickstarter campaign
95. Buy
something I normally would not buy
96. Donate
to a charity
97. Have
a stocked bar
Get Creative
98. Make
something out of wood
99. Write
a short story
100. Create a family logo
101. Create a bucket list with at
least 100 items and start knocking some off 45/100
