101 in 1001
I begin this list 6/4/09
Ended 3/22/12
Inspired by
Three Word Chant
As it is written so it shall be done before 1001 days have transpired on March 22, 2012 .
updated last 6/6/09, 6/14/09, 7/1/09, 10/4/09, 11/8/09, 11/27/09, 12/13/09, 12/31/09, 1/17/10, 2/3/10, 2/14/10, 2/28/10, 3/14/10, 4/11/10, 5/2/10, 6/4/10, 7/4/10, 8/16/10, 9/7/10, 10/2/10, 11/6/10, 11/29/10, 12/18/2010, 12/31/2010, 1/8/2011, 1/15/11, 1/22/11, 1/29/11, 2/5/11, 2/12/11, 2/19/11, 2/26/11, 3/13/11, 3/20/11, 3/31/11, 4/18/11, 4/30/11, 5/15/11, 5/31/11, 6/30/11, 7/31/11, 8/31/11, 9/30/11, 10/29/11, 11/30/11, 1/1/12, 1/31/12, 2/26/12
- Fix up my bicycle(1/2)
- Bicycle 1001 miles. (30.5)
- (X)get to work without using my car 10 times
- (X)Walk 1001 miles besides what I do normally(12/31/11)
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Lose 20 lbs and keep it that way. (start 202)(196 3/14/10)(194.5 4/11/10)(190 6/3/10)(189 9/2/10)(186 4/26/11)(182 6/25/11)
- (X)Learn a new sport or play one I haven’t played in a while.(soccer)
- Play a 3 set match in tennis.
- Dance 1001 dances. (110)
- (X)Get a physical exam(8/10/10 @10:30 am)
- (X)Go to the dentist 3 times(4/5/11, 4/11/11, 4/18/11)(Two teeth pulled out/ saved my life)
- (X)Finish my novel(11/29/10)(second draft).
- Finish the first draft of another(40,000 words 11/30/11)
- Write 5 short stories.
- Write 101 poems.(68)
- (X)Write 500 journal entries. (5/9/11)
- (X)Find a writing group (10/19/11).
- Send 5 items to publishers.
- (X)Enter a writing contest.(Writers Digest Short Story Contest)11/09
- Publish 400 blog posts. (288)
- (X)Comment on 101 blogs or email discussion lists (12/15/2010)
- Finish 50 pieces of 2 dimensional art.(37)
- (X)Finish 5 pieces of 3 dimensional art.(5)
- (X)Take a 1001 photographs.(1022) 1/6/10
- Become fluent in Spanish enough to complete a conference with a parent who doesn’t speak English.
- Translate a Spanish Poem.
- (X) Read a book in Spanish. El Canto de Las Ballenas (1/3/2012)
- Write 5 blog entries in Spanish.
- (X) Watch 10 Spanish movies without subtitles(2/21/12)
- (X)Read or listen to 101 books of all sorts. 11/11/11
- Watch 20 of Akira Kurosawa‘s movies with subtitles.(17)
- Learn to play 5 songs well on the piano.
- (X) Play guitar and sing for an audience.(Many times now at BCS) 7/09
- (X) Write a song.(10/11)
- Speak about or give a demonstration about teaching in a professional setting.
- (X) Go to the ocean (the Sound doesn’t count, there must be waves not just wake)(Oregon Coast 8/28/11)
- Go camping.
- Go out in a boat (sailing or paddling)
- (X) Listen to 50 bands or musicians I have not heard before.(50)(9/2/10)
- (X) Attend 5 live music events.(Soweto Gospel Choir 3/11/10)(Scrap Arts 3/30/10)(Built to Spill 11/20/10)(The New Porn0graphers 5/5/11, Uncanny Valley Live Karaoke 9/7/11)
- Hang out in a bar with a friend.
- (X)Have a conversation 10 people I don’t know and have no reason to talk to.(12/11)
- (X)Be in 101 places I haven’t been. It doesn’t have to be far. I just have to pay attention to the fact that it is new to me even if it is right by my house. (1/3/2011)
- (X) Visit my sister in Oregon (8/27/11)
- (X)Visit my brother and sister and friends in California.(8/17-19/11)
- (X) Go to Mom and Dad’s 3 times.(1/1/12)
- Visit my island friend 5 times.(3)
- Leave the country once.
- (1/2)Get my birth certificate or if necessary a passport. (sent for BC)(recieved BC 1/16/10)
- Drive a motorcycle or scooter.
- Visit a state I have never been too.
- (X)Visit a city I have never been too.(6/27/10 Bremerton and Poulsbo WA)
- (X) Read a poem I wrote, out loud, for an audience.(12/7/11)
- Help 5 people that I don’t know (in person not a charity or candlelight vigil). Basically good Samaritan stuff.(3)(pushed car in front of library, helped family locked out of car in Ross parking lot)(Helped a woman carry some boxes)
- (X) Help somebody move.(Rowan and Jordan)
- (X)Attend 5 parties or picnics or fun gatherings and have fun. (Really not the easiest thing for me)(11/18/11)
- Kiss my wife 10,010 times (the easiest thing for me). (9,800)
- Have 10 days (not necessarily consecutive) without screens (computer, tv, etc)(9)
- Fly somewhere, most likely in some kind of airplane.
- Take a train somewhere.
- Learn 101 words in languages other than English or Spanish and use them with someone who speaks that language.
- (X)Try 5 foods I have never tried. (3/5/2011)
- Try 5 foods I don’t like but haven’t tried in a while.1 (hummus), 2(Kefir), 3(brewers Yeast), 4(homony)
- (X)Make a group of more than 10 people laugh on purpose. (no accidental slapstick)(told joke at BCS)1/15/10
- (X)Admit a mistake and correct it.(X)
- Buy or make 5 special gifts for no special occasion.(3)
- (X) Find a job I love.(BCS)
- (90%) Go through all of my stuff and get rid of things I do not use.
- Attend 5 church services or spiritual or religious gatherings of some kind.(1. UU Fellowship 1/2/2011)
- Make 5 new friends who I keep track of on at least a monthly basis (1)
- (X)Take a friend out to lunch.(Mark 3/7/10)
- (X) Get rid of the old car.(7/20/09)
- write 50o,500 words(230,000). Replaced post-graduate program goal due to lack of interest on my part.
- (1/2) Plant and grow some flowers.(4/19/10 planted some wildflower seeds with Kameron and Tristan)(6/4 no flowers yet)
- Make a sound sculpture.
- (X)Inspire 1001 works of children’s art by providing space, materials and encouragement.(Finished 5/18/10)
- Make 20 good pieces of documentation about projects (books, posters, mobiles, etc.) with student help.(10)
- Record or transcribe 20 interactions in the classroom.(5)
- Write 20 detailed observations of deep learning.
- (95%)Organize my files so that I can use them.
- (X) Read 10 books I own and haven’t read(8/7/11)
- (X) Give away something I love. (The tempera and wood piece I made inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe‘s flowers)
- (X)Get a laptop.10/15/10
- (X)Write in 50 places other than my home.(11/30/11)
- (X) Learn to fix something I don’t know how to fix (My Guitar).
- Learn to make something I don’t know how to make.
- Sing very loudly in a moment no one is expecting it.
- Make a piece of art that moves.
- Take a writing class or attend a writing seminar or workshop.
- Plan and complete 150 activities that inspire my creativity.(9)
- (X)Take some harsh but constructive criticism without being defensive.(12/8/2010 at ELC, Not Very Harsh)
- (X)Use a critique to improve something I’m working on.(Many times at ELC)
- Find someone I disagree with on a subject that is important to me and listen to them for as long as they want to talk, only speaking to ask clarifying questions.
- Spend a whole day purposefully listening, speaking only to let people know I am present and paying attention.
- (X)Drive fast on a windy road 5 miles or more.(5/24/10)
- (X) Do some trail riding. (down from Lake Padden to BCS)(4/24/10)
- (X) Climb a tree.(6/2/10 a plum tree at BCS)
- Howl at the moon.
- (X) Learn 3 new stories to tell out loud (11/23/11).
- (X)Write a story to tell.(The Monkey and the Magic Pebble)(10/26/11)
- (X)Tell a story to 5 different audiences.(The Lizard’s Song)(10/2011)
- Commit 101 random acts of art as I am out in the world.(7)
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Completed 49 out of 101
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That you’ve made so many goals (and not just little ones either) and almost reached 50% is quite amazing. Congratulations! I’m going to make it my goal to make a goal list.
Three years is such a long time. So much of my life shifted out of the path of many of the goals I set, but there were some things that I kept track of that taught me something about my priorities. In that way it is good to make lists as guides, and not let them take over your life.