Mike’s 101 in 1001 Days List

After hour upon hour of helping Mikey come up with his list, it’s finished!  He even stayed up extra late on his birthday to finish it after we got home from celebrating with friends!  This allows me to mark off #62. Help husband make his own 101 list …that’s a big goal for my own 101 in 1001 list!

Mike’s 101 in 1001 Days Project

Starts: June 20, 2010
Ends: March 17, 2013

Love & Marriage
1. Have ‘Marriage Meetings’ no less than once a month for the 1001 days and beyond
2. Attend a cooking class with Liana
3. Stop scaring Liana for at least 1 week
4. Take my wife out on a date night at least once a month
5. Take wife on romantic anniversary trip
6. Have a child (Grandparents… please no harassing calls asking when!)

Reading, Writing, Drawing, Creating
7. Write my biography to record my life up till now for posterity
8. Read Proverbs every day for 1 month
9. Write a letter to myself to open at the end of 1001 days
10. Fill a moleskin notebook front to back with drawings
11. Write 5 blog posts about 5 people I admire
12. Create 5 Top Ten lists (movies, songs, etc…)
13. Read a book per month for at least a year
14. Write in a daily journal for at least 3 weeks
15. Blog at least once a week for three months
16. Write a short story
17. Identify 101 things that make me happy
18. Create one item to sell online (Quirky, Etsy, PhotoGarb, etc…)
19. Make up a new joke every week for a month and test them on Liana
20. Design a t-shirt

Photo & Video
21. Shoot & develop at least one full roll of film in both of my classic rangefinders
22. Learn to use the Steadicam Merlin
23. Go on a photo safari using only public transportation
24. Learn Adobe Premiere Pro
25. Begin & complete 365 photo project
26. Create full length wedding video Done! Finished Desmond & Keisha’s video
27. Take a videography class Done! Took a StillMotion class while in NYC
28. Submit video for a competition
29. Submit photos for a competition
30. Go to a National park and take pics & video
31. Save up and buy a new MacBook Pro Done! 17″ MBP i7
32. Scan all family photos to digital

Discipline, Habits, Health & Fitness
33. Give direct answers for 1 week (don’t answer first with sarcastic reply)
34. Go to bed by 11:30pm for 3 weeks
35. Get out of bed at 7:00am for 3 weeks
36. Maintain a healthy weight (190lb cap & trigger to get busy)
37. Complete 100 push-ups in one attempt
38. Go one month without buying anything on iTunes
39. Pay a compliment to someone once a day for 3 weeks
40. Go to a Farmers Market
41. Drink at least 36oz of water a day for 1 month
42. Go running 3 days a week for at least 3 weeks
43. Log into bank accounts once per week for a month
44. For one month, ensure that laundry is folded within 24 hrs after coming out of dryer
45. Go three months without buying anything new (except food/necessities/biz items)
46. Go without watching TV for a minimum of one month
47. Take some “me time” once a week for a month
48. Create some sort of passive income

Be Social
49. Take my brother and sister to lunch or dinner
50. Meet at least 3 new neighbors
51. Organize a Guys Night Out once a quarter for a year
52. Encourage five others to write their own ’101 in 1001′ lists
53. Take a full one hour lunch break away from the computer twice a week for 3 months
54. Have lunch with a friend once a month for 6 months

Just for the Fun of It
55. Save up $10 per each completed item from this list to spend upon completion
56. Try NY pizza Done! Not terribly impressed; must try again! =)
57. Learn to play the guitar (yea, cliche… I know)
58. Drive a Porsche and/or Ferrari
59. Teach Liana to shoot a handgun
60. Teach Liana to drive a manual transmission car
61. Travel by train, not to include metro system
62. Go ice skating
63. Go jet skiing
64. Take long bike ride on Silver Comet Trail
65. Go skeet shooting
66. Beat RyanMcAwesome and/or Pookles at ‘Words with Friends’ Done! Finally beat Pookles, but I think she was just having an off day!
67. Buy a tent, go camping
68. Fly a kite
69. Go on a hay ride
70. Rent and/or buy a scooter/motorcycle Done! We now have two Vespas
71. Learn how to use my roller blades
72. Hang the hammock and use it

Culture, Music & Movies
73. Visit a museum
74. Go to the symphony
75. Go to a Broadway show Done! Saw two shows while in NYC
76. Go to Eddie’s Attic for live music performance
77. Go to a drive-in movie
78. Learn to play chess
79. Learn a new language
80. Visit The World of Coca-Cola

Do For Others
81. Perform a random act of kindness
82. Buy a meal for a stranger
83. Donate blood
84. Go on a mission trip
85. Donate my skills to a good cause
86. Do community volunteer work

Get Organized
87. Get concealed carry permit
88. Finally shred all the papers in my massive collection Done!
89. Write a will
90. Find or make a home maintenance calendar/list

Travel
91. Rent a cabin in the mountains
92. Travel to NYC for first time Done!
93. Go on guys trip
94. Travel to Spain
95. Travel to France
96. Go to Boston, MA
97. Share beach house with friends Done!
98. Take a spontaneous road trip

Big Goals
99. Finish basement
100. Complete Emergency Fund as defined by Dave Ramsey
101. Secret (Sorry, can’t publish this one!)

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