101 Things in 365 Days
The time has again come.
Two years ago, I did a "101 Things" challenge. Now, originally, the 101 Things were meant to be completed in 1001 days (check out the dayzeroproject). But in 2013, I decided to make a list I would complete in just one year. 365 days. That's it. I did pretty well, actually. I completed almost the entire list.
In 2014 I had so much going on I decided against doing a list. I felt pretty lost most of the year, like I was fighting just to catch up.
So for 2015, I'm opting to do it again. And so, without going on too much longer, I give you the List: 101 Things to complete in 2015.
The Rules:
1) Complete a List of 101 Things to do in 2015, and start a blog to keep track of progress. (This item can only be completed by updating progress throughout all 2015, and cannot be checked off until Dec. 31, 2015)
Health and Wellness:
2) Exercise 30 minutes daily (except rest days) for 1 month
3) Complete a Mile Swim
4) Lose 40 pounds
5) Complete a 90 Day workout plan, such as P90X
6) Run a 5K
7) Try PiYo
8) Complete a pull-up challenge (1 pull-up each week until doing 52 consecutive pull-ups)
9) No junk food for 1 week
10) No junk food for 1 month
11) No junk food for 3 months
12) Measurement Mondays - take body measurements every Monday to track fitness goals
13) Learn more about nutrition
14) Keep a food journal for 1 week
15) Keep a food journal for 1 month
16) Bench press 150 (3 sets, 10 reps)
17) Reach hydration goals for 90 consecutive days (128 oz. daily)
18) Give up potato chips for the ENTIRE YEAR
19) Begin martial arts training again
20) No eating after 10pm for 1 week
21) No eating after 10pm for 1 month
22) No eating after 10pm for 3 months
23) Feed my Face, Nature's Classroom style
Reading/Writing:
24) Finish Whispering Pines, volume 2 and publish
25) Publish second children's book, "Alligators Under the Bed"
26) Read one book for every letter of the alphabet (Alphabet Challenge, 27-32 don't count)
27) Read "Watership Down" - challenge by Spencer Sweeting
28) Read "Malazan Book of the Fallen" - challenge by Jeremy Button
29) Read "Last Chance to See" - challenge by Bethany Morrow
30) Read "Brave New World" - challenge by JD Chandler
31) Read "Divergent" - challenge by Katie Del Rosso
32) Read (title TDB) - as chosen by Sarah Fedchak
33) Write one "out of genre" story
34) Complete one "Dr. Jekyllstein" book
35) Read the Gospels
36) Read at least 10 pages every day
37) Submit an article to Aquatics International
38) Read a book based on its cover
39) Read one non-fiction book
40) Spend an afternoon reading/writing at a coffee shop
41) Learn how to promote my writing, then do it!
42) Enter a writing contest
Outdoors/Adventure:
43) Go camping in the 1000 Islands
44) Go rock climbing (free climbing and bouldering count)
45) Go kayaking
46) Plant a tree
47) Sleep at least one night in the hammock
48) Go on at least one 5 mile (or longer!) hike
49) Using only a knife, make a bow drill and start a fire with it
50) Hike at Letchworth State Park
51) Hike in the Alabama Swamps
52) Hike the Falls Loop at Rickett's Glen with Tessa on my back
53) Be able to identify 10 constellations and know the mythology/lore behind them.
54) Make a new Dutch Oven recipe
And the rest:
55) Complete the Halloween Cookbook
56) Go to bed by midnight every night for 3 months
57) Sell something at First Friday
58) Complete every unfinished project in the Projects box
59) Design/build a workshop
60) Call an old friend/ write letters each month
61) Establish the Lycoming Outdoor Learning Initiative
62) Complete the 365 Day Penny Saving challenge
63) Spend $0 on the credit card (except gas)
64) Donate to Toys for Tots
65) Give blood
66) Actually get organized
67) On a randomly selected day, say "yes" to everything (cannot be Dec. 31)
68) Go 1 week without TV (camping does not count)
69) Go 1 month without Facebook
70) Throw a killer Halloween Party (see what I did there?)
71) Take the girls to an aquarium
72) Re-connect with Jay Button
73) Send a friend a care package (for no reason whatsoever)
74) Start learning (or re-learning) a new language
75) Learn to cook one European recipe
76) Learn to cook one Asian recipe
77) Learn to cook one Oceanic recipe
78) Learn to cook one African recipe
79) Visit Camp Dittmer
80) Keep a "Things to be Joyful About" Journal
81) Build a cool bookshelf
82) Screen Guardians of the Galaxy, either in the pool or in the backyard
83) Learn to make the cream leaf in coffee
84) Successfully complete a crossword without giving up
85) Get my passport
86) Brew my own beer
87) Memorize an epic speech (video or it doesn't count)
88) Pull off an epic office prank
89) Make something at the Corning Museum of Glass
90) Buy a new pair of sunglasses and somehow manage not to lose them
91) Complete a 31 Days of Halloween list and actually do all the things on it
92) Go to a Haunted House/Hayride
93) Have a movie marathon (minimum 3 movies)
94) Buy a leather journal
95) Memorize a new story
96) Host a storytelling night
97) Learn to make a Long Island Iced Tea
98) Post at least 10 "Dad Vs." articles
99) Start a Pay It Forward Journal - send it out, see where it goes
100) Save $1 for every completed task
101) Donate $5 for every task not completed by Dec. 31, 2015
