Here it is....

This is definitely more for me than for anyone else, but if anyone stumbles upon this page and is at all interested: the basic concept is that I am trying to accomplish 101 preset goals in 1001 days starting Jan.1, 2008 and finishing Sept. 28, 2010. The goals are extremely varied from solving a rubik's cube to having another child. Here is the list as I have it now.


SCRABBLE

1. Be rated over 1600
2. Be rated over 1700
3. Play in two consecutive Nationals
Play in the following tournaments:
4. Boston Area
5. Albany
6. Lake George
7. Toronto
8. Div. 1 at Arden Cup
9. Score 100% on Jumbletime/Aerolith 4's for 60 straight days (0/60)
10. Score 100% on Jumbletime/Aerolith 5's for 60 straight days (0/60)
11. Know top 4000 7's ice cold
12. Know top 4000 8's ice cold
13. Go to 12 tournaments in a year (0/12)

DIY/ART STUFF

14. Learn to sew proficiently (including buttons, seams, quilts, etc.)
15. Learn to knit (more than just scarves and hats)
16. Plant a garden (including seasonal rotation)
17. Sell something I have made
18. Put out 5 issues of The Armchair Revolutionary's DIY (0/5)
19. Make a cover for Brian's CD
20. Make at least one large collage (0/1)
21. Set-up rotating "gallery" in home
22. Own five pieces of art that I am proud of (1/5)
23. Write 10 pieces of fiction that I am proud of (0/10)
24. Write 40 poems that I am proud of (0/40)
25. Complete one skit that I am proud of (0/1)
26. Go to RoboWriters

PHYSICAL

27. Run 3 miles a day, 5 days a week, for 10 weeks (0/50)
28. Weigh between 175-180 lbs.
29. Be able to touch toes
30. Be able to sit "Indian style" (Half Lotus?) without cheating
31. Do not consume any caffeine for 30 straight days (0/30)
32. Do not consume any sugar (knowingly) for 60 straight days (0/60)
33. Do not consume any alcohol for 30 straight days (0/30)
34. Maintain Vegan diet for 30 straight days (0/30)
35. Do not consume anything that I (or someone I know personally) did not prepare for 14 straight days (0/14)

TRAVEL

36. Go on a real vacation (no Scrabble, no outside family)
37. Go to Canada
38. Go to Mexico
39. See the US/Mexico border wall
40. Go to Washington State with Katy and Quinn
Do the following 5 Chicago things: (0/5)
41. Sears Tower
42. Symphony
43. Field Museum
44. Museum of Science and Industry (with special exhibits)
45. Planetarium
46. Take a trip on a train
47. Go backpacking for 4 days without any outside contact

LIVING ON THE EDGE (aka making myself do things that scare me)

48. Camp one night in the woods completely by myself
49. Become pregnant/have another child
50. Ride a horse
Eat the following 5 nasty foods: (0/5)
51. Tongue
52. Brain
53. Snails
54. Pickled Pigs Feet
55. ???
56. Get a tattoo
57. Shoot a gun
58. Feed a cow with my hands
59. Skinny dip in a natural body of water
60. Tell my mom that I do not now, nor will I ever, believe in God or any other phantom of a higher order
61. Take Katy dancing and actually dance

ETC.

62. Have a wardrobe that reflects me
63. Learn how to do a Rubik's Cube
64. Volunteer for Obama during the primaries
65. Volunteer for a candidate I agree with for the presidential election
66. Compost
67. Do not shave or trim beard for 60 days (0/60)
68. Bic beard and head
69. Get a dog (preferably a bulldog)
70. Go ice skating
71. Get a professional massage
72. Give something away that I could have made at least $100 selling
73. Make one meal per week from a recipe (1/143)
74. Take a full lunch hour outside of the office once a week (1/143)
75. Have 30 GB of straight music on my iPod/iTunes (9.3/30)
76. Give $1001 to charities I care about (185/1001)
77. Start a college fund for Quinn
78. Move to Asheville, NC
79. Read a good book about wine
80. Read a good book about beer
81. Taste 300 different beers (6/300)
82. Taste 75 different wines (1/75)
83. Spend over 200 dollars on dinner (Katy and I)
84. Fly a kite
85. Roll down a hill
86. Stay up all night with friends and watch the sunrise
87. Replace all light bulbs with super efficient ones
88. Own a car that gets better than 35 miles to the gallon (preferably better than 40)
89. Do not drive or ride in a car for 30 straight days (could also be, do not purchase gasoline for 60 days) (0/30) or (0/60)
90. Host a party
91. Decide 100 percent definitely whether or not I will ever go back to school
92. Contact a different friend every day for 30 days (0/30)
93. Replace all furniture that we do not like with things that we do (1/3)
94. Go see one movie a month in the theatres (preferably more of course) (0/33)
95. Bike to work at least once (0/1)
96. Perfect a bread recipe
97. Read 50 books (0/50)
98. Chicago addendum: Go see a Bears game
99. Chicago addendum: Go to a Bulls game
100. Chicago addendum: Go to a Blackhawk's game
101. Give $5 to a charity of Katy's choosing for each one of these points not completed



Hopefully, I will be using this blog to track my progress and update the list as things are completed. In the instance of books read, movies watched, etc. I will include titles and dates in separate posts. and edit them as they are completed. I want very much to keep up with this. All of these things are important to me and I feel that if I am able to complete this whole list in 1001 days I will have a lot to look back and and fee good about.

Wish me luck.