101 in 1001

Start: October 1, 2009
End: June 28, 2012

In Progress Goals
Completed Goals

For Intellectual Development

1. Take the GREs [Changed 08Jan10] Read “On the Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin.
2. Apply to Grad School
3. Re-Read Moby Dick
4. Read 2 non-fiction history books [Progress]
5. Walk the freedom trail
6. Read 5 books recommended by others (0/5) [Progress]
7. Visit a museum I’ve never been to (24Nov09)
8. Read 15 books previously unread from the BBC top 100 list (3/15) [Progress]
9. See “Schindler’s List”
10. Finish a book in a day

For Adventures

11. Swim in the pacific ocean
12. Plan and take a vacation to somewhere that can not be reached by car/bus/train (Bahamas – January 2010)
13. Ride on a Motorcycle
14. Go to Mardi Gras [Changed 19Nov09] Go Skydiving
15. Go skinny-dipping in daylight hours
16. Climb a mountain
17. Go apple picking and make something besides apple crisp with the apples [Changed 08Jan10] Visit a country outside North America besides Israel

For Health

18. Drink at least 2L of water every day for 30 days (30/30) – (03Nov09)
19. Take a full week off from work (week vacations using company holidays as one or more of the days does not count) (25Jan10-29Jan10)
20. Eat only things prepared at home (or someone else’s home) for 30 days (0/30)
21. See a dermatologist

For Fitness

22. Pass to a Yellow Belt in Kung Fu
23. Ride the 45 Mile LiveSTRONG in Philly
24. Fit into my “skinny” jeans
25. Start the day with sun salutations every day for 2 weeks, 3 times (0/14), (0/3)
26. Walk to work 3 times (0/3)
27. Be able to dead-lift 60lbs (2-30lb barbells)
28. Gym/Fu/Yoga at least 300 times for all 1001 days (63/300)

For Repairing the World (Tikkun Olam)

29. Donate blood (or at least try) (24Feb10)
30. Cook a meal made from entirely local ingredients
31. Make an anonymous donation
32. Recruit 5 people to do the LiveSTRONG Ride (0/5)
33. Buy “Spare Change” from 10 different people (6/10)
34. Leave an obscenely generous tip

For Friends and Family: The People I Love

35. Speak to Bro at least 75 times (a little more than twice a month) (14/75)
36. Make a candlelit dinner
37. Learn how to make mom’s chicken soup and matzah balls
38. Make Ben a kippah (21Oct09)
39. Hand write and snail mail a love letter
40. Host a sit down dinner party
41. Take my parents out to dinner
42. Make breakfast in bed for Ben

For Creativity

43. Send 10 birthday cards, by mail, to 10 different people (4/10)
44. Start blog to chronicle 101 in 1001 and make at least 200 posts (31/200)
45. Make a toast
46. Pose nude for an art class
47. Make at least 5 things from my Julia Child cookbook (that I’ve had since I was 8, is signed, and I’ve never used) (0/5)
48. Teach someone how to crochet
49. Recover kitchen chairs from Nancy {Changed 08Jan10] Finish the blanket for Alex
50. Make a blanket for myself
51. Make Cheese
52. Make pizza from scratch with aforementioned Cheese
53. Take an art class
54. Bake bread from scratch (02Oct09)

For Financial Wellbeing

55. Get a Raise… twice! (1/2)
56. Have $25,000 in savings at the end of 1001 days
57. Put an entire paycheck into savings
58. Sell something on craigslist
59. Create a realistic budget and stick to it for at least 3 months (0/3)

For Entertainment

60. Attend an NFL Football game
61. Plan an “Ice Cream Tour” of the Boston Area
62. Execute “Ice Cream Tour” for a group of at least 5 people
63. See a Broadway show
64. See at least 15 new movies from AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies (10th anniversary edition) (2/15) [Progress]
65. Go to the batting cages
66. Attend a Red Sox game at a stadium other than Fenway Park
67. See a (non musical) play
68. Read and watch “The Graduate”
69. See 10 movies in theaters (3/10) [Progress]
70. Go out one night and try “all the blue drinks”
71. Watch the Boston Marathon
72. Play in the BUWRFC Alumni Game
73. Ride a mechanical bull
74. Go to the beach 7 times (1/7)
75. Try 15 new [local] restaurants (6/15) [Progress]

For Personal Growth

76. Go 4 weeks without “snoozing” (0/4)
77. Make 5 new friends
78. Get a Horizontal Driver’s license
79. Learn how to throw a football (so I don’t throw it like a rugby ball)
80. Send a secret to PostSecret
81. Go out for dinner at a nice restaurant alone
82. Go to the movies by myself (13Mar10)
83. Live without room mates (i.e get an apartment of my/our own) (move in June 1!)
84. Be driven in a car by Alex P
85. Learn how to change the oil of my car (learning doesn’t mean I have to actually do it)
86. Wear something other than jeans to work for 1 week, 3 times [yoga pants do not count] (1/3)

For Myself

87. Get a dog
88. Throw a “Bat Mitzvah of my Bat Mitzvah” party
88. Still have the same computer at the end of 1001 days
90. Spend more than $100 on a pair of non-athletic shoes
91. Go commando to work 10 times (1/10)
92. Get 10 manicures or pedicures (5/10)
93. Build a collection of spices (at least 15)
94. Clean and wash car, inside and out, 3 times (0/3)

For Later…

95. Add by 01Jan10 [For Fitness] Complete the 100 Push-ups Challenge and the 200 Sit-ups Challenge
96. Add by 15Jul10
97. Add by 01Jan11
98. Add by15Jul11
99. Add by 01Jan12
100. For every completed goal, save $5 to be spent on anything! (may not be spend until after the 1001 days are up)
101. For every incomplete goal, put $5 in savings and donate $5 to tzedakkah (charity TBD)