101 Things: Round 2
It's time for a new list of goals and dreams. Some of these should be fairly easy, some of them will be extremely challenging, and some will depend a lot on available time and money. Some of the items are just for fun, and some are very serious life goals. Some items are unfinished ones from my first 101 things project, and some are completely new. I'm not going to live my life solely to accomplish everything on this list, but I am going to use it to remind myself of some of the things I'd like to accomplish over the next three years.
And now, here's the list, which will be updated as I go.
Project Dates
September 11, 2010 to June 9, 2013
Project Progress
14/101 completed and 6 in progress
The List
Books
001. Read the entire Bible
002. Read How to Read a Book
003. Read 10 books listed in the appendix of How to Read a Book [0/10]
004. Read 10 books listed in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die [3/10]
The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath (September 21, 2010)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon (October 24, 2010)
Enduring Love – Ian McEwan (May 4, 2011)
005. Read 10 business books [1/10]
Bankable Business Plans – Edward Rogoff (December 13, 2011)
006. Read 5 books listed on the Programmer Competency Matrix [0/5]
007. Read 10 Christian non-fiction books [2/10]
Mormonism, Mama, and Me – Thelma Greer (July 27, 2011)
How to Stay Christian in College – J. Budziszewski (January 10, 2012)
008. Read 30 other books [30/30]
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (October 3, 2010)
A Calculated Risk – Katherine Neville (October 6, 2010)
The Bride Collector – Ted Dekker (October 11, 2010)
Immanuel's Veins – Ted Dekker (October 31, 2010)
Open – Andre Agassi (November 10, 2010)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson (December 5, 2010)
The Girl Who Played with Fire – Stieg Larsson (December 22, 2010)
Kayaks Down the Nile – John Goddard (January 10, 2011)
Handle with Care – Jodi Picoult (January 15, 2011)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest – Stieg Larsson (January 23, 2011)
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins (February 2, 2011)
Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins (February 10, 2011)
Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins (February 14, 2011)
The Confession – John Grisham (February 26, 2011)
Decision Points – George W. Bush (March 7, 2011)
It's Not About the Bike – Lance Armstrong (March 10, 2011)
Home to Holly Springs – Jan Karon (March 17, 2011)
The Expediter – David Hagberg (March 24, 2011)
Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain (April 14, 2011)
Two Wars – Nate Self (May 14, 2011)
It Happens Every Spring – Catherine Palmer and Gary Chapman (May 29, 2011)
No Mercy – John Gilstrap (June 11, 2011)
Op-Center – Tom Clancy (June 22, 2011)
The Priest's Graveyard – Ted Dekker (July 6, 2011)
The Second Chair – John Lescroart (August 4, 2011)
Courageous – Randy Alcorn, Alex Kendrick, and Stephen Kendrick (September 18, 2011)
A Man in Full – Tom Wolfe (October 25, 2011)
By the Rivers of Babylon – Nelson DeMille (October 28, 2011)
Burn – Ted Dekker and Erin Healy (November 13, 2011)
Edge of Apocalypse – Tim LaHaye and Craig Parshall (November 24, 2011)
Culture
009. Attend a symphony concert
010. Attend a play [May 7-8, 2011 – Crystal and I saw The Imaginary Invalid and Julius Caesar]
011. Attend a concert [October 9, 2011 – I saw the David Crowder Band in San Francisco with Ariana and my nephew Gary]
012. Watch 10 movies listed in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die [7/10]
On the Waterfront – Jan 21, 2011
Stagecoach – Jan 27, 2011
Blackmail – Feb 3, 2011
The Jazz Singer – Mar 11, 2011
Duck Soup – Oct 12, 2011
High Noon – Jan 10, 2012
Breakfast at Tiffany's – Jan 13, 2012
013. Attend a Second Saturday Art Walk in Sacramento
Food
014. Attend Taste of Chico
015. Eat at the Spice Creek Cafe
016. Eat at a restaurant in Chico that I've never been to before [September 14, 2010 - Petra Mediterranean]
017. Eat food from a culture that I've never tried before
018. Cook beef bourguignon (Julia Child's recipe)
019. Learn to cook Thai curry
Faith
020. Go on a short term mission trip
021. Write in a journal (paper or digital) every day for 30 days
022. Participate in Love Chico [Oct 26, 2010]
Health and Fitness
023. Train for and complete a triathlon
024. Complete a 5k
025. Complete a 10k
026. Complete a century bike ride (100 miles)
027. Weigh less than 200 pounds (starting weight: 276 pounds)
028. Break my addiction to caffeine
029. Go 1 month without eating ice cream
Travel
030. Visit New Zealand
031. Visit at least one country in Europe
032. Visit a national park that I haven't yet visited
033. Visit a state or province that I haven't yet visited
034. Visit Santa Cruz
Outdoor Activities
035. Go on a backpacking trip with Dad
036. Go backpacking in the Lassen area (the national park or one of the nearby wilderness areas)
037. Go snowshoeing
038. Go horseback riding
039. Camp at Juniper Lake
040. Go bicycle camping
041. Climb Lassen Peak
042. Hike a trail in Castle Crags state park
043. Hike to Bumpass Hell in Lassen National Park
Family
044. Take a 2 night or longer backpacking trip with Ariana
045. Go on a car camping trip with Emily
046. Take the kids to Lake Shasta Caverns
047. Visit Mexicali with Ariana
048. Put together an iTunes playlist of cheesy love songs for Crystal [January 10, 2011]
049. Go on a vacation with Crystal [May 5-8, 2011 – Anniversary trip to Ashland, OR]
050. As a family, watch a professional sports event (NFL, MLB, etc) in person
051. Design a book of family photos from the last few years
052. Go on a bike ride as a family
Personal
053. Have a logo for this site professionally designed
054. Redesign this site
055. Write a will
056. Copy all of the (good) music from our CDs to our iTunes library [Jan 7, 2011]
057. Take a martial arts class and advance at least one belt
058. Finish unpacking and organizing our house
059. Donate blood 3 times [0/3]
060. Complete 5 drawings [0/5]
061. Transfer all of our digital 8 videos to the computer
062. Get a professional massage
Purchases/Finance
063. Get a passport [November 20, 2010]
064. Purchase a Kindle or other e-reader [April 30, 2011 - Crystal purchased this for me as an anniversary gift]
065. Purchase the rest of the pieces for our entertainment center (receiver, speakers, computer, hard drives)
066. Purchase everything needed for our entire family to go on bike rides together
067. Purchase renter's insurance [January 31, 2011]
068. Purchase a bike rack for our car
069. Purchase a headstone for the grave of the twins
070. Build or purchase a touring bike
071. Purchase at least one canvas of our family to hang in the living room [December 8, 2010]
072. Purchase 2 books for my photo book collection [2/2]
On This Earth: Photographs from East Africa (Nick Brandt) – January 10, 2011
Chased by the Light: A 90-Day Journey (Jim Brandenburg) – January 27, 2012
073. Design and purchase our wedding album
074. Buy a new tripod
075. Build a $1000 emergency fund
Photo Business
076. Take a winter photography trip to Yosemite
077. Photograph waterfalls in North Carolina in the spring
078. Have a new logo designed for Divine Reflections Photography
079. Redesign the Divine Reflections website
080. Photograph Mossbrae Falls
081. Complete a 26 things project
082. Catch up on copyright registrations
083. Complete the setup of our image backup system
084. Complete my Bidwell Park photo project
085. Design a book with the photos from the Bidwell Park project
086. Organize and keyword all digital business photos
087. Design a companion book to Crystal's 365 day photo project
Coatesoft/Programming
088. Have a logo designed for Coatesoft
089. Design the Coatesoft website
090. Release a beta version of Blahaha
091. Have a logo designed for Blahaha
092. Come up with a better name for Photo Business Plus [December 14, 2010 - Office Mogul]
093. Have a logo designed for Office Mogul
094. Release a beta version of Office Mogul
095. Learn C
096. Learn Javascript
097. Private
098. Private
099. Private
100. Private
Life
101. Build our businesses large enough that I can drop to half time at my day job.