101 Things

I’m participating in 101 things project. I’m trying to accomplish 1001 things in 101 days…or is it the other way around….

The numbers are not in order, but neither is my life. Trust me, there are 101 things below. I have until Tuesday, August 7, 2012 to finish this list.

101 Things in 1001 Days
Personal
1.       Participate in NanoWrimo
2.       Beat Lisa’s Mom at Scrabble
3.       Write thank you letters to 3 high school teachers
4.       Pay off credit card without transferring the balance
5.       Stick to a budget for 6 months in a row
6.       Have someone over for dinner at least twice a month (0/66)
7.       Stop biting my fingers
8.       Make a birthday/Christmas present for someone
9.       Install a hose faucet on our house
10.   Build a wall for the front garden
11.   Get rid of those clothes I don’t wear and pile of junk in the basement
12.   Install an exhaust fan in our bathroom
13.   Convert the Open Door website to something usable
93.  Sell all but 10 of my DVD’s
94.   Learn to play 3 songs on the piano (0/3)
95.   Sell all but 5 of my CD’s
96.   See a drive in movie
97.   Dress up for Halloween
98.   Learn 10 signs from sign language
99.   Do 5 projects from instructables.com (1/5) (TV Antenna)
100.  Do 5 airport runs for friends (1/5)

Health

14.   Run a 5k
15.   Run a 10k
92.  Run a half marathon
16.   Run a marathon
17.   Detox fast twice a year (0/5)
18.   Reduce weight to [goal] or lower
19.   Try a vegetarian diet for lent
20.   Do a charity bike ride
21.   Swim 3 times a week for a month
22.   Run 3 times a week for a month
23.   Eat oatmeal once a day for 30 days
24.   Go to 3 yoga sessions (0/3)
25.   Complete the 100 pushups program
26.   Floss everyday for a month
27.   Go to a chiropractor
28.   Get my cholesterol to normal levels

Educational
29.   Go through an audio course on Spanish
30.   Take Intermediate and Advanced Social Network Methods (1/2)
31.   Take Econometrics I and II (1/2)
32.   Read 50 non-school books (50/50)
33.   Watch 25 of the AFI’s top 100 movies (0/25)
34.   Read 10 Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels (1/10)  – To Kill a Mockingbird
35.   Visit Carnegie Art Museum, Carnegie Natural History Museum, Carnegie Science Center, Phipps Conservatory (4/4)

Fun
36.   Read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (3/3)
37.   Read the Harry Potter Series (7/7)
38.   Camp overnight with Lisa
39.   Watch all six star wars movies (0/6)
40.   Ride on a motorcycle
41.   Go kayaking
42.   Stay out until bar time
43.   Record an album
44.   Fire a gun
45.   Go fishing
46.   Have some kind of theme party (Lost Finale)
47.   Play at an open mic night
48.   Attend a pirates game
49.   See Denison Witmer Live
50.   Watch 5 classic movies (0/5)
51. Bike a long distance trail
52.   Go to a drama at CMU

Family
53.   Go camping with my siblings
54.   Go to the symphony with Lisa once a semester (3/6)
55.   Stick to a reasonable work/life balance routine for 30 days
56.   Do all 12 Pittsburgh walks from our book (0/12)
57.   Write a children’s story
58. Host a men’s breakfast
59.   Plan a big surprise for a special a family member’s special occasion
60.   Bring family along for a conference
61.   Have our child fall asleep on my chest
62.   Be in Wisconsin for one of Samuel’s birthdays

Travel
63.   Visit Portland
64.   Visit Boston
65.   Visit Somewhere outside of The United States (Montreal)
66.   Tour 5 breweries (0/5)
67.   Watch the sun rise over the ocean
68.   Visit New York City

Professional
69.   Submit 5 articles to top-tier journals (1/5)
70.   Have a paper accepted into ICIS
71.   Propose my dissertation
72.   Defend my dissertation
73.   Teach a class
74. Attend 3 Conferences (2/3)
75.   Buy a suit jacket with patches on the elbows
76.   Finish all my papers before finals week
82. Put a CV together
83. Put up a functional website
84. Interview a professor for the OCIS student blog (Mike Smith)
85. Write a posting about children in graduate school for the OCIS student blog
86. Give a presentation that I am proud of
87. Get certified by the Eberly center for teaching
101.  Select my doctoral committee

Spiritual
77.   Have a reflection time every day for 30 days
78.   Read the Bible cover to cover
79.   Pray for someone every day for 30 days
80.   Fast once day a week for a month
81.   Visit 3 other churches in Pittsburgh (1/3) (Valley View)
88. Develop a “rule of life”
89.  Have a Sabbath every week for a month
90.  Volunteer for 3 non-profit work days (0/3)
91.  Take a retreat of silence twice a year (0/6