Ok, so I've been meaning to post this for awhile now, but I have waaaay too many things that I want to accomplish in this crazy life of mine and it's difficult to narrow it down to just 101. 1001 days is two years, 8 months, and 26 days to be exact. That's 143 weeks. Or 143 weekends. Or 24,024 hours. Or 86,486,400 seconds. Basically, it's a lot of time to accomplish a lot of things. By counting today as Day 1, I have until Friday, December 24th, 2010 to get these things done. Sounds like a good enough Christmas present to me. I could probably make a list of about 1000 things that I want to do, but I think that this is a pretty good start for the next few years. Here goes...
1. Learn to climb/rappel/belay outdoors - started on May 11, 2008, plus many other trips
2. Climb a 14er in Colorado
3. Canyoneer Salome Jug - May 18, 2008
4. Hike Mt. Humphrey's - June 28, 2008
5. Visit Zion Nat'l Park - July 2008
6. Visit Bryce Canyon
7. MTB in Moab - April 2009
8. Complete an Ironman Triathalon
9. Buy a road bike - May 31, 2008
10. Bike from Canada to Mexico
11. Bike from Flagstaff to Grand Canyon
12. Bike from Phoenix to Tuscon - attempted June 17, 2008, haha
13. MTB in Jerome - MTB on Mingus Mtn July 2008, close enough :)
14. Learn to jump up logs and curbs on the bike - Jumping haybales Feb 2009
15. Ride National without getting off the bike
16. Learn to whitewater kayak - August 2009
17. Whitewater kayak on the Grand Canyon starting at Lees Ferry - August 2009 (and rafting, too)
18. Climb Weaver's Needle - Summitted Feb 21, 2009
19. Visit Karchner Caverns - November 21, 2010
20. Visit Rocky Point
21. Visit Death Valley
22. Visit New Zealand
23. Learn to wakeboard - Summer 2010
24. Buy a longboard
25. Surf the pier at Oceanside - September 2008
26. Visit Yosemite
27. Hike Half Dome
28. Climb Baboquivari - climbed (no summit) March 7, 2009
29. Rim to Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon
30. Visit the sipapuni
31. Visit Portland (and the Colombia River Gorge)
32. Visit Seattle (and climb Mt. Rainier)
33. Hike the Four Peaks Motherlode - July 20, 2008
34. Hike Peralta Trail - hiked from trailhead to Weaver's Feb 21, 2009
35. Spend a night in Phantom Ranch
36. Spend one weekend in the wild without seeing another person
37. Learn to sail (something smaller than a brig)
38. Snowboard in Colorado - March 2009
39. Snowboard in Utah
40. Complete a 24-hour adventure race
41. Complete an expedition adventure race
42. Complete a 24-hour MTB race SOLO - took 10th at 24 HOP Feb 14th, 2009
43. Hike Knobstone Trail with my sister - Hiked 11 miles of it May 24, 2008
44. Canoe with my dad on Blue River every year - May 2008, 2009
45. Spend Christmas with my family every year - Dec 2008, 2009, 2010
46. Spend Thanksgiving with my family every year - Nov 2008, 2009, 2010
47. Make as many family reunions as I can - July 2008
48. Maintain a close relationship with my family
49. Attend an ASU baseball game
50. Attend an ASU softball game
51. Attend a PHX Suns game
52. Attend a Diamondbacks game
53. Finish the PhD
54. Publish a paper as a first author
55. Make my mentors proud of my research - have been for several months now in 2010
56. Publish a paper in Virology or PNAS (or another high impact journal) - published in PNAS Dec 2008!
57. Volunteer in Africa
58. Read at least one new research article a week
59. Become more comfortable answering seminar questions - MCB Colloquium March 30, 2009
60. Show unambiguous positive results for my VLPs - March 2010
61. Maintain a healthy work/life balance
62. Inspire kids to live their dreams
63. Inspire adults to live their dreams
64. Save a life
65. Become more proficient on the guitar
66. Support local music
67. Attend Bonnaroo or similar music festival
68. Participate in the Burning Man Festival
69. Learn to cook Indian food
70. Write a book
71. Publish a book
72. Become a better photographer
73. Publish a coffee table book - Dec 2008
74. Finish reading a book by Thomas Wolfe
75. Read Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins
76. Read Marching Powder by Thomas McFadden - June 2008
77. Read The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
78. Expand and diversify my library
79. Learn the plants of the desert southwest
80. Skydive - August 13, 2010
81. Run long distance at least once a week
82. Have friends who trust me and whom I trust
83. Bike more, drive less
84. Volunteer with a rescue organization
85. Pay off ocean rowing debts - December 1, 2010
86. Give at least 5 inspirational speeches a year - Sierra Vista Library June 2008
87. Help future American ocean rowers through American Fire
88. Save/invest at least 15% of my paycheck
89. Stretch more
90. Live an examined life
91. Get in touch with old friends
92. Set aside time for dreaming
93. Have a garden
94. Leave no trace
95. Live sustainably
96. Make strangers smile
97. Become a more humble, thankful, and forgiving person
98. Have the serenity to accept the things I cannot change and the courage to change the things I can
99. Be a positive person
100. Desiderata (technically this is about 23 things, I'm not going to list them all, but check out the poem, it pretty much sums up my philosophy on life)
101. Figure out what I want to do with the rest of my life
1 comment:
I've done One through Seven already. I can help with #1 if you'd like. And # 18 & # 28 if you'd like. How about # 3 in May?
One of my goals is to be doing Class IV & V rapids within two years! I better get started. Going to the REI kayak demo on April 5th. I'd like to mountain bike the whole AZ Trail.
I'd like to do # 33. Perhaps we can band together for that.
The Burning Man Festival...Sarah I didn't think you had any hippie in you!! HA HA!
I like your list. I need to make one, too.
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