The List

The Challenge:

Complete 101 pre-set tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria: 

Tasks must be specific (ex: no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ex: represent some amount of work on my part). Blog posts will be written about each task accomplished.

The Clause:

I will complete each task ask written, but I reserve the right to change any tasks (most likely due to monetary concerns). If this happens, I will replace the chosen task with a new one.

The Dates:
Tuesday, August 26, 2011 to Tuesday, May 23, 2014

The List:

1. Finish and publish 2 books: my memoir, and The Strength to Stand-in a fallen world

2. swim with dolphins

3. get licensed to scuba diva

4. complete at least 2 mission trips

5. complete a 5 mile run

6. continue salsa dancing classes

7. complete p90x

8. start an eating disorder support group

9. learn about edible plants and survival skills for living off the land

10. complete certification for biblical counseling specializing in addictions & recovery

11. start life coaching and biblical counseling career

12. complete EAGALA certs for levels 1 & 2

13. do an Out of the Darkness walk one year

14. get Bandit started on barrels and run with him in an official show/rodeo

15. start showing Chance in hunter under saddle

16. have a visit with my friend Meredith in Kentucky

17. visit my sponsor child Dayana in Colombia, South America

18. revisit my learning of Spanish and be able to speak fluently

19. rent a jet ski and enjoy some fun on the water

20. whether I’m still renting or I become a home owner, find a place where I have my horses on my own land

21. learn all info necessary to help my dad with harness racing handicapping on a reguar basis

22. complete selling of softball bats and decorative plates for my dad

23. make a font out of my handwriting

24. get lasik surgery on my eyes

25. do a full study of the bible from Genesis through Revelations, start to finish (either a class or independently)

26. learn how to do equine massage

27. find a part time photography job for at least 6 months

28. go parasailing

29. learn how to operate a sailboat

30. visit the Holocaust museum in Washington DC

31. see a show at the Grand Ole Opry

32. see a music on Broadway

33. hold a monkey

34. learn to play a keyboard and/or guitar

35. learn astronomy

36. build my credit

37. learn to shoot either a gun or a bow and arrow, or both

38. stick to a new year’s resolution for an entire year

39. volunteer for something at least once a week for 6 months

40. make home-made ice cream

41. be an extra in a film

42. save enough money to take my dad to Medjugorje

43. be debt free

44. learn more about nutrition and which foods have healing qualities for which ailments

45. grow a garden

46. learn to make knots and snares to survive in the wild (goes with #9)

47. work or volunteer at a marine center for at least 3 months

48. see a tornado from a safe distance

49. get a job in a ministry at church

50. participate in a flash mob

51. eat only home cooked meals for a full month

52. teach Selah and Rameses 25 commands/words each

53. take an art class at SCAD

54. take a culinary class

55. become financial/business management literate

56. play a chess game with my dad like we did when I was a kid

57. learn how to jump (horses)

58. go camping

59. learn to sew

60. one Christmas, make every single gift I give a homemade one

61. donate blood

62. have a photoshoot with my dogs and horses

63. buy a pick-up truck

64. learn at least 3 of each type of wine and be able to tell info about it

65. write a song

66. start motivational speaking (to girls and schools about eating disorders and self-image)

67. experience a drive-in movie

68. send a message in a bottle

69. finish reading every book I own

70. publish a photo in a magazine

71. reconnect with an old friend

72. see my long, lost, childhood friend Dana

73. take a self-defense class

74. learn to start a fire without matches

75. see a wild sea turtle

76. try a new food once a week for a year

77. learn how to use different herbs in cooking

78. learn to do henna

79. see my friend Sunny who I haven’t seen since h.s. graduation

80. experience Pirate Fest at Tybee in October one year

81. protest something

82. spend several hours one night on the beach under the pier in the middle of a storm, and just witness the unforgiving beauty of nature

83. learn a new word every day for a month

84. learn to drive a stick shift

85. take a ballroom dancing class with a partner

86. introduce someone to Jesus

87. learn 50 words in ASL

88. go to the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo in Wyoming with Amanda one year

89. learn kick boxing

90. apply/audition/whatever you call it to be on Survivor

91. start a savings account that I actually use and put money in

92. get paid to blog

93. attend a black tie event

94. learn how to speak well in 2 accents (ex. british and australian)

95. go on 5 Savannah ghost tours

96. do a 365 day photo project

97. stop biting my nails

98. go to a masquerade ball

99. pay for a stranger’s meal

100. rescue a starving horse, nurse back to health, and rehome

101. watch the sunrise on the beach