101 in 1001
For those of you who haven’t heard of the “101 Things in 1001 Days” challenge, it is a self-challenge to complete realistic tasks in life within a set period of time. I really like this idea; I see it as a chance to grow and as something to strive for. Just the process of making the list was rewarding for me as I can look at all my aspirations as I see them at this moment. As well, I think it will be really rewarding when I reach the 1001st day to reflect on what I have achieved. I would love to make one of these every 1001 days just so I can compare how my goals change.
Reading these lists, I think it reveals a lot about the character of a person – more than any other questionnaire.
I don’t really expect to complete all 101 items by the 1001st day, but I hope to complete as many as I can. I would be stoked with 50% but know I can do more than that!
I will try to update it as often as possible.
Not Complete
In Progress
Completed
Start Date: March 4th, 2009
End Date: November 30th, 2011
Completed: 17/101 – 17%
| # | Description | Status |
| Business | ||
| 1 | Shoot a destination wedding in 2009 | |
| 2 | Shoot 2 destination weddings in 2010 | |
| 3 | Shoot 10 weddings in a year | |
| 4 | Shoot 15 weddings in a year | |
| 5 | Shoot 20 weddings in a year | |
| 6 | Shoot 25 weddings in a year | |
| 7 | Create a business targeted to other photographers | |
| 8 | Have my work published in a magazine | |
| 9 | Teach a class or host a workshop on photography | |
| 10 | Be a vendor at a bridal show | |
| 11 | Blog every week for 6 months | |
| 12 | Have a great space to meet clients in | |
| 13 | Win a photo contest | |
| 14 | Shoot a wedding on another continent | |
| 15 | Resist buying any major photo gear in 2009 (I have more then enough) | |
| 16 | Organize a TTD shootout with a model and other photographers | |
| 17 | Create a series of lightroom or photoshop actions for photographers | |
| 18 | Improve workflow for album design | |
| 19 | Create a video feature of me shooting a wedding to post on my website | |
| 20 | Buy a new laptop | |
| 21 | Make backing up automatic | |
| 22 | Make a photobooth | |
| 23 | Make a unique album design (cover to cover) | |
| 24 | Decorate my office with my work | |
| 25 | Shoot a TTD in a cenote | |
| 26 | Keep my current website design for a year | |
| 27 | Make/Sell an instructional DVD or Book | |
| 28 | Mentor a new photographer | |
| 29 | Run a contest (prize is a wedding package) | |
| 30 | Get a BlackBerry or iPhone | |
| 31 | Have 100 visitors/day on my website for a month | |
| 32 | Have site hit Digg’s homepage | |
| 33 | Buy a wedding dress with the intent to find someone to wear it and trash it | |
| 34 | Write an article featured on another website | |
| 35 | Be on the first page on Google for “Toronto wedding photographer” | |
| Personal | ||
| 36 | Weight Loss Goal #1 190lbs | |
| 37 | Weight Loss Goal #2 180lbs (where I was last year) | |
| 38 | Weight Loss Goal #3 175lbs (believe it or not the lightest I could be without losing muscle) | |
| 39 | For one month, wake up before 8:30am every day | |
| 40 | Never wake up past 10am for 3 months | |
| 41 | Work out 3 times per week for 3 months | |
| 42 | Learn to ski backwards really well | |
| 43 | Fall in love | |
| 44 | Attend a wedding as a guest | |
| 45 | Sell my Jeep and get a smaller car | |
| 46 | Join a rec sport team (volleyball or baseball) | |
| 47 | Purge all the things I haven’t used in the last two years | |
| 48 | Purge all the things I haven’t used in the last year | |
| 49 | Find a place that I can really call my own | |
| 50 | Have a good birthday | |
| 51 | Get a tattoo | |
| 52 | Swim once a week for 6 months | |
| 53 | Dress up and go somewhere fancy with someone important | |
| 54 | Run 5k | |
| 55 | Sell $500 worth of stuff I don’t need anymore | |
| 56 | Run 3km/day, 5 days/week, for 4 weeks | |
| 57 | Host a BBQ at the cottage | |
| 58 | Get some pictures of myself | |
| 59 | Bike once a week for 6 months | |
| 60 | Bury someone in the sand and get buried in the sand | |
| Adventures | ||
| 61 | Go to the Toronto Zoo | |
| 62 | Go on a multi-day kayak trip | |
| 63 | Go camping | |
| 64 | Go on 5 roadtrips | |
| 65 | Go to Niagra Falls | |
| 66 | See a drive-in movie | |
| 67 | Kayak to the park and back from my cottage | |
| 68 | Kayak to the marina and back from my cottage | |
| 69 | Leave cottage at 8am and bike as far as I can get until noon then go back | |
| 70 | Get lost somewhere | |
| Activities | ||
| 71 | Learn how to Surf | |
| 72 | Skydive | |
| 73 | Scuba Dive again | |
| 74 | Go whitewater rafting | |
| 75 | Go ice skating | |
| 76 | Go fishing | |
| 77 | Go water skiing again (I used to every weekend) | |
| 78 | Bungie Jump | |
| 79 | Go paintballing | |
| 80 | Build a sandcastle | |
| Travel | ||
| 81 | Go to Hawaii | |
| 82 | Travel to Australia or New Zealand | |
| 83 | Chose a destination internationally at random and travel there | |
| 84 | Go somewhere international with a girlfriend (I guess this could be 2 goals  ) |
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| 85 | Travel to Bali Indonesia again | |
| 86 | Go to Alaska | |
| 87 | Go to a country I know nothing about | |
| 88 | Travel by train | |
| 89 | Travel somewhere internationally with only carry-on luggage | |
| 90 | Fly first class | |
| Photography (not weddings) | ||
| 91 | Photograph Morain Lake in Banff AB again (sunrise) | |
| 92 | Take an amazing picture of a lion, leopard, or jaguar (zoo is fine) | |
| 93 | Photograph 5 different sunsets | |
| 94 | Photograph 5 different sunrises | |
| 95 | Sell a landscape or fine art print | |
| 96 | Sell enough work from a trip to pay for the trip | |
| 97 | Win a contest | |
| 98 | Try photographing a baby | |
| 99 | Take a trip downtown to scout locations | |
| 100 | Update photojon.com once a month for a year | |
| 101 | Start a new list | |