1001 things in 101 Days (Again)

Last updated on: September 23, 2012 at 1:46 pm by David Russell Mosley

1001 things in 101 Days (Again) 2012-09-23T13:46:41-04:00 David Russell Mosley

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Dear Friends and Family,

Over the last 1002 days I participated in a project from the Day Zero Project. In my attempt to live life more intentionally, I was drawn to their concept of a bucket list with an end date (a specific one that doesn’t end with me in a pine box). We make grand lists of things to do ‘before we die.’ At Day Zero, however, they want to help us actually accomplish these goals. Thus, I attempted to accomplish 101 things between 26 December 2009-22 September 2012. Admittedly, I failed. There were many things I thought I could accomplish that I either couldn’t or didn’t. Not to be deterred, I have decided to start a new list for the next 1001 days (1000 not including today). I may post about this project along the way, or I may not. Only time can tell for sure. What I will do for now is post a link to my list, as well as a copy of the list itself on here. Thanks for reading!

Find the list here or right below:

scottishsaint (David Russell Mosley)

101 Things in 1001 Days 2

Sep 23, 2012 – Jun 21, 2015

Read all 7 Harry Potter books once a year (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Read The Silmarillion, the Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings once a year (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Read The Chronicles of Narnia once a year (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
Learn French.
Write six new poems.
Write a book’s worth of letters from Father and Mother Christmas.
Finish my Work in Progress.
Go to the opera.
Go to a ballet.
Go to at least three professional orchestral concerts.
Learn German.
See Peter Pan on stage.
Hear Mozart’s Requiem live.
Learn 20 poems off by heart.
Go to the Guinness Brewery.
Write a letter to each of my siblings.
Read a book on chess.
Learn to ballroom dance with my wife.
Learn to drive stick shift
Cook an entire meal for my friends and family by myself.
Learn some basic music theory.
Listen to Handel’s Messiah live.
See the Nutcracker live.
Learn basic calligraphy.
Learn off 20 Scriptures in context by heart.
Learn how to knit from my wife and make a scarf.
Make a traditional Christmas Pudding next year (2012)
See Pirates of Penzance by a professional company
Hike through Sherwood
Visit France.
Visit Germany.
Read 100 books
Read 200 Books
Read 300 Books
Read the New Testament in Greek
Read the New Testament in Latin
Write 52 Love Letters to Lauren in 2013
Finish my PhD
Visit Nottingham Castle
Visit Chatsworth
Publish three journal articles
Index all journals
Watch one movie for each year 1920-2015
Read a book on pipe smoking/pipes
Give up caffeine, tobacco, and alcohol for Lent 2013
Get a job as a professor
Write paper for the CoP Conference in Oxford (2013)
Visit Edinburgh (Scotland)
Make my own beer
Visit Newstead Abbey
Read all books by John Milbank
Buy a book on/by Churchill for Peter Maskaluk
Update my blog at least once a month
Read the Summa Theologiae
Read the Complete works of Aristotle
Move to a new house
Bake 12 different kinds of bread
Help Lauren get in to a Master’s program
Move all our stuff out of my parent’s house
Publish my doctoral thesis
Graduate from Nottingham
Have kids
Start an exercise routine
Publish an article on Radical Orthodoxy and the Restoration Movement
Read the Summa Contra Gentiles
Read the Copplestone Series on Philosophy
Visit Dorset
Buy 5 George MacDonald Books
Go to a conference in a different country (than UK or US)
Preach a sermon
Buy a churchwarden pipe
Write a blog about the last 101 in 1001
Read 10 works by Augustine (individually published books)
Treat Lauren to breakfast in bed
Take Lauren out on the lake at the university
Read 400 Books
Read all published books by David Bentley Hart
Read all non-commentary books by N. T. Wright
Have a Shakespeare night (reading a play with a group of friends)
Have a Hobbit Day
Try out C. S. Lewis’s ideal day
Get Lauren to read The Lord of the Rings
Read 5 books by Kierkegaard
Read 5 books by Hans Urs von Balthasar
Read 5 Books by Henri de Lubac
Publish a book after my thesis
Get myself on the Tolkien Professor podcast once
Read at least 2 books by Nietsche, Kant, Derrida, and Lyotard
Read all 12 books in the Radical Orthodoxy (Routelege) Series
Weigh 185 lbs
Find a manly project from The Art of Manliness and do it
Have a French crepe
Start saving for an emergency fund
Buy a nice fountain pen
Write in either my journal or my pocket notebook at least once a day
Read three Russian Novels
Find permanent (read tangible, lasting) replacements for iCal and Opus Domini and Goodreads
Read the Lord of the Rings/Middle Earth books I haven’t finished
Publish a non-historical theology article
Go camping with a group of friends
Buy a new dictionary

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