Starting today, June 16th, 2015… we (Doug & Brooke) solemnly swear to try our absolute best at completing these 101 predefined tasks within 1,001 days, all-the-while photographing, documenting and blogging our adventures along the way. Why? Because life is one big adventure, and we are determined to savor each and every blissful moment we have together and create memories that will awaken our souls.

Doug and I decided to start the Day Zero Project in order to keep our lives in motion, and to continue living life to it’s fullest potential. To travel, explore, laugh and love while in the early years of our new-found marriage. They say a set of goals with a deadline helps you achieve more than just an endless bucket list, so we’re here to find out! And give you a glimpse into our never ending love story. So get ready for the adventures, and be sure to follow along on our Instagram (@bfocused), Facebook, & Twitter (@B_focused) to see which one we’ll be crossing off next!

THE CHALLENGE

Complete the predetermined tasks within 1,001 days.

THE RULES

1. Each task has to be done together.
2. A blog post must be written for each completed.
3. For every task we complete, we will transfer $10 into our savings account.
4. Have fun, and enjoy life’s simple joys throughout the process!

START DATE: June 16th, 2015

END DATE: March 13th, 2018

[ 14 COMPLETE  |  87 TO GO ]

1. Put $10 into our savings account for every task completed ($)
2. Visit New York during Christmas time
3. Go to a hot air balloon festival
4. Ride in a hot air balloon
5. Go on a Cruise
6. Cook 10 new Recipes in a month (0/10)
7. Try 3 new ethnic cuisines (39/3) Persian,
8. Host a game night with friends
9. Volunteer 3 times (0/3)
10. Try 50 different beers (0/50)
11. Tour a brewery
12. Tour a vineyard
13. Road trip to Fossil Creek with friends
14. Go rock climbing
15. Take a trip up the Pacific Coast Highway
16. Visit San Francisco
17. Visit Seattle
18. Go to an NFL game ($)
19. Go to an NHL game
20. Go to an MLB game
21. Tailgate before a game
22. Go on 5 epic camping trips (1/5) Payson
23. Take a paint and wine class
24. Read 10 books each (B – 3/10) (D – 1/10)
25. See a concert
26. Go for a bike ride
27. Go on an iconic picnic lunch date (wicker basket, checker blanket and all!)
28. Send an anonymous note of encouragement to someone in need
29. Spend one day without any electronics what-so-ever
30. Go horseback riding
31. Visit a pumpkin patch and pick out some pumpkins
32. Get a good scare at a haunted house
33. Have a real Christmas tree in our home ($)
34. Buy a gift for a Christmas Tree Angel
35. See a Christmas show
36. Build a snowman
37. Go sledding
38. Go skiing/snowboarding
39. Stay in a cabin up north
40. Reach our ideal weights
41. Send a letter to a soldier overseas
42. Send a care package to a soldier overseas
43. Design and send snail mail birthday cards to family and friends for a year
44. Host a dinner party for friends
45. Start a budget list and stick to it for at least three months in a row
46. No eating out for 2 weeks straight
47. Fix up our guest room and have someone stay
48. Complete a ropes course together
49. Make 3 new friends
    
50. Take a cooking class together
51. Attend a photographer convention
52. Have B Focused running full time
53. Redo the B Focused website
54. Start an Etsy shop for B Focused Designs
55. Achieve 2,000 followers for B Focused on Facebook
56. Get one of our weddings published
57. Complete at least 5 goals off our photographic bucket list (3/5)
58. Visit our friends in Florida
59. ^^ And go to Disney World
60. Finish watching every season of Friends on Netflix
61. Make authentic Italian pasta sauce from scratch
62. Take country dancing lessons
63. Pick fresh fruit from a local farm
64. Take a yoga class together
65. Go on a random weekend trip that’s unplanned << blog post
    
66. Take the train to the Grand Canyon
67. Visit 5 museums or galleries (2/5) Phoenix Art Museum
68. Go ice skating
69. Swim in the ocean
70. Refurbish a piece of furniture
71. Go kayaking
72. See the Chihuly Exhibit at the Desert Botanical Gardens
73. Take a stay-cation in Phoenix
74. Leave a 100% tip and a note of encouragement for a great server
75. Stay up all night and watch the sunrise
76. Have dinner with another husband & wife photography team :)
77. Visit a National Park
78. Complete family “Year Books” each year (0/2)
79. Adopt a dog
80. Go to a local farmers market
81. Have a movie marathon one day
82. Splash it up at a water park
83. Make new photographer friends
84. Go on 10 hikes (1/10) Christopher Creek
85. Fly a kite together
86. Date night! Pick out everything for the other person (clothes, food, etc.)
87. Go on 10 double dates (0/10)
88. Spend a day at the Zoo
89. Go to a comedy show
90. Have fun at the Arizona State Fair
91. Share a kiss at the top of a Ferris wheel
92. See a play or show
93. Go to a music festival
94. Play in the rain
95. Get a pet fish
96. Go to an arcade and win each other a prize
97. Visit Bearizona!
98. Take a Tour De Tavern ride
99. See an aquarium
100. Take a glass blowing class
101. LOVE EACH OTHER NONSTOP FOR 1,001 DAYS!

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Have your own list? Leave it in the comments below! :) We’d love to see your adventures!