101 Things you can do besides posting all day:

1. Write an email or letter to a friend.
2. Call a grandparent to say hello.
3. Read a book (like the Bible).
4. Do something helpful for someone else.
5. Write down 10 things you are thankful for.
6. Exercise (it does the body good).
7. Pray for 3 situations you know about that could use God's help.
8. Clean one section of your home.
9. Fix a plate of cookies for someone.
10. Mow your yard.
11. Mow a friend's yard.
12. Set the table for dinner.
13. Clean the kitchen to impress your mother or spouse.
14. Spend 15 extra minutes on your Bible lesson.
15. Make a list of things that need to be done.
16. Do one of the things on your list.
17. Type up important phone numbers (neighbors, fire, police, doctors, etc. and place them by your phones and in your cars.
18. Clean out your car.
19. Put together an emergency kit for your car and put it in the trunk.
20. Make a list of family and special people in your life and their birthdays and make home-made cards for them (Birthdays, Anniversaries, holidays, etc.)
21. Go through your house with a trash bag and don't stop until you have filled up the bag with stuff to throw away.
22. Take a second bag and go through your house and fill it with things to give away to others.
23. Write down 3 things you wish you were better at.
24. Write down 3 people you admire and then tell them you admire them for certain qualities they possess.
25. Call an elder and ask what you can do specifically to help out someone at church.
26. Write an evangelist to tell him you appreciate what he and his family are doing. Then pray for them.
27. Create a personal monthly budget.
28. Visit people in a nursing home or hospital.
29. Change the sheets on your bed and/or wash them.
30. Tell your parents you love them.
31. Brush your teeth as if you were going to the dentist.
32. Get up before the sunrise one morning and watch it.
33. Research the effects of smoking and drinking.
34. Find out the following about the state in which you live: Governor, Senators, state bird, state song, state flower, state motto.
35. Clean the windows in your house (inside and outside).
36. Do 25 pushups
37. Prepare your lunch for the next day.
38. Clip coupons from the Sunday paper and from online sources.
39. Think of another country you would like to visit and research it.
40. Find some family pictures from a trip and put them into a creative scrap book.
41. Write down 10 things you have received from others lately.
42. Tell them thank you if you did not at the time.
43. Go turn off all the lights in your home in the rooms that are not being used.
44. Find out where your grandparents grew up and what jobs they had and how they met their spouse.
45. Find out the following, write it down and put it somewhere handy: Who is your family doctor?, Where is the closest hospital or clinic?, Who is your dentist?, Who is your eye doctor?, Who to call in case of an emergency?, What health insurance do you have?
46. Put a flashlight with working batteries by your bed.
47. Look up your car's value on kbb.com
48. Enroll in UPromise.com
49. Go through your church directory and look for those you don't know. Next assembly, introduce yourself to one or more and get to know them.
50. Eat a piece of fruit.
51. Distribute stuffed animals and coloring books in a children's hospital.
52. Take flowers and/or balloons to a maturnity ward.
53. Drink a glass of water or a bottled water.
54. Outline all the steps to complete a project and do step one.
55. Gather up all your dirty laundry and put it in the hamper or washing machine (check the pockets first).
56. Take out the trash and put a new bag in the waste basket.
57. Run a virus check on your computer and defrag.
58. Have a plan in case of a hurricane, tornado, flood, fire, etc.
59. Write a note on an index card to thank the postman and put it in your mailbox.
60. Do the same for the trashman and tape it on the lid of the garbage can.
61. Call a cousin, uncle or aunt and ask them how they are doing?
62. Write a poem.
63. Read a book.
64. Read the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
65. Find out who the top teams/players are in each major sport.
66. Plan a themed party (you don't have to host it, just plan it).
67. Spend at least thirty minutes doing something with your brother or sister that they choose to do.
68. Read the book, Personality Plus.
69. Learn how to change the air filter in your car (easy way to save time and money).
70. Get a tire pressure gauge and make sure all the tires on your car(s) read 32psi. If not, adjust to 32. Your tires will last longer and you will get better gas mileage.
71. Clean your windshield and then apply RainX.
72. Answer all your emails until your inbox is empty.
73. Pick an elderly couple or a family with small children and go clean their house.
74. Clean out your wallet/purse.
75. Give/Send your mother some flowers.
76. Read the book, Rich Dad, Poor Dad
77. Research the benefits of taking a purely organic daily multi-vitamin.
77. Update your resume or create your first.
78. Open a dictionary and learn a new word. Use it at least 3 times during the day in conversation.
79. Give someone in your family a back and neck massage.
80. Tell a pregnant lady she looks very lovely.
81. Ask five people what you could do to make their lives better.
82. Go to the Wilderness Lodge Resort at Disney in Orlando and sit in the lobby and read Ecclesiastes, imagining that you owned the Wilderness Lodge and all the workers were your servants.
83. If you have a son, are a son, or plan to have a son someday, read Raising a Modern Day Knight by Dr. Robert Lewis.
84. If you are employed, ask your boss what you can do to make the company better. If you are not employed, ask a parent or spouse what you can do to make the family better.
85. Write a song.
86. Think about a great memory you have concerning an outing with other people. Call at least one of those persons and remind them about it.
87. Make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, cut it into four triangles and give it to someone. (preferably within fifteen minutes after you make the sandwich)
88. Lay out your clothes for the next day and think of the first three things you will do when you get up.
89. If you are a Christian, write down ten things you are most thankful for spiritually, then tell someone else. If you are not a Christian, write down ten questions you have about spirituality and ask them to someone who is a Christian.
90. Sometime during the day, stretch for ten minutes.
91. Clean your bath tub for just ten minutes.
92. Research the origin of your family name.
93. Have a place where you keep cards for different occassions and stock it. That way, when a birthday, anniversary, get well soon or other circumstance arrises, you will already have a card ready.
94. Pretend you are the director of a week-long camp. Come up with a schedule of activities and events for your camp.
95. Figure out when your last dr visit, dentist visit, eye appointment was/were. Create a file for each person in your family for medical visits and perscriptions.
96. Write a personal mission statement for this year and put it on your bathroom mirror.
97. Get a jar or bank and put $1.00 in it each time you order water when you go out to eat instead of purchasing a drink.
98. Take a picture of yourself or your family and send it to your grandparents with a note about what has been going on in your life.
99. Go outside and take a 20 minute walk.
100. Hide an "I love you" note somewhere where your spouse or a family member will find it later that day. Be sure and sign it.
101. Think of more things that could go on this list that have not already been mentioned.
  • yellowsubmarina
    I did # 59!!!!!!!!!
    by yellowsubmarina at 08/18/05 11:15AM
  • yellowsubmarina
    except, i didn't write it on an index card. i wrote it on the back of a scattergories paper, cuz i didn't have an index card.
    by yellowsubmarina at 08/18/05 11:16AM
  • charliesangel
    Great list Michael!
    by charliesangel at 08/18/05 2:23PM
  • mattmanua
    Michael Cawthon? the Michael Cawthon?? The one who used to live in the house my family still lives in?
    by mattmanua at 08/19/05 5:53PM
  • cooljoke
    Regarding #100: Just imagine the ensuing mayhem [hey, good name for a rock group] if you didn't sign or if your spouse didn't recognize your handwriting. "No, really honey. It was for you."
    by cooljoke at 08/21/05 9:40PM
  • sircawthon
    Murfreesboro, TN. The one and only!
    by sircawthon at 08/22/05 4:56PM
  • mattmanua
    Fabulous. Great to see you on here. How are you?
    by mattmanua at 08/23/05 4:07AM
  • girly_girl
    you commented :P
    by girly_girl at 08/23/05 9:43AM
  • sarahpet
    wow, did it take all day to type this! ;)
    by sarahpet at 08/25/05 5:01PM
  • pizzaguy
    Hi, this is Alex.
    by pizzaguy at 08/26/05 10:40PM
  • super_dude
    by super_dude at 11/15/05 8:25AM
  • girly_girl
    YAY!!!!!!!!!!!
    by girly_girl at 01/31/06 5:59PM
  • jerzgirl
    Hi Michael and Christi!! This is Jenni Crolius in Conway!! Congratulations on the safe arrival of your beautiful daughter. Give our love to all you family. Oh, and Christi -- I've had two c-sections. Though that's never the way we plan for things to go, praise God that the doctors can do things like that when the need arises. You will feel like your self before you know it...just take good care. Get some rest and just hold and love that baby. Wish I could see her and hold her and kiss her. I know she is precious -- and so blessed to have been born into a wonderful family!
    by jerzgirl at 02/02/06 7:54AM
  • matermagistra
    Hey...is this Michael and Christi Cawthon? This is Marita (Bobbitt) Crozier. Congratulations on your new baby!!! I hope all went well. It sounds as though you had a c-section from the above comment. I had a C-section with my 1st and 3rd. Any chance of seeing some pictures on here? :)
    by matermagistra at 02/26/06 11:53PM
  • girly_girl
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    by girly_girl at 03/18/06 2:05PM
  • amyjane72
    hello cawthons! its amy norris! i heard about your good news through the collegeview email system. and kristy i am very excited to be going to israel with your dad in the next couple of weeks. i pray all is well with your family!
    by amyjane72 at 03/18/06 3:30PM
  • matermagistra
    What a precious little girl!!!

    Congratulations!!!
    by matermagistra at 03/18/06 9:17PM
  • raca
    It is amazing what happnes when you google someone. I was sitting in my house enjoying a quite evening and surfing to my hearts content and I find MC Hammer...holding a baby... and its his... and he is created a massive list of STUFF. By the way I did #94. Congrats on the baby.
    by raca at 06/22/06 10:49PM
  • fourkings
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    by fourkings at 11/01/06 11:55AM
  • verny_mack
    Well...

    You've had another kid now. But no post.
    by verny_mack at 02/29/08 11:59PM