Just about a year ago, I started my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. Some of them are serious, some are silly, but all are items I want to accomplish. I was inspired by Mackenzie Horan to create it, and it will finish on October 4, 2016. That makes 2.75 years, which puts me at 25 years old. I wrote some notes about them underneath!
Start Date: January 2, 2014
(First draft of book of short stories completed on 8/30/14)
4. Read 101 books
(17/101)
5. Throw a dinner party
6. Make Thanksgiving dinner from scratch
8. Go to yoga class at least once a week for 3 months
10. Go to a brand new city in the US
11. Meet 5 blogging friends in person
(3/5)
14. Go to church every week for 6 months
15. Go to 5 concerts (symphony doesn’t count)
(1/5)
16. Go to the symphony 3 times
17. Get a dentist and go twice a year
(dentist – check. one visit – check.)
18. Get an optometrist and go once a year
(optometrist – check. one visit – check.)
20. Get a DSLR camera
22. Organize my photos and back them up
(Organized – check)
23. Get an editor
25. Get a pet
26. Buy a car
27. Save up enough money to buy said car without taking out a loan
29. Find out my blood type
32. Try 3 new foods
(1/3 – sweet potato)
33. Get to the point where remission with my arthritis can be discussed as a possibility
36. See 5 more Audrey Hepburn films
37. Go to 5 art museums
38. Go to 5 other museums
39. Order a print of the cover of Aureole and have it framed
40. Meet someone famous
41. Get into graduate school
42. Create anti-inflammatory versions of my great-grandmother’s famous cookies
43. Complete my first year of teaching
44. Have a picnic by a lake
45. Travel to 5 more states
46. Publish one outfit post a month for a year
(I was so close! I got to 11 months and then completely forgot.)
47. Take a painting class
48. Go to 3 Red Sox games at Fenway Park
(1/3)
49. Go to 3 hockey games
50. Go to a Pats game
51. Buy a pair of riding boots
52. Have an outfit post pinned by someone other than me
53. Take my sister out for a day of fun, paid for entirely by me
54. Have 100 people buy book #2
55. Throw out or donate everything I own but don’t use
56. Buy 3 pairs of heels comfortable enough for me to wear them to work
(1/3)
57. Publish my favorite homemade frosting recipe
58. Get 1,000 views a day on posts
(It has happened once or twice, but I’m really looking at it being a regular thing.)
59. Volunteer 5 times
60. Stick entirely to the proper anti-inflammatory diet for 1 week
61. Reach 2,000 followers on Bloglovin
62. Write an honest and open post about relationships
63. Drive the motorboat around the lake
64. Go kayaking
65. Participate in an Arthritis Walk or Jingle Bell Walk
66. Improve my health enough so that I can go back to work
67. Get a proper pair of Bean boots (not just the duck boots I already have)
68. Buy a brand new Lilly Pulitzer dress
69. Go to a wedding
70. Make apple crisp
71. Create and host a giveaway on the blog
72. Be able to do the crow pose in yoga
73. Go to the ballet
74. Participate in a book club
75. Participate in the Delta Gamma alumnae group
76. Give $5 to charity for every task on this list I don’t complete by 10/4/2016
77. Go to confession once a year
78. Choose a signature meal
79. Perfect my signature meal
80. Get a cable box for my TV
81. Make a photobook of my Maymester in London
82. Take out my viola again
83. Play my viola for someone
84. Send thank you notes within 1 week of receiving the gift/cause for the note
(Also got close to this one. I wrote my thank you notes for Christmas on December 26 … but they haven’t been mailed yet.)
85. Vlog
86. Go to a state or county fair
87. Find a red wine that I like
88. Give something tangible up for Lent
89. Send someone flowers
90. Vote in a Massachusetts election
91. Get my Massachusetts driver’s license
92. Pay for someone else’s Starbucks order
93. Spend quality time with each of my younger cousins
(1/7)
94. Go to a psychic
95. Put my personal mission statement somewhere I see it regularly
96. Go 1 week only talking about my pain when someone asks about it/brings it up
97. Zero balance on my credit card each month for 6 months
98. Host a link-up
99. Go out for brunch with friends once a month for 6 months
100. Journal every day for a month
101. Finish all of these items!
Have you made a list like this, whether is 101 goals in 1001 days or a 30 before 30?
Kate Mitchell is a blogger, chronic illness patient, and advocate who helps people understand chronic illness and helps chronic illness patients live their best lives.
I don't think my comment posted, so I'll write it again (sorry if there are duplicates!). I also have a 101 list and I started it last July- with one of the same goals- going to a Pats game! They're my absolute favorite team. I ended up going with my dad late October when they beat the bears- it was AMAZING. We had nosebleed seats (there was no one behind us!) but it was so much fun. Good luck with your list! 😀
Great list! I definitely want to do a list like this. I am glad I am not the only one who wants to join a book club. Funny how things change, I used to think they were just for nerds but now I want to start my own. Haha! I also want to Vlog but feel like I wanna lose some weight first, at least I can sit here blogging looking like a complete wreck. 😉
Good list you've got going. 🙂
Find out your blood type!? Should be an easy one haha. I can't believe you managed to come up with 101 ideas!
Host the link up 🙂
What a fantastic list and your doing great with working towards reaching your 101 goals, good luck for 2015!