I love making lists, specifically lists of goals. For a while, I’ve been wanting to make a “101 in 1001″ list. 101 goals in 1001 days, inspired by one of my favorite bloggers, Mackenzie Horan (Here’s her list). I encourage all of you to write down your goals…whether for the next week, month, year, or lifetime. I find that goal-setting really helps me put life in perspective and give it meaning!
Start Date: January 3, 2014
End Date: September 30, 2016
Create a 101 in 1001 list(completed: January 2014)- Start my PhD
- Stop biting my nails (and keep it!)
- Write a book
- Run a 5K
Redesign my blog layout/style/logo(completed: September 2014)
Send 50 handwritten notes/letters(completed: May 2014)- Read 40 new books (started: 7/40 read)
- Learn how to make the classic cocktails (mojito, margarita, martini)
- Learn how to ice skate
- Buy coffee for someone as a random act of kindness
- Donate to Washington University in St. Louis – my alma mater
- Donate to the American Cancer Society
Clean out my inbox(completed: July 2014)
- Have a picnic on the Neckar River…complete with cheese, baguettes, and wine :)
Go to 10 new countries(completed: 2015)- Visit my brother and my friend, Cat, in Australia
Send flowers to a friend for no reason(completed: April 2014)- No shopping for three months!
- Cut out all alcohol and coffee for a month
- Cut out all sweets/chocolate/ice cream for a month
- Go to yoga or pilates 3 times a week for a month
- Go on an island vacation and veg out on the beach the entire time
Go on “The Sound of Music” tour in Salzburg, Austria(completed: January 2015)- Invest in nice, expensive makeup
Graduate from graduate school(completed: April 2015)- Snowboard/Ski in the Alps
- Blog once a week for an entire year
- Learn 15 new recipes
- Go to Hawaii and Alaska (last 2 states I need to visit!)
- Go on a Mediterranean Cruise
- Go on a wine tour in France
- Don’t eat out for an entire month
- Experience Oktoberfest in Munich
- Turn off all electronics for an entire weekend
- Play hooky on a random day
- Finish my scrapbook for my study abroad in college!
- Write a letter to someone I admire
- Go to Lollapalooza
- Go to a spa in Germany
- Keep in better contact with all my friends
Gain 100 followers on my blog(completed: April 2014)- Get my own apartment and decorate it!
Intern/Get a Job in Europe(completed: March 2015)- Start my own company, Etsy website, etc.
- Throw a dinner party
- Invest in a Chanel purse
- Buy an Apple Computer
- Drink 8 glasses of water every day for at least a week
- Go sailing (again!)
- Prepare a meal using ingredients bought at a farmers market
- Read every Jane Austen novel
- Get a pair of red glasses
Buy an expensive DSLR or mirrorless camera(completed: December 2014)- Tip a Server 100%
- Cook an entire, big meal by myself
- Sew a quilt
- Finish buying/watching all seasons of “Gossip Girl,” “Friday Night Lights,” and “Sex and the City”
- Reach my goal weight
- Watch 10 “classic” movies
- Attend an outdoor football game
See the Lions play in London(completed: October 2014 and November 2015)
- Have my own Christmas tree
- Floss my teeth every night for a month
- Have a Pinterest, crafting party
- Send holiday cards every year (completed for 2013 and 2014)
- Become a lifelong member of AOII – Alpha love!
- See the Best Picture Oscar nominees before the ceremony
- Build a real emergency savings account
- Learn how to use Photoshop
- Go on a weekend, city trip and stay in a nice hotel
- Be published
- Go to Israel
- See the Northern Lights (attempted in Iceland: October 2014)
- See Prince George in person
- Visit the Southern Hemisphere
- Learn how to cook/bake more ethnic food (Thai, Chinese, Italian, Spanish/Tapas)
- Stick to a budget for a month
- Stay overnight in a castle
- Watch 10 documentaries
Learn enough HTML to make changes on my blog(completed: September 2014)- Take a drawing class
- Go to an FC Bayern soccer game
- Start learning French or Spanish
- Going camping and enjoy it
- Sleep on a beach
- Start a garden (and don’t kill it)
- Go to church every Sunday for 3 months straight
- Refurbish a shabby piece of furniture
- Fly in First Class
- Go to the United Kingdom to research my family heritage
- Become part of “Daughters of the American Revolution”
- Learn how to drive stick shift
Create a facebook page for my blog(completed: October 2014)- Go through all my boxes in the basement (my Mom will be happy) (started: Winter 2014/2015)
Create an address book(completed: December 2014)- Go apple picking
- Learn how to surf
- Go vegetarian for 30 days
- Go on a vacation with all my college roommates
- Finally learn how to parallel park!
Completed: 15/101
