What could you accomplish in 1001 days?
Part of my quarter-life comeback is focusing on doing things for myself and doing things that make me happy. On my 23rd birthday, I sat down and wrote a list of 101 things I wanted to accomplish in 1001 days. The list was inspired by Mackensie Horan over at Design Darling who is now working on her second list! Throughout the next 2.75 years, I will keep track (and occasionally blog about) all of the goals I have met!
Start Date: November 9, 2014
End Date: August 6, 2017
PERSONAL
1. Read 5 biographies
2. Read 5 classics
3. Read at least 30 new books
- Dark Places, Gillian Flynn
- Me Before You, Jojo Moyes
- The Husband’s Secret, Liane Moriarty
- Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
- Orange is The New Black, Piper Kerman
- The Help, Kathryn Stockett
- The Rosie Effect, Graeme C. Simsion
- When She Woke, Hillary Jordan
- The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
- Room: A Novel, Emma Donoghue
- Heartburn, Nora Ephron
- Wild, Cheryl Strayed
- The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
- Voodoo History, David Aaronovitch
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo
- Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
- Inherit Midnight, Kate Kae Myers
- What Alice Forgot, Liane Moriarty
- The Hypnotist’s Love Story, Liana Moriarty
- The Time Traveller’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
4. Start a collection (A Teacup Collection, January 2015)
5. Attend 5 concerts
- LOVE: A Cirque Du Soleil
- My Morning Jacket
- Alabama Shakes
6. Unplug for 24 hours
7. Join The University of Alabama Alumni Association
8. Donate blood (Red Cross, August 2015)
9. Read for 30 minutes every week night for a month
10. Complete a language in Duolingo
11. Go one month without shopping
12. Take a calligraphy class
13. Crochet a blanket and complete it
14. Have a spa day
15. Learn to tie a tie
16. Support an adoption
17. Get a professional blowout (May 2015)
18. Complete 140 hours of community service
- 4 hours: 5/7/2015, Student Affairs Day of Service
19. Leave 100% tip for great service
20. See 3 plays
21. Watch the sun rise
22. Go to an amusement park
23. Learn to start a fire
24. Take a ballroom dance class
PROFESSIONAL
25. Clean out my Gmail inbox (December 2014)
26. Get into graduate school at The University of Alabama (February 2015)
27. Get published
28. Present at a state level conference (March 2015)
29. Present at a national conference
30. Decorate my office (May 2015)
31. Take professional headshots (November 2015)
32. Create a business card organization system
33. Create and follow a publishing calendar for 3 months for my blog
FAMILY & FRIENDS
34. Mail care packages to my brother and sister
35. Send flowers to someone one day out of the blue
36. Make and blog 5 family recipes
37. Run a 5k with a friend
38. Make someone I love breakfast in bed
39. Give 5 “just because” gifts
40. Send out 30 thank you notes (that have nothing to do with wedding gifts)
41. Send out 30 “just because” notes
42. Send out Christmas cards
43. Send birthday cards to all of my close friends and family
44. Have dinner/coffee/lunch/drinks with someone i have not seen in at least 6 months (December 2014)
45. Host a Friendsgiving (November 2015)
46. Host a Christmas party
47. Call a different family member every week for 2 months
48. Make an address book with family and friends (November 2014)
49. Throw a surprise party
HOME
50. Plant and keep alive a lemon tree
51. Decorate my home for Christmas (December 2015)
52. Design and stock a bar cart (April 2015)
53. Decorate my living room (July 2015)
54. Decorate the nursery
55. Throw a dinner party
56. Organize all of our important paperwork
57. Make a gallery wall (June 2015)
58. Revitalize 5 pieces of old furniture
- Dining room table bench, December 2014
TRAVEL
59. Travel to a new state (February 2015 Arizona, Nevada)
60. Travel to a new country
61. Attend St. Patrick’s day in Savannah, Georgia
62. Attend Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama (February 2015)
63. Vacation at the beach (October 2015)
64. Ring in the New Year in a new city (January 2015)
65. Take a trip with my girlfriends (November 2015)
66. Take a trip by myself (September 2015)
67. Go on a trip after the baby comes
68. Go on a babymoon
69. Go on a camping trip
70. Hike part of the Appalachian Trail
71. Spend a weekend at a bed & breakfast
FOOD & DRINK
72. Create a dinner menu and stick to it for two weeks
73. Learn to make pain au chocolat
74. Learn to cook 10 new dishes
- Pasta with goat cheese, bacon, and balsamic reduction
75. Go two weeks without eating out
76. Learn to make a signature drink from scratch
77. Take myself to dinner 3 times and not stay on my phone
78. Learn to make and can jam
79. Take a cooking lesson
80. Cook a meal with ingredients only from the farmer’s market
FAITH
81. Read the bible in its entirety
82. Create a prayer journal and fill it
83. Put together a book of 100 bible verses
84. Listen to 20 podcasts or sermons from different churches
85. Find, follow, & complete 3 new bible studies
86. Intentionally pray for a different family member or friend every week for 3 months
87. Take time to intentionally pray every day for a month
HEALTH & WELLNESS
88. Learn a new yoga pose
89. Take a new fitness class
90. Go to the gym at least 3x a week for a month
91. Create an at-home yoga practice
92. Workout before work for one week
93. For one month take a lunch break away from my desk (October 2015)
94. Find a gym buddy and set regular gym dates with them
95. Go to bed by 10 p.m. every night for two weeks
96. Wake up every week day at 5 a.m. for two weeks
97. Meditate every day for two weeks
98. Run a 5k completely (August 2015)
99. Run a half marathon
100. Drink 8 glasses of water every day for a week
101. Eat the recommended serving of fruits & vegetables every day for a week
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