101 Things in 1001 days

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We all have a love-hate relationship with New Year’s Resolutions.

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Instead of making a ton of resolutions that I’m not likely to keep throughout the next 365 days, I’ve decided to keep up with my list of:

101 Things in 1001 Days.

I made this list last year (May-ish) on the Notepad app on my iPhone. Now that I’m blogging, I’ve decided to publish my list and keep up with my goals that I set some 200 days ago. (I initially found this adorable idea on one of my favorite blogger’s site, Design Darling). 

Since I’m just now publishing it, I’m going to start my 1001 days today — even though I’ve already completed a few tasks on my list 🙂

 

Start Date: 01/07/2016
End Date: 10/04/2019

  1. Move cities  (September 2015)
  2. See Taylor Swift in Concert  (June 2015)
  3. Buy a house
  4. Write a book 
  5. Watch less television
  6. Use my phone less  (January 2016)
  7. Get a new hairstyle
  8. Lose 20 lbs
  9. Visit Europe
  10. Go back to NYC 
  11. Reconnect with my friend Amanda
  12. De-clutter/simplify my house
  13. Walk Murphy 4x per week
  14. Run a 5k (November 2015 — even better, I ran an 8k)
  15. Start a Roth IRA
  16. Get a pretty (and matching) bra & pantie set
  17. Cook weekly 
  18. Join a Bible Study  (October 2015, I started a Bible study)
  19. Learn to play the piano 
  20. Read 12 books a year (at least)
  21. Buy an upholstered chair/couch
  22. Help bring someone to Christ
  23. See a ballet (December 2015, The Nutcracker)
  24. Skydive 
  25. visit the West Coast 
  26. Purchase a ‘cruiser’ bike
  27. Stretch daily
  28. Call LuLu (my grandmother) 1x a week
  29. Paddle board
  30. Don’t purchase any new clothes for 1 month (November 2015)
  31. Go to a winery/wine tasting  (October 2015)
  32. Skinny dip
  33. Make a ‘Signature KB drink’
  34. Learn calligraphy 
  35. Take a weekend sabbatical with no cell phone
  36. Wake up at 5:30am twice a week for a month
  37. Host a dinner party
  38. Mail a care package to my brother in college 
  39. Plant a lemon tree in my yard
  40. Collect a photograph of each of my grandparents and great grandparents
  41. Make someone I love breakfast in bed
  42. Give 5 “just because” gifts
  43. Take a girls weekend trip 
  44. Watch the sun rise
  45. Fall in love (October 2015)
  46. Go on a family vacation 
  47. Change my hair color  (January 2015- present, lol, see post here)
  48. Take shagging lessons
  49. Start a journal (August 2015)
  50. Buy a cookbook – and use 5 recipes from it
  51. Go to a rooftop party
  52. Send 5 handwritten letters to old friends 
  53. Find a signature lip color 
  54. Subscribe to a magazine (June 2015, Garden & Gun)
  55. Pay for a customer in line behind me 10x 
  56. Make homemade sushi 
  57. Get a massage
  58. Paint or make pottery 
  59. Host a themed game night or party 
  60. Put together a cookbook with recipes from the women in my family
  61. Have a picnic (October 2015, Freedom Park with my bible study)
  62. Go horseback riding
  63. Take my mom to NYC 
  64. Make homemade guacamole
  65. Publish a book 
  66. Listen to an entire podcast series (January 2015-October 2015, Serial)
  67. Stay up to date with the news/current events
  68. Go snorkeling 
  69. Find a signature white wine and a signature red wine
  70. Start a scrapbook 
  71. Memorize 15 bible verses 
  72. Attend a concert of someone I have not yet seen 
  73. Surprise a friend with a visit 
  74. Deactivate Facebook (temporarily or permanently) (January 2015)
  75. Apologize to someone I’ve hurt 
  76. Pray daily (November 2015)
  77. Take more photographs on my Canon camera
  78. Hike a mountain 
  79. Start doing crosswords in the mornings with my coffee 
  80. Learn the lyrics to an entire rap song 
  81. Sing karaoke 
  82. Send Christmas cards to my friends and family  (December 2015)
  83. Show appreciation to my co-workers (October 2015)
  84. Introduce myself to neighbors I do not know
  85. Make my bed every day for 1 month 
  86. Pamper myself at a dry bar 
  87. Find a mentor & have lunch with her 4x a year
  88. Have a custom monogram created (from Emily McCarthy)
  89. Get engaged 
  90. Redecorate my room (new headboard, drapes, pillows)
  91. Design & print a fabric 
  92. Rent a Vespas and tour a city 
  93. Leave a 100% tip for great service 
  94. Drink a Piña colada on a tropical island
  95. Take a Blogshop class
  96. Throw an engagement party for a friend 
  97. See 1D in concert – lol 
  98. Fix up an antique piece of furniture 
  99. Be a mentor to someone younger than me 
  100. Paint a canvas for my house 
  101. Foster a dog 

 

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Wish me luck! I encourage you to try your own 101 Things in 1001 and share with me!

Xx,

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