***SPOILER ALERT*** I donated $29 to a project on Donorschoose.org for the 29 things I did not complete! New list to be created and shared in the future!
This is happening. I'm doing it. I have seen this on many different blogs that I follow and I have been back and forth on it for a while, but not anymore!
What is it? Well, it's a list of 101 things, organized how ever you would like it, that get you complete in 1,001 days.
What are my dates?
Starting: Sunday, January 18th, 2015
Ending: Sunday, October 15th, 2017
Fitness + Health
1. Run a half marathon
2. Run a 5k in 30 minutes or less
3. Run a Marathon- signed up for the Chicago marathon!! {Ran half of it due to injury}
4. Ride my bike to Lake Michigan and back
5. Complete a 100 miles by __ Tone It Up challenge
6. Build up to a 1 minute plank {October 2016}
7. Drink at least 60oz of water a day for a week {April 5th-11th}
8. Go a week without processed sugar {April 5th-11th}
9. Floss everyday for two weeks {Finished multiple times. I actually like flossing now, lol}
10. Go to running club twice a week for a month
11. Loose ten pounds
12. Run 365 miles in 2015 {Close but no cigar!}
13. Follow a TIU weekly schedule for a whole week {April 5th-11th}
14. Go to bed by 10:00 four nights a week for a WHOLE MONTH
15. Workout three times a week for two weeks {July 2015}
Create
16. Learn how to use my sewing machine
17. Use it to sew something!
18. Complete three Pinterest projects
19. Put up new curtains in my bedroom
20. Create a Project Life binder
21. Publish a How-To post on the blog
22. Host a Pinterest party
23. Publish 5 book reviews on the blog
24. Comment on ten new blog posts on friend's blogs {Finished in July 2015}
25. Finish a "P.S.-I Made This" project
26. Create an original painting
27. Make stationary for a friend
28. Fill a memory jar in 2016 {NOPE}
Cook + Bake
29. Eat Vegetarian for a week {This went well! Did a few times in 2016}
30. Host a dinner party for friends {Friendsgiving Nov 2016}
31. Eat dinner at my kitchen table {Bought a new table and used it in May 2017}
32. Create an original recipe {Completed in Sept 2016- I made a new type of lentil burger, yum yum!}
33. Try two new recipes- {Tried Macadamia crusted Mahi Mahi in April 2015! Tried Herb Crusted Salmon in April 2015!}
34. Bake a birthday cake for someone {Dad's birthday 2017}
35. Host a birthday party for someone and cook it all myself!
36. Cook dinner involving some kind of seafood {Macadamia crusted Mahi Mahi- April 2015}
37. Go to a wine tasting {On my camping trip in June 2015- Blue Sky Vineyard}
38. Try a new tea flavor {Tried and LOVED Relaxer from Tiesta Tea! 2015 It's my new fave}
39. Bake a pie on pie day! {Ate a pie on Pie Day...does that count?!}
40. Make a homemade pizza
41. Make a new soup- Lentil Soup! I really love lentils so this worked out great! {December 2015}
42. Try a new cookie recipe {Made Lactation Cookies for Emily in May 2017}
43. Make ice cream from scratch
Buy
44. A new computer
45. A new car {DONE! Purchased in July 2015!!}
46. A king size bed and bedding {YES!! April/May 2017}
47. The perfect LBD finally
48. Donate to two different Donors Chose projects {Fall 2016- donated to two technology classroom projects!}
49. Donate a dollar to a charity for every thing on my list I do not complete
50. Myself flowers just because- {Done on 4/17/15!}
Travel
51. Go on a weekend getaway with my husband
52. Camping with friends {Went with Joe and Emily in June 2015}
53. Stay at a bed and breakfast
54. Visit a friend in another state {September 2016} Blogged.
55. Visit my Godchild and his parents {Visited in August}
56. Visit a national park {Visited Volcano National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii 2017!}
57. Visit a state with my husband that we have never been to- {Went to Florida on 7/21/15!! We went to Captiva island!}
Personal
58. Complete 10 random acts of kindness {4/10 done}
59. Photograph my favorite tree in every season {Finished in Nov. 2015} Blogged.
60. Get a massage {Got on on our cruise to the Bahamas July 2016}
61. Read 3 classic books- {Of Mice and Men (Dec 2015), The Velveteen Rabbit (Oct 2016), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Dec 2015)}
62. Read 2 biographies- {I read Not That Kind of Girl in July 2015, and Sounds Like Me in December 2015}
63. Read 20 other books- {Finished August 2016}
64. Donate my hair- {Donated to Children with Hairloss on 1/17/15}
65. Listen to all of the 2013 podcasts from This American Life- {Finished on 4/3/15}
66. Journal twice a week for a month- {Finished July 2015}
67. Donate my time to Feed My Starving Children at least three times
68. Cheer a friend on at a race {Chicago Marathon 2016}
69. Blog at least 10 of these accomplishments I complete on this list {I've blogged 10/10 as of Dec. 2016}
70. Host a game night with friends
71. Send out Christmas or New Years cards {Christmas 2016}
72. Create a new series on the blog {Five Forgotten Photos on my Phone Fridays!} Blogged.
73. Leave a surprise gift card in my favorite book at a bookstore {Summer 2017}
74. Stay in better contact with friends- text, call, email at least once a week
75. Start another list of some goals when this is complete
Watch/Listen
76. A new TV series- {Done :) I did this one a few times!}
77. All of the Best Picture nominations for a 2015 Oscar-
Birdman (winner),
Boyhood, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash, American Sniper, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Grand Budapest Hotel
78. All of the movies with Best Actor Nominations for the 2015 Oscars- Eddie Redmayne (winner), Michael Keaton (Birdman), Steve Carrell, Bradley Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch {Finished June 2015}
79. All of the movies with Best Actress Nominations for the 2015 Oscars- Julianne Moore (Winner- Still Alice),
Felicity Jones, Reese Witherspoon, Rosamund Pike, Marion Cotillard (two days one night)
80. 15 TED Talks
81.
The entire series of Brothers & Sisters- {Finished May 2015}
82. Three black and white movies I haven't seen before
Experience
83. Buy coffee for the person in the drive thru behind me- {Finished July 2015- she honked and waved at me to say think you!}
84. Go to a Blackhawks game
85. Go to a Bulls Game
86. Go to a Bears Game- {Happened Jan. 3rd thanks to my friend and her sweetness!}
87. See a concert with a friend- {Kelsey and I went to see Taylor Swift on July 19th, 2015}
88. See the Chicago Symphony Orchestra- {Saw the CYSO with Ben Folds in June 2015, and also saw the CSO at Ravinia in July 2015!}
89. See a play or a musical- {Nov. 2015- Saw Dorothy in Wonderland on a field trip- does that count?}
90. Go on a picnic {Summer 2016}
91. See a drive-in movie {We went to see Finding Dory Summer 2016}
92. Go apple picking {Finished Fall 2016 and wrote about it here!}
93. Go pumpkin picking
94. Try two new restaurants for dinner or lunch- {Honeyberry Café Dec. 4th, 2015, Uncle Julio's Summer 2016}
95. See a comedy show- {Pablo Francisco on 2/8/15}
Professional
96. Organize my math curriculum- now invalid :(
97. Make the math curriculum digital- now invalid- :(
98. Pass my Reading Specialist test- {Passed on 1/30/15!}
99. Update my resume- {FINALLY}
100. Read a book about education {Finished Feb. 2015}
101. Leave work at 4:00 at least three days a week
That's it. My 101. Let's get at it.
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