Finally getting back to this!
After completely failing at my first attempt, I plan on trying out the 101 in 1001 challenge again. This time, I knew some of the things to stay away from, and to be more specific and realistic in some of my goals. I have some that have stayed the same, and some that are intentionally broad/vague, but I think this list will be better.
I'm still working on adding things to my list (who knew it would be so hard to come up with all these things?), but if I don't just do it, I never will, so I'm starting here. I have already completed some of these, but will have to come back and fill in what's been done already.
After completely failing at my first attempt, I plan on trying out the 101 in 1001 challenge again. This time, I knew some of the things to stay away from, and to be more specific and realistic in some of my goals. I have some that have stayed the same, and some that are intentionally broad/vague, but I think this list will be better.
I'm still working on adding things to my list (who knew it would be so hard to come up with all these things?), but if I don't just do it, I never will, so I'm starting here. I have already completed some of these, but will have to come back and fill in what's been done already.
Getting Started
1 – Start
a blog to track my progress with this list
2 – Post
at least once a week (with photos where I can)
Health
3 – Be
consistent with workouts (at least 3 times a week)
4 – Drink
at least 6 glasses of water per day on a consistent basis
5 – Gain
no more than 25 pounds for pg #3
6 – Get down to a healthy weight for
me (at most 140, striving for 130lbs)
7 – Finish the “Couch to 5k” program
8 – Run a 5k without stopping
9 – Find a tennis partner and start
playing again
10 – Develop a flat belly
11 – Join a gym
Neal and Me
12 – Watch the sunset and sunrise
with Neal
13 – Dress up and go out with Neal
14 – Have a date night at least
twice a month
15 – Plan a way for Neal to drive a
Ferrari
16 – Go out dancing with Neal
17 – Go
on an anniversary trip without the kids
Family/Friends
18 – Post
on our family blog at least twice a month
19 – Put Jeffery’s scrap book together
20 – Fill
out Jonathan’s baby book
21 – Start a baby book for #3
22 – Get rid of maternity clothes
within 3 months of baby #3
23 – Go on a girls’ trip with some
friends
24 – Visit
Uncle Gil and Aunt Peggy
25 – Have a regular prayer/bible
study time with two girlfriends
26 – Have a monthly lunch date with
at least one friend
27 – Make all of one year’s Christmas
gifts myself
28 – Call just to catch up with a
friend once a week
Education/Enrichment
29 – Learn Italian
30 – Read at least ten (adult) books, 3 literary classics
31 – Post
on my crafting blog at least once a week
32 – Start writing again
33 – Take a ballroom dance class with Neal
34 – Start playing piano again
35 – Finish AFC program before baby
#3
36 – See “Phantom of the Opera”
37 – Make a list of uncompleted
sewing projects as of now, and finish them
38 – Make an inventory list of my
cake decorating supplies
Projects/Crafts
39 – Make
Jeffery’s UT quilt
40 – Finish at least a dozen Pinterest projects
41 – Make sampler
burp cloths
42 – Come
up with more baby item ideas, make samples
43 – Make baby girl quilt
(preferably before baby #3 comes)
44 – Make burp cloths for baby #3
45 – Take sample burp cloths to
boutique stores to sell
46 – Learn to crochet a baby blanket
47 – Organize all our family
pictures and videos
48 – Use some of my leftover fabric
for at least one project (scrap quilt, etc)
49 – Open
an Etsy shop
50 –
Recover at least one piece of furniture from a yard sale/thrift shop
Cooking/Baking
51 – Learn to make crème brulee
52 – Bake
my own bread on a regular basis
53 – Do a
wedding cake for profit
54 – Organize my recipe collection
55 – Make my own pasta
56 – Host a dinner party
57 – Host a backyard BBQ
58 – Try to make sushi at home
59 – Make
pancit
Finances/Organization
60 – Buy
a house in Knoxville
61 – Use
my daily planner on a consistent basis
62 – Get
back to planning meals on a regular basis and using my plan (4+ weeks in a row)
63 – Combine data from two laptops
and desktop, backup to external hard drive
64 – Scan
all paperwork/files
65 – Get
credit score up to 750 or higher
66 –
Register JC as a business, get tax ID #, etc. – become “official”
67 – Make
Janie’s Creations (JC) profitable
68 – Save 6-12 months’ emergency fund
69 – Pay
off Mountaineer early
70 – Start
contributing to IRA again
Charity
71 – Complete
50 community service hours
72 – Donate blood
73 – Participate in a fundraiser
74 – Volunteer with Habitat for
Humanity on a house build
Travel/Fun/Me
75 – Get a tattoo
76 – Sing karaoke
77 – Go on a cruise
78 – Go to three concerts
79 – Dress up for Halloween
80 – Attend a New Years’ Eve party
81 – Go camping
82 – Treat myself to a spa day
83 – Drive a 1969 Shelby GT
84 – Plant a flower garden just for
me
85 – Revamp my wardrobe
86 – Go to UT homecoming
Misc
87 – Unsubscribe from crappy email
lists
88 – Cancel catalogs/etc. we don’t
use and get off junk mailing lists
89 – Decide
“what I want to do when I grow up”
90 – Bring
in $40k in one year’s time (after taxes, etc.)
91 – Get published
Spiritual
92 – Memorize a bible verse weekly
for a year
93 – Go on a mission trip
94 – Find a good church and get involved
95 – Have
a daily quiet time
Gardening
96 – Plant and care for bulbs in the
fall and continue them through the year
97 – Frequent a local farmers’
market
98 – Learn to compost and do it
99 –
Learn how to cultivate roses
100 – Get some chickens to raise for
eggs (location-permitting)
Lastly
101 – Write a new list including
anything I haven’t completed.
