A few years ago I started the 101 Things to do in 1001 Days challenge. At the time, I thought February of 2011 seemed so far away. And I thought I would get so much done in those two and a half years. Well, the time went by and I got about half of them finished. A few of them I've completed since, too.
Right now I'm in need of goals and things to work towards. Especially on my bad days and when I'm lonely. I like to have things to look forward to doing. So I've decided to give this challenge another go. Here is my list. When I'm done with it in mid 2014 I will be 29 years old! That just seems so far away, but at the same time I'm excited for all of the things that can happen in the next 1001 days! You can keep track by that little link over on the right hand sidebar.
Emily's 101 Things in 1001 Days - Round 2
start date: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
end date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
bold=completed
italics=in progress
make home made ice cream- try 30 new recipes from my 'yum' Pinterest board (garlic cheese bread sticks, crock pot potato soup, mint chocolate chip cookies, cake batter dip)
- grow a vegetable garden
- learn how to 'can' (or just 'can' since i guess it isn't really that hard?)
- freeze corn
- clean out closets and purge (or yard sale) anything I haven't worn in years
- build something from the Knock Off Wood website
- make Christmas stockings for my family
- make matching tree skirt for the stockings
- get a new lens for my camera
get a pair of riding boots to wear during the fall and winterget a pair of Sperry's (or knock-off's that are cheaper)- buy a house to remodel
- go to the New England coast
- go to the west coast
fly somewhere(Tampa, Chicago, Miami, Washington DC)visit NYC(3/23/11 with Molly)visit at least 2 Big Ten football stadiums I've never been to (I saw Penn State's Beaver Stadium, so that counts; Northwestern; Michigan)go on a cruisevisit another countrytake Molly to Washington DC- go to Nashville (in the works for July 2014)
- go to Las Vegas
go to Charleston, SC(Spring Break 2014)take a cross country road trip(Florida for Spring Break)- visit Mt. Rushmore
- visit 5 states I've never been to (New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Arkansas)
- go skiing
- stop talking about other people/gossiping
- go to church more often and work on my relationship with God (this is really always an ongoing thing) (I've gone every Sunday since March and have joined a bible study on Monday nights! I LOVE it!)
- pray every day before bed and in the morning, thanking Him for what I have
- write a letter to my 30-year-old self and keep it
- make a list of 1000 things I'm thankful for/write down five things every day that I'm thankful for
join the Dogwood Festival Committee(started going to meetings on 1/11/12)- take a spin class at my gym (went with Abra on 9/20)
run in a 5K w/o stopping(races scheduled for4/28,5/19,7/21,11/19)- do the 200 sit-up program
- learn how to play the piano
- read 15 books (My Secret Affair by Mimi Alford, Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow, 50 Shades of Grey; Off Balance by Dominique Muceano; Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner; Ladies' Nights by Mary Kay Andrews; Happily Ever After by Trista Sutter...in progress; The Shoemaker's Wife by )
- finish my high school scrapbook
- finish my college scrapbook
donate blood- donate my hair to Locks of Love
- volunteer at the Ronald McDonald House
- donate the box of stuff in my closet to RMH
- donate 10% to my church
- send a care package to a soldier
- do 29 good deeds on my next birthday
- send more handwritten letters to friends
- write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
- learn how to actually use my camera (taking a photography class at OSU right now)
- participate in "NOfacebook NOvember" and "No Facebook February" each year
make my hair my natural color again(6/13/12)- take pictures of my life for one month
- finish my map quilt (goal is to be done by the Ohio State Fair in 2013)
- make two quilts for myself off of my list or pinterest board
- make two pencil skirts to wear to work
go to a professional sporting event(Memorial Golf Tournament, 6/4/12, 6/3/13; Columbus Crew game, 7/21/12; Cubs/Reds baseball game, 8/10/12; Reds/Indians game, 5/27/13; Reds/Brewers game, 5/4/14)take a class of some sort(photography class at OSU, Pilates at OSU, other classes at Vineyard)- organize a craft weekend retreat for friends
- organize a clothing swap party for friends
- play bingo at a bingo hall
- go to an Ohio State football game each year (Colorado on 9/24/11; UAB on 9/22/12; Nebraska on 10/6/12)
- learn the cheerleaders' dance to the Ohio State fight song
visit 5 different colleges I've never been to(University of Dayton on 12/18/11; Penn State University on 4/11/12; Northwestern University on 10/28/12, University of Michigan on 12/8/12; University of Arkansas, 3/6/13; Ashland University, 10/12/13)- watch 50 movies I've never seen (33/50) (Stepbrothers, Country Strong, Bridesmaids, Uncle Buck, Crazy Stupid Love, Horrible Bosses, The Town; Friends with Benefits; Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; Secretariat; Crash; Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town; I Don't Know How She Does It; Firelight; The Vow; Christmas Wish; Yours, Mine and Ours (new one); Lincoln; Pitch Perfect; Anna Karenina; Les Miserables; Zero Dark Thirty; Safe Haven; The Wives He Forgot; The Heat; Footloose; Definitely, Maybe; Burlesque; Grown Ups; Grown Ups 2; Magic Mike; Eat Pray Love; White House Down)
eat at 15 restaurants i've never been to(OrangeLeaf, Cuzzins, Matt the Millers, Amato's Woodfire Pizza, Figlio, Gresso's, Cornerstone Deli & Cafe, Claddagh Irish Pub; Cranberry's Resort @ Indian Lake, Jersey Mikes; Easy Living Deli; Sloopy's Diner; BJ's Brewhouse; MoJo Lounge; Chelly Belly's, Betty's, Thurman's, Thorny's, BRAVO!, Sublime Smoke, The Cheesy Truck; Twisted Lizard; Old Man's Pour House, John's Place, MCL Cafe and Bakery, The Ram, Lorenzo's, The Tin Roof; La Chatelaine; Bernards; Sassy's BBQ, Fabians; Tin Bakery; Mimi's Pasta & Brew; Diaspora; Baker's Pizza; Crazy Corky's Cafe; Sicilia Italian Cuisine; Insomnia Cookies; Buckeye Donuts; Paul's; Mellow Mushroom; Boston's Pizza; Panda Express; Pizza Rustica; Cowtown Pizza; River City Cafe; Jake Melnick's; Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs; Checkers; Burger Works; Currito; Omahama Bob's; Barcelona; Level Lounge; Wine Guys; Melt; Pig Iron BBQ; DK Diner; Marcella's; Katalina's; La Patrona )- go to a Brad Paisley concert
go to a few concerts in Columbus(Brantly Gilbert/Eric Church, Luke Bryan/Jason Aldean, Little Big Town/George Strait, Charlie Worsham)go to a pop concert(Tiesto, 3/28/13)go to another college's football game (not Ohio State)(Marshall/ECU on 11/26/2011)
- go camping with a group of friends
- go to the Grand Ole Opry (plans for July 2014)
- go to the Kentucky Derby
go to a game at Wrigley Field- go to 20 county fairs (Delaware County; Franklin County; Ohio State Fair; Pike County Fair; Hartford Independent Fair; Pickaway County; Shelby County)
carve a pumpkin- color Easter eggs
- make 10 items from my 'sewing and crafting' Pinterest board (nail and yarn Ohio, bathroom shelf; yarn OSU wreath)
- host a family Thanksgiving at my house
- host a shower for a friend at my house
- learn to drive a standard/manual transmission
- answer the '50 questions that will free your mind'
- put $10 in my savings account for every task I complete (tally: $160)
- put an entire paycheck in my savings account once
- pay off my student loans from OSU
pay off my car loan(December 2013)- continue to put into savings while going back to school
- get married when the time is right
- move out of Columbus and closer to home (not even sure I want to do this anymore!)
- get my teaching license in two years (2013) (not going back to school now, so this is on hold!)
- get a teaching job (on hold as well)
- start a family (no rush! obviously need the husband first)
- get my masters in something education related
- start some kind of business
go parasailing on vacationgo zipliningget a newbed, dresser and armoure for my bedroom- paint my kitchen
hang curtains in my bedroom- paint my kitchen island
- refinish/paint my desk
refinish/paint my kitchen tableget a new washer/dryerget a kuerig- go to the Columbus Jazz and Rib Fest
- go to the Dublin Irish Festival
build a litter box hider thing- take a plane ride with Mikey
join Junior Leagueride a rollercoaster, the swings and adrop zone type ridego to a water park
I absolutely love this! And seeing as how I purchased a house that needs fixing up, I will gladly give you a pre-paid visa to shop for and decorate for me. This is an area I def lack. lol.
ReplyDeleteAs for more goals, what about make a memory book of all of the stories from your childhood/your mom's childhood and your grandma's childhood that you can eventually give to your own daughter one day. Ive been working on this for Bryn. It's kind of like real life American Girl Doll stories=)