101 in 1001

I have 1001 days to complete this list of 101 goals… check back to see my progress.

Start Date: October 31, 2008

End Date:  July 29, 2011

I hear it takes 90 days to make a habit, so for all the ones that appear to be goals that go on forever, I can check them off after 90 days of being good… and for a couple of the vague others, I can check off after being good 30 times (ex. wake up the first time my alarm goes off – 30 times.)

*These are in no particular order*

1. Go to the gym at least 3 times a week

2. Wake up the first time my alarm clock goes off

3. Walk to the grocery store more often

4. Go to Mexico

5. Go to New England in Autumn

6. Go to Vegas (WPPI) completed Feb 12-19 2009
   

7. Go to New York in December

8. Read at least 1 book a month front to back (personal or business) (0/33) (nov-The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks; dec-Ask the Dust, John Fante;  jan-Fast Track Photographer, Dane Sanders; feb-How Dolly Parton Saved my Life, Charlotte Conners; mar-The Soloist, Steve Lopez; april-The Pilgrimage, Paulo Coelho; may-The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger; june-The Bluest Eye, Tony Morrison; july-Wolves of the Calla, Stephen King; august-Song of Susannah, Stephen King; september-7 Habits of Highly Effective People; october-Ultimate Secrets of Total Self Confidence; november-Catcher in the Rye; december-Total Money Makeover, Dave Ramsey; January-The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.; February-Purple Cow, Seth Godin; March-The Dark Tower, Stephen King; April-Couldn’t Keep it to Myself, Wally Lamb; May-I’ll Fly Away, Wally Lamb; June-Wishin’ & Hopin’, Wally Lamb; July-The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski; August-Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger; September-The Nanny Diaries, Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus; October-Messenger, Lois Lowry; November-The Household Guide to Dying, Debra Adelaide; December-)

9. Read 10 classics that I’ve never read (0/10)

10. Transition to use of as many as possible all natural products (face wash, face lotion, dish soap, laundry soap, toothpaste, deodorant, foundation)

11. Make a nice inspiration book that doesn’t look sloppy (completed March 2010)
    

12. Go to a flea market (completed March 2010 Cline’s)
    

13. Plant the bulbs I’ve had around for over a year (completed dec 22, 2009)
    

14. Write in a journal more than 1 time a week

15. Clean up the back yard completed November 08… property managers did it for us!

16. Do 50 sit-ups a day

17. Join a networking group and go to at least 10 meetings (3/10) Started a networking group and have had 4 meetings so far!  http://www.meetup.com/eat-and-meet/
    

18. Learn to sail

19. Learn to really play the Banjo that is hiding in my closet

20. Brush up on my Russian

21. Drink only water for 3 months to try to form a habit (One coffee before 10am, Hot Chocolate okay once a week)(1/3)

22. Have a picnic(completed Feb 18, 2011)

23. Go fishing/boating with dad

24. Make an interesting cake Completed December 25, 2010 Sugar-free Flour-free Double Chocolate Avocado Torte

25. Throw a party

26. Try a new food (12/28/08 – Arepita …maria’s venezuelean food)

27. Go to the beach (6/4/09 – 6/6/09 – Sarah & Miguel’s Wedding in Atlantic Beach)

28. Go to a party (completed March 2010 WPPI Finao Sleepover Party)
    

29. Buy a house

30. Host a dinner party

31. Go to my 10 year reunion my  class tried to have one but it didn’t work out.  lame.  oh well… on to the 20 year!

32. Finish visiting the 50 states (alabama, alaska, arizona, arkansas, california, colorado, connecticut, delaware, florida, georgia, hawaii, iowa, idaho, illinios, indiana, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine, maryland, massachusettes, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, south dakota, tennessee, texas, utah, vermont, virginia, washington, west virginia, wisconsin, wyoming)

33. Get my bicycle fixed and ride it

34. Be a guest at a wedding

35. Blog every day for a month (30/30) completed Dec. 14, 2009
    

36. Take a road trip just for fun completed Feb 13-14 2009 (Road trip on Rt 66 and Grand Canyon)
    

37. Shoot a destination wedding
    

38. Pay off my school loans

39. Pay off my credit cards completed Feb. 23, 2009 Holy Moly! Yay!
    

40. Pay off my car completed dec 10, 2009!
    

41. Read the entire Bible

42. Transition to a paperless office

43. Play on a softball team

44. Get my teeth professionally whitened

45. Make 1 new recipe a month from my cookbook collection (1/33)(nov-tropical fruit cookies with mascarpone creme filling, dec-spicy bean and lentil loaf, jan-potato bake and saucy vegetable hominy over couscous, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec, jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec, jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec, jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul)

46. Sign up for PPA &  get accepted into WPJA (1/2) (Joined PPA Feb 16 2009)
    

47. Win a WPJA award after completing #46
    

48. Photograph my parents – completed Nov. 2008

49. Have portraits made by a photographer I admire -completed 2009 by Laura Manzare & Dawn Roof
    

50. Stay at the W Hotel – completed september 19, 2009
    

51. Buy a Mac – Completed December 2010
    

52. Camp out on the island

53. Buy a Wii and Wii Fit

54. Learn to boat and get a boating license

55. See a concert at the Grand Ole Opry

56. Don’t buy any new clothes for 3 months straight (3/3) Feb 2009, March 2009, April 2009 YAY Me!
    

57. Go to a drive-in movie

58. Outsource more areas of my business

59. Book 25 weddings each year – close enough for me to be happy marking this off:)
    

60. Photograph a wedding proposal the bride doesn’t know about

61. Introduce myself to 20 wedding professionals (10/20)

62. Become friends with at least 5 of them (3/5)

63. Second shoot with Tracy

64. Buy Quickbooks Got it for Christmas 2008!

65. Buy 1 guilt free pair of amazing shoes no matter the cost when I truly deserve it

66. Become CPR certified

67. Take a bubble bath in my new place Jan 2 2009

68. Finish off my Netflix queue and quit adding more so I can cancel one day (12/134) cancelled dec 2009
    

69. Ride in a hot air balloon

70. Floss every day forever (12/33)

71. Pay for someone’s order behind me in the drive-thru

72. Give out 5 business cards a day

73. Host at least 5 couchsurfers a year and take a snapshot of each (5/5)(2/5)(0/5)

74. Read The Princess Bride

75. Visit Kat and go with her to Cameroon

76. Visit Grace

77. Visit Marcia completed Sept 6, 2009
    

78. Visit Maria

79. Visit Tola completed sept 2009
    

80. Visit Lena

81. Go to the Hog Hollerin Contest

82. Go to the Fainting Goat Festival

83. Go to the Redneck Olympic Games

84. Eliminate the use of plastic bags while shopping

85. Quit being quite so sarcastic

86. Go Contra Dancing Completed November 17, 2008

87. Drive across the US and find a place to settle down

88. Be engaged completed February 18, 2011

89. Get a mud bath at a nice spa

90. Finish my Letters book

91. Have an inspiring morning routine

92. Eat all the fruit and veggies I buy before they go bad done a great job of this one:)
    

93. Stay at the Grand Hotel in Michigan

94. Stay at the Hostel in the Forest in Georgia

95. Stay at the Wigwam Village Hotel in Arizona (completed Feb 13 2009)
    

96. Walk Soda every day

97. Buy a 70-200mm 2.8 (completed May 2009!)
    

98. Buy a 85mm 1.4

99. Make better food choices consistently (started the no flour-no sugar diet on May 14 & have never felt better!)
    

100. Stop popping my knuckles (pretty much completed as much as it ever will be much much better!)
     

101. Go skinny dipping