101 Things in 1001 Days: personal

I *finally* finished. I was inspired to start this list at the beginning of January and it has taken me quite a long time to reach 101 goals. I didn't want my goals to all be about me and I did want to make my next 2.75 years epic. So this is my "List". I'll be documenting my journey through it here on my blog. :D Think about making your own, at least 5 of my friends have started writing their own which makes me SO happy! Even if it takes you months to come up with 101 Things imagine how accomplished you'll feel at the end. :]

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.


My Start Date: February 1, 2010
My End Date: October 29, 2012

1. Participate in a Flash Mob
2. See the Northern Lights
3. Go to an airport and take the next flight out
4. Blog every day for a month
5. Mail a secret to PostSecret
6. Send something by mail once a week for a year [0/52]
7. Regularly set aside time to go to coffee shops alone
8. Have portraits of myself done more than once
9. Travel to Rochester, NY and Kitchener, ON
10. Purchase a Mac
11. Make cool movies with my FlipVid
12. Post a video blog
13. Pay off my credit card debt
14. Donate family portraits to families in Communities Child and/or Teen Challenge
15. Go a week without text messaging
16. Make a list of 101 things that make me happy
17. 2nd shoot a wedding with someone I admire
18. Get a tattoo
19. Attend WPPI in Las Vegas, NV
20. Get my own apartment
21. Memorize 52 Bible verses
22. Read the entire Bible
23. Redevelop a journaling habit
24. See a meteor shower
25. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
26. Write a letter to myself to open at the end of 1001 days
27. Photograph a band I loved in my youth
28. Go on a road trip [completed June 2010 Los Angeles, CA to Santa Cruz, CA and Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA
29. Visit 5 states I’ve never been to [North Dakota]
30. Take a photograph every day for one month
31. Have a “Mall Monday” night again with the old group
32. Travel to Greece or Italy [or both!]
33. Give someone flowers just because
34. Send thank you notes for small unexpected reasons
35. Photograph someone I admire
36. Decorate my room and love it!
37. Exercise regularly
38. Run a 5K
39. Hike to a waterfall
40. Buy a 50mm lens
41. Buy a 24mm lens
42. Buy a 70-200mm lens
43. Shoot a wedding in a state I’ve never been [completed May 7, 2010]
44. Take Polaroid pictures for fun
45. Make that Skittles drink I saw online
46. Meet in person the photographers I have met online [Elisabeth Carol May 2010, Lizzie Kimball July 2010]
47. Send someone a care package
48. Donate blood regularly [March 2010, May 2010]
49. Donate platelets
50. Become a full time photographer
51. Say “yes” to something I normally wouldn’t
52. Visit friends in Dallas, Phoenix, and Vancouver
53. Give away a Photo Session on my blog
54. Attend at least one Photography Workshop per year
55. Publish my photography in a book
56. Go back to Illinois
57. Get a press pass and shoot at a concert
58. Accessorize… cutely
59. Make time to call friends that I don’t get to see regularly
60. Give gifts to businesses I visit regularly [like Starbucks & Samys]
61. Take a train somewhere
62. Keep my car clean for a month
63. Go on a scavenger hunt
64. Go whale watching
65. Volunteer for the Make a Wish Foundation
66. Go a month without Starbucks [completed July 2010]
67. Go a month without In n’ Out
68. Dress up [like, wear heels] and go out with friends
69. Go to garage sales regularly for fun
70. Design my logo/branding
71. Stay off Facebook for a week
72. Go on a cruise
73. Shoot at least 12 weddings
74. Complete and post 15 photo assignments Alexis gives me
75. Get glasses
76. Complete a Wreck this Journal
77. Take a week off to volunteer somewhere
78. Make a prayer list/journal
79. Make a difference in someone’s life
80. Participate in the 40 Hour Famine
81. Walk Maggie regularly
82. Learn to talk on the phone better
83. Buy a Desk
84. Visit Ireland
85. Have a lemonade stand
86. Decorate my bulletin board
87. Take regular photo walks
88. Be in a music video
89. Change my bad attitude
90. Define something on UrbanDictionary.com
91. Volunteer for Littlest Heroes Project
92. Volunteer for Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
93. Recreate a famous historical photograph
94. Follow the yellow movie signs
95. Participate in a Sh1ft.org 26 Things project.
96. Geocache in another State
97. Have my photography featured on a “big” blog
98. Save all my change for 1001 Days and give it to a random stranger
99. Have a Pillow Fight
100. Ask someone one thing they want to do before they die and help them accomplish it [like The Buried Life]
101. Learn to accept compliments