This year, in addition to a few well-thought New Year’s Resolutions, I have made a list of 101 things I want to do, see, accomplish, or experience in the next 1001 days. I saw this idea on another blog (Sorry. I can’t for the life of me remember where.) and I thought it looked like an amazing thing to try … I mean, do. I’m all about positive thinking, affirmations, verb tenses with intent, and the like these days. It is the New Year after all.
So here’s my list:
1. Write a book
2. Record a song
3. Start a business
4. Sorry, this one is secret
5. Sell a piece of my art December 17, 2010: I sold a bunch!
6. Hike to a waterfall May 27, 2010: Emerald Pools Trail, Zion National Park
7. Visit a continent I’ve never been to
8. Another secret
9. Plan an elegant dinner party
10. Learn French
11. Take a dance class September 15, 2011: Signed up for weekly Hip Hop Class
12. Learn how to put up jam September 21, 2010: Made peach jam to give as favors
13. Go to New York City (I’ve never been!)
14. Become a regular yoga student
15. Go to a BYU football game (I haven’t been since I graduated. Sad!)
16. Visit a state I haven’t been to yet
17. Go on a picnic
18. Visit my mission (Washington)
19. Get my recipes organized
20. Read all 100 books on the Best Literature List
21. Learn to grill
22. Go to Paris
23. Be kissed Mmm hmm.
24. Drive the west coast highway
25. Go to a ML baseball game
26. Hostess a summer BBQ
27. Get a story printed in a major magazine
28. Skinny dip August 24, 2011: Half-skinny in the Atlantic Ocean (still working towards a full skinny)
29. Learn how to make tarts April 5, 2010: Orange-Lemon Tart
30. Build a blanket fort and cozy in with someone I’m wild about
31. Write a letter once a month for a year
32. Get my scrapbooks organized
33. Get my room organized (once and for all!)
34. Get my office space and studio organized
35. Learn how to dive
36. Write a poem/day for 30 days
37. Buy Photoshop & InDesign
38. Fly a kite
39. Teach a class (non-Church) July 23, 2011: Taught a Marketing Class at a Business Seminar
40. Set up KristaMaurer.com January 2010: But it’s always a work in progress
41. Update my wardrobe
42. Hostess a tea party
43. Go to the temple every week for a year
44. Visit all the LDS temples in Utah
45. Go to an amusement park
46. Visit the aquarium May 20, 2010: Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy, UT
47. Visit the planetarium June 23, 2010
48. RUN a 5K (the whole thing)
49. Make Julia Child’s Beef Bourguignon
50. Pay off any debt
51. Take a photography class
52. Get a pedicure
53. Sew a quilt Finished May 31, 2010 for the Karl Malone family
54. Do something for a good cause
55. Grow peonies Summer 2011: My First Bloom!
56. Take a design class
57. Save $10 for every task completed on this list
58. Memorize The Living Christ
59. Memorize The Family Proclamation
60. Start/Keep a journal (with the stuff I can’t/won’t publish here)
61. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
62. Take a cooking or baking class
63. Knit something (other than a scarf or hat. Been there, done that.)
64. Learn (and play for an audience) a new piano piece
65. Get the piano tuned
66. Start a writing group
67. Play tennis regularly
68. Do genealogy (1x/quarter)
69. Make a budget and stick to it
70. Be featured in the media Tuesday, January 12, 2009: Appeared on Good Things Utah
71. Send someone flowers
72. Send a message in a bottle
73. Begin taking cello lessons
74. Sleep under the stars
75. Learn how to fillet a fish
76. Play in a rainstorm
77. Don’t use car for one week
78. Ride a horse
79. Clean out my computer files
80. Send an anonymous letter to someone
81. Go to a concert Not only went, but HOSTED one! December 13, 2011: Mindy Gledhill
82. Get a new car
83. Eat vegetarian for a week May 2011 — September 2011
84. Refinish a piece of furniture
85. “Unplug” for a week (no phone, no computer, no internet, no TV, no iPod)
86. Ride on a subway
87. Take pictures of my sisters and parents
88. Float in the Great Salt Lake
89. Collect fall leaves and press them
90. See a movie at a drive in
91. Learn how to make taffy
92. Buy a nice turquoise jewelry set
93. Buy a nice pearl jewelry set
94. Start a non-profit organization
95. Illustrate a children’s book
96. Go to a spa
97. Sing karaoke at a real karaoke club
98. Another secret goal
99. Record a podcast
100. have 6 months expenses in savings
101. Go fly fishing
16 down. 85 more to go. I better get going!
Finish by: September 27, 2012
Love your list- That's a whole lot to go after! Way to go!
(I love #28- yes you can print that- I think its my favorite!)
Krista, that is a great list!! I cant wait to read all about your accomplishments, I feel lucky to know you!
You do need to learn how to grill. Your life will be changed, as will your kitchen clean up. I wish I lived closer. I would teach you. Just thinking about grilling makes me jones for some barbecued ribs. Holy mother, I could really use those right now.
Your list is awesome! Come to NYC before April 2011 then you can stay with me – or at least I can meet up with you to play!!
That is quite the list. I haven't made ONE SINGLE new year's goal/resolution this year. So, um…ya, your list there pretty much puts me to shame. To shame I say! Oh well….
this is awesome, john wants to do the non-profit as well so you should collaborate or something…we love you, if you want to add trip to vegas to your list or perhaps we could accomodate the skinny dipping) we would love to see you…shauntelle
I love this idea! You’ve inspired me to do a similar list so I can try new things and break out of my comfort zone :)