101 in 1001 is a bucket list of sorts that you only have 2.75 years to complete. List 101 things, and try and mark them all off in 101 days. Join me and some other amazing bloggers every 3 months to share your progress or your list! You can grab the button at the bottom of this post. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #my101in1001 on social media as you check things off of your list!
See THIS POST for my final update!
Start: November 16th, 2015 Finish: August 13th, 2018
LIFE
Read 30 books(30/30) Done! Early 2018Start and maintain a daily devotional for a monthDONE! 4/2017Create a budget and stick to itDONE! 4/2017- Save at least $30,000
Hang wedding photos above the fireplaceDONE! 7/2016Buy a new SUVDONE! 12/28/2015 we bought an HR-VHost a FriendsgivingWe hosted a Christmas-friendsgiving in 2016- Buy a house
Get rid of 30 things in my closet (30/30)I sent a huge bag to Goodwill in March, 2016- Have an album made with wedding photos
- Finish the bar downstairs in our house
- Start and finish a Project Life scrapbook
Start our own traditionWe have started a lot of traditions in our first year of marriage!Take a trip for our 1st anniversaryDONE! Mexico 6/2016Take a trip for our 2nd anniversaryDONE! Alexandria, VA 6/2017- Take a trip for our 3rd anniversary
- Read 3 devotionals (daily or otherwise) (2/3 complete)
- Finish our bedroom
Record a one-second a day video for one year (like Megan)DONE!- Read the entire Bible
- Make a quilt
- Only buy essentials for one month
Get a new/better DSLR and learn how to use itLearning to use it in March 2016- Continue to grow our little family with a human sibling for SharkBait (this might be at the very end though 😉 )
Build a fire in our fire place by myself (yes, I know it is easy, but I am nervous!)DONE in January 2016- Save $10 for every task completed from this list (0/101)
TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
Visit 10 new places (10/10)DONE Atlanta, Boone, Seattle, St. Louis, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Nashville and Louisville all by 7/16. We have far exceeded this goal.Go on a girls tripDONE! SC in 8/2016Have a wine tasting at 5 wineries (5/5)DONE! The blogger wine trip helped to seal this deal, and this is another we have far exceededGo to Charleston, SCDONE! I visited Meg in 9/16Take a brewery tourAnhauser Busch brewery tour in April 2016Go to Nashville, TNDONE! I went for Karen’s bach party in July 2016- Go skydiving
Go to JapanDONE Sept. 2017Stay at a Bed & Breakfast11/28/15 in Cape May- Swim with sharks (again)
Take a trip with another couple (or two or three!) to a new placeNew Orleans for my 25th birthday with Gina & Josh- Drive around Iceland
- Take a train ride
Go hiking somewhere newDONE! Hiking in Vermont/New HampshireGo to Disney WorldDONE! We went to Disney World in November 2016- Successfully drop one ski while water skiing
- Go camping
- Go for a bike ride in 3 cities (2/3) New Orleans, Louisville
Take another cruiseDONE! Bahamas cruise in December/JanuaryGo zip-liningDONE! In Mexico for our anniversary tripVisit 2 countries (that I haven’t already been visited)DONE! Mexico and the Bahamas- Go snowmobiling
- Take a spontaneous weekend trip
Visit 5 new restaurants (5/5)- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Use AirBnB 3 times (2/3) New Orleans, Charleston
HEALTH & FITNESS
- Exercise at least 3 times a week for 3 months
- Find a fitness class I enjoy
- Do yoga 5 times a week for a month
Drink at least 8 glasses of water, every day, for a monthDONE 2/2017- Run 3 times a week for a month
- Run a 5k
Find a makeup care routine that works for meDONE 2/2018- Reach my goal weight and maintain for 3 months
Go through my makeup and invest in good productsDONE! 7/2017- Have a spa day
- Go paddle-boarding 5 times in one month
Start a daily skincare routineDONE 2/2018Go 1 month without fast foodDONE!
CULINARY
- Make 3 crockpot recipes (1/3)
- Make 5 healthy freezer meals
- Pick a random page in a cookbook and make whatever you get
Cook a meal for someone elseDONE!Successfully make french macaronsDONE! February 2018Help make Thanksgiving dinner11/26/2015- Make 3 recipes found on Pinterest (1/3) I made these meatballs on 12/9/15
- Make peach cobbler
- Make up 3 cocktails (that actually taste good!) (2/3) Old Bay Marg & Vanilla Blackberry Moscow Mule
- Eat Vegan for a day
Grow something that I can eat/use while cookingDONE! 7/2017
FOR OTHERS
Send at least 15 handwritten notes in the mail (15/15)DONE! I send thank-you notes to vendors that work with us on styled shoots.Pay for someone else’s coffee/meal 5 times (5/5)DONE! I pay for the person behind me often when I am at ChickFilA & whenever there is a police officer behind me in any drive-thruLeave a 100% tip- Take Emily (my sister) on 2 trips (1/2) Atlanta, GA
- Volunteer at least 5 times (0/5)
Donate to 3 different charities (3/3)Throw a surprise party for someoneDONE! Dave’s parents 30th anniversary party- Give 3 handmade presents (0/3)
Make family dinner one week (all 15 of us have dinner together every Wednesday)11/18/15 I made this recipe for everyone- Help someone else achieve one of their 101 goals
BLOG
Meet 3 bloggers in person (besides my Baltimore loves!)DONE! (3/3) I met Meg & Jaquleyn in Charleston, and then went to happy hour with some other Baltimore bloggers in November, 2016- Create an e-course (dreaming big here y’all!)
Record 3 vlogs (3/3)DONE! I have recorded a few more than 3 at this point 😉- Finish 2 courses to further my blog (0/2)
- Take part in a mentorship program, as a mentor
BUSINESS
Plan and coordinate 6 styled shoots (6/6)Completed in December 2016Coordinate 15 more weddings (15/15)- Finish 2 courses to further my career (0/2)
Start a blog for Enchanting EventsApril 2016!Attend a wedding industry conferenceDONE! AKP RetreatExhibit at a Bridal ShowMay 1st, 2016!Read 3 business based and encouraging books (3/3)DONE! The Best Yes & Grace Not Perfection & The Magnolia Story- Finish my office (this is Blog + Biz)
Instagram Story consistently- Take a calligraphy class
If you would like some more motivation for you own 101 list, check out the lists from these ladies:
Megan from Soup Of The Day | Emelia from Dream Big and Buy The Shoes | Sarah Elizabeth Blog | Laura from The Wife We’ve Imagined | Jenn from Lost In The Right Direction | Annie from The Wild & Free Blog | Lauren from Oh Hey! I Like That! Vivian from Vivian Bishop xoxo | Kaycee from The Emerald Life | Sarah from Simply Sarah
