101 in 1001

So. I jumped on the whole 101 in 1001 bandwagon. Here’s my list. I’m actually quite giddy at the prospect of accomplishing all these things in 2.75ish years. There’s still my life-to-do but I like having an end date to motivate me.

Due: December 19, 2014

FITNESS
1. Complete the Goofy Challenge in Disney World
2. Run in the rain (sprints in the rain 7/10/12)
3. Run the New York or Chicago Marathon
4. Buy a bicycle
5. Go camping (with Jeff, Max Patch, 10/12)
6. Go rock climbing
7. Do a triathlon
8. Hike a new trail (with Jeff, Shining Rock, 9/12)
9. Do ten pull-ups in a row
10. Complete twohundredsitups.com
11. Complete hundredpushups.com
12. Volunteer for Girls on the Run

CULTURE
13. Read 50 books (2/50)
14. Watch 20 new movies (1/20)
15. Read the entire 14,000 Things To Be Happy About book
16. Attend a wine tasting (The Biltmore, 8/26/12)
17. Watch all episodes of Mad About You
18. Watch all the classic Disney movies (0/41)
19. Go to a concert
20. Attend a sports game (Greenville Drive 8/23/12)
21. See a movie in theaters by myself (Hunger Games 3/24/2012)

FUN
22. Go skinny dipping (8/4/12)
23. Ride on a boat
24. Wear bright red lipstick
25. Learn to french braid my hair (7/2012)
26. Buy/decorate a live Christmas tree
27. Dance on the bar at Coyote Ugly
28. Sing in public (karaoke on Tybee Island, GA 5/24/12)
29. Get a massage (thank goodness for Living Social! 6/12/12)
30. Drink a Pina Colada on the beach (Tybee Island 5/22/12)
31. Own something Vera Bradley (wallet, 4/2012)
32. Have a snowball fight
33. Build a sand castle (kind of/attempted/really just a drip castle, Tybee Island 5/22/12)
34. Get a makeover
35. Buy a lottery ticket (Christmas presents! 12/12)
36. Visit 3 new states (0/3)
37. Practice archery
38. Shoot a gun

GOALS
39. Take a self-defense class
40. Go without the internet for one week
41. Wake up early for 30 days straight
42. Start learning French
43. Give love freely and without expectation
44. Give up complaining for a week
45. Journal at least once a week
46. Become debt free
47. Get to my happy weight
48. Stop procrastinating

CRAFTY
49. Buy an original piece of art
50. Make my own wine
51. Make my own soap
52. Sell one of my crafts
53. Take 1001 photographs
54. Go thrifting
55. Make and use a pinhole camera
56. Blog for 30 days straight
57. Make 30 vlogs (0/30)
58. Make curtains
59. Re-learn Photoshop (6/2012)
60. Make wall art (Clemson prints 12/12)
61. Design a t-shirt

SERVICE
62. Knit baby hats and donate them to the NICU
63. Pay for the person behind me in line (Starbucks drive-through, 7/15/2012)
64. Donate my old clothes (donated to Goodwill 3/25/2012)
65. Donate blood (7/31/12)
66. Volunteer for the Humane Society
67. Leave a 100% tip for someone (Papas & Beer 5/5/2012)

SOCIAL
68. Throw a dinner party
69. Send 10 care packages (1/10)
70. Send a Postsecret
71. Post 50 Operation Beautiful notes (0/50)
72. Write letters to 10 people (2/10)
73. Visit my grandmother (Tennessee 11/12)
74. Make 5 new friends (summer 2012)
75. Celebrate my family’s birthdays with them in person
76. Attend homecoming

LIFE TO DO
77. Buy a house
78. Get a dog
79. Start writing a book
80. Get a tattoo
81. Sell one of my photographs
82. Vote in a presidential election (11/12)
83. Learn to drive a stick shift

FOOD
84. Eat vegan for 30 days
85. Have a picnic
86. Do a juice cleanse
87. Grow a vegetable garden
88. Grow an herb garden
89. Cook at least one recipe from all the cookbooks I own
90. Cook every recipe in one of the cookbooks I own
91. Try 20 new restaurants (4/20)
92. Bake my own bread
93. Make a gingerbread house from scratch
94. Make homemade cheese
95. Have a candlelight dinner (9/2012)
96. Compost
97. Go to a Farmer’s Market 20 times (4/20)
98. Learn to bartend

99. Go to Paula Deen’s restaurant in Savannah (5/23/12)
100. Take a cooking class

101. Make another 101 in 1001

Wish me luck!