Started: June 17th 2018 Ends: March 14, 2021
Last year I posted a list of 101 things that I planned to accomplish within 1001 days. Of those 101 things listed, between June 2018 and November 2019, I have completed 26 of those 101 tasks! I am pretty happy about this. I still have until March of 2021 to complete them all. We are 17 months into the process and I wanted to give you guys an update as to where I am at with my goals. The bolded goals are currently in progress.
101 Things – My Goals
Personal
//1//. Get a facial
//2//. Get
a massage [Went to Spa @ Kalahari on 11/25/19]
//3//. Read 10 books [2/10 – Read Turtles All The Way Down by John Green and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson]
//4//. Take a mental health day
//5//. Try 5 new cocktails [Pineapple Upside Down Shot – 9/2019]
//6//. Say yes to everything for a day
//7//. Indulge in a few pedicures
//8//. Go to a winery
//9//. Go to a concert
[Went to 2 A Boogie Wit A Hoodie Concerts in February]
//10//. Go to a Michael’s Planner meet up
//11//. Go to bed every night at 10pm for 2 weeks
//12//. Volunteer
//13//. Write in gratitude journal
//14//. Buy another car
//15//. Read 30 min each night before bed for a month
//16//. Buy another diffuser
//17//. Grow my own food
//18//. Listen to 2 TED talks [1/2 – Watched the TED talk by Peter Sage on Stop Waiting for Life to Happen]
//19//. Learn something new [Learning French and Swedish on Duolingo]
//20//. Do 10 Pinterest to Real Life Things
//21//. Cook a meal outside of
comfort zone [Cooked Chicken Lo Mein – you can find the
recipe here]
//22//. Write down 101 things that make me happy [Wrote about it here on 5/25/19]
//23//. Go 1 month without buying coffee out
//24//. Make 3 new recipes with essential oils
//25//. Buy fresh flowers every week for a month
//26//. Watch 2 shows on
Netflix [Watched Orange is The New Black and 13 Reasons
Why]
//27//. Take a staycation
//28//. Encourage someone else to start their own 1001 things list
//29//. Cut my hair short again
Health
//30//. Decrease Soda intake
//31//. Complete T-25
//32//. Complete Weight Watchers
//33//. Bring lunch to work for a whole month
//34//. Increase Water intake
//35//. Go a week without eating fast food at all
//36//.
Give up alcohol for a month [Last drink was 10/21/19 – still going]
//37//. No eating out for a week
//38//. Lose 20 lbs
Travel
//39//. Go to the Pittsburgh Zoo
//40//. Go to Disney World
//41//. Go to NYC with the
kids [Went for Mackenzie’s birthday Oct 2018]
//42//. Go to an aquarium
[Went to Adventure Aquarium Oct 2018]
//43//. Go to the Crayola Factory
//44//. Visit Boston and/or Norwalk
//45//. Visit Baltimore
//46//. Visit a National Park
//47//.
Go to Great Wolf and/or Kalahari – Went to Kalahari 11/24-11/25/19
House
//48//. Buy a house
//49//. Replace stair
carpeting [Completed Sept 2018]
//50//. Get new couches
//51//. Hire a maid service for deep cleaning x3
//52//. Clean out basement
//53//. Throw out 20 things and don’t replace them [Still going – cleaned out drawers, closets and still going!]
//54//. Order Hello Fresh/Meal Delivery Service
Family Fun
//55//. Fly kites
//56//. Watch fireworks
[Watched July 4th Fireworks 7/2018]
//57//.
Make smores [Made smores @ Lake George June 2019 and Oct 2019]
//58//. Watch meteor shower with family
//59//. Go fishing
[Crabbing and Fishing in Delaware June 2018 and June 2019]
//60//.
Build gingerbread houses [Completed Dec 2018 at Titi Carla’s house]
//61//. Go on a hike
//62//.
Go on a train ride [Rode subway and Metro North trains to NYC Oct &
Dec 2018]
//63//. Have 4 mommy/daughter dates with each daughter – [Went on 1 with Mackenzie Feb 2019, Took both girls out separately for doughnut dates Sept 2019]
//64//. Have several water balloon fights
//65//. Feed ducks
//66//. Go to a drive-in movie
//67//. Go apple picking
//68//. Go ice skating
[Completed in November in Connecticut and January]
//69//. Use telescope to look at stars
//70//. Do an Escape Room
//71//. Volunteer in Kenzie
and Kylie’s school [Volunteered for School Bazaar Feb 2019]
//72//. Watch the sunrise
//73//. Try 10 new restaurants [Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse Feb 2019, Red Leaf Salad Company March 2019, Sortino’s Italian Kitchen Nov 2019, B-Lux Grill & Bar Nov 2019, Grist Mill Restaurant June 2019, Pasquale’s Oct 2019]
//74//.
See 30 new movies [Creed 2, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Instant Family,
Christopher Robin, Venom, Mary Queen of Scots, Bird Box, Crazy Rich Asians,
Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Mission Impossible:
Fallout, Halloween, The Meg, I Feel Pretty, The Grinch, The Nun, The Equalizer
2, Peppermint, White Boy Rick, The First Purge, The House with a Clock In It’s
Walls, Smallfoot, Slender Man, Truth or Dare, Insidious: The Last Key, The
Hurricane Heist, Gemini, Frozen 2, Aladdin, John Wick 3, Annabelle Comes Home,
Curse of La Llorona, 47 Meters Down – Uncaged, Shazam, Pet Cemetery, Lion King,
Cold Pursuit]
//75//.
Play Cards against Humanity [Played with my brother, hubby and sister in
law June 2019 at the beach]
//76//. Go on a picnic
//77//. Go to the beach [Went to Bethany Beach June 2018 & June 2019]
//78//. Go to a farmers market
//79//. Make our own ice cream
//80//. Visit a new park
Professional
//81//. Triple Instagram
following [July 2018: 350 followers – Currently: 2,371 followers]
This is an ongoing goal.
//82//. Make money on my blog
[Made commission on a sponsored post Feb 2018]
//83//. Go to a work-related conference
//84//. Blog consistently for a month
//85//. Collab with someone – [Collaborated with Rachel from Secret Life of Real Estate Mommy back in May 2019 – here ]
//86//.
Double page views on my blog – Currently at over 40k views =) Thank you!
//87//. Participate in an Awareness walk
//88//. Increase 401k
Contribution [Doubled my Contribution 3/2019]
//89//. Host a giveaway
//90//. Stop over scheduling myself at work
Cooking
//91//. Make fresh salsa from scratch
//92//. Make one of Esther’s recipes
//93//. Make our own pizza
//94//. Cook 10 new recipes from Pinterest [Mississippi Pot Roast, Taco Dip]
Financial
//95//. Save $5 for every goal completed [$130 saved so far]
//96//. Continue with cash envelopes
//97//. Pay off car
Relationship
//98//. Have dates in 5 places we’ve never been [Dinner @ Ruth’s Chris Feb 2019]
//99//. Go to another comedy show
//100//. Go to a murder mystery dinner date
//101//. Make more time for us
I am seeing a lot of progress! I still need to work on my health and fitness goals but it is a lot of fun to see how I am coming along with my goals. Have you done your own 101 in 1,001 list? How did you do? If you end up doing one, let me know – I’d love to read it and we can cheer each other along!
