100 in 1001

Start date: January 26th, 2015
End date: October 23rd, 2017

Personal.
 
  • Lose 50 pounds
  • Unplug (no phone, no computer) for 24 hours 
  • Volunteer somewhere new
  • Host a party
  • Read 40 new books (The Girl on The Train, May 2015)
  • See a Broadway play/musical
  • Run a 5k
  • Move to my own place
  • Buy a pet fish
  • Go skydiving
  • Learn to paddle board 
  • Go berry picking
  • "Pay it forward" at Starbucks or a similar place
  • Sponsor a child
  • Watch a documentary (done)
  • Create another photo book from a trip or other important life event
  • Start taking yoga classes
  • Build a blanket fort
  • Find a way to be more involved with my church
  • Make a big dinner for the people I love
  • Have my make up professionally done
  • Vote in the next election
  • Visit a new museum 
  • Fall in love
  • Visit the NYC Christmas tree
  • Go to brunch in NYC
  • Adopt an animal
  • Write a letter to myself to open in 5 years
  • Drink only water for one month
  • Go to a taping of SNL
  •  Leave a 100% tip
  •  Get a blowout from the salon
  • Go on a first date (2/21/15)
  • Commit to my Weight Watchers plan for at least one month (longer hopefully!)
  • Buy my little cousins each a sweet gift (all 11 of them)
  • Pay for my parents to go to dinner or on a small trip
  • Don't consume alcohol for one month
  • Don't go out to eat for one month
  • Read my Bible every Sunday
  • Go to Church every Sunday (unless outstanding circumstances occur)
  • Paint at least 5 new pictures
  • Splurge on a nice camera for myself
  • No shopping for one month
  • Work out for 5 days a week for at least one month  (March & April 2015)
  • Try 5 new restaurants (Nagles in Ocean City), (The Glenn Iris Inn in Letchworth, NY),  3 more to go…
  • Try new dishes from my favorite restaurants (I have a bad habit of eating the same thing once I like it...for example, I've eaten the same Mexican Tortilla Salad from the Cheesecake Factory for the last two years...)
  • Say yes to everything (if appropriate) for one month
  • Finish my savings fund for my future apartment, then expand the savings limit I set
  • Create a savings fund for a new car (3/4/15)
  • Play a game of soccer or wiffle ball with friends
  • Host a BBQ 
  • Do a wine tasting (5/17/2015, Warwick Valley Winery)
  • Host friends for a poker game or other card game
  • Go to bed at 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday for one month
  • Start a book club (Started workplace book club in May 2015)
  • Journal in my "Line a day" book consistently for the next year
  • Start and finish a new TV series on Netflix
  • Go to the drive-in
  • Go to a concert
  • Attend 5 basketball games for my Alma Mater 
  • Read for at least 30 minutes a night for one month
  • Renew my boating and fishing licenses 
  • Host a surprise party for a friend (Jen's Minion/Chick Fil A party, June 2015)
  • Buy fresh flowers every week for a month
  • "Spring clean" all social media accounts
  • Send out my own Christmas cards next year
  • Pay ahead on my student loans to give myself a one month+ break in paying
  • Watch 5 classic films
  • Wash my face every night
  • Brush my teeth twice a day for one month (guys, I really just don't like the feeling, but know I should make a habit of doing twice a day...I do brush once though, so no judging)
  • Go to the movies once a month starting in February
  • Unsubscribe from unwanted emails (May 2015/Ongoing)
  • Buy "Bean Boots"
  • Watch the sunrise
  • Watch the sunset
 Professional. 
  • Take writing classes
  • Consider grad school or an additional certificate for my field
  • Take a Photoshop class
 Travel.
  • Visit Costa Rica
  • Visit the Statue of Liberty
  • Visit Seattle
  • Buy a post card in each place I travel to
  • Do service in another country
  • Take a trip to Cuba
  • Go camping
  • Take a "staycation" 
  • Take a trip to the shore (July 4-5, 2015)
  • Visit Brooklyn Flea
  • Visit Madison Square Eats
  •  Visit Eataly in NYC

Educational. 
  • Finish learning Spanish
  •  Learn to make pupusas
  •  Taking a cooking class
  •  Make 5 Pinterest recipes (1/28/15), (5/17/15), (4/28/15), (5/31/15)
  • Open my cookbooks more often and cook my way through one of them
  • Take additional ski lessons
  • Go to a shooting range
  • Take a dance class
  • Make macaroons
  • Learn to sew
  •  Plant a vegetable garden (aka learn to garden) (May, 2015)

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