101 v. 2

Okay. So 2.75 years ago I posted my first 101 list and then got on a plane to California so I could cross off “hold Lucy and Layla,” who were then 7 months old. They’re now 3 and sleeping downstairs in their room in Tennessee. and I’ve flown here four times in one year to be with them. It’s crazy how much swirlier life is than we could ever imagine.

I am excited to share with you my new 101 list. I’ve spent MONTHS looking through other people’s lists and thinking about what I loved about my other one (um the coffee shops and the sleeping in places FOR SURE) and what I didn’t like (basing items on my list off of who I wish I was rather than who I am). I have very carefully selected my new 101 items. Some are left over from the last one and others are adaptations of items from the last list.

My new thing is this: I am going to rally the troops and try to get as many people as possible to agree to do these things with me. But more on that in the post about what I learned trying to do 101 things in 1001 days.

Here’s the list, and it’s also displayed in my navigation bar!

LET’S DO THIS!

start date: september 11, 2014
finish date: june 8, 2017
number completed: 1
percentage completed: .99%
bold ones are works-in-progress.

Milestones
1. Write a letter on Day 1 to be read on Day 1001
2. Take a selfie on Day 1, 101 and 1001
3. Save my change. Splurge on Day 500 & Day 1001.
4. Create a new 101 list

Holidays
5. Build a snowman
6. Build a gingerbread house
7. See the Nutcracker
8. Celebrate 5 ridiculous holidays
9. Two words: CORN. MAZE.
10. Send Christmas cards to 20 people
11. Send 30 Valentine’s Day cards

Adventure Explore
12. Stay the night in treehouse point
13. Touch an elephant
14. Sleep under the stars
15. 35 different coffee shops
16. Go to 20 concerts
17. Sleep in 30 different places
18. Go to an aquarium
19. Go horseback riding
20. Meet John Mayer
21. Walk across the Golden Gate bridge
22. Ride in a hot air balloon
23. Go to a pro sports game
24. Stand in the Atlantic Ocean
25. Go on 20 hikes
26. Hold a snake
27. Go to the Woodland Park Zoo
28. See the Grand Canyon
29. Go fishing
30. Leave the Denver airport

Read Watch Taste Hear
31. Read 50 books
32. Read the entire Bible
33. Re-read the Harry Potter series
34. Watch all of the Star Wars movies
35. Bake something with Lavender extract
36. Listen to every song in my iTunes
37. Empty my tea jar before buying any new tea
38. Perfect a signature gluten-free banana bread
39. Watch all of the best picture nominees before the Oscars
40. Learn how to make an omelet

Self
41. Attempt a 5k
42. Document 5 ordinary days in pictures
43. Finish a list of 1001 things I’m grateful for
44. Organize my CDs
45. Take 1 craft class
46. Pay off my Dental First debt
47. Complete one project from 5 pinterest boards
48. Fill up my journal
49. Put aside $5 for every completed # to go towards completing other #s
50. Finish/empty 50 smelly things
51. Lose 20 lbs
52. Use up a disposable camera
53. Come up with a list of things to do when I’m bored. Do some of them.
54. Learn how to ride a bike
55. Fly a kite
56. 3 miles a day for 2 weeks
57. Clean my room before bed every night for 2 weeks
58. Organize under my bed
59. Bowl over 125
60. Give away 100 items
61. Finish my t-shirt quilt
62. Become a Birchbox Ace
63. Spend a day at the beach alone
64. Fix my license plates

Internet/computer things
65. Unsubscribe from dumb e-mails
66. Write 1,000 words a day for a month
67. Accomplish my secret blog/social media goals
68. Finish a 30-day photo challenge
69. Blog about each completed number (as it happens!)
70. Earn $200 selling things on eBay
71. Win 5 giveaways (I AM DETERMINED!)
72. Co-host 5 link ups
73. Participate in a She Reads Truth Bible study
74. Organize all of the pictures on my computer
75. Re-design my blog

Purchase
76. New glasses
77. iPod classic
78. new pair of TOMs
79. Redeem rapid rewards for a free flight
80. Buy 5 things from Etsy
81. 10 new vinyl records
82. Personalized stationary

Friends
83. Send 200 letters
84. Have a picnic
85. Hold Lucy & Layla
86. Finish Krystin’s gift
87. Let one of my friends make this one up. Accomplish it with them.
88. Release floating lanterns
89. Have 10 people change their FB pics to pictures I’ve taken. Without me asking
90. Be paid to take pictures
91. Send Hannah birthday letters (2015 / 2016 / 2017)
92. See 5 people get married
93. Win a game of Catan against at least 3 people
94. Ask 100 people the same question
95. Color an entire coloring book and give it to Travis Batista
96. Send 5 packages using old Birchboxes

Others
97. Leave a $20 tip for a bill under $10
98. Help someone cross off something from their 101 list
99. Tape manufacturers coupons to products at a store
100. Compliment 5 strangers
101. Do a Purpose Project for The Mocha Club