In case your curious about the #101in1001 hashtag that I use, it stands for “101 things in 1001 Days”.

I ran into this in December 2013. I make resolutions every year, but they had started to become repetitive and standard. Lose weight, read books, work, etc.

One of my favorite bloggers, Mackenzie Horan from Design Darling, started this awesome concept of a limited-time bucket list. Instead of “Here is ever-growing list of I want to do, but probably never will”, this is “Here are 101 things I want to do in 1001 days (about 2.75 years)”. By giving yourself a deadline, you make yourself accountable. It also helps you look a bit further into the future and put a value on your time.

I keep my list in my wallet, printed in my journal, and on this site so it is always accessible. My list has helped me plan future trips, read more, take some things more seriously; but also it helped me stop being bored and take advantage of my free time. Most of my list is planned or in progress. But with three big trips coming up this year, I expect to check off a lot of things.

One hundred one items does take a little bit to put together, realistically. But you get a lot of ideas after checking out the many 101 lists on Mackenzie’s page. I’ve also been keeping a list on my phone of new items for my second list, which should start October 2016.

Start:  January 2, 2014
End:  September 29, 2016

1) Create a 101 in 1001 list (1/6/14)

Home

1. Finish styling our first house, inside and out
2. Have our house featured on a major blog or online magazine
3. Finish refinishing my Great Grandmother’s bedroom set (2/7)
4. Completely revitalize my front and back yard
5. Buy a car
6. Sustain a lemon tree in Atlanta
7. Complete our set of Global Knives
8. Perfectly roast a chicken

Style

1. Buy my first investment handbag
2. Cut my hair short
3. Get everything on Nina Garcia’s 100 list
4. Have an out-of-the-ordinary engagement photo shoot (9/30/14)
5. Buy a pair of riding boots that actually look great on me
6. Dress up more, even though I currently work from home
7. Go to a Black Tie function
8. Have a Harajuku makeover in Tokyo (Spr 16)
9. Have a dress made for me
10. Buy a complete head-to-toe outfit in one outing for a special occasion
11. Color my hair purple (August 16)
12. Buy all new lingerie
13. Buy a fascinator in London
14. Buy something amazing and incredibly reduced at a designer sample sale
15. Figure out how to apply eyeliner perfectly, the first time

Travel

1. See Britney Spears in Las Vegas (8/27/14)
2. Travel to England, France and Italy for our honeymoon May 2016
3. Rent a flat abroad AirBnb May 2016
4. Travel to Japan for his birthday (2016)
5. Travel to Spain for my birthday (2016)
6. See a glacier
7. Go crazy shopping in NYC
8. Go on a food & wine tour of Napa and Sonoma
9. See a Broadway play
10. See Taylor Swift in concert
11. See all 50 states, staying for at least one night (20 to go)
12. Visit the MoMa in NYC (2015)
13. Go to a Discotheque
14. Go on a trip with my grandmother
15. Earn Delta Gold Status
16. Touch the Pacific Ocean
17. Ride a Vespa
18. Eat Lobster in Maine August 2015
19. Take a last-minute vacation
20. See a fjord
21. See the Northern Lights
22. Go south of the equator
23. Hike up an active volcano
24. Go to the FL/GA game in Jax

Health & Fitness

1. Run a half marathon (February 2016 – Disney Princess Half)
2. Ride in a hot air balloon October 2015 – Owl-o-ween Kennesaw
3. Run a Disney race (February 2016)
4. Finish a 10k in under an hour (2016)
5. Get under 120 lbs, and stay there.
6. Go on a fitness-based trip
7. Complete another longer-distance Adventure/Obstacle Run Rugged Maniac August 2016
8. Reach the 7,500-minute milestone in N+TC
9. Cox for one more season
10. Visit a dermatologist
11. Improve my shooting skills, nay I say a “sharpshooter”
12. Bowl a 150 average
13. Learn to play golf
14. Tryout for Roller Derby

Culture

1. Learn stick shift
2. Read every Jane Austen novel (2/7)
3. Buy a substantial piece of art
4. Create a substantial piece of art
5. Get Tim Lincecum’s autograph
6. Go to an Academy Awards Best Picture movie showcase weekend
7. Get my palm read
8. Read 50 books (Check out my Goodreads page)
9. Become a better conversationalist at parties
10. Establish a Sunday ritual of reading in bed in the morning
11. Re-read Catcher in the Rye
12. Re-read Portrait of a Lady
13. Learn darkroom photography
14. Go to a Roller Disco
15. Go to a Rave
16. Stay up all night and have breakfast at 3am
17. Find a vintage copy of Goose Fair by Cecil Roberts
18. Read DH Lawrence “Women in Love”
19. Create an alter ego for one night
20. Get a tattoo

Professional

1. Find an amazing new job in Atlanta
2. Redesign my personal and home blogs
3. Be a guest blogger/writer on someone’s website
4. Learn how to code
5. Blog every day for two weeks
6. Buy a blog domain
7. Find the perfect skirt suit for work
8. Reach 500 Twitter followers
9. Develop an idea for a novel
10. Be part of a startup company
11. Write a speech for an event Charms Chapel May 2014, May 2015
12. Finish my “real” journal

For Others

1. Buy someone the absolute best birthday present
2. Plan a full-day date
3. Throw an amazing Bachelorette party (4/11-13/14
4. Organize one big St. Margaret’s fundraiser
5. Be a mentor
6. Complete the 52-week money saving challenge and donate it
7. Work with Lean In, or another female-centric organization

 

Not too bad right? Check out my list page and get started on yours. It’ll be fun, I promise.

~Patti