My new list is to be finished on September 30th, 2021. By that date, I’ll have graduated college and I’ll be 24.
Blogging
- 1. Keep up with a solid editorial calendar for a month
- Partner with at least 5 brands
- Make a 1/2 year’s worth of monthly videos
- Vlog every week for a month
- Collaborate with a Kansas City brand
- Reach 1,000 followers on Instagram
- Meet a blog friend in real life
- Reach 20,000 page views in a year
- Do a guest post/partnership post with another blogger
- Make a house tour video of my senior house before I move
- Take notes on the Slightly Savvy blog courses
- Pitch myself to a brand
- Back up all photos/videos from my hard drive to online storage
Food/drink
14. Cut out added sugar for a week
15. Take a cooking class
16. Go to a wine tasting (June 2019, Italy)
17. Try 10 new restaurants
18. Grow basil
19. Try Christopher Elbow’s Glace ice cream
20. Bake a pie
21. Try Chez Elle
22. Make pasta from scratch (June 2019 in Rome)
23. Make my own margarita
24. Make homemade ice cream
25. Bring my mom Pyramid Pizza (they’re closed!! RIP)
26. Master my family chocolate chip cookie recipe
27. Meal plan for two weeks
Travel
28. Go skiing (December 2019, Solitude Resort)
29. Apply for the Amazing Race
30. Go to Europe (June 2019)
31. Visit a friend that lives out of state
32. Visit 5 new cities (London, Paris, Amsterdam, Lucerne, Florence)
33. Go whale watching with my mom
34. Visit a national park
35. Visit 5 new states (Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, Washington, Oregon)
Kansas City
36. Go to a KU/Sporting Kansas City away game
37. Attend a Chiefs game
38. Go on the Boulevard Brewery tour
39. Go to the World War I museum in Kansas City
40. Attend First Fridays in downtown KC
Entertainment
41. Attend SXSW or Austin City Limits
42. Attend the Olympics/a World Cup (Women’s World Cup July ’19 in Paris)
43. Go to a piano bar (August 2019)
44. Watch the entire Quantico series with my mom (January 2019)
45. Take a trapeze class
46. Go ziplining (August 2020, Sundance resort)
47. Go to five concerts (Andy Grammer 9/19)
48. Go kayaking
49. Visit five museums (June ’19 – the National Gallery, the Louvre, Musee d’Orsay, Galleria dell’Accademia, Casa Vicens)
50. Reread the Harry Potter series
51. Go sailing
52. See a Broadway play or musical
53. Go to another USWNT game
54. Go ice skating
55. Go to a trivia night (May 2019)
56. Go to a church service of a different denomination
Work/School
57. Photograph a concert
58. Learn how to use external flash/lighting (October 2019 at work)
59. Get a full-time job (May 2019)
60. Graduate college (May 2019)
61. Get a 4.0 GPA (May 2019)
62. Finish all Codecademy courses
63. Join the KU Alumni Association (May 2019)
64. Get up to a certain amount in my savings account (December 2019)
65. Learn how to rotoscope on After Effects (March 2019)
67. Design my own portfolio website (April 2019)
Exercise/Fitness
68. Actually train for my third half marathon (April 2019)
69. Learn how to swim as a workout
70. Run 100 miles in 100 days
71. Take vitamins every day for a month
72. Take a self defense class
73. Do an obstacle course run
74. Work out in the morning before class or work for two weeks
75. Get belay certified – again
76. Stretch every morning/night for two weeks
77. Be able to do the splits
78. Complete a 30 day plank challenge
Just for fun
79. Donate blood (October 2020)
80. Take care of a plant until it blooms (August 2020)
81. Journal every night for two weeks
82. Design my class ring
83. Practice my trumpet again for a week
84. Sell old clothing on Poshmark
85. Hang a gallery wall (August 2019, my apartment living room)
86. Purchase a nice piece of art (June 2019 in Paris)
87. Learn to paint a room
88. Get 50 service hours in a year
89. Host a murder mystery party
90. Handwrite a letter to someone
91. Teach Riley (one of my dogs) how to stay with food on her nose
92. Buy a lottery ticket
93. Get a facial
94. Convert all family videos to DVD
95. Learn to sew from a pattern
96. Donate $1 for each failed task on this list
97. Master all Spanish courses on Duolingo
98. Wash my face with raw honey for a week
99. Find an organization to volunteer at regularly (March 2021 – fostering with Rescue Rovers!)
100. Make my own earrings (September 2019)
101. Complete a 1000-piece puzzle (with one eaten by the dog…)
Previous list, written February 2016 to be completed November 2018
This post is inspired by Mackenzie Horan of Design Darling, who created her own 101 in 1001 list! As she said, it’s a happy medium between a to-do list and a bucket list. This list is to be completed November 22, 2018, or 2.75 years. After that I’ll create a new list! I’ve had this draft in the works for a long while, since junior year of high school, and it was interesting to see some of the things on my list that I wanted to do that I’ve since achieved only in my first semester of college.
- Complete all 101 items.
- Have a picnic
Go to an FCKC game(April 16th, 2016)Purchase a domain(June 4th, 2016)Get registered to belay at the rec(March 2017)Drink 64oz of water every day for at least one week(February 2018)Go sledding down the Campanile Hill(January 16, 2018)Make ten recipes off Pinterest(completed October 2018)Read at least thirty new books(summer 2016)Find the perfect way to curl my short hair(June 2017)- Keep up with a solid editorial calendar for at least a month
- Donate blood
Save $25 out of every paycheck for a year(2017)Do yoga every day for a week(Um, no…I went to one class in November 2017 and hated it! I don’t enjoy it at all haha)Collaborate with a brand that I love(July 2017)Find a devotional and read a chapter each week(August 2018 – Everybody Always by Bob Goff)Make a video documenting every single day for a month(July 2016)Have a filing system for my college classes(using Microsoft OneNote)Design a solid resume(April 4th, 2016)- Hit 10,000 steps every day for a month
Finish an entire scrapbook(August 2017)Apply for five scholarships(December 2016)- Take a self-portrait every day for two weeks
Find a signature scent(December 2016)Go on a road trip(Boulder, CO in December 2016)- Do a thirty-day photo challenge
- Take care of a plant all the way up until it blooms
Finish my San Francisco video(September 2016)Do five random acts of kindness in a day(July 2018)Try sun butter(October 2017 – hated it)Finish the BBG program(December 2016)Hit 100 balls successfully at the golf course(March 2017)Buy flowers for myself(April 2018)- Reach 1,000 followers on Twitter
Intern for a company either online or in real life(June 2017-July 2017)Become a campus ambassador(ENO in August 2016)Visit one of my friends at a different college(April 7th 2018, visited my friend Abigail at KState on her birthday)Make a tassel garland(December 2017)- Read ten nonfiction books
- Go to sleep at 9pm every night and wake up at 7am for a week
Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator(October 2016)Throw a surprise party for someone(December 2016 – for my brother)Take a Skillshare class(March 2017)Get 1,000 followers on Dogs of KU(November 2016)- Journal every night for a month
Go on a spring break with friends(March 2017)Take photos for the Lawrence Humane Society for their social media- Get 100 service hours in a year
Go to every home KU football game in a season(Fall 2017)Learn how to cook a signature dish(Crepes, fall 2018)- Score in intramural outdoor soccer
- Reach 1,000 Instagram followers
Take my brother to a KU basketball game(February 3rd, 2017 vs Oklahoma State)- Try cutting out added sugar for a week
Leave a 100% tip(June 2018)- Finish all Codecademy courses
Learn how to use a film camera(May 2018)Call my grandparents at least once a month if I don’t see them in person(March 2017)- Go without social media for a week
Run a 5k(April 24th, 2016)Run a half marathon(April 2018)Find a solid workout routine(Fall 2017)- Go to the ballet
- Go skiing
- Make a stop motion video at least a minute long
- Take a cooking class
Visit 5 new cities(Boulder, CO; Fort Worth, TX; Waco, TX; Nashville, TN; Daytona Beach, FL)- Study abroad
Get up to a certain amount in my savings account(August 2017, thanks internship!)Reach a $100 payout on Redbubble(June 2016)- Get a 4.0 GPA
Finish Designated Survivor(March 2018)Join design club(September 2016)- Dress nice for a week (i.e. no leggings/tennis shoes)
Rock climb at the rec once a week for a month(February 2017)- Get a signet ring
- Apply for the Amazing Race (or at least have an application ready for when I’m 21!)
Visit one of my friends in their hometown over break(December 2016 – Boulder, CO)- Go to a Kansas City away game (Royals/Sporting/FCKC)
Go blueberry picking again(July 2017)Design a media kit for my blogDo a photo essay(Fall 2018 – Photojournalism class)Go back to Dallas to see my grandparents(May 22nd, 2016)- Go horseback riding
- Develop my own version of a capsule wardrobe and use it for 3 weeks
Create my own font(April 2018 – Pyramid Pizza logo project)Get a position in my sorority that I love(PR Chair, Nov 2016 – 2017)Purchase pointed heels/flats(October 2017)Redesign my sorority chapter’s website(July 13th, 2016)Go to a concert at the Granada(November 2018 – the Struts)- Finish giving away my deck of Sneaky Cards
- Purchase a nice piece of art
- Go to a drive-in movie
Upgrade my phone(July 2016)Try a workout class(October 2017, Zumba with Emily at the rec)Go at least 5 Royals games(April 2016, August 2016, September 2016 (2), October 2017)Sit in the Blue Hell at a Sporting Game(Open Cup, September 2017)- Try Glace ice cream from Christopher Elbow
- Host a friendsgiving
- Go on a camping trip with friends
Vote in an election(November 2016)
