101 in 1001

101 in 1,001

Have you heard of 101 in 1001? This is a list of goals to accomplish in 1,001 days. I have tried it once before and never completed my list. I am going to attempt this once more. This time I have created a more realistic list with a few big dreams. With the Good Lord’s guidance, I will strive to achieve even my biggest of dreams!

Begin Date: February 12, 2023
End Date: November 9, 2025

      PREPARING

  1. Choose my 101 goals. ✔ 2.12.2023
  2. Once a month provide updates on goals accomplished. (In progress)

      3. CREATIVE

  3. Take a pottery class.
  4. Clean up photos on iPhone, transfer to external hard drive. ✔ 4.30.2023
  5. Photograph a landscape in four seasons.
  6. Make my own ice cream.
  7. Do one project with each grand daughter of their choosing.
  8. Take pictures of our cute calves. ✔ 3.2024 and still taking!
  9. Create a masterpiece with sidewalk chalk.
  10. Make tie-dye t-shirts.
  11. Learn to take better phone photography.
  12. Learn my best photo poses.

      13. TRAVEL

  13. Go to the Topeka Zoo. ✔ 7.8.2023
  14. Go to the Kansas City Zoo. ✔5.20.2023
  15. Visit a historic location in Kansas. ✔ 3.12.2024
  16. Get a passport.
  17. Go to Canada.
  18. Go see a Kansas Wind Farm.
  19. Go to a fish hatchery.
  20. Attend the Maple Leaf Festival.
  21. Drive to Wamego for the Tulip Festival. ✔ 4.13.2024
  22. Visit Atchison, KS for Halloween.
  23. See the Northern Lights.
  24. Stay in a local hotel overnight for a ‘staycation’ with a tourist lens.
  25. Visit OKC Memorial.
  26. Join the festivities at the Ol’Marais River Run.
  27. Take grand girls on an overnight trip.
  28. Travel in a train. ✔5.9.2023 and 5.10.2023
  29. Alaska Cruise
  30. Experience the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.

      31. EXPERIENCES

  31. Unplug from all tech for a day (no phone, internet, or TV).
  32. Refrain from shopping for myself for a month.
  33. Send out Christmas cards.
  34. Send all my immediate family members birthday cards.
  35. Go to a farmers market.
  36. Visit a sunflower field. ✔ 9.6.2023
  37. See a movie by myself. ✔ 7.22.2023 Sound of Freedom
  38. See/Visit the grand girls at least once a month, each year.
  39. Write my husband a love letter, not including Valentine’s Day.
  40. Give a stranger a smile. ✔11.18.2023
  41. Go skinny dipping with my husband in the moonlight!
  42. Vacation Solo!
  43. Go a week without swearing.
  44. Eat at a food truck. ✔ 4.13.2024
  45. Go for a kid-friendly hike with grand girls.
  46. Find a four leaf clover.
  47. Sleep under the stars.

      48. HEALTH & WELLNESS

  48. Take daily vitamins everyday.
  49. Take ‘happy pills’ daily.
  50. Go to church once a week.
  51. Schedule my yearly physical. ✔ 2.2.2024
  52. Walk two miles 3x a week. (In process)
  53. Do nightly excersizes 3x a week. Opposite nights from above walking goal. (In process)
  54. Get 8 hours sleep 5 nights a week.
  55. Schedule my yearly eye exam. ✔ 5.23.2023
  56. Go to the dentist at least once a year.
  57. Start treatment for osteoporosis. ✔ Jan, 2024
  58. Journal- reflecting on my joys, tears and life in general for that day.
  59. Make a list of 25 things I like about myself.
  60. Practice gratitude every day for one month (excluding Nov). ✔ 10.2023
  61. Dress up 3x a week to feel better about myself.
  62. Change all my passwords.
  63. Share my make up tip for fellow senior citizens.
  64. Go with my husband more when he helps feed the homeless. (In progress)
  65. Be content with the present moment.
  66. Care less about what others think of me.
  67. Don’t complain about anything for a week.
  68. Go fasting for 12 hours.
  69. Avoid or eat less junk food.
  70. Stay away from toxic people.
  71. Find something to laugh at every day. (Inspired by my friend Angie!)

      HOME GOALS

  72. Go through old clothes (& donate to Salvation Army).
  73. Add pictures to empty frames hanging on living room walls. In Progress
  74. Clean up the flower beds.
  75. Clean up the pool area.
  76. New or new to me front porch chairs and table. Or rocking chairs.
  77. Wall decor for master bedroom.
  78. Repaint the bathroom walls.

      79. JUST FOR FUN

  79. Take a picture of myself every day for a year.
  80. Carve pumpkins with grand girls and bake the seeds.
  81. Ride a roller coaster!
  82. Ride in a Limo.
  83. Sleep in a cabin.
  84. Make a 4th of July cake and share with friends.
  85. Have a summer party. ✔ 7.01.2023
  86. Take the grand girls on a picnic.
  87. Tie a note to a balloon and let it go.
  88. Remember to ask for the senior discount at restaurant’s. Movies too! (in progress)
  89. Learn to hula hoop. ✔ 7.8.2023
  90. Join a senior citizen group.
  91. Don’t say ‘like’ and ‘um’ for two days in a row. X2!
  92. Put together a puzzle.
  93. Color in a coloring book, non digital.
  94. Bake treats for the neighbors. ✔ 4.22.2023
  95. Meet up with an old friend and catch up. ✔ 5.2023
  96. Take a new family portrait.
  97. Buy someone a gift, just because. ✔ 8.22.2023
  98. Go Bowling.
  99. Be a wedding crasher once.✔ 9.16.2023
  100. Inspire someone else to start a “101 in 1,001 Days” challenge.✔ 2.22.23
  101. Complete the 101 in 1,001 Days Challenge and start the next one!

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