101 in 1001

The idea behind a “101 in 1001” list is to complete 101 tasks in 1001 days, which is about 2.75 years. For me, it is a happy medium between a to-do list and a bucket list. I’ve played around with my list for quite some time. I thought and overthought my goals, mostly overthought… but after much time, prayer, and deliberation I officially began my list on May 13, 2015 and I will have until February 7, 2018 to complete.

	Goal	Category
1	Visit a new Catholic Church	Faith
2	Visit the Shrine of Saint Dymphna	Faith
3	Visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes	Faith
4	Finish the Marian Consecration	Faith
5	Re-read the Gospels	Faith
6	Complete the Saint John Paull II Novena	Faith
7	Leave a 100% tip	Finances
8	Buy a computer	Finances
9	Create a budget with Steven	Finances
10	Buy 3 pieces of art (3/3)	Finances
11	Create an emergency savings account	Finances
12	Buy a new car	Finances
13	Buy first piece of “grown-up” furniture	Finances
14	Buy something with my new married monogram	Finances
15	Have an entirely Fair Trade Valentine’s Day	Finances
16	Shop at a Farmer’s Market	Finances
17	Buy a new pair of TOMS	Finances
18	Walk my second half marathon	Health
19	Loose 10 pounds	Health
20	Loose 15 pounds	Health
21	Learn a fancy yoga pose	Health
22	Take a dance class	Health
23	Stop eating dairy for 14 days	Health
24	Successfully hold crow pose for 10 seconds	Health
25	Stop eating bread for 14 days	Health
26	Try 3 new foods	Health
27	10K steps for 7 days straight	Health
28	Buy a house	Marriage/Family
29	Get married	Marriage/Family
30	Become registered parishioners at Saint Mary’s	Marriage/Family
31	Start a family tradition	Marriage/Family
32	Change last name on all official/relevant records	Marriage/Family
33	Finish future husband letters	Marriage/Family
34	Combine our important papers into one filing cabinet	Marriage/Family
35	Complete our year four scrapbook	Marriage/Family
36	Bake monkey bread for Steven	Marriage/Family
37	Create a new family email address	Marriage/Family
38	Celebrate our 1st Anniversary	Marriage/Family
39	Hang pictures in our new home	Marriage/Family
40	Learn how to cook 10 staple dinners w/ Steven (10/10)	Marriage/Family
41	Get a puppy	Marriage/Family
42	Have our first house blessed	Marriage/Family
43	Watch the Nooma videos	Marriage/Family
44	Find our first apartment	Marriage/Family
45	Have a housewarming party	Marriage/Family
46	Host a party at our apartment	Marriage/Family
47	Create an online address book	Organization
48	Back up photos and documents to an external hard drive	Organization
49	Hang curtains in our master bedroom	Organization
50	Create a home office space	Organization
51	Make a bar cart for Steven	Organization
52	Update my resume	Organization
53	Purchase a headboard for our master bedroom	Organization
54	Design personal cards on Snapfish	Personal
55	Learn how to sew a button	Personal
56	Send personally created Christmas cards	Personal
57	Take a calligraphy class	Personal
58	Unsubscribe from unwanted email lists	Personal
59	Write a personal mission statement	Personal
60	Start a blog	Personal
61	Keep a house plant alive for 3 months	Personal
62	Buy a ukulele and learn 3 songs	Personal
63	Go on 1 coffee date a month for 3 months	Personal
64	Make a new friend	Personal
65	Get a manicure with a friend	Personal
66	Get an hour long massage	Personal
67	Get new glasses	Personal
68	Expand by vocabulary by 50 words	Personal
69	Try 5 Pinterest ideas	Personal
70	Post this list somewhere visable	Personal
71	Come up with 101 things	Personal
72	No Netflix for 7 days	Personal
73	Go to a Wine and Canvas event	Personal
74	Send “just because” flowers to a friend	Personal
75	Buy Hunter boots	Personal
76	Buy a cute, modest bathing suit	Personal
77	Send 3 (non-wedding related) handwritten letters	Personal
78	Attend 3 weddings	Personal
79	Cut my hair back to shoulder length (*after the wedding!)	Personal
80	Donate blood	Philanthropy
81	Donate books to a literacy organization	Philanthropy
82	Donate to John Carroll University	Philanthropy
83	Donate food 1x/month for 3 months	Philanthropy
84	Go on a mission trip	Philanthropy
85	Donate $25 to 3 charities (1/3)	Philanthropy
86	Go to 3 new museums	Travel/Leisure
87	Have a picnic by a lake	Travel/Leisure
88	Visit a new winery with friends	Travel/Leisure
89	Take a weekend trip	Travel/Leisure
90	Visit Stan Hywet at Christmas	Travel/Leisure
91	Pick apples	Travel/Leisure
92	Take a “stay-cation” with Steven	Travel/Leisure
93	Stay at a Bed and Breakfast	Travel/Leisure
94	Take a spontaneous adventure	Travel/Leisure
95	Go to Walt Disney World	Travel/Leisure
96	Go on a non-work related retreat	Travel/Leisure
97	Go to a pumpkin patch	Travel/Leisure
98	Find 3 hidden “gems” in Cleveland	Travel/Leisure
99	Go to a Zoo	Travel/Leisure
100	Go to the Cleveland Botanical Gardens	Travel/Leisure
101	Go to a concert at Blossom	Travel/Leisure

There it is, friends! Some goals are rather lofty, some are fun, and others are small and silly. It has been a beautiful adventure thus far. I am excited to share with you the goals I have already accomplished (like eating three new foods!) If you’d like to help me complete any of these goals, like visiting a new vineyard (hello wine, girls?) please let me know!