I love making lists of goals, but have a hard time sticking to them! Luckily, I’ve found inspiration in one of my favorite bloggers, Mackenzie Horan of Design Darling. She created a list of 101 things to accomplish in 1001 days and published it on her blog a few years ago. It may seem like a strange time period for a goals list, but since it’s about 2.75 years, it amounts to being right between a short-term goals list and a bucket list!
I’ve created my own 101 in 1001, and will be updating it as I cross things off the list! At the moment I don’t have a full 101 goals, but I’ll be adding them as life presents new opportunities and goals.
Start date: March 25, 2018
End Date: December 20, 2020
Justice
Vote in the 2018 elections(Done!)- Host a fundraiser
- Go to fives marches/protests/webinars on topics I haven’t engaged in before (1. Families Belong Together, 2. Trans Lives Rally – We Will Not Be Erased, 3. Black Lives Matter, 4. Corporate D&I Best Practices)
Volunteer with a 2018 election campaign(10/13/2018, Josh Harder’s Campaign)Canvas for a candidate/proposition(10/13/2018, Canvas with Planned Parenthood for Josh Harder!)Donate $100 to ten charities I believe in and use my company’s donation match(done 4/29/2018. donated all of my tax returns to women’s reproductive health charities!)- See Hillary Rodham Clinton in person
See Cecile Richards speak in person(02/06/2019)Attend the Women’s Convention and/or Women’s March each year- Bring thank you cards/gifts to Planned Parenthood or a women’s health clinic for the staff
Join a presidential campaign(Kirsten Gillibrand 2020!)- Join the American Humanist Association
- Complete a Whiteness Intensive/White Supremacy and Me Workbook
Speak at a city council meeting(11/13/2019)Phonebank/text bank 3 times for the 2020 election (1. Mark Kelly, 2. DAGA, 3. Joe Biden Texas)
Personal Development
- Meditate daily for one month
- Read twenty books (1. Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better, 2. Make Trouble, 3. We Should All Be Feminists, 4. A Thousand Splendid Suns, 5. The Power, 6. The Hating Game, 7. Normal People, 8. A Court of Thorns and Roses, 9. White Fragility, 10. Designing Your Life, 11. The One)
- Watch twenty documentaries (1. 13th, 2. The Bleeding Edge, 3. Dark Money, 4. The Feminist on Cellblock Y, 5. Drug Lords, 6. RBG, 7. Gaga: Five Foot Two, 8. Three Strangers, 9. Miss Americana)
- Take a cooking class
- Take a class on wine
- Take a flower arrangement class
Learn to make macarons(2/14/2020)Learn how to make a cocktailLearn to open a bottle of champagne(12/17/2018)Create a habit of checking my budget weekly(10/7/2018 – thanks to the Mint app!)Create a savings account(Opened with Amalgamated Bank end of Jan 2019)- Unplug completely for a full day (no phone, internet or TV)
Professional Development
- Take a writing class
- Take a public speaking class
- Attend ten networking events outside of work (1. Watermark Convention, 2. Watermark Women in Healthcare)
Get a promotionHave professional portraits takenBe a mentor- Organize a volunteering day at work
- Nominate a colleague for an award
- Attend a medical device conference
Attend a non-medical device conference(9/23/2018 – EPPICON)- Take a GMAT practice test
Finish the book “Designing Your Life”(Nov 2020)Decide what graduate degree to get(MBA)
Family and Friends
- Surprise my parents
Visit Christina in Washington DC(10/21/2018)- Give 10 “Just Because” gifts (2)
- Send 10 handwritten notes (2)
- Have high tea with my Mom
Make a new friend in the Bay Area(Briana you’re my gal!)Create a meetup(done Jan 2019 – Progressive Millennials)
California
- Visit Point Reyes
Go wine tasting in Sonoma(Done Sep 2020)- Hike Castle Rock
- Drive down to Big Sur
- Go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Visit a new museum(Museum of African American History 10/22/2018)- Go to Catalina Island
Go tubing on the Russian River(Labor Day weekend 2018!)Go to Del Mar Bar in SF(10/5/2018)
Travel
- Travel to five new countries (1. Taiwan, 2. Indonesia)
Take a girl’s trip to Texas(4/14/2018)- T
ake a spontaneous trip(Kansas in Feb 2020) - Take a solo trip
Take a road trip(Mendocino!)Visit a new state(Kansas and Missouri in September 2018!)Go camping(Technically it was glamping but I’m still going to count it!)- Visit a city in the South
Visit Yosemite(Done Oct 2020)- Go to Paris
- Visit Alaska
- Go to Rome
- See the northern lights
- Attend a polo match
Health/Fitness
- Lose fifteen pounds
Be able to do two hours of intense cardio(completed 4/1/2018 – first one!)Exercise three days per week for three months(completed 5/16/2018)Be able to do 25 pushupsTry a new fitness class- Take an aerial yoga class
Get the flu shot- Have a “Day of Beauty” head-to-toe spa day
- Get more than 8 hours of sleep per night for a week
- Go for one week without eating chocolate
Go 100% makeup free for a weekStrengthen my left ankle enough that I can row for 15 minutes without having to wear an ankle brace
Blog
- Buy a camera bag
- Take a photography workshop
Learn how to use a photo editing softwarePost a book review(A post on “What I’m Reading counts, right?)
Just for Fun
Watch the sunrise(done 5/27/2018 in Bali)Watch the sunset(done 5/27/2018 in Bali)Attend a Formal Gala(done 1/19/2019, Snow Ball in KC)Host a holiday party(Friendsgiving counts, right?)- Go to a ballet other than the Nutcracker
See Taylor Swift’s Reputation Tour(Done! September show in Kansas City)Go Paintballing(4/7/2018)Leave a 100% tip for great service- Buy a piece of art
Get a short haircut(10/17/2018)Wear a dress or skirt every day for a week(It was glorious)Complete 1 full year of Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It podcasts(Done Sep 13)- Play a round of golf
- Go to a state or county fair
Go to a live Pod Save America show
101 total as of 07 February 2020- 53 completed as of Nov 24 2020
Wow love that your company has a donations match
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