I’ve come across a lot of “101 things in 1001 days” posts lately and really love the idea of setting a deadline for your bucket list. These goals are supposed to be realistic which is why I’ve only chosen to write down a few big trips that I plan on going on, or have been planning for a while instead of just listing off all the countries I hope to visit (which is an incredibly long list).
There have been so many ideas that have crossed my mind lately; little things that I want to try, and places I want to explore. I can’t even imagine where I’ll be in 1001 days, or what I will have accomplished before then. The only thing I know for certain is that I will have graduated university! Even that sounds crazy even though my graduation is only a year away. I don’t even know where I’ll be living in 2019. I love thinking about the future and hope that this list will help me focus the next few years of my life.
Start date: July 31st, 2016 – End date: April 28th, 2019
Travel
Take a two month trip to Europe (UK, France, Germany, Italy, Greece)(6/07/2017-7/25/2017) [ √ ]- Take advantage of the extended layover in Iceland
- Explore the West coast of Canada
- Take a road trip across the United States
- Indulge in a girls trip
- Go Whale watching
- See the Northern Lights
Take a small day trip to somewhere new outside my city(Wolfville 10/01/2016) [ √ ]- Sing at the Bluebird Cafe
- Go on a road trip with my Dad
- Go on a road trip with my Mom
- Visit an antique market in a different country
Have a cottage weekend with my high school friends(08/01/2017) [ √ ]- Take a trip to Scandinavia with Adam
Blog
Partner up with a brand that I love(Wayfair.ca 4/2/2017) [ √ ]Start vlogging(8/19/2016!) [ √ ]Attend a blogger event/conference(11/6/2016) [ √ ]Make a blogger friend(I love my Halifax blogger friends!)[ √ ]- SEO optimize every old post
- Get my blog to 50,000 views a month
Create a freebie for a post(Moving checklist on 8/28/2016) [ √ ]- Keep up a consistent editorial calendar
- Start a newsletter
Invest in a go-pro(11/25/2016) [ √ ]- Blog about all 101 things
- Write 3 posts a week for 4 months without missing one
- Collaborate with another interior design blogger
Invest in FinalCut and learn how to edit(7/1/2017) [ √ ]- Learn (some) HTML
- Publish an article in an online publication like Huffington Post or The Everygirl
- Join one twitter chat every week
Learn
Land a great internship(Halifax Magazine 04/01/2017) [ √ ]Graduate university(05/25/2017) [ √ ]- Take a cooking class
- Brush up on my French
- Become fluent in Mandarin
- Take an aerial silks class
Get my driver’s licenseMake my own homemade beauty products[ √ ]Learn to sew[ √ ]- Try a cake decorating class
- Ride a horse
- Get my scuba diving license
- Get a degree in Interior design
- Read 10 books recommended to me by friends
- Take a recording class
- Bake a perfect French macaron
Take a calligraphy class(11/5/2016) [ √ ]- Try parasailing
- Learn how to contour
- Re-read a book from FYP
- Take a photography/ Photoshop class
Food/Health
- Buy my veggies at the local farmers market for a month
Go apple picking(Wolfville 10/01/2016) [ √ ]- Go berry picking
- Run another 10Km
- Cut out gluten completely
- Heal my gut
Host a dinner party for my girlfriends(Alfresco birthday 9/14/2016) [ √ ]- Get my flexibility back
- Join an ultimate frisbee team
- Create an exercise routine that I love and feel good about it
- Learn to appreciate my body for what it is and is not
Drink more water(1o/31/2017) [ √ ]- Eliminate sugar for a month
- Find my signature drink
- Donate blood
Grow my herb garden(10/29/2017) [ √ ]- Try an adventurous dish
- Buy a cookbook and try new recipes
Just Because
- Do something nice for a complete stranger
- Ride in a hot air balloon
Donate supplies or volunteer at an animal shelter(12/14/2016) [ √ ]- See the Ellen Show Live
- See a Cirque du Soleil show
- Try white water rafting
- Make photo albums of all our old family photos
- Leave an anonymous letter in King’s library book for someone to find
- Write thank you gifts to everyone who gives me a birthday/Christmas gift
- Create an awesome Halloween costume
- Interview all my family members for a video series
Build something with hairpin legs. A coffee table perhaps?(Coming soon! 10/22/2017) [ √ ]- Surprise Adam with something really special
- Make a geometric terrarium from scratch
Foster a greyhound(Down and Ready 09/08/2016) [ √ ]- Go zip lining
- Make some progress on my dollhouse
Build a sawhorse desk[ √ ]
Personal
Dye my hair blonde(Thumpers Salon 9/2/2016) [ √ ]- Read every night before bed for a month
Start a savings account for a downpayment on my first house[ √ ]- Pay off my student debt
- Turn my phone/laptop off at 9:00 p.m. for a month
- Finish a couple of songs I started writing
- Give away clothes that don’t make me feel good — grow a wardrobe I love
- Start back up with my journal
Read through my old journals[ √ ]- Make a friend in Atlanta
- Find some of the Nancy Drew books I’m missing from my collection
Go through everything at my parent’s house and get rid of things I don’t want/need[ √ ]- Put $10 into my Savings account for every goal accomplished
Everyone keeps telling me that your 20s are such an amazing time of your life; there are endless opportunities to grab hold of. Time should not be spent wishing for things to happen but spent experiencing all that life has to offer. We all strive to live a full life but spend so much time being unproductive or wishing our lives away and I am incredibly guilty of this! I do not call myself a chronic daydreamer for no reason…
I want to look back on these years and know that I have truly lived; that I pushed down my fears and jumped headfirst into my 20s with courage and grace.
I feel like lists such as this have the potential to overwhelm me. So rather than get all hung up about finishing every little detail on this list, I hope it gives me some goals to accomplish and a reason to try things that might scare me… Because who knows where I’ll end up in 2.75 years. I guess only time will tell.
What is on your 101 things list?
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