101 in 1001

About The Challenge:  I got the idea for the The 101 in 1001 Challenge from Katie of Kate Gone Coastal.  What is the 101 in 1001 challenge, you ask?  It's a "To Do" list of sorts.  The basic premise is to check off each of these 101 tasks within the next 1001 days (About 2.75 years.)  So often I find myself saying, "One Day."  By embarking upon this challenge, I hope to accomplish some goals that mean a lot to me according to a realistic, but not too distant timeline.  I hope to beat my tendency to procrastinate and day dream.  I hope to look back at this list and feel pride at all that I have accomplished.

The Rules:  Tasks must be clearly defined, with clearly defined, measurable results.  Tasks will not be crossed off until completed.  I will not lie about what has been completed.  To avoid procrastination, at least one task must be "in progress" at any given time.

Note: While this list encompasses many aspects of my life, I deliberately left off some specific familial, marital, and professional goals.  Obviously, this is the internet, and sometimes a little discretion goes a long way.  I do promise, though, to actively make goals in the more private side of my life, and actively work towards accomplishing them in the next 1001 days.

Cathy's 101 in 1001:

Start Date: 12/08/2014
End Date:  09/04/2017
Current Status: 15 Completed! 3 in progress!

Family, Friends, & Relationships

1. Become a mother
2. Get a dog
3. Met all of NEYnerry
4. Celebrate BFF's wedding & deliver an amazing maid of honor speech (Completed May 2015)
5. Visit a friend in another state (Just to visit, not for a wedding/shower)
6. Make three new friends (0/3)
7. Respond with kindness when someone is mean/nasty/abusive to me
8. Reconnect with someone I've lost touch with
9. Send a friend who is struggling a card with a list of reasons why I love him/her and why he/she is awesome.
10. Slow dance with Jeremy when there is no music. (Completed multiple times.)
11. Kiss in the rain. (Completed multiple times)

Health & Fitness

12. Run a 5k
13. Run a 10k
14. Complete a fun "themed" race
15. Become a regular at a barre studio and attend at least 3 classes/week
16. Complete the 30 Day Shred
17. Exercise for 30 minutes every day for one calendar month
18. Get to my goal weight and maintain
19. Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day for 2 weeks straight
20. Achieve a healthy BMI
21. Go an entire month without fast food of any kind
22. Tone my arms
23. Find a GP that I like and trust.

Financial

24. Set aside $10 for every goal achieved. ($0/$1010)
25. Pay off debt
26. Finalize a will for Jeremy and me.
27. Get separate life insurance for myself (Completed February 2015)
28. Add $10,000 to our savings account
29. Complete the No Spend Month Challenge ($250 for the entire month excluding rent/utilities/recurring bills)
30. Contribute 10% of my salary to retirement


Education & Career

31. Read at least one book on aeronautics
32. Read the news daily for a month (Even if it pains me)
33. Identify one major professional goal that I did not have at the time of this list's creation
34. Take steps towards executing said professional goal
35. Go an entire week at work without getting sidetracked.  Marvel at my productivity.

Travel

36. Go to Paris, see the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, and add to the Love Lock Bridge.
37. See the Grand Canyon
38. Have a romantic getaway weekend
39. Go on a "Girl's Trip"
40. Go to Disney World


House & Home

41. Buy my first home
42. Have a housewarming party
43. Create a cleaning schedule for the house
44. Move back to Boston (Done 1/24/2015)
45. Clean out closet and donate old clothes and shoes (Done 1/3/2015)
46. Find a better way to organize my jewelry

In the Kitchen

47. Eat at The Girl & The Goat (Done 12/15/2014)
48. Bake and decorate a cake from scratch
49. Master a family recipe
50. Surprise Jeremy with an extra fancy home cooked meal twice a year (0/5)
51. Take a cooking class
52. Try out 10 new Pinterest recipes (0/10)
53. Learn a "signature dish" that is delicious


Fun & Adventure

54. Go skydiving
55. Go apple picking
56. Carve a pumpkin
57. Take a dance class
58. Go to a RedSox game
59. Go hiking
60. Attend the ballet
61. Go to a comedy show (Completed with my friend Alex May 29, 2015)
62. Get a psychic reading
63. Go to a concert
64. Take a wine painting class (Completed June 2015)
65. Go ice skating and see the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center with BFF
66. Go on a haunted hayride
67. Play Harry Potter Trivia with girlfriends

Holiday & Celebrations

68. Celebrate Jeremy's 30th Birthday
69. Send out family Christmas Cards   (Done on 12/8/14)
70. Cut down our own Christmas tree
71. Build a gingerbread house
72. Make an advent calendar


Personal Development

73. Learn to paint on canvas
74. Start drawing again
75. Read at least one new book per month (rereads don't count!) (3/33)
76. Learn French
77. Don't say anything negative for a week
78. Stop biting my nails -- for good!
79. Have a technology free weekend
80. Go an entire month without hitting snooze on my alarm
81. Attend church once a month
82. Write a list of 101 things I've already achieved in my life

To Buy

83. Once debt is paid off, treat myself to a really nice bag or shoes.
84. Once debt is paid off, treat Jeremy to something really nice.
85. Buy coffee for the person behind me at Starbucks
86. Buy a cat tree for the cats (Done March 2015)
87. Get a new car (Done! 12/26/2014)

Beauty Goals

88. Get a facial
89. Whiten my teeth (Done multiple times)
90. Wear makeup daily for a week straight (Done multiple times)
91. Learn how to French Braid
92. Figure out a skincare routine that won't break me out
93. Use every single eyeshadow I own at least once

Miscellaneous 

94. Get a tattoo
95. Get new glasses  (Done 1/16/2015)
96. Learn how to crochet
97. Crochet or knit a blanket
98. Organize my iTunes music and make playlists
99. Blog at least once a week (7/143)
100. Blog about at least 20 of these goals (2/20)
101. Create a new list of 101 Things on Day 1001