101 in 1001 List No. 2
My second list of 101 things to do in 1001 days! (see my first list here.) I’m really proud of everything I accomplished through my first list and publishing it here definitely held me accountable for getting things done. So here it goes: my second list and another 2.75 years to achieve as many goals as possible. Let’s do this thing!
Start date: January 1, 2014
End date: September 14, 2016
72 down, 29 to go
Personal (16/25)
- 1. Reconnect with French host mom
(January 2014).
- 2. Reconnect with my favorite high school teacher
(March 2014).
- 3. Reconnect with my gymnastics coaches
(August 2015).
- 4. Go one month without ordering takeout
(June 2014).
- 5. Go one month without shopping
- 6. Go one month without taking a single taxi
(June 2014).
- 7. Volunteer for a cause I’m passionate about
(KIPP tutoring, October 2014).
- 8. Read five biographies.
- 9. Read five classics
- 10. Read at least thirty new books total
- 11. Start collecting something besides coffee table books
(started collecting seashells in September 2015).
- 12. See three concerts
(3/3 — Robert Earl Keen in February 2015, Texas Independence Day in March 2015, Taylor Swift in July 2015).
- 13. Get a second puppy!
- 14. Invest my IRA.
- 15. Be able to do all three splits and my balance beam scale again.
- 16. Unplug completely for 24 hours (no internet, iPhone, television, etc.)
(Saint Martin, December 2014).
- 17. Learn how to tie a tie.
- 18. Invest in grown-up luggage
(Steamline Luggage, January 2015).
- 19. Find a Pilates/yoga buddy and make it part of my routine to go often!
(Class Pass with Gretchen, summer 2015).
- 20. Read for thirty minutes every night for one month.
- 21. Double donations to Bucknell each year.
- 22. Successfully donate blood.
- 23. Get a keratin treatment and blog about it
- 24. Vote in a non-presidential election.
- 25. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I believe in
(refugee aid in October 2015).
Professional (14/17)
- 26. Switch to Gmail (I know, I know...) and unsubscribe from unwanted email lists
(January 2014).
- 27. Upgrade to the iPhone 5S and update all my apps
(January 2014).
- 28. Open a retirement account and set up automatic deposits
(October 2014).
- 29. Redesign my blog (yay!)
(August 2014).
- 30. Host a blogger brunch in the city
(February 2014).
- 31. Start a new blog series
- 32. Buy Photoshop and take Blogshop
- 33. Coordinate a boutique photo shoot and look book.
- 34. Design boutique packaging.
- 35. Hire my first full-time employee
(April 2015).
- 36. Hire interns
(May 2014).
- 37. Host an event in the new Design Darling office
(shopping night in October 2015).
- 38. Produce five original photo shoots for the blog
- 39. Take a photography workshop
(February 2016).
- 40. Design and manufacture my own product
(lucite trays, notebooks, and notepads in October 2015).
- 41. Publish three “how to” posts
- 42. See a TED talk live
(May 2014).
Family & Friends (3/11)
- 43. Go on a trip with my entire family
- 44. Mail care packages to each of my siblings.
- 45. Send flowers to my grandmother one day out of the blue
(January 2015).
- 46. Make five recipes from my grandfather’s cookbook
(2/5).
- 47. Have my grandmother teach me how to needlepoint.
- 48. Have my dad teach me how to dive (embarrassing...).
- 49. Run a 5k with my mom.
- 50. Make someone I love breakfast in bed
(Will, August 2015).
- 51. Give each member of my family at least one awesome present
(1/5).
- 52. Give five “just because” gifts
(1/5 — sent a ring to my sister Reilly in January 2015).
- 53. Host Amy and Emily in Dallas.
New York (9/9)
- 54. Move downtown
- 55. Try twenty new restaurants in New York
(East Pole, Locanda Verde, Palma, Freemans, Jeffrey’s Grocery, La Bottega, Horchata, Gigino, Tacombi, Joseph Leonard, North River Lobster Co., Café El Presidente, Tertulia, Nobu, Prune, Grey Lady, Saxon + Parole, Frankie’s Spuntino, Perla, Caffe Storico; October 2014).
- 56. Launch a Design Darling New York City guide
(August 2014).
- 57. Find a church I like in the city
(June 2014).
- 58. Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
- 59. Visit three museums
- 60. Try SoulCycle
(February 2015 with Alex!).
- 61. Take a staycation in the city
- 62. Buy (and subsequently keep alive) a lemon tree for my apartment
(August 2014).
Dallas (5/7)
- 63. Visit the Dallas Arboretum three times
(3/3).
- 64. Try at least twenty new restaurants
- 65. Brush up on my French.
- 66. See a concert at Billy Bob's
(Pat Green in January 2016).
- 67. Have a real Christmas tree in our house
- 68. Create a Dallas city guide.
- 69. Have one room in our house professionally photographed
Travel (9/12)
- 70. Travel to a new state
- 71. Travel to a new country
- 72. Travel to a new continent.
- 73. Try ten new restaurants on Nantucket
- 74. Rent Vespas on Nantucket
- 75. Launch a Design Darling Nantucket guide
- 76. Visit my friend Sara in Atlanta
- 77. Take a ski lesson.
- 78. Visit my grandmother in Florida
- 79. Visit my brother wherever he studies abroad
- 80. Visit Austin with Will
- 81. Take a trip with my mom and sister.
Just for fun (14/20)
- 82. Watch twenty documentaries
(7/20).
- 83. Take dance lessons.
- 84. Leave a 100% tip for great service
(Café Cluny, February 2014).
- 85. Take a calligraphy class
- 86. Throw a pot
- 87. See three Broadway plays
- 88. Watch the sun rise
(Saint Martin, December 2014).
- 89. Spend an afternoon at a botanical garden
- 90. Have my makeup professionally done
- 91. Play mini golf
(April 2014).
- 92. Go to an amusement park
- 93. Learn to open a bottle of champagne
- 94. Have a housewarming party in our new house
- 95. See a movie outdoors
- 96. See an NBA game.
- 97. See an NFL game.
- 98. See an NHL game.
- 99. See a tennis match
- 100. See a Red Sox game at Fenway Park.
- 101. Do a polar bear plunge