101 in 1001 List No. 4
Welcome to my list of 101 goals I’m tackling in the next 1001 days! This is my fourth list using this framework and it’s become a really effective tool for me to keep track of goals that fall somewhere between a daily to do list and a lifelong bucket list. Here are the goals I’m hoping to accomplish in the next 1001 days (2.75 years) but you can catch up on my first, second, and third lists to see what I got up to in years past! And please send me an email if you decide to write your own list — I’d love to add a link at the bottom of this page!
Start date: July 27, 2020
End date: April 24, 2023
84 down, 17 to go
Personal (10/14)
- 1. Read at least twenty-five books
(25/25 in September 2022 — So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo, The New Corner Office by Laura Vanderkam, Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby, Untamed by Glennon Doyle, I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown, No Bad Kids by Janet Lansbury, You Deserve the Truth by Erica Williams Simon, What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend by Laura Vanderkam, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done by Jon Acuff, The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga, Living Fully by Mallory Ervin, Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman, Quiet by Susan Cain, Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, Business Minded by Carly Riordan, The Book of Moods by Lauren Martin, Atomic Habits by James Clear, Start Without Me by Gary Janetti, The Family Firm by Emily Oster, A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen, Grace, Not Perfection by Emily Ley, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen Covey, Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle, Aesthetic Intelligence by Pauline Brown, Declutter Like a Mother by Allie Casazza).
- 2. Completely unplug for one weekend
(December 2020).
- 3. Vote in the 2020 election
- 4. Vote in the 2022 election.
(November 2022).
- 5. Contribute to my IRA each year.
- 6. Get Fraxel again.
- 7. Get Lasik eye surgery.
- 8. Get a skin check every year
- 9. Watch at least ten documentaries
- 10. Finish at least five needlepoint projects
(May 2021; first post here and second post here).
- 11. Be able to do all three splits again.
- 12. Leave a 100% tip for great service
(Black Eyed Susan’s in July 2021).
- 13. Buy dinner for a table of strangers anonymously.
- 14. Beat my past 101 in 1001 record of 80 goals completed.
(81 goals completed as of January 2023).
Professional (7/10)
- 15. Read at least five business books
(5/5 — The New Corner Office by Laura Vanderkam, What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend by Laura Vanderkam, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done by Jon Acuff, Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, Business Minded by Carly Riordan).
- 16. Add baby clothes, baby gear, and wedding registry sections to shop page
(September 2020; page here).
- 17. Design a product for a brand I love
(Stubbs & Wootton in June 2021; post here!).
- 18. Add at least 100 new prints to Nantucket Print Shop
(93/100).
- 19. Surpass 350 sales for Nantucket Print Shop
(May 2022).
- 21. Post an IGTV or Reel (December 2021; video here).
- 22. Teach myself how to shoot with multiple focal points in manual.
- 23. Hire an SEO consultant for my blog
(January 2022).
- 24. Publish a Fairfield County guide on my blog.
(January 2023; guide here).
Marriage (4/5)
- 25. Take a trip just the two of us
(March 2022; post here).
- 26. Cook twenty new recipes together
(5/20).
- 27. Read The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families together
(September 2022).
- 28. Decide on a family-friendly second car
(February 2021; post here).
- 29. Celebrate our third, fourth, and fifth wedding anniversaries.
Babies (14/14)
- 30. Bake a cake for Teddy’s first birthday
(September 2020; photo here).
- 31. Print and frame baby photos
(December 2020; post here).
- 32. Create a kids’ height chart somewhere in our home
(September 2020).
- 33. Find a nanny we love
(September 2020).
- 34. Do swim lessons with Teddy
(started August 2021).
- 35. Do Tumblebees with Teddy
(started August 2021).
- 36. Have a second baby
(April 2021; Peter’s birth story here).
- 37. Write updates on my first, second, and third trimesters
(April 2021; first trimester recap, second trimester recap, third trimester recap).
- 38. Needlepoint a Christmas ornament for second baby
(May 2021; post here).
- 39. Send out birth announcements for second baby
(June 2021; post here).
- 40. Get into a post-baby workout routine
(started November 2021).
- 41. Decorate and photograph Teddy’s new bedroom
(June 2021; post here).
- 42. Find a preschool we love
(September 2021).
- 43. Send out Christmas cards each year
Family & Friends (2/4)
- 44. Mail care packages to each of my siblings.
- 45. See a Red Sox/Yankees game
(April 2022).
- 46. Send flowers to my grandmother and mother-in-law one day out of the blue
(September 2020).
- 47. Host a backyard movie night at our house.
Home (23/24)
- 48. Order and hang new Nantucket Print Shop prints at our house
(September 2020; post here).
- 49. Install recessed lighting in the living room, dining room, and office
(October 2020).
- 50. Photograph kitchen for the blog
(October 2020; post here).
- 51. Photograph laundry room and mudroom for the blog
(October 2020; post here).
- 52. Organize our pantry and photograph for the blog
(April 2022; post here).
- 53. Photograph office for the blog
(October 2021; post here).
- 54. Build out our closet
(October 2020; post here).
- 55. Order a rug for our living room
(September 2020; post here).
- 56. Decide on artwork for our living room
(August 2020; post here).
- 57. Decide on an ottoman for our living room
(June 2021; post here).
- 58. Wallpaper the playroom
(September 2020; post here).
- 59. Figure out a storage solution for the playroom
(February 2022; post here).
- 60. Order a rug for our family room
(September 2020; post here).
- 61. Reupholster the chair in our family room
(May 2022; post here).
- 62. Add trim to our dining room.
(May 2022; post here).
- 63. Wallpaper our dining room.
(November 2022; post here).
- 64. Order chairs for our dining room
(December 2022; post here).
- 65. Paint front bedroom upstairs
(March 2021).
- 66. Install recessed lighting in guest bedrooms
(April 2021).
- 67. Install window treatments throughout first floor.
- 68. Renovate our upstairs hall bathroom
(May 2021; post here).
- 69. Organize our linen closet and post on the blog
(October 2022; post here).
- 70. Add front window and roof railing.
(November 2022).
- 71. Tackle chimney and fireplace repairs.
Backyard (8/8)
- 72. Consult a landscape designer to come up with a plan for our backyard
(project completed August 2021; post here).
- 73. Decide whether to renovate or fill in our pool
(renovation completed August 2021; post here).
- 74. Remove damaged trees in our yard
(February 2021).
- 75. Move the stone wall in our yard
(March 2021).
- 76. Replace our fence
(completed August 2021; post here).
- 77. Successfully grow new grass
(completed August 2021; post here).
- 78. Plant hydrangeas
(May 2022).
- 79. Plant peonies
(October 2020).
Connecticut (8/10)
- 80. Take Teddy apple picking
(September 2020; post here).
- 81. Take Teddy ice skating.
(March 2023).
- 82. Take Teddy sledding
(January 2022).
- 83. Build a snowman with Teddy
(February 2022).
- 84. Cut down our own Christmas tree
(December 2020; post here).
- 85. Get a Darien beach pass
(May 2021).
- 86. Take Teddy to ten new parks/playgrounds
(10/10 as of May 2022 — McGuane Field in Darien, Ridgefield Recreation Center in Ridgefield, Mathews Park in Norwalk, Weed Beach in Darien, Mill River Park in Stamford, Kosciuszko Park in Stamford, Cos Cob Park in Greenwich, Compo Beach in Westport, Mead Park in New Canaan, Barlett Arboretum & Gardens in Stamford).
- 87. Plan five day trips within Connecticut
(5/5 — Kent Falls in October 2021, Mayflower Inn in March 2022, Wicked Tulips in May 2022, Essex and Old Saybrook in June 2022, Elizabeth Park rose garden in June 2022).
- 88. Plan five day or weekend trips to other states within driving distance
(1/5 — Inn at Perry Cabin in April 2022).
- 89. Try at least ten new-to-me restaurants
(10/10 as of November 2022 — Miku in Greenwich, Sinclair in Fairfield, Rosina’s in Greenwich, La Plage in Westport, Sakura in Westport, Café Silvium in Stamford, Arden’s in Rowayton, The Wheel in Stamford, La Tacqueria in Darien, Nomade in Westport).
Nantucket (7/12)
- 90. Pick berries with Teddy
(June 2021; post here).
- 91. Bike to the beach with Teddy
(July 2021).
- 92. Build a sandcastle with Teddy
(June 2022).
- 93. Do stand-up paddle board yoga again.
- 94. Take a surfing lesson.
- 95. Visit in the fall.
- 96. Visit for Christmas Stroll
(December 2021; post here).
- 97. Drive out to Great Point again
(August 2020; post here).
- 98. Take a day trip to Martha’s Vineyard
(July 2021; post here).
- 99. Buy new bikes for the house.
- 100. Try at least five new-to-me restaurants.
- 101. Add at least ten places to my Nantucket guide
(10/10 in May 2022).
