101 in 1001 List No. 5
Welcome to my list of 101 goals I’m tackling in the next 1001 days! This is my fifth 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, third, and fourth 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: April 29, 2023
End date: January 24, 2026
28 down, 73 to go
Personal (2/14)
- 1. Read at least twenty-five books.
(20/25 — The Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest, Good Inside by Dr. Becky Kennedy, The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi, The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown, Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner, The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck, I Know How She Does It by Laura Vanderkam, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, Feel-Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal, Recipe for Second Chances by Ali Rosen, Beach Read by Emily Henry, Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera, Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monoghan, Essentialism by Greg McKeown, Funny Story by Emily Henry, Alternate Endings by Ali Rosen, Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle, Happy Place by Emily Henry, Wives Like Us by Plum Sykes)
- 2. Find a primary care physician I love.
(January 2024).
- 3. Get a skin check every year.
(1/3 — October 2023)
- 4. Eat the recommended amount of protein every day for four separate weeks.
- 5. Walk at least 10,000 steps every day for four separate weeks.
- 6. Wake up before our kids every day for three separate months.
(1/3 — August 2023; post here)
- 7. Write in a gratitude journal every day for three separate months.
(1/3 — August 2023)
- 8. Take our kids with me to vote in the 2024 election.
- 9. Needlepoint a key fob for each set of keys (0/3).
- 10. Needlepoint a sunglasses case.
(November 2023; post here)
- 11. Be able to do all three splits again.
- 12. Leave a 100% tip for great service.
- 13. Contribute to my IRA each year.
- 14. Beat my past 101 in 1001 record of 84 goals completed.
Professional (2/10)
- 15. Fix my camera dial.
(June 2023)
- 16. Design a product for a brand I love.
(Shop Navy Bleu in June 2023)
- 17. Redesign my email newsletter.
- 18. Post on my Instagram feed every day for three separate months.
- 19. Post on my Instagram story every day for three separate months.
(2/3 — November 2023, May 2024)
- 20. Post on TikTok every day for three separate months.
- 21. Surpass 4,000 posts on Instagram.
- 22. Surpass 500 videos posted to TikTok.
- 23. Add at least 50 new prints to Nantucket Print Shop.
- 24. Surpass 750 sales on Nantucket Print Shop.
Marriage (1/3)
- 25. Go on at least 100 Friday lunch dates.
- 26. Take weekend trips to celebrate our sixth, seventh, and eighth wedding anniversaries.
(1/3 — Boston in September 2023)
- 27. Do our Global Entry appointments together.
(August 2023)
Babies & KIDS (5/19)
- 28. Needlepoint a Christmas ornament for Tucker.
(June 2023; photo here)
(June 2023; photo here)
- 30. Print new photos of our kids for frames around the house.
- 31. Start family photo wall in upstairs hallway.
- 32. Create baby books for each of the kids.
- 33. Create a family meal binder with our go-to recipes.
- 34. Create a photo album with all our Christmas cards from over the years.
(December 2023; post here)
- 35. Create photo albums for each of the years we've had children.
- 36. Send out Christmas cards each year (2023, 2024, 2025).
(1/3 — 2023 cards here)
- 37. Dance in the rain with our kids.
(June 2023)
- 38. Take our kids to a drive-in movie.
(July 2024)
- 39. Take our kids to play mini golf.
- 40. Volunteer with our kids.
- 41. Have a fourth baby.
- 42. Needlepoint a Christmas ornament for our fourth baby.
- 43. Needlepoint a Christmas stocking for our fourth baby.
- 44. Send out birth announcements for our fourth baby.
- 45. Do pelvic floor therapy again.
- 46. Get into a post-baby workout routine.
Family & Friends (3/5)
- 47. Needlepoint something for each of my parents.
(1/2 — needlepoint belt for my dad in August 2023)
- 48. Needlepoint something for each of my siblings.
- 49. Have a backyard movie night at our house.
(August 2023; post here)
- 50. Do another polar bear plunge.
(January 2024).
- 51. See a Red Sox - Yankees game.
(September 2023; post here)
Home (8/25)
- 52. Have our living room rug professionally cleaned.
(August 2023)
- 53. Hang art above our fireplace.
(plate wall in September 2023)
- 54. Tackle chimney and fireplace repairs.
- 55. Choose a fabric for our dining chairs.
- 56. Replace our sectional.
- 57. Install new pantry doors.
- 58. Order a new desk lamp.
- 59. Hang ceiling fixture in the garden house.
(this one in November 2023)
- 60. Decorate and photograph the garden house.
- 61. Hang ceiling fixture in the foyer.
- 62. Organize front hall closet and photograph for the blog.
(November 2023; post here)
- 63. Install a stair runner.
- 64. Add trim and/or wallpaper in our bedroom.
(October 2023; post here)
- 65. Hang ceiling fixture in our bedroom.
(this one in February 2024)
- 66. Hang art and mirror in our bedroom.
- 67. Hang a valance in our bedroom.
(November 2023)
- 68. Hang window treatments in our bathroom and guest bathroom.
(October 2023; post here)
- 69. Organize our bathroom drawers and photograph for the blog.
- 70. Replace remaining upstairs windows.
- 71. Hang ceiling fixture in Teddy's bedroom.
- 72. Decorate and photograph Teddy's bedroom.
- 73. Hang art in Peter's bedroom.
- 74. Reupholster headboard in Peter's bedroom.
- 75. Invest in new Christmas garland.
- 76. Buy and share five Facebook Marketplace finds.
Backyard (3/6)
- 77. Build outdoor shower.
(June 2023; post here)
- 78. Fix stone pathway from driveway.
(May 2023)
- 79. Add additional trellises for climbing roses.
(May 2023; photo here)
- 80. Add planters around the pool.
- 81. Add lattice to back porch.
- 82. Plant peonies in our backyard.
Connecticut / NEW YORK (0/7)
- 83. Take mini road trips to five other parts of the state.
- 84. Take the boys sledding each winter.
- 85. Take the boys ice skating in the city.
- 86. See a new-to-me Broadway play in the city.
- 87. Have at least five date nights at our favorite spots in the city.
- 88. Try at least ten new-to-me restaurants in Connecticut.
- 89. Add at least ten places to my Fairfield County guide.
Nantucket (3/8)
- 90. Take the boys strawberry picking again.
(June 2024, photos here)
- 91. Have another family dinner party on the beach.
(June 2024, photos here)
- 92. Drive out to Great Point at least once each summer.
- 93. Do stand-up paddle board yoga again.
- 94. Take a surfing lesson.
- 95. Watch a sunrise on the beach.
- 96. Try at least five new-to-me restaurants on Nantucket.
- 97. Add at least five places to my Nantucket guide.
(July 2024, see here)
TRAVEL (1/4)
- 98. Take a trip with girlfriends.
- 99. Take a trip with Will's parents.
(Rosemary Beach in March 2024, photos here)
- 100. Take a warm weather trip as a family each winter.
- 101. Stay at three new-to-me hotels in New England.
