The other day, I was reading one of the blogs I like to follow and got inspired to make a list of goals! I copied her idea (and even some of her goals) and created my own list of 101 goals I'd like to accomplish in 1001 days. Now, some of these are a bit on the ambitious side of life and I wouldn't be crushed if they don't happen (just being real here, folks haha)! Even still, most of them are fairly realistic and I'm glad to have this list that's been rolling around in the back of my brain for a while officially jotted down on paper...
Start Date: December 3, 2013
End Date: August 30, 2016 (tentatively)
Springing Ahead:
- Visit Keith and Leah in Memphis
- Go to St. Louis with the Cate's
- Visit the Pach's in North Carolina
- Visit Macie in Alabama
- Settle on a new apartment
- Make new friends--find community here in Louisville
- Get involved at Southeast
- Join a couples Bible study
For others:
9. Go on a mission trip to Africa as a family
10. Serve somewhere with my small group
11. Bake Christmas goodies for a friend
12. Host a yard sale to benefit a cause
13. Volunteer at a soup kitchen
14. Bake for our neighbors
15. Volunteer at a Children's Hospital
16. Send surprise flowers to a friend/family member
17. Send a random care package to a friend
18. Serve the homeless on a holiday
19. Tip generously
20. Pray daily for our family and friends
21. Host a bridal shower for Emi, Lauren, Olivia, Auburn, & Erin (when the time comes)
22. Visit people in a nursing home
23. Give really good, thoughtful (and if possible handmade) presents
24. Do something really special for our parents
25. Spend quality time with Nanny and Nana each week (or close to it)
26. Clean someone else's house
27. Bring supper to a family who needs it
28. Plan a special night with Mom and Emi
29. Mail random notes of encouragement
30. Remember people's birthdays and send them a card in the mail
31. Encourage former teachers and people who have impacted my life
32. Donate clothes/things I'm not using
33. Have a photo shoot for someone just for fun
For me:
34. Exercise regularly
35. Eat healthy-ish
36. Get a new Passport
37. Try new foods (green vegetables, seafood?)
38. Try new hairstyles
39. Sort through and simplify my closet
40. Learn how to do my make-up
41. Work in bedroom at Mom & Dad's house
42. Organize/store wedding stuff
43. Complete 10 successful Pinterest crafts
44. Get Lasik eye surgery
For the homemaker:
45. Have overnight guests in our home
46. Decorate our house for all the major holidays
47. Pick my own fruit and make homemade jams
48. Learn how to crochet
49. Learn how to cook
50. Try at least 1 new recipe each month
51. Create a picture frame wall
52. Keep our house clean and stay on top of the laundry
53. Get a new washer and dryer
54. Plan out 3 meals per week
55. Cut (and actually use) coupons
For my marriage:
56. Plan a surprise trip for Jeremy
57. Go on an anniversary trip
58. Have a one year anniversary photo shoot
59. Make a wedding album
60. Make a "yearbook" every January
61. Start our own family Christmas traditions
62. Take road trips to visit our far-away friends
63. Keep a regular date night each week
64. Read "The Story" together
65. Pray together every morning and every night
66. Pack Jeremy's lunch every night
67. Leave a love letter in his lunch box every day
68. Pray for our marriage every time I drive to and from work
69. Plan special "date days" for Jeremy
For the blogger:
70. Make a book of my favorite blog posts
71. Clean out and organize my e-mail accounts
72. Sort through my pictures on iPhoto
73. Raise money on my blog for a cause
74. Blog at least once a week
75. Organize my Pinterest boards
For the goal setter:
76. Read the entire Bible
77. Memorize scripture
78. Run another half-marathon (and actually train for it this time)
79. Baptize someone
80. Get a full-time job
81. Get good at budgeting
82. Save up money for a house
83. Buy a new (not brand new ha) care when Cambron dies
For the adventurer:
84. Go to Hawaii as a family
85. See NYC at Christmastime
86. Stay at the Opryland Hotel over the Holidays
87. See the Radio City Rockettes
88. Ride on a train
89. Fly to Vegas for a few days
90. Take a Segway tour
91. See the Ellen Show in real life
92. Go to an indoor water park
93. Visit Holiday World again
94. Road trip to Charleston, South Carolina
95. Be on the Amazing Race! (A girl can dream, right?!)
96. Watch my sister and best friends get married!
97. Visit Brook Hills church in Birmingham
98. Visit Europe and sing "Sound of Music" songs throughout Austria
99. Be one of the first 100 guests at a Chickfila Opening (And win free nuggets for a year!)
100. Visit a Hillsong church (NYC, South Africa, Australia...why not all 3 haha jk?!)
101. Go to the Olympics
Well there you have it! I'm excited to begin checking off these goals and making memories all along the way! Like I said, I'm not really banking on all of these happening in the next 1001 days but it's just a rough timeframe...some of these are goals I hope to achieve over the course of my entire lifetime but I just wanted to record them now. I hope you're inspired by my little list and that you might also consider making one of your own! The way I see it, there's just so much I want to do with this life the Lord has blessed me with and I don't want a single day of it to go to waste. So what are you waiting for? Let's get out there and live this life the Lord has so graciously given to us!
