Italic = In Progress            Bold Purple = Completed

1. Don’t settle for anyone.
2. Get a design I’d want if I ever got a tattoo.
3. Watch a meteor shower.
4. Dress up for the historical society in 1800’s fashion.
5. Go on a real picnic with friends.
6. Go clubbing.
7. Plant some potted flowers and keep them alive.
8. Introduce a friend to the wonder that is Sherman’s ice cream.
9. Leave a 50 – 100% tip for great service.
10. Memorize a poem.
11. Read 50 fiction books [0/50]
12. Cover a wall in pictures I’ve taken.
13. Get rid of one piece of furniture in my bedroom at home.
14. Photograph the Northern Lights.
15. Create my websites and maintain them.
16. Have a piece of writing published.
17. Start keeping index cards of what books I’ve read.
18. Take 100 Photographs I like enough to print out and store in a photo album. [0/100]
19. Make 100 Icons 100×100 size for fun. [0/100]
20. Get rid of 100 things I don’t need in one week.
21. Save $1000 in savings and don’t touch it.
22. Learn to French braid and get good at it.
23. Make mashed potatoes for my friends.
24. Send a postcard to Post Secret.
25. Take a picture of myself at least five days a week for a year. [0/52]
26. Do something fun for my 20th birthday.
27. Learn some ASL.
28. Make Christmas presents.
29. Learn to play “Zanarkand” on piano by memory.
30. Get a pair of nice shoes.
31. Finish writing any story.
32. Write a letter to myself to be opened in 10 years.
33. Be in bed by 10pm every night for a week.
34. Take a photo of something interesting everyday for a month.
35. Blog at least once a week. [0/143]
36. Have a “girls’ night”  5 times. [0/5]
37. Visit at least 2 new states. [0/2]
38. Blog and prove everything if possible on this list. [0/101]
39. Write a love letter (to someone else or myself).
40. See a Broadway play in NYC.
41. Write and draw a little comic/children’s book.
42. Create 10 new paintings from original photos. [0/10]
43. Go out just for fun at least once.
44. Learn basic CSS.
45. Complete an old dare of kissing a stranger.
46. Get someone else to do 101 in 1001.
47. Have a “family night” once a month in summer -movies/games/reading/etc.
48. Write my future husband a letter once a month for a year. [0/12]
49. Use one full box of teeth whitening strips in a month. [0/30]
50. Create post/greeting cards out of my photos and send to people.
51. Swim in Lake Michigan twice a month in the summer.
52. Ride the whole Kal-Haven Trail, at least one way.
53. Scan important family photos and make a CD of them for mom.
54. Find eye shadow colors that work for me and how to make it look good.
55. Keep taking ballroom dance at school and possibly over the summer.
56. Learn more about my family tree.
57. Find a layout for my room and keep it that way and clean.
58. Get a microwave for my apartment next year.
59. Get a job.
60. Take a massage class to compare with my skills from personal experience.
61. Take a friend to the beach.
62. Hike Canyon Falls again.
63. Visit Brett.
64. Have a “romantic” Valentine’s dinner–in or out! (with single friends is okay.)
65. Don’t ever get a credit card.
66. Spend one whole day reading.
67. See three mainstream music concerts live. [0/3]
68. Go camping somehow.
69. Get a complete (min. 4 person) dinnerware set for myself.
70. Put $2 in an envelope for each task I complete and go on a shopping spree with what I saved. [$0/202]
71. Write and illustrate a fairy tale.
72. Read all the unread books on my shelf or get rid of them.
73. Look into doing a semester abroad in England.
74. Plan a plausible trip to Wales to the town my great-great-great grandfather came from.
75. Buy real bras that fit me.
76. Sleep under the stars with someone close to me.
77. Organize all my photographs, and print/back up the ones on this computer.
78. Send a message in a bottle.
79. Get a pair of awesome knitted wrist-warmers.
80. Blow bubbles in public with friends.
81. Take one photo a week for a year. [0/52]
82. Take the photo and write an accompanying summary of the week. [0/52]
83. Make a book (on blurb?) of said photos and summaries.
84. Write one music review/journal a week for a year. [0/52]
85. Sketch more.
86. Draw cartoons occasionally.
87. Be silent for an entire day.
88. Build a sand castle.
89. Build a snowman.
90. Write a future wedding guest list for fun.
91. Frame and display my own photography.
92. Find out how soon I could get my own cat.
93. Play RISK or some version of it more.
94. Play chess at least once a month for a year. [0/12]
95. Send five happy postcards to random addresses.
96. Take pictures in a photo booth.
97. Meet at least one person from YWS.
98. Find happiness being single.
99. Give away 30 happy paintings.
100. But don’t be afriaid to fall in love.
101. Love and be loved.

Idea from: Day Zero

Start Date: 1/1/2009

End Date: 9/29/2011

Tags: 101 in 1001, completed, days, do, goals, progress, things

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