*Reposted from former blog. Originally published on August 8, 2010.
This list has been formulating in my mind for quite some time now. 101 goals that have to be completed in 1001 days. One thing about me is that I’m great at making lists, I even make lists of things I need to make lists of. Crazy! And I’m always finding pieces of scrap paper – lists – floating around. But the 101 in 1001 lists keep popping up and I love the idea behind it so here’s mine. It’s not full of “you only live once” type of things (that’s for another list…), but it also includes business goals, things I’ve been procrastinating, and stuff thrown in for fun.
Disclaimer: this list is not complete. For one thing, I wanted to get it down before I started checking things off it! And another, a lot can happen in nearly 3 years and I want to be open to how God moves in my life and allow for new goals to be added.
Start date: Sunday, August 8, 2010
End date: Sunday, May 5, 2013
- Take dance classes – ballroom or salsa
- Travel back to Africa
- Start and finish a novel all in one month – completed November, 2010 (Stuff Christians Like by Jonathan Acuff)
- Make sushi
- Finally buy a Shootsac – completed March 9, 2011
Rent andride bicycles around Stanley Park- Watch the sun rise and the sun set in the same day – completed November 13, 2010
- Tour vineyards in the Okanagan or Napa Valley
- Sort through/print photos of mine and frame them for my walls
- Aim to create branded and signature images during photo shoots – completed October 30, 2010 (and on going!)
- Watch all seasons of The Office, in order – completed summer of 2011
- Go on a 3+ day road trip
- Learn how to surf (or at least attempt to)
- Hike Mt. Cheam
- Organize my iTunes, deleting stuff I don’t listen to
- Grow my own herb garden
- Make salsa with my mom and aunt again
- Become a member at my church
- Connect with local wedding vendors – completed October 30, 2010 (and on going!)
- Get involved with a local photog community – March 16, 2011 and ongoing
- Write a monthly letter to my sponsor child, Kambua, in Kenya
- Assuming I complete #2 and it takes me to Kenya – visit Kambua
- Photograph a destination wedding – completed April 7, 2011
- Launch a portfolio website that I am proud of and reflects my brand – completed February 2, 2011
- Launch a new blog that is in line with my website – completed February 2, 2011
- Photograph a session with Kelsey, my cousin in Manitoba who is also my graphic designer – completed November 20, 2010
- Get lost for an entire day (with someone else), losing track of time and the map
- Stay up late enough/wake early enough to watch the Perseid meteor shower – completed August 12, 2010
- Revisit the Lynden Fair, like we did when we were kids
- Ride a rollercoaster
- Do something that scares me – completed June 3, 2011
- Cook a fully Italian meal, starting with pasta from scratch, and include a good bottle of Italian red wine of course
- Reach the point in my business where I can quit my day job – completed January 27, 2011
- Do something creative with my vintage books – wall art?
- Attend two more photography workshops that will push me to be a better photographer and business owner
- Create an inspiration board in order to better define my brand and my ideal client – completed March 28, 2012
- Cut my bangs – completed June 9, 2011
- Live in another country for 2+ months
- Purchase letterpress business cards
- Use photography to raise awareness and/or funds for a worthy cause
- Blog each item I check off my list
- Read the books that have been patiently waiting on my shelf:
- Emma, Jane Austen
- A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
- Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis – in progress
- Also read his books The Screwtape Letters and The Abolition of Man
- Purchase slide show software to showcase photo sessions online – completed March 7, 2011
- Purchase Kubota Photoshop actions
- Sleep under the stars
- Attend WPPI in Las Vegas – completed February 2011
- Read 5 business books (0/5)
- Go on a day trip by myself
- Create a photo book of my trip to Europe
- Create a photo book of my trip to Uganda
- Go ziplining – completed October 2011
- Rent a beach vacation house with friends and/or family
- Take a cooking class – completed November 26, 2010
- Visit Narissa in Chicago at least twice (1/2) – May 2011
- Partake in a 10 km run – completed September 18, 2010
- Go through my Great Food Fast cook book (another that has been waiting on my shelf) and blog about it (as inspired by the movie Julie and Julia)
- Write a book review on my blog – completed January 26, 2012
- Buy an iPhone – completed June 6, 2011
- Sleep for 8 hours straight – completed August 31, 2010
- Create better blog posts for my ideal client – completed October 30, 2010 (and on going!)
- Get a photo of mine published, in print
- Get a photo session of mine published, online – completed November 29, 2010
- Write down my bucket list
- Take an entire weekend off from work
- Travel Ireland, Scotland & England
- Bard on the Beach
- Visit the east coast of Canada – completed January 2012
- Create a sample album of my work – completed August 2011
- Purchase the 35mm 1.4L lens – completed March 7, 2011
- Purchase the 50mm 1.2L lens – completed May 2011
- Shoot a boudoir session – completed April 19, 2012
- Travel to South America with Shane
- Cross-Canada photography trip
- Sleep in a tree fort
- Photograph a styled shoot at an airport
- Feature a local wedding vendor on my blog – completed April 20, 2011
- Watch the whales in Maui
- Get married – completed October 7, 2011
- Get published on Style Me Pretty
- Update product packaging
- Have custom thank you + note cards designed
- Add a details/faq page to my website – completed September, 2011
- Travel to Asia
- Take in a broadway show in NYC
- Go on a safari (South Africa?)
- Have Christmas gifts bought and wrapped before December comes
- See the Northern Lights
- Hot air balloon ride
- Horse back riding
There you have it. Feel free to check back (and hold me accountable!) as I work my way through :) Any suggestions for things to add? Do you have a list? Leave a comment and/or link!
Kim Spears says
Oooooh I LOVE this !! I had so much fun reading your list. Looks like you are well on your way :)
jamie delaine says
i love your list. i’ve read mere christianity six times: amazing. i love emma, a tree grows in brooklyn + the screwtape letters as well. this list makes me so excited.
Justine says
I am exactly the same with lists! haha as I read it I looked over at my computer desk covered with about 5 lists! :)
I Love your list! I have heard of the idea before and have so wanted to do one! Just need to force myself to sit down and start it!
Jennifer says
I thought I am the only nerd with the addiction to making list. Apparently not! First I found J* and then you… You’re so adorable and take great pictures! So blessed to stumble upon your blog. Btw, #83 is a big step and you’re almost there :D! Congrats!!!
Shannon Von Eschen says
I agree with Jennifer. First J* then you? I love it. You are adorably inspiring. Bravo. =)
Barbara says
Hy :)
If you don’t mind me asking – witch slide show software you use to showcase photo sessions online?
Btw, I’ve been following your work/blog for a while now and loooving it :D
Can’t wait to see what you have in store for us next
xoxo
Shara says
Have you started on buying Christmas gifts yet??