I realized recently that I haven’t really talked about my 101 in 1001 list in quite awhile. I mentioned it once briefly in April and once again in July but the last time I showed my progress on the list was back in January! I feel like I’ve been slacking on getting things done and crossed off the list. I blame a lot of that on my mental, emotional, and financial state over the last 9 months. Things have been tough at times and I just haven’t been that focused on finishing up the list.
It’s the home stretch now.
I have just four more months to complete the last 37 items.
135 more days.
This is what I have left to do. I’m not sure I will finish them all but I’m going to try.
101 in 1001
Start date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Finish date: Saturday, January 15, 2011
- Send a “just because” package to a friend
- Get back to goal weight
- Eat whole foods (nothing processed) for 3 days in one week
- Do 10 “regular-style” pushups
- Take G-tot camping (just the 3 of us)
- Go to a corn maze
- Get a family portrait taken
- Make bracciole
- Make a cake and frosting from scratch
- Make creme brulee
- Host an “Appetizers” party
- Host a wine and cheese party
- Make a wooden “g” for G-man’s door
- Take an art class (preferably glass blowing)
- Edit home movies into DVD’s
- Letterpress something again
- Create a short art film (abstract, documentary, or conceptual)
- Create photo books
- Make plaster hand print (G-man’s)
- Make a worm bin (composting)
- Make a rain barrel
- Build a platform bird feeder
- Create prints for the bedroom
- Compile an emergency kit for home
- Organize the office
- Put up cabinets in office
- Canoe
- Go to planetarium
- Meditate on regular basis (2-3 times per week for one month)
- Go on a guided tour (park, museum, etc.)
- Attend two Summer/Fall Festivals (Blackswamp, Crosby Gardens, Apple Butter, etc.)
- Take at least one class towards my Master’s Degree
- Take a dance class
- Attend a religious service
- Learn to play a kid’s tune on the guitar
- Read 20 books in 2010
- Write a reflective essay about the process of 101 in 1001
And for anyone that’s interested, this is what I’ve done so far.
- Participate in a walk for charity (4.25.10—March of Dimes, raised $370)
- Volunteer for a least one hour somewhere (4.24.10—AIGA Toledo Student Portfolio Day)
- Donate to a worthy cause (12.03.09–Sparrow’s Nest)
- Write a letter to someone (4.19.2009)
- Send a “just because” package to a blogger buddy (5.13.08)
- Give $5 to a stranger in need (4.10.09—Spohr family)
- Exercise (cardio) 3 days a week for one month (6.5.09–7.5.09)
- Do Strength Training 2 days a week for one month (6.5.09–7.5.09)
- Do Yoga 3 days a week for one month (6.5.09–7.5.09)
- Buy bikes (again) and go on a long ride (6.07.08 rode to Penguin Palace & back—approx. 7 miles)
- Eat breakfast (by 10 am) everyday for one week (7.18.08)
- Do not eat after 10:30 pm for one week (7.18.08)
- Take G-tot to Butterfly House 8.05.08)
- Travel overnight with G-tot (3.5.09–3.8.09—Rockford/Chicago)
- Take a hayride (9.26.08)
- Take G-tot to Storytime at the library (9.18.08)
- Take G-tot to the Art Museum (7.31.09)
- Have a picnic with JQ & G-tot (7.11.08)
- Become Zoo Members (4.27.08)
- Take G-tot to an outdoor music event (7.11.08)
- Take G-tot to the pool/beach (6.12.08)
- Can something (homemade pasta sauce, homemade pickles, etc.) (6.29.08, rum soaked cherries)
- Make homemade ice cream (6.14.08)
- Showcase the harvest from our garden in one meal (7.10.08, 7.15.08)
- Learn CSS (fall 2008)
- Learn Screen Printing (5.13.09)
- Sketch everyday for one week (6.30.08)
- Enter a photography competition (Spring 2010—Toledo Area Artists competition, rejected)
- Exhibit my artwork in a gallery setting (Madhouse 6.18.09–6.30.09)
- Grow Melons or Pumpkins (2009 season, pumpkins/animals ate all blossoms)
- Finish bird sanctuary in backyard (7.05.08)
- Plant bulbs (4.19.08)
- Enlarge garden (5.9.08)
- Make a yard compost bin (April 2010)
- Build a birdhouse (Spring 2010)
- Make homemade suet cakes for birds (11.22.08)
- Grow a root veggie (spring/summer 2008, green onions)
- Remodel bathroom (11.26.08)
- Repaint the living room (7.24.08)
- Tile the back steps (5.13.2010)
- Sell or donate unwanted items in basement (12.29.08)
- Get all items from Gam’s that belong to us (7.26.08)
- Meet neighbors (Toby’s wife & son) (Christine & Chase 11.12.08)
- Befriend Amanda (other neighbor) (Fall 2008)
- Network at a design function (1.29.09—AIGA Toledo event)
- Contact a stranger for a student group function (10.14.08 Madhouse)
- Take a train ride (7.15.2010, Toledo to Chicago)
- Visit an aboretum—preferably w/ Japanese gardens (7.16.10—Anderson Gardens, Rockford, IL)
- Learn to play Chess (2.6.10)
- Play Risk with JQ (12.25.08)
- Go to a book/poetry reading (Artomatic 4.18.09)
- Go to an open mic event at a cafe/coffeeshop (8:15s @ Manhattan’s 7.20.09)
- Attend a play put on by a local theatre group (The Full Monty @ Toledo Rep 7.24.09)
- Obtain domain and launch website (2.02.09 & 3.24.09)
- Launch Etsy shop (9.06.08)
- Sell something on Etsy (9.11.08)
- Take G-tot to a Mudhens Game (8.18.09, got game ball)
- Enjoy a cup of coffee with a sunrise (12.25.09)
- Read 10 books in 2008 (8.21.08)
- Read 15 books in 2009 (11.10.09)
- Get up by 7:30 am every morning for one week (7.26.08)
- Take public transportation (or walk/ride bike) for an entire day (5.27.08)
- Wear fingernail polish for entire week (11.20.08)
- Wear toenail polish for entire week (5.31.08)
If you made it to the bottom, congrats and thanks. You are awesome for sticking it out.
now THIS… is fucking inspiring!!!
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Holly {ArtistMotherTeacher} Reply:
September 3rd, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Thanks Nic! I may do another list after the 1001 days are up for this one. It’s been fun and pretty rewarding so far.
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I was part of #45 and didn’t even know it.
I feel honored.
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Holly {ArtistMotherTeacher} Reply:
September 3rd, 2010 at 9:11 pm
Check you out, changing lives without any awareness of the fact. Thanks for playing your part that day.
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I think you can get most if not all done in time. And it will be so rewarding. But look at how much you have done. Incredible!
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Holly {ArtistMotherTeacher} Reply:
September 5th, 2010 at 8:39 am
I can’t believe the 1001 days are getting so close to the end already. Time really does fly by.
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Wow, you’ve done a helluva lot! That reminds me… time to update mine too. You can get so many more of these done, it’s the perfect time for the festivals, corn maze, the bird feeder. I think you can do it.
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If you’re going to do a corn maze, you better hurry! We have some around here, but the corn is getting ready for harvest early this year.
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This is quite impressive lady! You are inspiring me to create a list like this too, however it may take me till the end of the year to figure out 101 things I want to do (to be sure I really challenge myself on some of them). That being said, this IS “my” year, as I just turned 33 (my favorite number), and I started the year off with a 5k
Keep up the great work!!!
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