Almost Husband and I have been doing a list of 101 things we’d like to do in 1001 days. We have seen this kind of list featured dozens of times on blogs including on Design Darling’s. We’ve been doing it for a while now and so I decided to post it here so that a lot of my future post make sense, as they will demonstrate me/us working towards tackling some of these guys. It’s a list of 101 Things we’d like to do in a 1001 Days (2.75 years or 2 years and 9 months).
1. Create a blog as a couple. 10/7/2013 Yup, 2 Yuppies Just took us a while to publish *sheepish face*
2. Grown my hair to bra strap length. {HER}
3. Watch all of Pulp Fiction.
4. Work up to Pincha Manyurasana (headstand) {HER}
5. Redo our DIY nightstands in our bedroom. 4/29/2016
6. Run a 10k with no walk breaks.{HER}
7. Visit 3 new states.
8. Visit two countries outside of the USA.
9. Go to a music festival.
10. Purchase a brand new car. 12/15/2015
11. Make 10 good oil paintings. {HER}
12. Sell 3 oil paintings. {HER}
13. Open a small etsy shop to sell art and DIYs. {HER} 10/15/2015
14. Buy and learn to apply 2 make up products. {HER}
15. Go to a church service and find a church home.
16. Decorate for Christmas and Autumn.
17. Visit Harry Potter World in Universal Studios and Studio tour in London.
18. Rescue another dog and name him Remus Lupin.
19.Visit the MOMA (Museum of Modern Art).
20. Start G.O. G.I.R.L. Program {HER}
21. Obtain a rewarding job in global health. {HER}
22. Be proficient in photoshop and graphics. {HER}
23. See Cirque du Soleil performance.
24. Get conceal to carry license.
25. Camp
26. Complete P90X. {HER}
27. Be workable in Spanish.
28. Go to In-and-Out-Burger.
29. Finish planning our wedding. 10/17/2014
30. Get married.10/18/2014
31. Go to a concert. 10/17/2013 Janelle Monae
32. Sign up for MCAT course. {HIS}
33. Get into medical school. {HIS}
34. Go white water rafting.
35. Go to an NFL game.
36. Get a bonsai tree and care for it. {HIS}
37. Run a mile without stopping. {HIS}
38. Teach Sirius to jog off leash. {HIS}
39. Put 3 months worth of income into a saving account.
40. Find a doctor and a dentist and visit them every six months.
41. Go one month without buying anything unplanned and intentional. {HIS}
42. Learn to change car oil {HIS}
43. Go on a weekend trip and pretend to be someone else.
44. Sew a complete dress alone. {HER}
45. Medical volunteer trip. {HIS}
46. Buy a new set of living room sofas.
47. Go deep sea fishing.
48. Buy a house.
49. Donate blood.
50. Win a sweepstakes {HIS}
51. Plan a spontaneous day trip where we utilize our bike rack.
52. Give someone a make over. Personalized episode of What Not to Wear {HIS}
53. Have a successful yard sale. March 21, 2016
54. Learn to ride a horse. {HER}
55. Find a mentor. {HER}
56. Find a suit. {HIS}
57. Canoe with Sirius Black (our giant schnoodle, not the Prisoner of Azkaban)
58. Find a pair of wing tip shoes for under $400 {HIS}
59. Do 5 RANDOM acts of kindness {HIS}
60. Visit three natural landmarks.
61. Read the entire Bible. {HER}
62. Get a new Mac computer and become savvy with it. {HIS} 12/25/2015
63. Go vegan an entire month. {HER}
64. Care for and soften beard. {HIS}
65. Watch all of the Star Wars. {HIS}
66. Start a small business. {HIS}
67. Effectively organize our home.
68. Set a workout schedule and follow it. {HIS}
69. Make blessings bag.
70. Convince 10 people to make blessings bags.
71. Create a plant collection in the house to maximize on oxygen {HIS}
72. Create organic garden. {HIS}
73. Make a compost pile.
74. Learn to make a difficult signature dessert. {HIS}
75. Go one week without eating meat. {HIS}
76. Find a signature hair style. {HER} Two Goddess braids
77. Pay off $30,000 in school debt {HER}
78. Go paintballing.
79. Ride in a hot air balloon.
80. Help a complete stranger in trouble.
81. Pick a homeless person, give them $50.
82. Visit 4 places in the world name Victoria.
83. Go to Niagara Falls.
84. Sleep under the stars.
85. Get into Mensa
86. Learn a magic trip. {HER}
87. Visit a major headquarters of an industry we love. (Google, Lilly Pulitzer, J. Crew etc) J. Crew warehouse sale. 4/3/2016
88. Witness a solar eclipse or a comet.
89. See the Macy’s Day parade.
90. Help someone cross something off their bucket list.
91. Ride a mechanical bull. {HER}
92. Fly first class.
93. Finish decorating our bedroom. 4/27/2016
94. Go one month without buying anything from J. Crew. {HER}
95. Take a photo of all of the Ellis-Ford siblings.
96. Frame a non-Iphone photo of us.
97. Get something signature from Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn and West Elm. {HIS} 4/24/2015 night stand cups
98. Spend a semester without relying on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
99. Open a joint bank account.
100. Create a new 101 list.
101. Open a savings account and save $10 for each goal completed
As we cross off these things, we’ll post about them in our respective sections on the site. Do you have a 101 in 1001? Let us know what you guys are gonna do. We would love to see them.