Hello! Welcome to my first blog post! I was inspired by Mackenzie Horan, of Design Darling, to make a 101 in 1001 list. What we’ve got here is 101 goals that I intend to tick off in the next 1001 days. It’s a great format because it allows you to dream big without over committing yourself.
This fall some of my friends from high school and I worked our way through a seasonal bucket list we christened “Fall Shit”. It was a great time time, encouraging us to get together and venture into the world beyond brunch. In the spirit of getting the most out of my free time I’ve started out with seasonal subsections with the sort of high jinks I envision myself getting up to in my idealized future.
The fifth section is a mishmash of treasured, through hell and high water, long-term goals and smaller aims – “make a soufflé” doesn’t stand up to “graduate college” but they’re gonna coexist. Overall I hope 101 in 1001 will help me maintain consciousness of what I want to be doing with my time.
Winter
- Go to Henry Ford Holiday Nights
- See the Nutcracker
- Go on a carriage ride
- Go ice skating
- Go sledding
- Watch a hockey game
- Watch A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Build a snowman
- Bake Christmas cookies
- Go to Zoo Lights at the Detroit Zoo & Lincoln Park Zoo
Spring
- Fix up my beach cruiser
- Fly a kite
- Feed the ducks
- Go to a farmers market
- Have a spring clean
- Go on the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s River Cruise
- Visit a flower farm
- Have a picnic
- Go to a drive in movie
- Try Barbecuing
Summer
- See the 4th of July fireworks in Detroit and at Henry Ford Village with the DSO
- Go to a state fair
- Go canoeing
- Go berry picking
- Make a flower crown
- Go to the Grant Park Music Festival
- Go to Mo Pop Festival
- Go to Taste of Chicago
- Go to Lollapalooza
- Go to the Ann Arbor Art Fair
Fall
- Go to a pumpkin patch
- Go on a hay ride
- Go Apple Picking
- Knit a throw blanket
- Go to a corn maze
- Go to a Haunted House
- Go to Cedar Point
- Make a Halloween costume
- Have a Harry Potter Movie Marathon
- Watch It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
General
- Graduate from college
- Start my first full time job
- Switch 403b’s
- Open a safety net account
- Do faith formation and get confirmed
- Lose 75lbs
- Run an 8min mile
- Have a swimming lesson
- Have a 1 month Duolingo streak
- Do Khan Academy math through Differential Calculus
- Read 66 books
- Listen to 33 audiobooks or lecture series’
- Try the Konmari Method
- Try GMAT Tutoring
- Take a GMAT practice test
- Take the GMAT
- Apply for evening/weekend MBA programs
- Get a CAPM certification
- Get a PMP certification
- Give blood
- Learn to French braid
- Try Toastmasters
- Pay off Federal student loans
- Try laser skin resurfacing
- Try Hydrafacials
- Get LASIK
- Start Pinterest Project series
- Brand my social media
- Order business cards
- Become a YouTube Partner
- Take an HTML class
- Take a video editing class
- Take a photography class
- Learn to use chopsticks
- Make all the mother sauces
- Roast a chicken
- Make chicken stock
- Make a soufflé
- Make a pot roast
- Find a good buttercream recipe
- Make crepes
- Move to Chicago
- Put up drapes
- Find the perfect rug
- Find the perfect cream paint color
- Get an iron bed frame
- Build an IKEA bookcase
- Commission some really dreamy nightstands
- Find the perfect bedside lamps
- Get a PO Box or mail forwarding service
- Get a new license, library card, and passport
- Find a new GP, dentist, therapist, gym, dry cleaner, tailor, aesthetician, and salon
- Make a list of friends’ and family members’ birthdays and anniversaries
- Send out Christmas cards
- Send thank you notes to past counselors and mentors
- Buy my Dad dinner
- Have a group video chat with high school friends
- Buy a laptop
- Go to a concert
- Volunteer with Friendship House
- Go to a TEDx event
