So I’m kind of behind on the whole “make a New Years resolution” bandwagon. Like, 22 years behind.
I like the idea of starting a new year fresh and resolving to do different things, but I’ve never been one to decide that January 1st is the day I’m going to commit to working harder at all things in my life.
I guess when I see the need for change, I try to do my best to make that change right away (instead of waiting for a new year). I’ve also never been one to write down goals (even though I have a lot!).
One of our first tasks during fitmixer boot camp was to write down our goals. At first, this challenge freaked me out. But once I wrote them down, it felt really good. To keep that good feeling going, I decided to create a 101 in 1001 list (inspired by my friend, Olivia).
Basically, you write down 101 things you want to achieve in 1001 days (~2.75 years). Here’s my list!:
- Write a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days (January 2013)
- Keep track of 101 things
- Join an academic group at UB (law journal, moot court, etc.)
- Work a full-time legal job during the summers of 2013 and 2014
- Graduate from UB
- Do my best to graduate in the top 25% of my class
- Take the NYS Bar Exam
- Go to California
- Plan a post-grad trip abroad (Italy?!)
- Get a post-grad job
- Run a 5k
- Run a 10k
- Run a half marathon
- Visit UR for Mel weekend
- Plan another reunion with my friends from college
- Clean out my closet and donate clothes
- Send someone a card just because
- Go indoor rock climbing
- Try Crossfit
- Go on a brewery tour
- Learn how to make sauce
- Bake a birthday cake for someone all by myself
- Do fitmixer boot camp again
- Go to Washington, D.C. and see the monuments
- Make my own peanut butter
- Learn how to make healthy muffins
- Make sangria
- Go on another wine tour
- Visit two new states
- Make a craft from Pinterest
- Invest in a good sports bra
- Go to a Delta Gamma alumni event
- Continue to blog
- Go apple picking
- Kayak on the canal
- Go to an MS walk
- See a GI doctor to finally determine why I have so many stomach issues
- Send my mom flowers
- Buy a business suit
- Go to a wedding
- Make homemade hummus
- Try a new-to-me fitness class
- Buy a colored blazer
- Go to a running store to determine which sneakers I should wear
- Make breakfast pizza
- Go back to Good Luck
- Try a new-to-me restaurant in Rochester
- Visit my past employers at LuGia’s
- Spend a day with my little cousins
- Frame “then and now” side-by-side photos with my grandparents
- Make my own sweet potato fries
- Go to a Carrie Underwood concert
- Get a facial
- Get a gel manicure
- Do something special to celebrate my 25th birthday
- Go to a baseball game at Yankees Stadium
- Go to a professional hockey game
- Make healthy guacamole
- Paint something (a picture, wine glass, craft, etc.)
- Try pumpkin seeds
- Go to the Rochester public market again
- Frame my diploma
- Go to the George Eastman House
- Go to the Rochester Museum & Science Center
- Go to the Memorial Art Gallery
- Visit a museum in Buffalo
- Go to a Buffalo Bills game
- Drink hard cider
- Try green juice
- Buy some cookbooks
- Visit my family in PA
- Go to Canada
- Take a cooking class
- Make an ice cream cake
- Make homemade salad dressing
- Host a dinner party or holiday/themed party
- Bake cookies for a friend
- Send 10 handwritten notes
- Take a self-defense class
- Make 10 recipes off Pinterest
- Find out my blood type
- Go to Delta Gamma Founder’s Day brunch
- Get a monogrammed necklace
- Take my aunts out to lunch
- Go golfing with my grandpa
- Perfect the art of making a healthy smoothie
- Try Bethenny Frankel’s yoga DVD
- Find a bra that actually fits right
- Buy a jacket that isn’t black
- Do something special to celebrate my and Dan’s anniversary
- Visit Erin, Emmi, and Renee in NYC
- Make dinner for my parents
- Put a 13.1 sticker on my car after completing my first half marathon
- See all of The Godfather movies
- Read Pride and Prejudice
- Write thank you notes after my birthday each year
- Learn how to manage money
- Buy something off Etsy
- Pay for someone who is behind me in line (coffee, lunch, etc.)
- Go on a hike
- Complete my 101 goals!
- Do you make New Years resolutions?
- Do you write down your goals?
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