Last year on December 28th, I sat down and created a pretty intense plan to cross off a bunch of things on my 101 in 1001 list. I made goals for every month and started plowing through them. I had hoped to cross off 46 things from my list, but I was only able to finish 17, which I’ve crossed off of the list below.
When I made my goals, I had no idea how different things would be a year in the future. This fall/winter has hit me HARD. My depression has been out of control ever since the summer left, and I’ve had to learn extending grace to myself. That said, I took October off from recipe/flower/portraiting and decided instead to finish it with a 12th month in January. Because this is my thing and ultimately, I control the shots. and that said I don’t want some huge list of excuses right here. Because I accomplished 17 things I would have never accomplished if I hadn’t been intentional about it. And I did some tough ones, like the 1,000 words a day and the spending nothing but gas money for a month!
I already made realistic goals for 2014, and I’m not scheduling monthly posts for them. By the middle of the year I had lost the notebook with all of my goals in them and forgot that they were auto posted on my blog until a week into the month.
2013 was a very good year to me. I got a full time job working with kids at my church, I finally bought a new camera (which I still don’t know how to use… but I’m trying!) and car and computer. I finally visited Nashville and skipped my 10 year reunion and bought a pair of adventure shoes. I am grateful every day for another day on the earth, and look forward to another year of growing and gracing.
#4 walk across the i5 bridge#7 send 101 pieces of mail#8 write 1,000 words a day every day for a month- #9 participate in a 5k
#10 hike to the top of Multnomah Falls#11 perfect a raspberry white chocolate chip recipe- #12 document 10 ordinary days in pictures
#13 wear a different outfit every day for a month#14 spend nothing but gas money for a month- #16 buy a guitar
- #18 paint my desk
#20 organize my greeting cards- #21 go camping
#22 buy coffee for the person behind me in line- #24 leave 101 encouraging post its
- #27 buy new glasses
- #29 bury a time capsule
#30 leave a $20 tip for a meal under $10- #33 make a secret handshake with someone
#36 carve a pumpkin- #38 tech-free hour before bedtime for a month
- #40 no eating after 8 pm for a month
- #42 renew my passport
- #43 organize our pantry
#47 make a map of everywhere I’ve been- #48 go rollerskating
- #50 crochet a scarf
#56 go to 5 movies alone#60 donate 101 items- #63 complete the 365 project
- #65 take a picture of 101 things that make me happy
- #66 take my parents out to eat 10xs
- #67 eat only fruits and vegetables for a week
- #73 try a new recipe every month for a year
#75 visit 25 new coffeeshops- #76 visit someplace haunted
#78 wear pink every day for a month- #81 complete a sh1ft.org photo project
- #84 make a book of babysitting stories and give a copy to every family mentioned
#86 pray for someone I don’t like every day for a month- #90 have a spa night using home-made beauty treatments
- #92 buy pumphouse brick
- #94 finish to-do list every day for a month
- #95 buy flowers for my room every month for a year
- #96 take a self portrait every month for a year
- #99 decorate a gingerbread house
#2. Ben Rector
#4. Dave Barnes
#5. Brandon Heath
#6. Justin Bieber
#7. The BGP
#8. David Ramirez
#9. Justin Nozuka
#10. Matt Wertz
so awesome!!! don’t you just love marking things off? 🙂
btw, Dave Barnes & Matt Wertz = <333 you have good taste!!
Hey, I say if you can mark at least 3 things off a list, you’re good 🙂
I’m writing my Resolution list… we’ll see where that stands Dec 2014 🙂