Inspired by Design Darling, this list has 101 things I want to accomplish over the next 1001 days (2.75 years). My goal is to complete all (if not most) of these items but will try to stay realistic and remind myself that life happens.
Start Date: January 15, 2020
End Date: October 12, 2022
Update #1: August 2020
Update #2: November 2020
Update #3: December 2021
Update #4: October 2022
Personal ( 9 / 17 )
Read at least 10 books (I’m not a big reader)(November 2020 and counting)Run (or walk) a 5K.(October 2022)Vote in the 2020 elections.(early voting in October 2020)- Learn how to do embroidery.
- Complete a “no-spend” or “frugal spend” month.
- Workout 3-4 times per week for one month.
- Complete a 12-week workout plan.
- Do Whole30 again but with the reintroduction phase.
Build our 6-month emergency fund(December 2021)Walk 10,000 steps every day for at least one week.(February 2020 in Paris)- Invest in a nice pair of flats.
Find the perfect winter coat.(February 2020)Read for 30 minutes every night before bed for one week.(November 2020)Buy my own laptop.(August 2020)Don’t drink Diet Coke for at least one month.(June 2020 and counting)- Make care packages for the homeless.
- Journal every day for one week.
Professional ( 3 / 10 )
- Start a “side hustle”.
Get a promotion!(May 2021)- Write at least one blog post per month (33 posts).
Write 3 weekend trip posts(Getaway, Washington DC, San Antonio)- Learn a new coding language (HTML) (Didn’t finish)
Share my blog with the world.(June 2021)- Organize my hard drive photos.
- Clean-up my phone contacts.
- Learn how to use a DSLR camera.
- Post on travel Instagram at least twice per month.
Marriage (and Gordo) ( 9 / 13 )
Send Christmas cards each year (2020, 2021).(December 2020, December 2021)- Make Christmas cookies with family.
Celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary (October 14, 2020).(October 2020)Celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary (October 14, 2021).(October 2021)Go to Santorini for our 5th wedding anniversary (October 14, 2022).(October 2022)Celebrate Gordo’s 2nd birthday (July 21, 2020).(July 2020)Celebrate Gordo’s 3rd birthday (July 21, 2021).(July 2021)Celebrate Gordo’s 4th birthday (July 22, 2022).(July 2021)Change my last name.(Removed)- Cook dinner every day for one week.
- Spend one weekend together completely unplugged.
- Try a yoga class with Drew.
Collect ornaments for each city we visit.(Done – see here, here and here)
Family & Friends ( 5 / 9 )
Host 3rd Annual Halloween party (2020).(October 2020)Host 4th Annual Halloween party (2021).(October 2021)- Host Thanksgiving with both families.
- Host a Christmas potluck dinner with friends.
- Create a family recipe cookbook.
Play mahjong with both families.(February 2021)Send house-warming presents to at least 5 friends.(October 2022)- Clean out my childhood desk.
Host a New Years Eve gathering.(December 2020)
Home ( 7 / 13 )
Paint our kitchen cabinets.(May 2020 – see post here!)Makeover our entryway.(June 2020)Paint our entire home.(Made progress – September 2022)- Replace our mailbox.
- Add smart lock to our gate.
- Give my closet the “Marie Condo” treatment.
Help Drew organize our garage.(April 2020)Pay-off our bedroom furniture.(July 2020)- Purchase a digital frame to display our photos.
Set-up our Christmas trees every year (2020, 2021).(December 2020, December 2021)Organize our sheets and pillows.(October 2022)- Purchase bathroom dish set.
- Revitalize our unhealthy plants.
Travel ( 9 / 16 )
* Completed after October 2022
Renew Global Entry and TSA pre-check.(April 2021)- Road trip through Scotland.
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Travel to Japan, including Disneyland Tokyo.(March/April 2023) - *
Visit family in Shanghai, China.(September 2023) Annual summer weekend in San Antonio (2020, 2021, 2022).(2020 was cancelled – read here; July 2021, June 2022)- Go to St. Helen, Oregon during Halloween.
Visit at least 5 new cities.(Waco, TX; Wimberley, TX; Fort Walton Beach, FL, Alexandria, VA’DC; Tampa, FL; Durango, CO; Medford, OR; Las Vegas, NV; Miami, FL)- Go on a girls’ trip each year (
2020, 2021,2022). (July 2021) Spa weekend at La Cantera Resort in San Antonio.(June 2022)- Sister weekend trip.
- Go canoeing in Banff.
Couples weekend in Washington, DC.(June 2021)Visit Drew’s sister & brother-in-law in Florida.(Removed – read here)- Spend Christmas in New York.
Visit the Magnolia Silos.(August 2020)- Go to San Francisco with Drew.
Houston ( 6 / 11 )
* Completed after October 2022
Go to the Rodeo each year (2020, 2021, 2022).(2020 & 2021 were cancelled; March 2022)- Go to the Bayou City Art Festival each year (
2020, 2021,2022). (2020 & 2021 were cancelled) - See Shen Yun in Houston!
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Watch the Nutcracker by the Houston Ballet.(December 2022) - Go to a Houston Orchestra performance.
Try at least 10 new restaurants.(Completed in October 2020)- Visit the farmer’s market in front of Tony’s.
Go to Lights in the Heights every year (2020, 2021).(REMOVED – see here)- Try 5 restaurants during Houston Restaurant Weeks. (Making progress – see here and here)
Go to Zoo Lights at the Houston Zoo during Christmas.(December 2020)Have a beach day in Galveston.(January 2021)
Just for Fun ( 6 / 12 )
- Sew a t-shirt quilt.
- Watercolor each place we have lived.
Watch a movie at the Rooftop Cinema Club.(October 2021)Figure out a creative way to display our travel souvenirs.(August 2021 – see here)- Go strawberry picking.
- Watch all Harry Potter movies.
- Paddleboard with Gordo in Austin.
Go to 5 concerts/festivals.(Completed in October 2022 – see here and here)Take a candle making class.(December 2020)Finally balayage my hair!(June 2020)Watch New Girl series.(May 2020)- Learn how to make paper.