Setting goals for myself has always been a big part of my life. It's a great feeling when I can cross a goal off my list, and it's also a learning experience when a goal is not achieved. A few of my blogger friends have inspired me to start my own 101 in 1001. I've enjoyed watching Crystal Cattle, Brandi Buzzard, and Melissa Chestnut cross things off of their lists and reading about their experiences with accomplishing their goals. I've taken a few ideas from each of their lists and tried to incorporate them into a list of my own. Thanks girls for inspiring me to start a 101 in 1001!
I believe writing my goals down will provide me with a better chance of achieving them. In addition, it will also hold me accountable to you to accomplish what I set out to do.
Here's the run down of how this works. You have 1001 days to complete 101 goals. The goals in progress are in green and the goals that are completed are in orange.
Start date: June 18, 2012
End date: March 15, 2015
Blogging
1. Create an About tab
2. Create a Recipes tab
3. Create a 101 in 1001 tab
4. Update the blog template
5. Write a post everyday for one month
6. Comment on 50 different blog posts [5/50]
-01/15/13: Crystal Cattle; In Style With Winter Weather Gear
-1/16/13: Buzzard's Beat; If You're Wasting, You Shouldn't be Whinging
-1/17/13: Diaries From the Dirt Road; My 101 in 1001 List
-1/22/13: Buzzard's Beat; Dos Anos
-1/31/13: A Farm Wife's Life: Being Honest
Books to Read
7. Animal Farm- George Orwell
8. Catch 22- Joseph Heller
9. The Time Traveler's Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
10. Why Your PrescriptionTakes so Damn Long to Fill
11. Finish reading all of Nicholas Sparks' books.
12. The Best of Me- Nicholas Sparks
13. True Believer- Nicholas Sparks
14. The Wedding -Nicholas Sparks
15. The Guardian- Nicholas Sparks
16. A Bend in the Road- Nicholas Sparks
17. A Walk to Remember- Nicholas Sparks
18. The Notebook- Nicholas Sparks
Cooking
19. Make one new recipe a week for two months [2/8]
-Cubed Steak Parmesan 08/05/12
-BBQ Chicken and Veggies 02/02/14
20. Plan out meals for the week on Sunday for one month
21. Make Adam's Grandma's apple pie recipe
22. Purchase the Pioneer Woman's cookbook
23. Make 24 recipes from the Pioneer Woman's cookbook [0/24]
24. Make my mom's chicken enchiladas
25. Cook a whole chicken
Correspondence
26. Send 12 birthday cards on time to family and friends [1/12]
-Grandma Jeanne, Abby, Scott
27. Call each of my grandmas once a month for a year
28. Create, write, and mail Christmas cards or letters for 2012, 2013, and 2014.
29. Send out a thank you card within one week of receiving a gift or if someone has gone out of their way to help me.
- Sent thank yous to the friends and neighbors who send us cards and brought us food after Adam's Grandmother passed away.
Family
30. Take a road trip with my sister, Katie
31. Go to a Cardinals game with my brother, Dan
32. Attend 4 of my sister-in-law, Sara's, volleyball games [3/4]
-Benedictine vs. St. Mary on 10/07/2013
-Benedictine vs. Missouri Valley on 10/24/2013
-Benedictine vs. MidAmerica Nazarene University on 11/13/2013
33. Attend 12 of my sister-in-law, Jamie's, sporting events [16/12]
-State volleyball tournament in Emporia
-Basketball game 01/04/13
-Basketball game on 01/11/13
-Basketball game on 01/26/13
-Club volleyball game 2/10/13
-Basketball game on 02/15/13
-Track meet 05/
-Bolleyball game on 10/22/2013
-Substate Volleyball on 10/26/2013
-State Volleyball Tournament November 1st and 2nd, 2013
-Basketball game on 12/10/2013
-Basketball game on 01/31/2014
-Basketball game on 02/01/2014
-Basketball game on 02/03/2014
34. Visit my sister-in-law and brother-in-law in Garden City
35. Spend a weekend with Katie in Manhattan
36. Go to lunch with my Grandma Fern and Grandma Jeanne
37. Visit Adam's cousin, Devin in Pittsburg, KS
38. Visit Adam's cousin, Danae in Memphis, TN
39. Go to Ireland with my family
40. Start a family
Finances
41. Start a 401K or a Roth IRA
42. Put $2,500 in savings
43. Donate to K-State [3/2]
-07/09/12 - $50 for K-State License Plate
-09/09/12- $64 toward lifetime alumni association membership
-02/2013- $55 for K-State Telefund
44. Put $5,000 toward student loans
45. Save $20 a week and put it towards a trip to Ireland
$600 as of 1/12/13
46. Read Dave Ramsey's book, The Total Money Makeover
47. Meet with a financial planner to get our finances in order for the long-term.
Fitness
48. Run seven 5Ks [1/7]
-The Color Run- 07/01/12
49. Run a 10K
50. Run two half marathons [1/2]
Hospital Hill Half Marathon 06/01/2013, time 2:48:52
51. Run a marathon
52. Complete the 60 days of the Insanity workout
53. Workout 3x per week for a month
-two weeks completed
Household
54. Install a water softener
55. Redecorate our bedroom
56. Start a compost pile
57. Purchase a dishwasher
58. Purchase a new freezer
59. Hold a garage sale
60. Install central air
61. Gut the upstairs of our house
62. Complete three landscaping projects [0/3]
63. Plant an herb garden
64. Start and stick with growing a garden for a whole summer
Marriage
65. See three movies in the theater [1/3]
-That's My Boy
66. Go fishing with Adam
67. Go to a concert together
68. Create a living will
69. Attend four weddings together [1/4]
-Dan and Kari's wedding 07/27/2013
-Michelle and Jon's wedding 08/17/2013
70. Greet Adam at the door every night he comes home for one week
School
71. Pass Top 200 in three attempts
72. Update my CV once every two months.
- October 2012, November 2012, February 2013, April 2013, August 2013, October 2013, November 2013, December 2013
73. Finish the fall 2012 semester with a 3.5 GPA
-3.8
74. Finish the spring 2013 semester with a 3.5 GPA
-3.73
75. Complete pharmacy school
76. Apply for a residency
77. Attend three national or regional pharmacy organization meetings. [1/3]
-APhA-ASP Annual Conference March 1-4, 2013, Los Angeles, CA
78. Teach a lecture on Food Toxicology
79. Complete the school of pharmacy scholarship application for 2012 and 2013
Social Networking
80. Create a Facebook page for the blog
81. Participate 3 times in #agchat [1/3]
- 12/11/12
82. Participate 3 times in #blogchat [0/3]
83. Participate 3 times in #rockingruralwomen chat [0/3]
84. Meet 4 of my Twitter friends in person [8/4]
-Kelly Rivard @KMRivard- July 18, 2012
I met SEVERAL Twitter friends, in person and I also had the opportunity to meet new ones at the Agtastic Tweet-Up in Kansas City on August 22, 2012. If I missed adding you to this list I apologize!
-Jennifer Dewey @jenlynndewey
-Mark Rohrich @sunflowerfarmer
-David Foster @fosterdairy
-Lynda Foster @milkmaid6
-Ryan Goodman @AR_ranchhand
-Mike Haley @farmerhaley
-Alden Haugh @MSAldenEliz
-David Hayden @Davidhayden7
-David Heim @dairy_lvc
-Jennifer Heim @jmheim33
-Alicia MacLean @NHPorkDork
-Kylie Stinson @ksgraintrain
-Darren Williams @REAL_BEEFMAN
85. Start using my Instagram app
Personal
86. Organize photos
87. Make back up copies of all of my photos.
88. Send friends and family pictures I have of them.
89. Donate blood every 60 days for a year
-08/13/12
90. Update my passport with my new last name.
91. Make 10 Pinterest craft projects [0/10]
92. Do 7 random acts of kindness [2/7]
- Bought a soldier a drink at dinner
-Bought my roommates for the APhA-ASP conference coffee and breakfast one morning.
93. Volunteer at the Jefferson County Fair in 2012 and 2013
-helped with the Farm Bureau pedal pull 08/12
94. Read a book about photography or take a class on photography
95. Clean out my school and personal email and get them both down to 100 emails in my inbox.
96. Plan and organize a social media informational meeting for people in agriculture in a tri-county area.
Miscellaneous/Fun
97. Host a dinner party
98. Watch 5 new Disney or Pixar movies
99. Purchase a pair of black exotic cowboy boots
100. Post 15 updates on the blog about my progress with completing these goals.
-01/15/13
101. Start a new 101 in 1001 when this one is completed
I love the shout out! You've had this forever, but I'm just now reading it. Hope we can both be accountable to each other and our goals!
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