About a week ago, I was scrolling through the fabulous Emily Ley’s blog and found the Simplified Series and then found Mackenzie Horan – a blogger who is just FABULOUS. While scrolling through HER gorgeous blog, I came across a challenge she gave herself and posed to her readers: choose 101 goals to complete in 1001 days. She’s on her second set of goals and I have been on this goal kick lately, so… it only made perfect sense to create a list of my own!!! I think goals are so important for us all to set – personal, business, anything! They give you something to work for – something that you can be thrilled about every single day. There’s always something you can do for yourself, your relationships, your job! I’m SO excited to share this with you and see how far I get in 1001 days! I’ll share monthly updates and I hope a few of try this challenge yourself!

I’m officially starting TODAY!!! Let’s see how this goes. Here are my goals! Some are definitely serious and others are just plain fun. What would yours be?! Tell me all about it here or on social media!! 

Personal (Me + Ryan)

1. [PERSONAL]
2. Weekly date nights (no phones!) for 2 months straight
3. Try 10 new restaurants
4. Read 30 books
5. Read 5 classic novels
6. Watch 5 new documentaries with Ryan
7. Finish “Orange is the New Black”
8. Finish “Once Upon a Time” with Ryan
9. Take nighttime cruise around DC monuments
10. Visit 2 DC museums
11. Play cello for a musical pit again
12. Try 10 new wineries/breweries/cideries
13.  [PERSONAL]
14. Update Linked In account with resume + headshot
15. Read before bed for 30 minutes for a month
16. Keep a daily gratitude journal for 6 months
17. Learn mine + Ryan’s love languages
18. Watch one Bond movie from each Bond actor
19. Get a picture of Ryan and me with Santa
20. Visit the national zoo lights
21. Cook a turkey
22. Attend a beer/wine festival I’ve never been to with Ryan
23. See the Nutcracker professionally
24. Take a mixology class with Ryan
25. Take a ballroom class/go dancing with Megan/Arthur
26. Bake a crazy cupcake (think Cupcake Wars!)

Health

27. Run four 5Ks
28. Run Disney race
29. Run two 10Ks
30. Run a half marathon
31. Complete the 21 day fix
32. Try Whole 30 for a month
33. Work out 4x/week for 2 months straight
34. Run 1,000 miles in 1001 days (notate monthly!)
35. Try 3/5 new foods: quinoa, cauliflower mac + cheese, beets, trout, sweet potatoes
36. No fast food for a month (4x)
37. Track my food intake for a month

Home/Organization

38. Organize kitchen pantry WITH LABELS!
39. Sort through craft closet + trash what is not needed
40. Organize the hall closet (towels, sheets, etc.)
41. Clean out bookshelf
42. Donate 2x to women’s shelter
43. Sketch out new backyard layout + decide on flowers/veggies to plant
44. Go through closet + donate/sell anything not worn in last year (use the backward hanger idea!)
45. Clean out my email accounts + unsubscribe from emails I really don’t need
46. Create a holder for Shelby’s leash + bags to hang by front door
47. Set up shelves in garage, organize + label all holiday décor
48. Go through apps on my phone + get rid of what I don’t need
49. Organize postcard collection
50. Clean my desk + reorganize what’s left
51. Clean out wine collection
52. Transfer notes into electronic notes
53. Organize under the sinks
54. Update photographs around the house

Finances

55. Put $15 into savings for every goal completed
56. Put away $20 each paycheck to put towards down payment on future single family home
57. Every other month, go without spending anything on myself (except for food/gas!)
58. Pay off two of my five student loans
59. Get a newspaper for couponing purposes
60. Save for + get the Hammer + Chisel series from Beachbody

Business

61. Change business model to include preview sessions and prints
62. Photograph 10 newborns
63. Order samples of all products
64. Learn InDesign
65. Design a style guide (hopefully with Jonathan!)
66. Design a welcome guide/packet
67. Partner with a children’s boutique
68. Upgrade camera
69. Invest in 2 new memory cards + get rid of smaller/less reliable cards
70. Start a new series on the blog
71. Improve client experience
72. Learn about SEO + implement changes on website
73. Go part time with the business/desk job
74. Create a newsletter that is sent 2x/month
75. Add option to receive new blogs by email onto website
76. Get 2 to 5 new clients for Virtual Assistant work
77. Edit for 2 photographers
78. Update to desktop computer for editing/business work
79. Improve website – overall appearance w/brand
80. Host successful mini sessions
81. Develop a set of stock photos for holidays
82. Update website copy
83. Swap headshots with another photographer
84. Partner with a bakery for cake smash sessions

Family/Friends

85. Send my sister a package randomly
86. Send my college age cousins care packages
87. Spend one weekend with each set of grandparents
88. Travel to see out-of-town family from each side
89. Contact one friend every week that I haven’t spoken with in awhile
90. Host 2 dinner parties for friends/family
91. Host week-before-Christmas gathering
92. Have 4 family girls’ day get-togethers
93. Attend beach week
94. Take my cousin + sister to a new winery

Travel

95. Travel 2 places I’ve never been before
96. Go fishing in the OBX
97. Try a new restaurant at the beach
98. Go away for a weekend all about Ryan
99. Take a trip with Megan + Arthur
100. Take Ryan to see the Lost Colony in the OBX
101. Take Ryan to see the sunset on Jockey’s Ridge

What do you think?! I want to hear about your 101 in 1001! 

XOXO,

Kristina