Today’s the day! I’m officially starting my ultimate “to-do” list. I have 1001 days to accomplish this list of 101 things.
When I first saw Mackenzie Horan of Design Darling‘s list, I thought the start of senior year would be a perfect time to try this.
I encourage you to create your list and let me know when you do! [Beat me to it? I’d love to see a list you’re already working on!]
- GRADUATE!
- Find a job post-grad
- Move to a new town
- Have photography printed to hang
- Learn more about my camera
- Develop my personal brand
- Enter pictures into a photography contest
- Refine my style
- Cleanse my closet!
- Travel to Europe-already planned!
- Utilize career services
- Find a concentration for this blog
- Learn code
- Host a dinner party
- Go to a blogger convention
- Make blog friends
- Subscribe to a magazine (it would save me so much money!)
- Keep an updated inspiration board
- Develop a morning routine
- Develop a workout routine
- Go to New York for at least 3 days
- Spend a day at a spa
- Become an active Tri Delta alum
- Get my hair professionally styled
- Learn how to do make-up beyond basics
- See at least 20 “must-see” movies
- Work reading into my daily routine
- Find a mentor
- Invest in (and learn) Photoshop
- Get 100 blog followers
- Splurge on a nice purse
- Find the perfect graduation dress
- Learn a language
- Consistently journal
- Buy 10 coffee table books
- Buy my domain name
- Get MARRIED!
- Write a letter at least once a week for 3 months
- Eat food from a food truck
- See an outdoor movie
- Learn to ballroom dance
- Create an address book
- Attend a fashion week show
- Decorate with fresh flowers for 2 months
- Go to the ballet
- Set a budget and stick to it
- Get my boating license
- Attend Spoleto in Charleston
- Own an iPad
- Write a book
- Find a church to attend regularly post-grad
- Save $10 for every goal completed
- Donate $2 to St. Jude for every goal completed
- Go to the beach outside of SC
- See Wofford from the roof of Milliken
- See a musical on Broadway
- Visit 3 new states
- Make time to write every day for 1 month
- Go to the Grande Ole Opry with Christopher
- Visit 3 new museums
- Start an art collection (at least 3 pieces)
- Increase the variety of my iTunes music
- Master cooking 3 of my favorite meals: Chicken Pot Pie, Chicken Soup, and Country Fried Steak
- Take a Paint & Pour class
- Go sailing with Alex
- Learn calligraphy
- Unsubscribe from old email lists
- Go on a trip with Alex
- Learn (and use) a new word every day for 2 months
- See all of the movies nominated for best picture before award season
- Read at least 3 Jane Austen novels
- Go apple picking
- Read the WSJ every day for 1 month
- Invest in the stock market
- Keep a “line-a-day” journal every day for senior year
- Make a playlist of 101 of my favorite songs
- Make a list of the 50 quotes I find most inspiring
- Take a picture of every letter of the alphabet
- Quit using “like”-seriously a bad habit
- Memorize the president’s in order and 1 important fact about them
- Write a letter to myself to open on my wedding day
- Make a list of advice I wish I had been given about college for my cousins
- Write a personal manifesto
- Throw a 4th of July party
- Redesign my blog
- Put all of my pictures on an external hard drive
- Take a weekend trip
- Visit a winery
- Update my accessory selection (shoes, jewelry, purses)
- Go to a Bed & Breakfast
- Drink more water and no soda for 3 weeks straight
- Go to a Packers game with Dad
- Take at least 3 Alt classes
- Go to bed before 11 during the week for 2 weeks
- Work out with a personal trainer
- Learn more about fashion & interior design
- Utilize the public library
- Guest post on another blog
- Design & stick to an editorial calendar
- Go on a picnic with my own picnic basket and blanket
- Inspire someone else to make their own list
My finish date is May 30, 2016. This seems like far away, but I know it’s going to go fast!
Here’s to new goals!
Keep Dancing
The Dance of Life 