When I first started my blog back in 2013, I was inspired by Mackenzie Horan to start a 101 in 1001 list. When I look back at some of the things on my original list I honestly laugh. It’s so funny to look back and see how my interest and priorities have changed and developed over the years.
- Learn to code
- Create and manufacture my own product
- Consistently keep a daily journal for one month
- Go unplugged for a whole weekend
- Move out of my parent’s house
Get a job before graduation- Travel to 2 new countries
- Learn to play backgammon
- Write on the blog every weekday for 1 month
- Go to Nantucket
- Visit a friend at their college
- Do something that really scares me
Buy or lease my own car- Send handwritten notes to all my friends just for fun
- Guest write for a blog or editorial I love
- Host a summer/spring backyard party
- Film and post 10 youtube videos
- Settle into a steady workout routine at school
Become a morning person- Get rid of all the clutter in my room
- Redecorate my bedroom
- Try 20 new to me restaurants
- Make my LA guide
- Get Global Entry and TSA Precheck
- Try aerial yoga
- Take a trapeze class
- Go a whole month without shopping
- See the canals in Venice Beach
- Watch the sunrise from the beach or mountains
- Take a calligraphy class
- Visit a National Park
- Go on a roadtrip
- Work with a brand I admire
- Learn to drive stick shift
- Begin writing a book
- Stick to my Lenten promise
- Try something new with my hair
- Go to 2 concerts
- Get my first freelance design job
- Host a meetup with my followers
- Organize all my photos on my phone and computer
- Finally print my photos
- Decorate my first apartment
- Get a promotion
- Define my personal style
- Stick to a monthly series on my blog for one year
- Have my apartment featured on a blog or magazine I admire
- Invest in a designer handbag
- Go to Tokyo
- Speak at a conference or on a panel
- Get interviewed on a website or podcast
- Learn to cook 10 new meals
- Have new headshots taken
- Work with a photographer for my blog
- Commit to a blog schedule/editorial calendar
- Brush up on my french
- Start a collection of matchbooks from restaurants I love
- Register my blog as a business
- Make 4 new blog friends
- Collaborate with 3 other bloggers
Learn Illustrator- Make work friends
- Find my signature scent
Convert my blog to self-hosted wordpress.org- Organize all my beauty products
- Invest in a full luggage set
- Read the newspaper every morning for a month
- Watch 10 new documentatries
- Get invited on a trip for my blog
- Go a month without ordering Postmates/Uber Eats
- No elevators or escalators for a week
- Establish 3 different revenue streams for myself post-grad
- Have lunch or coffee with an entrepreneur I admire
- Find a mentor
- Try eyelash extensions
- Stop drinking Diet Coke
- Make a huge mistake and learn a big lesson from it
- Go to NYFW
- Go a week without heat styling my hair
Run a 10 min mile- Do a 5k
- Donate $500 to a cause I care about
- Go dairy free for 3 weeks
- Workout every day for a month
Become an ambassador for a brand that excites me- Try 5 new Happy Hours in LA
- Begin investing in a retirement fund
- Cut out refined sugar for 2 weeks
- Get an allergy test
- Do 23 and me
- Take my mom on a Mother-Daughter Vacay
- Find my signature drink
- Throw a surprise party
- Post on Instagram every day for a month
- Convert all my files to the cloud
- Get another dog
- Say yes to every opportunity for a week
- Wear my retainer every night for a month
- Try retinol
- Start taking daily vitamins
- Buy myself a new laptop