I have seen these goal lists many times but I finally decided to make one of my own.  I always think of things that I would love to do “someday”…or there are things on my mental to do list that just never get done.  So here is a written list that I am putting on our blog for accountability.  I am excited to check things off!  I will keep this list as a tab at the top of our blog and will cross off items as I complete them.  If I blog about a specific item, I will also add the link to that post.

So…here are 101 goals to be completed in 1001 days!

Start date: June 16, 2014
End date: April 26, 2017

44/101 completed
15 in progress

Food and Cooking:

1. Don’t eat out for a month.

2. Make a bone broth.

3. Make homemade taquitos.  (completed March 1, 2017 blogged about here)

4. Find 20 new side dishes to incorporate in family meals (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty).

 

Health:

5. Work out at least 3 times a week for 2 months

6. Do a juice cleanse.

7. Participate in a mud or color run. (completed September 2015)

8. Find recipes for, make, and use at least 3 natural cleaners.

9. Drink 8 bottles of water a day for a week straight.

10. Do 30 push-ups and sit-ups a day for two weeks straight.

11. Run a mile in less than ten minutes without stopping.

12.   Run twice a week for a month straight.

13. Do a sugar cleanse.

14. Complete the 30 Day Shred. (completed Feb 2015 blogged about here)

15. Do a detox bath. (completed Jan 3, 2015)

 

Reading:

16. Participate in a reading challenge. (began this one February 2015)

17. Read at least 3 marriage books.

18. Read 10 ebooks. (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten)

19. Read 2 books by Dickens.

20. Read 5 fiction books I already own.  (They can’t overlap with books for another item on my list.) (one – Bridge to Haven by Francine Rivers, two, three, four, five)

21. Read 5 nonfiction books I already own.  (They can’t overlap with books for another item on my list.) (one two three four five)

22. Join or start a book club.

23. Read 2 biographies.

 

Blog:

24. Host a blog link-up. (completed January 2015 – Oldie But Goodie monthly link-up)

25. Run a blog series. (completed March 2015)

26. Blog about at least 40 of the items on my list and how I achieved them.

27. Get 40,000 hits on my blog.

28. Comment on at least two blogs every day for a month.

29. Write a guest post for another blog. (completed May 2016, post here)

30.  Have 3 guest posts on our blog. (first guest post Aug 18, 2014, second post October 5, 2015, third post October 9, 2015)

 

Spiritual:

31. Spend time studying a different book of the Bible each month for 4 months.

32. Memorize one book of the Bible.

33. Go through Jonathan Edwards resolutions.  (Feb 2016)

34. Go through a 30 day challenge (prayer challenge or husband encouragement challenge) and invite others to join for accountability. (October 2015)

35. Memorize 5 uplifting songs. (one, two, three, four, five)

36. Listen to 10 online sermons. (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten) (completed March 19, 2017)

37. Donate money to 5 organizations that are working for God. (one, two, three, four, five)

 

Relationship:

38. Buy or make The Pilot a gift for no reason.

39. Go to a couples massage. (March 2016)

40. Go geo-caching (2016)

41. Go to a drive-in movie.

42. Take a dance class with The Pilot.

43. Surprise The Pilot with a “big” date. (March 2016)

44. Go on a picnic.

45. {Personal}

46. {Personal}

47. Go on a progressive dinner date.

48.  Movie theater marathon.  (2+ moves in a row)

49. Leave notes for The Pilot all around the house for him to find.

50. Have a board game date night.

 

Parenting:

51. Get involved in a play group for the Wingman. (completed November 5, 2014)

52. Do 30 intentional activities with the Wingman.

53. Go to the zoo. (completed Jan 2, 2015)

54. Read 2 parenting books. (Loving the Little Years by Rachel Jankovic completed December 3, 2014, The Newbie’s Guide to Positive Parenting completed September 2015)

55. Buy him a just because gift. (completed April 2015)

56. Go on 10 Mommy/Son dates.

57. Make a busy bag. (completed July 13, 2014)

58. Find 5 new healthy snacks for the Wingman. (one two three four five)

 

Personal:

59. Find 10 new hairstyles to try. (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ten)

60. Get a makeup lesson. (completed June 21, 2014)

61. Buy myself flowers just because.

62. Wear makeup for a week straight. (completed March 2017)

63. Begin process of becoming a certified prenatal fitness instructor.  (completed May 11, 2015)

64. Become CPR certified again. (completed March 12, 2017)

65. Get a massage. (completed June 2015)

66.  Pick two of my clothing ideas off of Pinterest to incorporate into my real wardrobe.

 

To Learn:

67. Learn some self defense skills.

68. Learn 3 new piano pieces.

69. Learn basic sewing skills.

70. Brush up on US geography. (November 2015)

71. Brush up on world geography.(November 2015)

72. Learn to French braid. (2015)

73. Brush up on the alphabet in sign language. (March 2016)

74. Learn basic First Aid. (completed March 2017)

75. Learn to fold a fitted sheet.  (completed August 21, 2014)

 

For Others:

76. Write 10 letters to friends just because. (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten)

77. Send a care package to a friend just because. (completed May 2015)

78. Find ways to bless 5 strangers.  (Such as giving a server a 100% tip, paying for someone else’s drive thru order, etc) (one, two, three, four, five)

79. Send 2 packages to Any Soldier.

80. Surprise a friend with flowers.  (completed Feb 1016)

81. Send 5 notes of gratefulness to people who have blessed my life.

82. Bake cookies for Michael to take in to work. (May 2016)

83. Help fund an adoption. (February 2017)

84. Babysit someone else’s kids so they can go on a date.

 

Hospitality:

85.  Have a new friend/couple over for dinner each month for 6 months.

86. Host 10 game nights. (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten)

87. Host a mystery dinner party. (completed April 2016)

88. Host a block party.  (completed August 4, 2015)

 

Odds and Ends

89. Buy a brand new copy of The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex to give to someone on Paperbackswap.

90. Complete 5 Pinterest projects. (#1 completed June 28, 2014 – blogged here, #2 completed December 3, 2014 – blogged here)

91. Explore 10 new-to-me local businesses or stores in my town. (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten)

92. Get a sign that lists the bases we have been to.

93. Post an encouraging song on Facebook every weekend for a month. (completed Dec 2014)

94. Don’t ask The Pilot to help me for 3 days.  (I can do things, I’m just lazy sometimes)

95. Take a technology break for one week.

96. Spend 30 minutes writing every day for 30 days.

97. Complete wedding scrapbook.

98. Complete a crochet project.

99. Complete a cross stitch project.

100. Try Birchbox (first box coming March 2015)

101. Make 2 snapfish photo books. (one completed Feb 2015, one completed May 2016)

-Bonnie