My friend Whitney just posted her list of 101 things in 1001 days yesterday and I was so inspired that I just had to make my own! Coming up with 101 things was really challenging, especially considering I have no earthly idea where I’ll be in 2.75 years. But c’est la vie, et cetera! To be crossed off by Saturday, November 22, 2014…

1. Finish a work of fiction
2. Submit it for publishing
3. Take an art class
4. Go camping for the very first time (better late than never)
5. Learn how to make macaroons
6. Witness the Chincoteague Pony Swim
7. Sing karaoke
8. Run a 5K
9. Run a 10K
10. Learn how to knit
11. See a musical on Broadway
12. Host a meal at my house once a month for three months (0/3)
13. Successfully make a soufflé
14. Make 5 things for 5 friends (0/5)
15. Volunteer at a soup kitchen
16. Attend Baltimore’s French Language Meet Up
17. Plant and maintain a planter box garden
18. Donate blood
19. Read 15 classic novels (1/15) - Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen 4/12/12
20. Go to a music festival
21. Complete the 365 photo-a-day challenge
22. Go rock-climbing
23. Use my passport to visit a country I’ve never been to before
24. Make an inspirational banner
25. Learn basic Spanish
26. Solidify a writing routine
27. See a movie in the theater by myself The Artist at The Charles Theater 3/5/12
28. Participate in National Novel Writing Month
29. Build a blanket fort on a rainy day
30. Visit 10 museums (3/10) - National Geographic Museum 3/31/12, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History 3/31/12, American Visionary Arts Museum 4/8/12
31. Urban Pirate cruise on the harbor
32. Write a letter or e-mail to an author I admire
33. See Les Mis on stage at the Fox Theatre with Mom 4/28/12
34. Grab a friend and go to Zumba
35. Open an Etsy store
36. Make a storyboard for a playlist
37. Buy a flapper dress
38. Knit or crochet a circle scarf
39. Host a tea party
40. Attend a horse race and place a bet
41. Go to a Navy football game with my dad
42. Explore a lighthouse on the coast of Maryland with my mom
43. Go on a trip with my sisters
44. Get a fancy cooking lesson from Chef… I mean Will!
45. Double the length of my quiet time each morning
46. Go tubing
47. Drink a frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity in NYC
48. Visit the observation deck of the Empire State Building (and look for Cary Grant)
49. Get a French press
50. Make Aunt Val’s tomato pie all by myself
51. Visit M et Mme Chauchat in Versailles
52. Stand at Point Zéro in Paris and take a picture
53. Have a picnic
54. Give up chocolate for a month
55. Finally buy a pair of boots
56. Kiss in the rain(!)
57. Learn how to poach an egg
58. Try brunch at 10 different restaurants (1/10) - Teavolve 3/18/12
59. Obtain and wreck a Wreck This Journal (thanks for the gift, cousin Allie!)
    
60. See a classic film in a theater
61. Paint outside
62. Paint something on canvas
63. Bake croissants from scratch
64. Successfully perform a shoulder stand in yoga class 2/29/12
65. Go to the Baltimore Farmer’s Market right when it opens at 7AM
66. Make a meal only using food bought at a farmer’s market
67. Take an archery lesson (Legolas/Robin Hood complex? Ok yes…)
68. Attend a book festival 
69. Make a dear friend
70. Pay for someone else’s coffee in a drive-thru
71. Watch 1 French film a week for 6 weeks straight (0/6)
72. Go to bed by 10PM every night for a week
73. Make a donation to a cause I believe in
74. Make a donation to my alma mater 5/20/12
75. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
76. Visit Lancaster, PA
77. Join or start a book club
78. Cook a meal with my grandma 5/12/12
79. Send handwritten notes to friends and family (10/50)
80. Go apple picking
81. Enter a writing competition
82. Send a care package to a soldier I don’t know personally
83. Go to a red carpet premiere (on the sidelines - I’m not that delusional!)
84. Make breakfast al fresco
85. Spend a weekend at the beach
86. Write a bucket list
87. Make a lamp out of an old-fashioned fire extinguisher (like my mom’s)
88. Go vegetarian for a month
89. Figure out what I want to be when I grow up (ha!)
90. Tour the White House
91. Throw a themed party
92. Eat in an Ethiopian restaurant
93. Try to recreate the scones au nature I had at BAPZ in Toulouse
94. Play paintball
95. Introduce someone to the Dutch market
96. Spend the entire day at Boordy Vineyards
97. Go horseback riding
98. Get paid for my writing
99. Sponsor a child
100. Inspire someone else to create their own 101 in 1001 3/6/12 - good luck, Libby!
101. Celebrate completing my 101 in 1001 list!

6:44 pm  •  25 February 2012  •  5 notes  •  View comments