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 4/23/13
2. Submit it for publishing 4/24/13
3. Take an art class
4. Go camping for the very first time (better late than never)
5. Learn how to make macarons with Emily and Will 12/28/12
6. Witness the Chincoteague Pony Swim
7. Sing karaoke
8. Run a 5K The Color Run with Katy, Will, Emily, and Sarah in DC 9/9/12
9. Run a 10K
10. Learn how to knit 9/5/12
11. See a musical on Broadway Mamma Mia with Aunt Val, Uncle Bill, and Sarah 2/2/13
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 (1/5) for Ali 3/1/13
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 classics (5/15) - Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen 4/12/12, A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs 7/6/12, The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 7/15/12, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 9/21/12, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 12/20/12
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 beginner class taken 2/21/13 - 5/2/13
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 11/1/12-11/30/12
29. Build a blanket fort on a rainy day 10/30/12
30. Visit 10 museums I’ve never been to before (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 with Sarah 6/26/12
35. Open an Etsy store
36. Make a storyboard for a playlist
37. Buy a flapper dress
38. Knit or crochet a circle scarf 12/14/12
39. Host a tea party
40. Attend a horse race and place a bet
41. Go to a Navy football game with my dad 9/29/12
42. Explore a lighthouse on the coast of Maryland with my mom 8/12/12
43. Go on a trip with my sisters
44. Get a fancy cooking lesson from Chef… I mean Will! 12/30/12
45. Double the length of my quiet time each morning
46. Go tubing
47. Drink a frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity in NYC with Sarah and Alison 10/6/12
48. Visit the observation deck of the Empire State Building (and look for Cary Grant)
49. Get a French press thank you Aunt Val and Uncle Bill! 12/25/12
50. Make Aunt Val’s tomato pie without supervision 9/25/12
51. Visit M et Mme Chauchat in Versailles 5/27/12
52. Stand at Point Zéro in Paris and take a picture 5/25/12
53. Have a picnic
54. Give up chocolate for a month
55. Finally buy a pair of boots 9/22/12
56. Kiss in the rain(!)
57. Learn how to poach an egg 11/18/12
58. Try brunch at 10 different restaurants (6/10) - Teavolve 3/18/12, The Hamilton 9/16/12, Boundary Stone DC 3/24/13, Firefly 4/7/13, Company Cafe 4/14/13, Water for Chocolate 4/28/13
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 Farmers’ Market & Bazaar right when it opens at 7AM with Amy 7/29/12
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 Baltimore Book Festival 9/28/12
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 (6/6) - Les Émotifs Anonymes 9/12/12, Joueuse 9/17/12, Le Papillon 9/26/12, Potiche 10/4/12, Une femme est une femme 10/11/12, Elle s’appelait Sarah 10/17/12
72. Go to bed by 10PM every night for a week 8/23/12 - 8/30/12
73. Make a donation to a cause I believe in Blood Water Mission 1/1/2013
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 (38/50)
80. Go apple picking
81. Enter a writing competition The Mysterious Undertakings of Mara Dew 8/30/12
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 with Uncle Bill 8/5/12
85. Spend a weekend at the beach 8/31/12 - 9/3/12
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 with Sarah 3/2/13
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!

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