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101 Things To Do In 1,001 Days

Ok so I’ve had several tumblrs I follow make one of these and I’ve been thinking about it for a while now. So here goes.

Basically I’m going to join in this experiment. I’m going to create 101 goals for myself that I WILL accomplish in 1,001 days. I will make a post each time I accomplish one just letting you know, and I will also cross out the ones I have completed in this post. Follow along if you’d like, or creat your own! Enjoy. :)

This will begin on March 17th, 2009. I’m 21 years old now. If my calculations are correct, the ending date will be December 13th, 2011. I’ll have just turned 24 years old. Oh and just for the record, my son will be right about 4 and a half years old. :)

Ok so here goes.

My 101 Goals:

1. Complete my AA for accounting.

2. Learn to play at least basic guitar songs.

3. Memorize at least three songs on guitar. {0/3}

4. Splurge on a really nice acoustic guitar.

5. Get into shape. I know what that means to me, so that’s all the matters.

6. Decide on what seminary to attend.

7. Hang out with Jason at least once.

8. Teach Robert how to read basic words (Go Dog, Go type stuff).

9. Go out of the country, even if it’s just to Canada.

10. Get a freakin’ penpal!

11. Join a book club. Even if I have to start it myself to do so.

12. Go to AZ to visit Mike and my brother.

13. Meet someone that I know only online. In a safe and responsible way of course.

14. Be out on my own with just Robert and I for at least one year.

15. Take a day and get out of town completely alone. Don’t visit anyone, just people and site watch.

16. Read the entire Bible in at least two translations at the same time.

17. Buy a camera I love at first site.

18. Spent a total of at least ten days in the wilderness. {0/10}

19. Go a week without food, relying on God for strength.

20. Serve at a food bank in a bigger city.

21. Begin learning at least two instruments (besides guitar). {0/2}

22. Learn to dance the Tango.

23. Learn to swing dance.

24. Learn the Waltz.

25. Try a Dutch Bros in at least three different states. (Oregon doesn’t count, that’s where I always get it). {1/3}

26. Eat at that one donut shop I always see in Sandy…I don’t even know the name of it.

27. Learn to snowboard at least well enough to use the lift tickets I always buy and waste…

28. Go skydiving.

29. Take a college course just for pleasure.

30. Learn to speak another language.

31. Go on a cruise, or at least have tickets for one by the end of this 1,001 days.

32. Go to Wild Waves again.

33. Learn to surf.

34. Live the life of a homeless person in a bigger city for at least three days.

35. Go swimming in the ocean on a freezing cold day, even if it’s just for a few minutes.

36. Go on a road trip with or without a purpose.

37. See an artist I’ve never heard of before in concert.

38. Take Robert to Build-a-Bear and let him spend as much as he wants on his one bear (or other stuffed animal).

39. See the sun set and rise from the beach.

40. Buy a bike with a baby seat so I can ride with Robert.

41. Spend an entire night outside looking at the stars.

42. Go to a church somewhere in the south, just to see if there’s a difference.

43. See Khrystnee again. I miss her.

44. Somehow find my old friend Shauna’s address and send her a letter in the mail anonymously.

45. Find and visit my grandparents graves.

46. Go wake boarding.

47. Climb a rock wall again.

48. See Spencer M. I miss him a lot too.

49. Watch all three LotR movies straight with nothing but bathroom/food and drink breaks.

50. Do the same thing with the Mighty Duck movies…

51. Find a Skate World and go roller blading there.

52. See a waterfall upclose. A big one.

53. Visit a hot springs.

54. Write poems and post at least one on tumblr at the begining of each month, no matter how bad it sucks. (Start posting next month). {1/33}

55. Go to at least ten concerts, wheather big or small. {0/10}

56. Accomplish at least three of these goals in a single day.

57. Buy and Ipod touch. Yes I know I’m a traitor.

58. Go an entire week without talking to my mom.

59. Call or text my brother randomly just to let him know I love him.

60. Go to the park with Robert at least once a month, no matter the wheather (I’ll bundle him up like no other if I have to) and swing by myself. {2/34}

61. Learn to make something new every month. (Starting next month). {0/33}

62. Get my picture drawn in a characature.

63. Once I learn to play guitar, go play on the street in Seattle and if any money gets donated, give it to charity.

64.  Make a mix CD and leave it somewhere public where it can be found.

65. Write a complete song I can be truly proud of (lyrics only).

66. Pray out loud with a group of ten or more people. (Huge fear I have).

67. Run through a sprinkler with all my clothes still on like I did as a kid.

68. Initiate a water baloon fight.

69. Write at least ten letters and leave them in random places, including sending one in a bottle down a river and one in the ocean. {0/10}

70. Go into a store and drink an entire soda before paying for it.

71. Get someones phone number the first time I ever meet them.

72. Get a new copy of my drivers license, new picute and side ways since I’m 21 now.

73. Get at least 50 $1 bills, write scripute on them, and throw them in the air randomly on a windy day and don’t pick any of them back up.

74. Drive down a street with a lot of people walking blaring Jesus Freak by DC Talk as loud as the speakers will go with all the windows rolled down.

75. Stay up for 24 hours straight for no reason.

76. Go to Creation Fest Northeast one year.

77. See Todd Agnew in concert!

78. Find a new artist I enjoy every month. {1/34}

79. Go an entire month without cussing. Each time I do, start over from there and try again.

80. Leave notes for my best friend where he’ll randomly come across them way later that say nothing too important, just telling him how much he means to me. We’ll go with at least three, just for measurments sake. {0/3}

81. Try at least three foods that I’ve hated in the past. {0/3}

82. Try lobster.

83. Try crab.

84. Go clam digging again.

85. Go hunting, even if I don’t kill anything.

86. Go fishing atleast five times. {0/5}

87. Read all of SE Hinton’s books that are in my library.

88. Use my library card at least once a month. {1/34}

89. Skip rocks for at least an hour.

90. See a shooting star.

91. Try at least ten new flavors of tea. {0/10}

92. Walk to the tenth story at Dornbeckers Children’s Hospital.

93. Go to Ira’s Fountain and read my Bible for an entire night.

94. Try new foods at resturants where I always get the same thing at least five times. {0/5}

95. Fly a kite.

96. Ride on the back of a motorcycle again.

97. Learn to drive a motorcycle.

98. Ride go karts.

99. Learn to drive a stick shift.

100. Take a bubble bath.

101. Catch a butterfly, if only for a second.

Click here for more information on the experiment.

Anyone want to join me? :P

~Katelyn~