I often find myself wondering what the point of this all is. I get up and do the same menial tasks over and over again. Don’t get me wrong, I love my family and my life is pretty damn good. I can’t complain really. I do however, wonder if there is some way I can get through every day with more intention. I am always hoping to live my life with intention but lose direction easily.
The first step for me is always making goals that I know I can meet but they are generally small and short lived. By trying 101 goals in 1001 days I can try to meet smaller and larger goals at the same time. Some of these will be easy to accomplish and some will need weeks or months to plan. My hope is to stay focused longer and ultimately live everyday with more intention.
Start date: May 25, 2017
End date: February 20, 2020
101 Goals in 1001 Days
- Finish list of 101 things DONE MAY 25 2017
- Go to the theatre
- Knit a sweater for Avalon
- Visit a National Park
- Donate blood
- Go to a concert
- Go on a road trip
- Make a new friend
- Go to the beach
- Get into University of Waterloo
- Start University
- Walk for charity
- Go to the drive in
- Go to the ballet
- Paint all the trim in the house
- Knit a sweater for husband
- Build bedroom in basement for Avalon
- Finish nursery
- Go to Europe
- Go to Costa Rica
- Get a facial
- Visit Royal Botanical Gardens
- Go apple picking
- Make a photo book out of Instagram photos
- Open Tax Free Savings Account
- Clean out gmail inbox
- Buy a new camera
- Visit the Cambridge Mill
- Go to a Broadway show
- Pay off my car
- Go on vacation with in-laws
- Complete three random acts of kindness
- Take kids to the Children’s Museum in Ottawa
- Practice regular date nights with my husband
- Find a comfortable work/home balance
- Turn backyard into my own secret garden
- Regain flexibility and strength
- Take the kids to Prince Edward Island
- Go to the carnival with my husband
- Finish basement bedroom
- Go to Las Vegas with Daniela (for real….we need to do that)
- Rent a cottage
- Get 200/500/1000 followers on Instagram
- Write a self care series on the blog
- Have 3 contests/giveaways on the blog/Instagram
- Find a way to control anxiety about going back to work
- Go on an overnight trip somewhere all alone
- Read/listen to 5 self help book
- Take a course in Excel
- Unplug completely for 24 hours (no phone/internet/television)
- Go to The Zoo
- Can tomatoes and grape juice
- Go to NYC (alone or with Jeff) and sit in Central Park
- Make new 72 hour kits for the family
- Publish one article on a parenting or travel blog/website
- Visit the Gamer Cafe
- Fly a kite
- Paint watercolor jellyfish for the bathroom
- Visit the Science Centre
- Make all of our bread for a month
- Write a guest blog post
- Declutter laundry room
- Paint laundry room and make it pretty
- Paint front door
- Get a new mattress
- Plan kitchen remodel/Get extension quotes
- Have a home “party” (pampered chef or similar)
- Buy really nice sheets
- Make a basement pantry
- Clean up basement and use more often
- Send Christmas cards
- Open a new RRSP for husband
- Save $250 a month for 6 months straight for no reason
- Treat my Mom to dinner
- Build blog email list
- Go for brunch
- Attend a blogging conference
- Put lettering above the front door
- Instal a fairy door somewhere in the house
- Get hair dyed
- Plant a Saskatoon Berry bush
- Visit Amma
- Visit Grandma Eve
- Buy a new family membership (to a museum or science centre)
- Go on a picnic
- Make bagels from scratch
- Grow watermelon
- Get Henna with Avalon
- Go kayaking with husband
- Take Avalon to Montreal or Quebec City
- Find a special activity for Celeste
- Discover 5 new bloggers and comment regularly
- Write 5 handwritten notes to friends and family
- Knit a shawl for my sister in law
- Go camping
- Buy a new couch
- Cut my hair off
- Go to afternoon tea
- Use ice cream making ball
- Visit Toronto Island
- Inspire someone else to write a 101 in 1001 list
