Before I Go

 In approximately 3 months I'll be leaving Texas to move back to Minnesota.  There are a few things on my 101 in 1001 list that are Texas specific so my main focus right now is those 10 things as far as the list goes.  Well, a couple of them aren't Texas specific but I would like them finished before I leave.

Consider these my spring goals!

1. Pay off smaller credit card

2. Visit 3 Texas wineries

3. Visit 3 Texas breweries

4. Visit 3 Texas distilleries

5. Finish my Minnesota estate courses

6. Photograph 10 Houston area murals

7. Get Danny all of this stuff back

8. Try 3 Texas BBQ places

9. Go to the local farmer's market 5 times

10. Visit my Texas friends before I move

101 in 1001 Version 4.5

On January 1, 2010 I started my very first 101 in 1001 list.  I then started another, & another, & another.  I'm technically still in that last one.  My 4th one was supposed to run from March 25th, 2018 to December 20, 2020.  Even when I made it I said that it would be my last.  That's a decade worth of 101 in 1001 lists.  But then, I straight up quit my "current" list.  I don't even remember exactly when I stopped looking at & working on the list.  Steph posted about her new list though & as she often does, she inspired me to try again.  Hence Version 4.5.  I decided to go through my 4th version & get rid of things I no longer cared about & transfer the things I still wanted to do to my new one.

I don't want to bore you with the WHOLE list so here are 11 of my 101 tasks:

1. Pay off my credit union credit card
11. Invest in 403b/401k
21. Attend Houston Restaurant Week
31. Start & finish my "Wreck This Journal"
41. Leave 100% tip
51. Try 75 new recipes
61. Run a 5k
71. Make authentic tamales
81. Goat yoga
91. Finish 5 different series on Netflix with Danny
101. Get 2000 Twitter followers

My new list starts tomorrow, May 1st, & goes through January 27, 2023.  I'm hoping that by starting a journal for this one, as well as the fact that I'm not really at work again until August, that I'll get more completed.  I do already have one of them completed, #82 - Make Homemade Hummus, but I made it this past weekend & it's within a week of my list starting so I'm just counting it.

1 Year Into My 4th 101 in 1001

A year ago I started my 4th 101 in 1001 list.  I knew when I started this one that it would probably be my last.  At it's end date of late December 2020, I would have had a 101 in 1001 list going for 10 years; I started my first one Jan 1, 2010.  I also made it my most realistic one & therefore the one I'd most likely accomplish the most items.

However, I've decided to end the list early.  That's right, I quit.  I had/have so many other things going on that I realized I wasn't even tracking certain tasks anymore or making an effort to accomplish some because they weren't on my immediate radar as things I needed to do.

That doesn't mean there aren't things on there that I don't still plan on doing, it just means I'm not going to have a "must be done by 12/20/20" restriction & certain items won't have a "must be done x amount of times" criteria to count.  There are others that I flat out don't care to do & therefore won't.  Some have been completed though!  So in my last ever 101 in 1001 recap I give you what I did, what I still want to do (even if it's modified), & what I do not care about anymore.

What I Did - 27

-Consolidate Navient student loans (#6)
-Create a 2018 "Discover Weekly" playlist on Spotify (#19)
-Drink a half gallon of water every day for a month (#21)
-Get to goal weight (#24)
-Walk a 5k/day for a month (#25)
-Go to the dentist (#26)
-Track food for a month (#28)
-Write a letter to myself to open at the end of 1001 days (#30)
-Write a letter to 20 year old me (#34)
-Write a letter to 40 year old me (#35)
-Have a tourist day in DFW (#41)
-Visit a brewery (#47)
-Visit a distillery (#48)
-Use my passport (#56)
-Pay for someone behind me (#64)
-Leave 100% tip (#69)
-Celebrate my 30th birthday (#78)
-Have 10 Treat yoself days (#79)
-Go at least a year w/o applying for a new job (#80)
-Go at least a year w/o moving (#81)
-Organize closets & cabinets (#87)
-Get a new tattoo (#88)
-Do an Ancestry DNA test (#91)
-Buy fresh flowers every month for a year (#93)
-Finish 3 challenges on Thirty (#94)
-Buy new boots (#99)
-Don't bite my nails for a month (#101)

What I Still Want To Do - 29
-Save change (#1)
-Pay off credit cards (#8)
-Repair my credit score (#9)
-Stop living paycheck to paycheck (#10)
-Grow IG account to 10k+ followers (#13)
-Buy a domain for my blog -- I'm actually on the fence (#15)
-Invest in a new blog layout/design -- also on the fence (#16)
-Get lasik (#27)
-Start & finish a "Wreck This Journal" (#31) -- I bought one so I should do it
-Take a spontaneous road (#38)
-Go skydiving (#39)
-Visit a winery (#40)
-Hike a mountain & watch the sunrise (#42)
-Visit Big Bend (#44)
-Visit Natural Bridge Caverns (#45)
-Visit Guadalupe Mountains (#46)
-Go ziplining
-Go to the MN State Fair again (#59)
-Get a legit touristy bluebonnet photo (#61)
-Adopt a family on Christmas (#68)
-Learn to make authentic kolaches (#73)
-Clean up my Pinterest boards (#74)
-Learn to make authentic tamales (#77)
-Buy a house (#82)
-Pay for a professional to clean my home (#84)
-Join a bar league team (#86)
-Have a DNA test done on Nash (#92)
-Get married (#98)
-Buy a DSLR camera (#100)

What I Still Want To Do - Modified - 10-Pay off Great Lakes student loan (#2) -- I want to pay them all off
-Pay off Avant student loan (#3) -- See above
-Have 1-3 months salary in savings (#4 & #5)
-Write 500 blog posts (#17) -- Blog at least 3x/week
-Attend Dallas Restaurant Week (#49) -- I don't know where I'll be living, so any restaurant week
-Visit 3 new states (#50) -- I want the number of states I've been to be equal to or higher than my age
-Go on 3 out of state road trips (#53) -- Go on an out of state road trip
-Go on 2 solo trips (#54) -- Go on a solo trip
-Keep a daily gratitude journal for a year (#66) -- A gratitude journal with no rules

What I Do Not Care About - 35
-Donate $1 for every failed goal (#7)
-Put $10 in savings for every finished goal (#11)
-Come up with 101 new ideas or donate $101 to charity (#12)
-Attend a blogging conference (#14)
-Blog about every completed goal (#18)
-Get 10 sponsorships/collaborations on IG/blog (#20)
-Give up alcohol for a month (#22)
-Whole30 (#23)
-Read 33 books (#29) -- I listen to Audible/Podcasts on my drive home...sometimes
-Send 10 postcards via postcrossing (#33)
-Read at least 30 min before bed instead of Netflix (#36) -- I listen to guided meditation
-Write 10 "Dear Future Husband" letters (#37)
-Send a card or letter to someone every month for a year (#32)
-Try 101 new bars/restaurants (#43)
-Attend 30 concerts (#51) -- I don't care about the number
-Visit 3 new MLB parks (#52)
-Stay in a 5 star hotel (#57)
-Go on a photography walk (#58)
-Do 10/100 Dallas Bucket List items (#60)
-Fly first class (#62)
-Donate blood 10 times (#63) -- I haven't even attempted since I found out I had high blood pressure in August because that's where I found out...
-Adopt a soldier (#65)
-Make 5 gift baskets/care packages (#67)
-Make 100 food recipes from Pinterest (#70)
-Make 15 DIYs from Pinterest (#71)
-Make 25 drinks from Pinterest (#72)
-Create a photo album of my 20s (#75)
-Play recipe roulette 5 times (#76)
-Kiss someone at midnight on NYE (#83)
-Go to a movie by myself (#85)
-Attend trivia night at a bar (#89)
-Go to brunch 15 times (#90)
-Complete the 52 lists project (#95)
-Take a bubble bath every month for a year (#96)
-Sensory deprivation tank (#97)

101 In 1001 #4 9 Month Check In

When I checked in 3 months ago I needed to have 18 done to be on track, but only had 14 done.  In order to be on track now I should have 27 done.  So let's see if I was able to get another 13 done over the past 3 months or not...

Financial (12)

1. Save change for 1001 days

2. Pay off Discover student loan

3. Pay off Avant student loan

4. Have 1 month salary in savings

5. Have 3 months salary in savings

6. Pay off AES student loan

7. Donate $1 for every failed goal

8. Pay off Capital One credit card

9. Improve my credit score back to Very Good or Excellent

10. Stop living paycheck to paycheck

11. Put $10 in savings for every finished goal

12. Come up with 101 new ideas or donate $101 to charity

Social Media (8) - 1 completed

13. Grow Instagram to 10k+ followers

14. Attend a blogging conference

15. Buy a domain for my blog

16. Invest in a new blog layout/design

17. Write 500 blog posts

18. Write a blog post/photograph every completed goal

19. Create a 2018 "Discovery Weekly" playlist on Spotify

20. Get 10 sponsorships/collaborations on IG/blog

Health (8) - 5 completed

21. Drink a half gallon of water every day for a month

22. Give up alcohol for a month

23. Whole30 21 Day Fix

24. Get back to 18/24 year old me weight

25. Walk a 5k a day for a month (6200+ steps)

26. Go to the dentist

27. Get lasik

28. Track food for at least a month

Reading & Writing (9) - 4 completed

29. Read 33 books

30. Write a letter to myself to open at the end of 1001 days

31. Start & finish a Wreck This Journal

32. Send a card or letter to someone monthly for a year

33. Send 10 postcards via postrcossing

34. On my 30th write a letter to 20 year old me

35. On my 30th write a letter to 40 year old me

36. Read at least 30 minutes before bed instead of Netflix

37. Write 10 "Dear Future Husband" letters

Adventures (25) - 3 completed

38. Take a spontaneous road trip

39. Go sky diving

40. Visit a winery

41. Have a tourist day in DFW

42. Hike a mountain & watch the sunrise

43. Try 101 new bars/restaurants

44. Visit Big Bend

45. Visit Natural Bridge Caverns

46. Visit Guadalupe Mountains

47. Visit a brewery

48. Visit a distillery

49. Attend Dallas Restaurant Week

50. Visit 3 new states

51. Attend 30 concerts

52. Visit 3 new MLB parks

53. Go on 3 out of state road trips

54. Go on 2 solo trips

55. Go ziplining

56. Use my passport

57. Stay in a 5 star hotel

58. Go on a photography walk

59. Go to the MN State Fair

60. Do 10 of the 100 Dallas Bucket List items

61. Get a legit touristy blue bonnet photo

62. Fly first class

Kindess (7) - 2 completed

63. Donate blood 10 times

64. Pay for someone behind me 5 times

65. Adopt a soldier

66. Keep a daily gratitude journal for a year

67. Make 5 gift baskets/care packages

68. Adopt a family on Christmas

69. Leave a 100% tip

Cooking & Creating (8)

70. Make 100 food recipes from my Pinterest boards

71. Make 15 DIYs from my Pinterest boards

72. Make 25 drinks from my Pinterest boards

73. Learn to make authentic kolaches

74. Clean up all Pinterest boards

75. Create a photo album of my 20s

76. Play recipe roulette 5 times

77. Learn to make authentic tamales

Just Because (24) - 8 completed

78. Celebrate 30th birthday

79. Have 10 treat yo'self days

80. Go at least a year without applying for a new job

81. Go at least a year without moving

82. Buy a house

83. Kiss someone at midnight on NYE

84. Pay for a professional to clean my home

85. Go to a movie by myself

86. Join a bar league team

87. Organize closets & cabinets

88. Get a new tattoo

89. Attend trivia night at a bar/restaurant

90. Go to brunch 15 times

91. Do an ancestry DNA test

92. Have a DNA test done on Nash

93. Buy fresh flowers every month for a year

94. Finish 3 challenges on Thirty

95. Complete the 52 lists project

96. Take a bubble bath once a month for a year

97. Try a sensory deprivation tank

98. Get married

99. Buy new boots

100. Buy a DSLR camera

101. Don't bite my nails for a month

While I'm still not on track, I only have 23 completed, I am getting there.  There are a few that are getting close!  Maybe at the one year mark I'll be back on track, or even ahead!

101 In 1001 #4 6 Month Check In

Rather than just show you what I've done in the past 3 months since my last check in, I'm going to show you where I stand on all of the goals.  At the end of the first month I had 6 completed, by the end of the first 3 months I had 12 completed.  To be on track right now I need to have 18 done.  So let's see where I'm at shall we?

Financial (12)

1. Save change for 1001 days

2. Pay off Discover student loan

3. Pay off Avant student loan

4. Have 1 month salary in savings

5. Have 3 months salary in savings

6. Pay off AES student loan

7. Donate $1 for every failed goal

8. Pay off Capital One credit card

9. Improve my credit score back to Very Good or Excellent

10. Stop living paycheck to paycheck

11. Put $10 in savings for every finished goal

12. Come up with 101 new ideas or donate $101 to charity

Social Media (8)

13. Grow Instagram to 10k+ followers

14. Attend a blogging conference

15. Buy a domain for my blog

16. Invest in a new blog layout/design

17. Write 500 blog posts

18. Write a blog post/photograph every completed goal

19. Create a 2018 "Discovery Weekly" playlist on Spotify

20. Get 10 sponsorships/collaborations on IG/blog

Health (8) - 3 completed

21. Drink a half gallon of water every day for a month

22. Give up alcohol for a month

23. Whole30

24. Get back to 18/24 year old me weight

25. Walk a 5k a day for a month (6200+ steps)

26. Go to the dentist

27. Get lasik

28. Track food for at least a month

Reading & Writing (9) - 1 completed

29. Read 33 books

30. Write a letter to myself to open at the end of 1001 days

31. Start & finish a Wreck This Journal

32. Send a card or letter to someone monthly for a year

33. Send 10 postcards via postrcossing

34. On my 30th write a letter to 20 year old me

35. On my 30th write a letter to 40 year old me

36. Read at least 30 minutes before bed instead of Netflix

37. Write 10 "Dear Future Husband" letters

Adventures (25) - 3 completed

38. Take a spontaneous road trip

39. Go sky diving

40. Visit a winery

41. Have a tourist day in DFW

42. Hike a mountain & watch the sunrise

43. Try 101 new bars/restaurants

44. Visit Big Bend

45. Visit Natural Bridge Caverns

46. Visit Guadalupe Mountains

47. Visit a brewery

48. Visit a distillery

49. Attend Dallas Restaurant Week

50. Visit 3 new states

51. Attend 30 concerts

52. Visit 3 new MLB parks

53. Go on 3 out of state road trips

54. Go on 2 solo trips

55. Go ziplining

56. Use my passport

57. Stay in a 5 star hotel

58. Go on a photography walk

59. Go to the MN State Fair

60. Do 10 of the 100 Dallas Bucket List items

61. Get a legit touristy blue bonnet photo

62. Fly first class

Kindess (7) - 1 completed

63. Donate blood 10 times

64. Pay for someone behind me 5 times

65. Adopt a soldier

66. Keep a daily gratitude journal for a year

67. Make 5 gift baskets/care packages

68. Adopt a family on Christmas

69. Leave a 100% tip

Cooking & Creating (8)

70. Make 100 food recipes from my Pinterest boards

71. Make 15 DIYs from my Pinterest boards

72. Make 25 drinks from my Pinterest boards

73. Learn to make authentic kolaches

74. Clean up all Pinterest boards

75. Create a photo album of my 20s

76. Play recipe roulette 5 times

77. Learn to make authentic tamales

Just Because (24) - 6 completed

78. Celebrate 30th birthday

79. Have 10 treat yo'self days

80. Go at least a year without applying for a new job

81. Go at least a year without moving

82. Buy a house

83. Kiss someone at midnight on NYE

84. Pay for a professional to clean my home

85. Go to a movie by myself

86. Join a bar league team

87. Organize closets & cabinets

88. Get a new tattoo

89. Attend trivia night at a bar/restaurant

90. Go to brunch 15 times

91. Do an ancestry DNA test

92. Have a DNA test done on Nash

93. Buy fresh flowers every month for a year

94. Finish 3 challenges on Thirty

95. Complete the 52 lists project

96. Take a bubble bath once a month for a year

97. Try a sensory deprivation tank

98. Get married

99. Buy new boots

100. Buy a DSLR camera

101. Don't bite my nails for a month

I only have 14 completed.  I have quite a few that are well on their way to be done though & if I get my butt back in gear, I could actually be ahead again by the end of the year.

101 in 1001 #4 3 Month Check In

If you remember a couple of months back, I shared all of the things I had completed in the first month of my fourth 101 in 1001 challenge.  To stay on track you should complete about 3 per month.  Luckily I was super on top of it the first month & actually completed 6.

In month one I had completed:
#21 - Drink 1/2 gal H2O daily for a month
#25 - Walk a 5k daily for a month
#30 - Write a letter to myself to open at the end of the 1001 Days
#87 - Organize closets & cabinets
#94 - Finish 3 challenges on Thirty (21, 25, 101)#101 - Don't bite my nails for a month

Since then I have also completed:

#47 - Visit a brewery

#48 - Visit a distillery

#56 - Use my passport

#69 - Leave 100% tip

#80 - Go at least a year without changing jobs

#99 - Buy new boots

I am still technically ahead of schedule, 12 completed & only 9 needed to be done to be on track, but I need to make sure I keep it up if I'm going to get at least another 6 done by the end of September, especially with school starting again in there.

All These Things That I've Done

A month ago I started my 4th 101 in 1001 list.  In order to complete them all, that averages out to about 3 goals a month.  In the past I've done random check ins every few months where I take a look at the whole list.  

This time around I might do it that way for the big ones (6 months, 1 year, etc) but one of my goals is to document my completed goals.  So, with this one, anytime there is a big goal I complete, or I complete multiple around the same time, you'll get a more exciting, picture filled blog post rather than the normal boring list.

So here is what I have already completed in my first month of my 101 in 1001.

#21 - Drink 1/2 gal H2O daily for a month

#25 - Walk a 5k daily for a month

#30 - Write a letter to myself to open at the end of the 1001 Days

#87 - Organize closets & cabinets

#94 - Finish 3 challenges on Thirty (21, 25, 101)

#101 - Don't bite my nails for a month

One month in I have already tried 15/101 new bars & restaurants so stay tuned for a post on those places probably sooner rather than later!  There are another 3-4 that I plan on finishing by the end of May.  I'm thinking that this list might just be the list I come the closest to finishing completely, if not 100% completing!

Final 101 in 1001 Recap

This past Saturday my third 101 in 1001 challenge came to an end.  I did not do well.  I apparently have a habit of that.  On my first challenge I completed a whopping 44 goals.  On the second challenge I only completed 32.  This third one wasn't much better.  I actually have high hopes for my fourth challenge because I was a lot more organized & realistic with it than I've been in the past.  If you want some real inspiration on doing a 101 in 1001 list, check out Steph because she's a rockstar at completing her lists.

So how did I do the third time around?  I completed 38.  Not my best, not my worst.

Completed - 38
1. Begin list of 101 Things to do in 1001 Days

4. Visit Kristin
7. Fall in love

10. Complete Project 365 2017
16. Donate $1 to charity for every goal not completed

17. Complete a 30 day fitness challenge
18. Go to a psychic/tarot card/palm reader
19. Save my change for 1001 days
23. Try 101 new bars/restaurants
25. Pay off my car
30. Track my spending for a month
34. Go on a spontaneous road trip
41. Make homemade bread
44. Donate blood 6 times
46. Dave $500 in an emergency fund
48. Renew my passport
52. Go to an outdoor movie
55. Write a letter to myself to be opened when the 1001 days is over
57. Attend Austin City Limits
60. Go to a food festival
62. Make a pie on Pi Day
69. Sing karaoke at a bar
70. Pay off credit cards
71. Go at least a year with no car payment
73. Watch two movies at a cinema in the same day
74. Don't watch TV for a week

75. Write a song
81. Stay up & watch the sunrise on NYD
82. Make a list of what I'm looking for in a relationship
84. Build a snowman
86. Send out Christmas cards every year
87. Dance with someone in the rain
88. Complete a 30 Miles in 30 Days Challenge
90. Visit Nashville
92. Go a month without buying anything that isn't a necessity
98. Go back to school
99. Watch all of my Netflix Watchlist
101. Write a new list for the next 1001 days

Failed - 63
2. Complete Project 365 2015
3. Drink a half gallon of water every day

5. Listen to a new artist every month

6. Workout once a week

8. Have my student loans at 60k or less

9. Complete Project 365 2016

11. Complete 50 Book Challenge 2015

12. Complete 50 Book Challenge 2016

13. Complete 50 Book Challenge 2017

14. Volunteer once a month

15. Have someone to kiss every year on NYE
20. Go zombie paintballing

21. Go to Harry Potter World
22. Do the full 52 week money challenge
24. Donate to Locks of Love

26. Run 3 new races

27. Visit Niagara Falls
28. Get my motorcycle license
29. Go kayaking of white water rafting
31. Host a cocktail party
32. Attend the Daytona 500
33. Visit 3 museums
35. Attend the MLB All Star Game
36. Choose an actor/actress and watch every film they've been in
37. Start my own recipe book
38. Send one hand written letter per month
39. Attend trivia night at a bar/restaurant
40. Visit at least one new country
42. Watch all the movies that won Best Picture the last 10 years
43. Go to Disney World
45. Visit Maker's Mark Distillery
47. Go to Frontier Days in Wyoming
49. Travel to the West Coast
50. Travel across Europe
51. Host a themed dinner party
53. Go ziplining
54. Keep a "My Day in Six Words" journal for 6 months
56. Buy a house
58. Go to Talladega
59. Visit Stone Mountain in Georgia
61. Photograph a landscape from the same location each season
63. Bake something new every month for a year
64. Visit 3 new MLB parks
65. Go to 6 pro baseball games
66. Get a Brazilian wax
67. Get lasik
68. Run a half marathon
72. Make a year in pictures album
76. Attend a Revolutionary War reenactment
77. Visit an old teacher
78. Make a playlist of 26 songs starting A-Z
79. Learn how to do a backflip
80. Host a NYE dinner party at home
83. Visit Grand Canyon
85. Hike the Appalachian Trail
89. Document music taste over a year
91. Take a selfie on the first of every month
93. Travel to 10 new cities
94. Canoe down a river
95. Complete a 1000 piece puzzle
96. Visit Grand Portage
97. Hike the Ice Age National Scenic Trail
100. Have a date each month

101 in 1001 #4 - The List

Tomorrow my third 101 in 1001 list ends.  I'll do a recap of that on Tuesday (it sucked) but today I'm sharing my 4th, and possibly last, 101 in 1001 list since it begins on Sunday.  For the first time ever I decided to break it up into categories after coming up with all of the ideas.  Some could probably go into a few of the categories, & the last one is just the random ones that didn't really fit anywhere.  I figured if I broke it down by category that maybe I'd also get more done.

Financial (12)

1. Save change for 1001 days

2. Pay off Great Lakes student loan

3. Pay off Avant student loan

4. Have 1 month salary in savings

5. Have 3 months salary in savings

6. Consolidate Navient student loans

7. Donate $1 for every failed goal

8. Pay off Capital One credit card

9. Improve my credit score back to Very Good or Excellent

10. Stop living paycheck to paycheck

11. Put $10 in savings for every finished goal

12. Come up with 101 new ideas or donate $101 to charity

Social Media (8)

13. Grow Instagram to 10k+ followers

14. Attend a blogging conference

15. Buy a domain for my blog

16. Invest in a new blog layout/design

17. Write 500 blog posts

18. Write a blog post/photograph every completed goal

19. Create a 2018 "Discovery Weekly" playlist on Spotify

20. Get 10 sponsorships/collaborations on IG/blog

Health (8)

21. Drink a half gallon of water every day for a month

22. Give up alcohol for a month

23. Whole30

24. Get back to 18/24 year old me weight

25. Walk a 5k a day for a month

26. Go to the dentist

27. Get lasik

28. Track food for at least a month

Reading & Writing (9)

29. Read 33 books

30. Write a letter to myself to open at the end of 1001 days

31. Start & finish a Wreck This Journal

32. Send a card or letter to someone monthly

33. Send 10 postcards via postrcossing

34. On my 30th write a letter to 20 year old me

35. On my 30th write a letter to 40 year old me

36. Read at least 30 minutes before bed instead of Netflix

37. Write 10 "Dear Future Husband" letters

Adventures (25)

38. Take a spontaneous road trip

39. Go sky diving

40. Visit a winery

41. Have a tourist day in DFW

42. Hike a mountain & watch the sunrise

43. Try 101 new bars/restaurants

44. Visit Big Bend

45. Visit Natural Bridge Caverns

46. Visit Guadalupe Mountains

47. Visit a brewery

48. Visit a distillery

49. Attend Dallas Restaurant Week

50. Visit 3 new states

51. Attend 30 concerts

52. Visit 3 new MLB parks

53. Go on 3 out of state road trips

54. Go on 2 solo trips

55. Go ziplining

56. Use my passport

57. Stay in a 5 star hotel

58. Go on a photography walk

59. Go to the MN State Fair

60. Do 10 of the 100 Dallas Bucket List items

61. Get a legit touristy blue bonnet photo

62. Fly first class

Kindess (7)

63. Donate blood 10 times

64. Pay for someone behind me 5 times

65. Adopt a soldier

66. Keep a daily gratitude journal for a year

67. Make 5 gift baskets/care packages

68. Adopt a family on Christmas

69. Leave a 100% tip

Cooking & Creating (8)

70. Make 100 food recipes from my Pinterest boards

71. Make 15 DIYs from my Pinterest boards

72. Make 25 drinks from my Pinterest boards

73. Learn to make authentic kolaches

74. Clean up all Pinterest boards

75. Create a photo album of my 20s

76. Play recipe roulette 5 times

77. Learn to make authentic tamales

Just Because (24)

78. Celebrate 30th birthday

79. Have 10 treat yo'Self days

80. Go at least a year without applying for a new job

81. Go at least a year without moving

82. Buy a house

83. Kiss someone at midnight on NYE

84. Pay for a professional to clean my home

85. Go to a movie by myself

86. Join a bar league team

87. Organize closets & cabinets

88. Get a new tattoo

89. Attend trivia night at a bar/restaurant

90. Go to brunch 15 times

91. Do an ancestry DNA test

92. Have a DNA test done on Nash

93. Buy fresh flowers every month for a year

94. Finish 3 challenges on Thirty

95. Complete the 52 lists project

96. Take a bubble bath once a month

97. Try a sensory deprivation tank

98. Get married

99. Buy new boots

100. Buy a DSLR camera

101. Don't bite my nails for a month

3 Months Left 101 in 1001

I last checked in with my 101 in 1001 in September.  At that time I had 6 months left to go.  I had completed 29, had 10 in progress, failed 49, & hadn't even started 13 of them.  So now with just 3 more months to go, here's what I've accomplished.

1. Begin 101 in 1001

2. Have student loan debt at 60k or less

3. Fall in love

4. Workout weekly

5. Project 365 2015

6. Project 365 2016

7. Project 365 2017

8. 50 Book Challenge 2015

9. 50 Book Challenge 2016

10. 50 Book Challenge 2017

11. Volunteer Monthly

12. Drink a half gallon of water daily

13. Spend NYE with someone special every year

14. Donate $1 for every failed goal

15. 30 Day Fitness Challenge

16. Go to a psychic

17. Save change for 1001 days

18. Go zombie paintballing

19. Go to Harry Potter World

20. 52 week money challenge

21. Try 101 new bars/restaurants

22. Donate to Locks of Love

23. Pay off my car

24. Run 3 new races

25. Visit Niagara Falls

26. Get motorcycle license

27. Go tubing

28. Track spending for a month

29. Host a cocktail party

30. Attend Daytona 500

31. Visit 3 museums

32. Road trip

33. Attend MLB All Star game

34. Choose an actor & watch all of their movies

35. Create recipe book from Pinterest

36. Send monthly handwritten cards/letters

37. Attend trivia night

38. Visit a new country

39. Make homemade bread

40. Watch all Best Picture movies 2005-2015

41. Go to Disney

42. Donate blood 6 times

43. Visit Makers Mark Distillery

44. Save $500

45. Frontier Days

46. Renew passport

47. Visit West Coast

48. Travel to Europe

49. Host a themed dinner party

50. Go to an outdoor movie

51. Go ziplining

52. Keep 6 word a day journal for 6 months

53. Write a letter to open on day 1001

54. Buy a house

55. Attend Austin City Limits

56. Talladega

57. Stone Mountain - Georgia

58. Food Festival

59. Photograph the same spot each season

60. Make a pie on Pi Day

61. Bake something new each month

62. Visit 3 new MLB ballparks

63. Attend 6 MLB games

64. Brazilian wax

65. Get lasik

66. Run 1/2 marathon

67. Sing karaoke

68. Visit Kristin

69. Pay off credit cards

70. Go a year without a car payment

71. Watch 2 movies in a theater in 1 day

72. Make a year in pictures album

73. Don't watch TV for a week

74. Write a song

75. Attend a Civil War reenactment

76. Visit an old teacher

77. Listen to a new artist each month

78. Make AZ playlist

79. Learn to do a backflip

80. Host NYE party

81. Watch the sunrise on NYD

82. Make a list of what I want in love

83. Visit Grand Canyon

84. Build a snowman

85. Hike Appalachian Trail

86. Send Christmas cards every year

87. Dance in the rain

88. 30 miles in 30 days

89. Document music taste over a year

90. Visit Nashville

91. Take a selfie on the first of every month

92. Go a month without buying anything unnecessary

93. Travel to 10 new cities

94. Canoe

95. Finish a 1000 piece puzzle

96. Visit Grand Portage State Park

97. Hike the Ice Age Scenic Trail

98. Go back to school

99. Watch all of Netflix playlist

100. Go on a date once a month

101. Make a new 101 in 1001 list

Passed: 30
In Progress: 10
Failed: 49

Not Yet Started: 12

The last 3 months nothing changed.  Well that's not true.  One not started changed to passed.  I finished coming up with my next list.  At the end of my 4th 101 in 1001 I will have been participating in Day Zero Project for over a decade.  I started my first one on January 1, 2010 & my 4th one would be set to end on December 20, 2020.  This is my most realistic & doable list yet.  Unlike my current one which is for sure the worst I've ever done on a list...

6 Months Left on 101 in 1001 3.0

I last checked in with my 101 in 1001 in June.  At that time I had 9 months left to go.  I had completed 25, had 16 in progress, failed 14, & hadn't even started 46 of them.  So now with just 6 more months to go, here's what I've accomplished.

1. Begin 101 in 1001

2. Have student loan debt at 60k or less

3. Fall in love

4. Workout weekly

5. Project 365 2015

6. Project 365 2016

7. Project 365 2017

8. 50 Book Challenge 2015

9. 50 Book Challenge 2016

10. 50 Book Challenge 2017

11. Volunteer Monthly

12. Drink a half gallon of water daily

13. Spend NYE with someone special every year

14. Donate $1 for every failed goal

15. 30 Day Fitness Challenge

16. Go to a psychic

17. Save change for 1001 days

18. Go zombie paintballing

19. Go to Harry Potter World

20. 52 week money challenge

21. Try 101 new bars/restaurants

22. Donate to Locks of Love

23. Pay off my car

24. Run 3 new races

25. Visit Niagara Falls

26. Get motorcycle license

27. Go tubing

28. Track spending for a month

29. Host a cocktail party

30. Attend Daytona 500

31. Visit 3 museums

32. Road trip

33. Attend MLB All Star game

34. Choose an actor & watch all of their movies

35. Create recipe book from Pinterest

36. Send monthly handwritten cards/letters

37. Attend trivia night

38. Visit a new country

39. Make homemade bread

40. Watch all Best Picture movies 2005-2015

41. Go to Disney

42. Donate blood 6 times

43. Visit Makers Mark Distillery

44. Save $500

45. Frontier Days

46. Renew passport

47. Visit West Coast

48. Travel to Europe

49. Host a themed dinner party

50. Go to an outdoor movie

51. Go ziplining

52. Keep 6 word a day journal for 6 months

53. Write a letter to open on day 1001

54. Buy a house

55. Attend Austin City Limits

56. Talladega

57. Stone Mountain - Georgia

58. Food Festival

59. Photograph the same spot each season

60. Make a pie on Pi Day

61. Bake something new each month

62. Visit 3 new MLB ballparks

63. Attend 6 MLB games

64. Brazilian wax

65. Get lasik

66. Run 1/2 marathon

67. Sing karaoke

68. Visit Kristin

69. Pay off credit cards

70. Go a year without a car payment

71. Watch 2 movies in a theater in 1 day

72. Make a year in pictures album

73. Don't watch TV for a week

74. Write a song

75. Attend a Civil War reenactment

76. Visit an old teacher

77. Listen to a new artist each month

78. Make AZ playlist

79. Learn to do a backflip

80. Host NYE party

81. Watch the sunrise on NYD

82. Make a list of what I want in love

83. Visit Grand Canyon

84. Build a snowman

85. Hike Appalachian Trail

86. Send Christmas cards every year

87. Dance in the rain

88. 30 miles in 30 days

89. Document music taste over a year

90. Visit Nashville

91. Take a selfie on the first of every month

92. Go a month without buying anything unnecessary

93. Travel to 10 new cities

94. Canoe

95. Finish a 1000 piece puzzle

96. Visit Grand Portage State Park

97. Hike the Ice Age Scenic Trail

98. Go back to school

99. Watch all of Netflix playlist

100. Go on a date once a month

101. Make a new 101 in 1001 list

Passed: 29
In Progress: 10
Failed: 49

Not Yet Started: 13

The last 3 months pretty much sucked as far as this list is concerned.  I mostly got real about how much time was remaining & how much money/time I had to spare so a lot of them got marked as failed.  I have been working on my next, and possibly last 101 in 1001.  At the end of my 4th 101 in 1001 I will have been participating in Day Zero Project for over a decade.  I started my first one on January 1, 2010 & my 4th one would be set to end on December 20, 2020.  I'm trying to make this one my most realistic & doable.