101 goals in 1,001 days

Yes, I said it on the Home page of this very website, I would probably be blogging in English. Here is my list of 101 goals in 1,001 days.

I was talking the other day with a dear co-worker, you can meet her here, and this project came up. It reminded me of how I had done this in the past, or rather try to do this in the past, and I wasted no time in setting up 101 new goals for me to accomplish in 1,001 days.

1,001 days from today will be: March 16th, 2020!

Some goals are big and scary, but nonetheless, I tried making this list as personal as possible, not including current goals, professional goals or works in progress and not have it be about “being a mom” so you won’t see goals such as “taking Lucas to…“, “getting Lucas to do…“, etc. Yes, there are some family goals included but mostly they’re all about me!

1. Learn American Sign Language (ASL)
2. Buy a car
3. Buy a house
4. Plant a garden on my backyard
5. Grow an orchard
6. Take a photography class
7. Bake a cake and decorate it
8. Go hiking
9. Learn 3 soup recipes
10. Go skydiving
11. Travel to another country
12. Go on a cruise
13. Take a yoga class
14. Stay in 3 different local airbnb sites
15. Arrange the extra room in the house as an office
16. Celebrate my next birthday
17. Prepare a vegan dessert
18. Finish sewing the curtains for Lucas’s Room
19. Learn how to make bread
20. Invite my husband to a romantic dinner
21. Watch 3 foreign films (recommendations are accepted)
22. Set up a savings account
23. Take a professional family photo
24. Purchase a camera
25. Go camping 
26. Cook a Thanksgiving dinner
27. Attend a professional convention
28. Visit 10 different local coffee shops
29. Decorate the master bathroom
30. Get DNA tested for ancestry and ethnicity info
31. Go snorkeling
32. Renew my passport
33. Watch 10 Academy Award Best Pictures
34. Answer and blog about the 50 questions that will free your mind
35. Go vegan for a week
36. Organize my closet(s) and donate everything that I no longer want
37. Go on a spending freeze for TWO months
38. Start a new family tradition
39. Go to a comedy show
40. Grow my Facebook followers to double the amount (goal: 762)
41. Give a conference or seminar on something that I care deeply about
42. Do something special and different for my wedding anniversary
43. Learn and practice how to change a tire
44. Visit one local historical site
45. Create a family photo album
46. Read one classic book 
47. Make something out of wood completely from scratch
48. Visit a beach on each side of the Island (North, South, East, West)
49. Get a tattoo
50. Go horseback riding
51. Go wine tasting 
52. Wake up at 6 am everyday for two weeks
53. Plant a seed and grow either a fruit or a vegetable
54. Make pizza from scratch
55. Eat breakfast everyday for two weeks
56. Go to Rincon’s Art Walk
57. Learn how to prepare iced coffee
58. Blog at least once per week (goal: 143)
59. Go paddle boarding
60. Learn how to shoot a gun
61. Write myself a letter to open when this challenge is over
62. Make and publish a list of 101 songs I like
63. Subscribe to a professional magazine
64. Visit Vieques and stay there
65. Send hand written notes to 5 relatives
66. Take a personal defense class
67. Make shibori cloth napkins
68. Try a popular recipe from another country (suggestions?)
69. Pay off at least one of my student loans
70. Create an inspiration board
71. Visit 3 new restaurants
72. Go on a girl’s night out
73. Buy myself a nice phone
74. Create a content calendar for this blog
75. Post to instagram for 30 consecutive days
76. Visit 3 waterfalls
77. Watch the top 10 TED talks
78. Review 10 products/companies
79. Frame and hang my college diploma
80. Take a selfie a day for 30 days
81. Make a DIY candle
82. Get rid of books I no longer want
83. Be featured as a guest in another blog
84. Run a 5k
85. Establish a recycling routine at home
86. Take a surfing lesson
87. Go to 5 festivals that I’ve never been to before
88. Re-read one of my favorite books
89. Carve a pumpkin for Halloween
90. Visit 5 new cities and take a picture in each flag “landmark”
91. Have my hair done at Om Studio
92. Go on 6 one-on-one dates with Lucas
93. Buy a new mattress
94. Get back on twitter
95. Become a brand ambassador
96. Meet an online friend in person
97. Go to a fancy restaurant and order the chef’s recommendation
98. Take both dogs to the beach (not necessarily at the same time)
99. Learn 3 sea food recipes
100. Cook dinner at least twice a month (goal: 72)
101. Get a piercing

I did it!!!!! Just finishing this list was a goal on itself. I’m not gonna lie, I got stuck like three times and those last 10 goals were the hardest. I looked for a LOT of inspiration but then again I didn’t want to add a goal just to fill a spot. I genuinely want to accomplish everything that is posted here.

Also, this list is not as aggressive as I would have liked (e.g: read one book instead of ten), but like I mentioned at the beginning of the post, I have personal and professional goals that are not listed and they take time, effort and money so I kept it as real as possible.

Hopefully I’ll inspire at least just one other person to go for this project. If you do, please leave the link to your list here and I’ll check it out.