101 in 1001

At Melissa Jill’s MJ2Day workshop last week, she talked about the importance of setting personal and career goals. I’ve always been one who needs goals, and I find that I thrive when I am striving to reach specific, attainable goals. I mean, what’s better than spending hours of time and energy reaching for a goal, and then being able to check it off as completed?! I was so inspired by Melissa’s 101 goals to reach in 1001 days that I decided to create one myself. This list of 101 goals was easy to create; many of these things have been things I’ve wanted to for a long time but have never actually put them on paper. Each time I complete a goal, I’ll post about it and tell you how it went. I believe everyone should have a list of goals - some easily-attainable goals and some “only in my dreams” goals! If you start your own list of goals, comment below this one and include a link to your list so we can follow your progress and encourage you along the way!

Here’s my list:

1. Hike a 14-er in Colorado
2. Visit Snow Mountain Ranch
3. Learn how to grow my own vegetables and herbs
4. Learn how to bake a fancy pie
5. Run a half marathon under 1:50min
6. Complete a full marathon
7. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
8. Second shoot at a wedding of someone I admire
9. Invest in a 70-200 f/2.8 lens
10. Get published in Real Simple Weddings magazine
11. Teach a workshop
12. Memorize a chapter of the Bible
13. Shoot a wedding for free for a couple who really needs it
14. Take a pilates class
15. Blog every day for a month
16. Journal every day for a month
17. Run some sort of contest on my blog
18. Travel overseas
19. Develop the habit of praying first thing in the morning
20. Invest in off-camera lighting equipment
21. Take a spontaneous, just-because road trip
22. Take a business class
23. Visit a state I have never been to
24. Do something nice for a stranger anonymously
25. Make sassy water!
26. Sell a piece of art (other than a photograph!)
27. Develop a life mission statement
28. Scrapbook my year on EDGE Corps
29. Take guitar lessons
30. Go sledding
31. Go camping
32. Take portraits of my parents
33. Hike the Grand Canyon with my Dad
34. Write a song
35. Sleep under the stars
36. Visit my great-grandmother
37. Get rid of clothes I have not fit into since high school
38. Spend a week-long retreat at my parent’s condo in CO
39. Participate in a bridal fair
40. Get together with a friend I haven’t seen in years
41. Organize the photo folders on my laptop
42. Try a new vegetable
43. Buy a pair of chaco’s
44. Buy a shootsac bag
45. Re-design my branding
46. Create a new blog
47. Sing in a community choir
48. Be in a community play
49. Throw a party
50. Win an award
51. Refine my wedding workflow
52. Purchase a fisheye lens
53. Take a picnic
54. Read a classic literature book I’ve never read before
55. Read “Creating Customer Evangelists”
56. Enter photos in a print competition
57. Shoot a wedding in the mountains
58. Take a swing dance class
59. Join toastmasters
60. Create an Albuquerque Photo book
61. Go to a bed & breakfast
61. Learn how to knit
62. Finish a book I’ve started but never finished
63. Visit my friends from college in Minneapolis
64. Pull out the ‘ole oil paints and create a new painting
65. Create my own album templates on photojunction
66. Run in the rain
67. Go two weeks without eating peanut butter
68. Find a business networking group in Des Moines
69. Attend WPPI
70. Shoot a destination wedding
71. Get to know a local photographer
72. Purchase a carry-on travel camera bag
73. Buy a fun summer dress
74. Have an in-home studio
75. Mentor a young photographer
76. Run three 7-minute consecute miles
77. Learn how to photograph a person in front of a sunset
78. Share the gospel with a stranger
79. Go to another Shane & Shane concert
80. Visit the Bridges of Madison County
81. Create a fine art photography website
82. Go rollerblading
83. Go on a tour of homes
84. Move into my own apartment/townhome
85. Purchase a widescreen tv for client viewing
86. Color calibrate my monitor
87. Create a rating system for editing wedding photos
88. Create a “Fun Fact Friday” blog series
89. Start an “I really love” blog series
90. Become a PPA member
91. Create educational tip sheets for clients
92. Purchase sample albums
93. Create custom photoshop actions
94. Learn how to create fomatted emails
95. Find a Spiritual mentor in Des Moines
96. Find a church home in Des Moines
97. Pray about and decide on who/what ministry to reguarly give to financially
98. Purchase reusable grocery bags and stop using plastic ones.
99. Dance in the rain
100. Go sailing
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