Hi all!
A little over a year ago, I posted 101 Goals (original post here) I had for myself to accomplish within the next 20 years. I decided to revisit this post to see how much I have crossed off thus far since this past year has been quite the whirlwind for me.
- Graduate college – completed April 29, 2016!
- Swim with dolphins
- Get published
- Visit all 50 states – Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, New York, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, New Hampshire, Vermont, Virginia, Pennsylvania, bonus: DC
- Travel to Europe multiple times – Currently planning my first trip to Italy in 2017!
- Go sailing
- Be spontaneous for a whole day
- Rescue a dog from the shelter
- Buy a puppy
- Get married to the man of my dreams (he knows who he is;))
- Have children
- Start our own family traditions
- Own a boat
- Be a role model
- Take up yoga regularly
- Eat more vegetables – try to have them with every meal!
- Try a new food/drink every week – I’ve actually been very good with this one
- Own a house
- Be generally successful in all of my endeavors
- Become an exceptionally strong writer
- Learn not to get frustrated over mistakes
- Live a happy life
- Own a pair Louboutins
- Make six figures before I die
- Finish reading the Outlander series – I’m nearly finished with book 3!
- Write for a magazine
- Have a fun career
- Get a tattoo– BIG maybe
- Make at least one person happy every day for the rest of my life
- Make a difference in someone’s life
- Host a holiday meal for my family
- Cuddle a pygmy goat
- Make a second job out of blogging
- Donate a copious amount of money to charity
- Complete at least five Pinterest projects I’ve pinned by the end of the year
- Read at least half of BBC’s Top 100 Book List – Pride & Prejudice, HP & the Goblet of Fire, Winnie the Pooh, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, Catcher in the Rye, HP & the Sorceror’s Stone, HP & the Chamber of Secrets, HP & the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Hobbit, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, The Great Gatsby, The Count of Monte Cristo, A Christmas Carol, Of Mice and Men, The BFG, Black Beauty, Artemis Fowl, A Tale of Two Cities, Holes, The Princess Diaries
- Take my mom on the vacation of her dreams
- Buy my dad a boat
- Be in Times Square for the ball drop
- Go on a wine tasting tour– Italian wine tasting tour?
- Spend an entire day without touching my phone or laptop – I’m discovering that this is more and more difficult especially being in my field of work
- Sleep under the stars
- Take a cooking class
- Read the Bible in it’s entirety
- See Les Miserables on Broadway
- Go to Disneyworld and ride every single ride
Make diamond boards for my littles– Became an alumna- Take the train to Chicago
- Speak French fluently
- Win the lottery
- Have excellent credit
- Pay back my student loans by the time I’m 40
- Watch the sunset in Hawaii
- Honeymoon in Paris
- Start an IRA
- Perfect my ice skating skills
- Maintain a budget
- Road trip to Alpha Delta Pi’s Executive Office
- Learn to sew
- Make my future husband breakfast in bed
- Learn to drive a manual
- Visit Nantucket
- Obtain my CPL
- Have my own business cards
- Volunteer at least once a week
- Purchase a new laptop
Get an international phone plan– lame goal, but necessary for my long distance relationship– We’re making it work with different messenger apps!- Give up caffeine for a month
- Meditate regularly
- Stop biting/peeling my nails
- Purge my bedroom at my parents’ house before I move back in – Done!
- Leave a lasting impact on my sorority; I want to be remembered – Became an alumna
- Have a date night at least twice a month (girls’ night when Ryan is away)
- Strive to learn at least one new thing a day
- Keep a journal of something I learn every day
- Buy coffee for a stranger
- Send flowers to a friend
- Answer the 50 questions that will free your mind – Completed on my blog in two separate posts (first and second)
- Write a freelance article
- Get a massage – Treated myself post-graduation
- Drink only water for a month
- Explore New England/the east coast in it’s entirety
- Perfect my handwriting
- Attend a conference (nothing that has to do with my sorority)
- Actually bake cookies instead of just eating the cookie dough
- Try Tropical Smoothie – Done and I’m obsessed!!
- Get head-shots taken
- Go on a spontaneous trip
- Attend New York Fashion Week
- Attend the Kentucky Derby
- No fast food for a month
- Become a morning person
- Strengthen my Instagram game
- Get a professional blowout
- Read for 30 minutes every night – So far, so good!
- Upgrade my iPhone – Done this past Christmas
- Throw diamonds with Luke Bryan
- Go on a road trip with Ryan
- Make a blog friend
- See 10 classic movies – Half way there! Gone with the Wind, Wizard of Oz, Schindler’s List, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Jaws, Westside Story,
- Buy a monogrammed stationary
How do you make sure you accomplish your goals? Comment below or share a link to your own blog post containing your 101 goals.
-K
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