One of my favorite bloggers to follow is Mackenzie Horan and her blog Design Darling. In fact, I am sure that since starting to religiously follow her blog the amount of navy blue striped clothing I own has doubled (I already had too much to start if you ask Daniel).

One of my favorite things Mackenzie does is she makes 101 and 1001 lists which are lists of 101 things she works to accomplish in 1001 days (approx. 2.75 years) . I just loved the idea so I made one of my own!

Follow along with me while I see how many of these things I can check off my list in the next 1001 days!

And thanks, Mackenzie, for the great idea!

23/101 complete so far!

Personal Development

1. Take watercolor class

2. Enter an art show

3. Create skincare routine that works

4. Workout every day for two weeks

5. Make a daily wake-up and bedtime routine and stick with it for at least three weeks

6. Attempt to make a multi-tiered cake with fondant icing -> and post about the results

7. Visit 5 new museums

8. Vote in 2020 Election

9. Run another half-marathon

10. Win TheKnot Best of Weddings (Done for 2020! Let’s do it again for 2021!)

11. Take a Hebrew Class

12. Read 50 Books

13. Create Retirement Account

14. Meet with financial planner

15. Welcome our first offspring and begin the adventure of parenthood!

    Marriage

16. Re-do wedding portraits (Done! May 2019)

17. Celebrate 3rd Anniversary (Done! April 2019)

18. Celebrate 4th Anniversary

19. Celebrate 5th Anniversary

20. Send Holiday Cards

21. Join Synagogue DONE! March 2019

22. Celebrate Daniel’s 30th

23. Blog Wedding Portraits and Our Story

24. Re-frame Ketubah

25. Fly on a plane together (we still haven’t!)

26. Bring Daniel to visit my California Family

27. Take Daniel on 15 surprise dates

28. Go to Eight&I

29. Attend a professional sports game (Done! May 2019. Watched the Bmore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox)

30. Spend and afternoon watching Polo at King Family Vineyards

31. Take Cooking Class

32. Get Bicycles

33. Become members of local NPR station

    Travel

34. Trip to Quebec City (Done! April/May 2019)

35. Giant Europe Trip

36. Section hike portion of AT

37. Get luggage with spinner wheels (Done! Sep 2019)

38. Visit 10 more National Parks

39. Go on a road trip stopping in at least 4 new cities

40. Create Organization System for Camping Supplies

41. Hike in Canadian Rockies

42. Get EZ-Pass DONE! February 2019

43. Visit 5 new states (airports don’t count!)

    Shopping

44. Purchase Investment Pieces For Wardrobe (Camel and Navy Blue Blazer, Low Boots, Mules, Oxfords, Wool Dress Coat, Perfect dress for photographing weddings, silk scarf, diamond earrings, Sunglasses (prescription))

45. Find the perfect black flats

46. Update bed frame

47. Purchase 2 sets of amazing sheets (Done! Nov 2019. Thanks Costco black Friday sale!)

48. Find rugs for living room (Done! July 2019)

49. Upgrade our oldest car (Done! October 2019 we upgraded Daniel’s old accord to a newer CRV that will accommodate a car seat)

50. Invest in good makeup basics (Done! 2019. I was able to find all of the basics I need including a foundation that actually works for my skin tone and surprise(!) it was from the drugstore and cost less than $20)

51. Purchase Shabbat Candlesticks, Passover Plate, and Kiddish Cups

52. Treat myself to some Sony Noise-Canceling Headphones

53. Get a tailored suit

    Career

54. Go Full-Time with Photography (Done! May 2019! During the 2019 wedding season I shot over 30 weddings as a full-time photographer)

55. Do Full Website Re-design (Done! December 2019. I worked with 23&9 Creative who helped me make the website of my dreams!)

56. Get published in a major wedding publication

57. Make SMP Business Handbook DONE! 02/19

58. Switch to Sony Equipment (Done! well, gradually. I purchased a Sony A7iii in Oct 2019 and am working on switching over all my other gear from Canon to Sony)

59. Photograph a proposal (Done! I actually was able to photograph THREE proposals in 2019!)

60. Create storage system for equipment (that isn’t just leaving it in my bag)

61. Book full, 20 wedding season of my own clients

62. Purchase Sony 85mm 1.4 (Done! October 2019)

63. Purchase 70-200mm 2.8

64. Purchase Sigma Art 50mm (Done! October 2019)

65. Create LLC

66. Upgrade MacBook (Done! July 2019)

67. Re-design Logo

68. Read business reading list

69. Finish all online courses I have purchased

70. Rebrand and create brand handbook

71. Photograph 100th wedding

72. Re-print wedding guides DONE! 02/19

73. Attend the Hustle and Flow

74. Build email list to 500 subscribers

75. Organize a styled shoot

    Home

76. Move to DC

77. Create organization system for closet

78. Find new cover for couch

79. Decorate Bedroom

80. Redesign and organize office

81. Hang real curtains in all rooms

82. Make a bar cart

83. Organize tea stash DONE! 02/19

84. Marie-Kondo the whole house

85. Get a dining table with matching chairs

86. Hang Mezuzah

    Just For Fun

87. Get color-matched for the perfect foundation (Done! May 2019)

88. Take a kick-boxing class

89. Go on wild, from-the-movies shopping spree

90. Try ten new restaurants

91. Learn to sail

92. Attend a non-classical music concert

93. Do a boudoir shoot

94. See Michelle Obama Speak

95. Do the Kentucky Bourbon Trail

96. Create Capsule Wardrobe

97. Call-in to Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me

98. Find something of $500+ value in the Goodwill bins

99. Go on an all-day thrift shopping adventure (at least 6 stores)

100. Go Skydiving