Happy New Year!

I know, I know. I’m about 3 days late. But I’ve been so busy since the new year started, this is the first chance I’ve gotten to pay attention to the blog! (I don’t know if this is a good sign or a bad sign of what’s to come in 2011! 🙂 )

So I’ve been thinking a lot about New Years resolutions lately & then came across an idea that really sparked my interest. It’s a 101 in 1001 list! What’s that? Well I’ll tell you….

I have come up with a list of 101 preset tasks that must be completed in a period of 1001 days. I liked the idea of setting some goals for myself (personally & professionaly), but wanted a little bit more time to complete some of these. Why 1001 Days? This is a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as trips.

It took me a few days to brainstorm my goals. I had an easy time coming up with the first 30 or so, but I’m not gonna lie, after that it was pretty tough! I mean, of course I have TONS of goals that run through my head all the time, but when you actually have to put them all together & write them down on a piece of paper (or blog), it’s a whole new ball game! So anyway, here are my 101 goals (& they are not in any particular order):

  1. Finish the PodRunner Couch to 5K program series.
  2. Take a photography workshop
  3. Paint the kitchen
  4. Put in a fancy backsplash
  5. Get an iPhone
  6. Have a girls night out & go dancing
  7. Start up a game night with friends & do it once a month for at least 3 months
  8. Organize my personal photos & put the past couple years on CD (I’m behind from 2009!)
  9. Finish my Switzerland trip scrapbook
  10. Buy a 5D markII
  11. Have a tagsale
  12. Create marketing brochures to give to wedding clients
  13. Go camping at least once to twice a year
  14. Have our friends from NC up to stay with us again
  15. re-pot my plants
  16. Put a “bun” in the oven
  17. Save $6000 in the “baby fund”
  18. Visit Washington DC during the cherryblossom season
  19. Visit St Louis
  20. Refinish a piece of furniture
  21. Design an album for our wedding photos
  22. Re-decorate the spare bedroom & paint
  23. Create holiday ornaments or gifts for past years wedding clients
  24. Organize the basement
  25. Visit 6 states I have never been to before
  26. Have my Dad (& family) over for dinner
  27. blog more
  28. Become an LLC
  29. Finish changing my name over (I have a few credit cards left to do)
  30. Run in the St Patty’s Day race in Holyoke
  31. Go for a walk after a fresh snow
  32. Go full-time with Photography, but stay in the loop with DFH (whether it be part-time or an a consultant or whatever)
  33. Finish decorating the house (It’s been 2 years & we still don’t have stuff up on the walls!)
  34. Take my mom on a vacation
  35. Go to an allergist
  36. write a letter to my future child
  37. Reach 500 fans on facebook
  38. Go tagsailing (to find that piece of furniture to refinish)
  39. Have a canvas made of one of my prints
  40. Tackle senior portraits
  41. De-clutter
  42. buy a new washer & dryer (the big fancy ones)
  43. Learn to knit something other than a scarf
  44. Shoot 25 weddings in a year
  45. Read a book from start to finish
  46. Plant a garden
  47. Go to a Country concert
  48. Donate clothes to the Salvation Army
  49. Buy myself flowers “just because”
  50. Have professional headshots taken
  51. Have a date night with Rick- dinner & a movie
  52. Pay off my MacBook
  53. Buy an iMac
  54. Have an annual summer cookout for my Dad’s side of the family
  55. Invite Rick’s family over for a get together
  56. Buy new dressers for the bedroom
  57. Get a pedicure
  58. Find out my blood type
  59. Learn to say “no” when need be
  60. Go to a wine tasting
  61. Go berry picking (strawberries, blueberries, whatever!)
  62. Try making ambrosia
  63. 2nd shoot a wedding with a photographer I admire
  64. Go to the beach at least once during the summer
  65. take vitamins every day for 3 months
  66. Make a pie from scratch
  67. Save for our future (larger) home
  68. Do something spontaneous-like a last minute trip or something!
  69. Go for a bike ride
  70. Go to a show at Tanglewood in Lenox
  71. Excercise at least 3x a week for 3 months
  72. Take an excercise class while PG
  73. Have lunch with a friend
  74. Make at least $35K take home with my photography business
  75. Finish paying off Rick’s debt
  76. Do not eat out for 1 month (including takeout)
  77. Donate blood
  78. Learn to drive a stick
  79. Give skiing another shot
  80. Spend a day on the couch in my jammies, watching movies (& not because I’m hungover!)
  81. Donate to the ASPCA
  82. Go bowling with friends
  83. Take weekly belly pics when I become PG
  84. Take a pic of a waterfall
  85. Hike a mountain other than Mt Hor in VT & Mt Monadnock in NH
  86. Visit Nova Scotia
  87. Shop at Whole Foods
  88. Learn to roll sushi
  89. Go a week without drinking coffee
  90. Host a contest on my blog/facebook
  91. Shoot a trash the dress session
  92. Go to WPPI
  93. Go to a Red Sox game with Rick
  94. Clean out the filing cabinet & shred unneeded documents
  95. Create a calendar with my landscape photos
  96. Take a family cruise with Rick’s family
  97. Complete a personal photo project (ie: a photo a day, 26 things, etc)
  98. Cook dinner for Rick at least 3x a week (I’ve been a bad wifey…)
  99. Tell my mom I love her more
  100. Take my dad out to breakfast
  101. Keep this list updated!

There you have it! I’m going to keep a link to the master list & update it as goals become completed. I hope to check off a bunch this year!!

As always, a post is much better with a picture, so here is a sneak peek of Heather & Ken’s New Year’s Eve wedding!

  1. Jodi says:

    YAY! Visit St. Louis should be like #1.

  2. alisonmarieblog says:

    They are in no particular order Jodi! 🙂

  3. Jodi says:

    Let me know when you are coming down. I have lots of weddings booked April-July so if you want to second shoot, come on down!!

  4. Jayne says:

    For sure got to Nova Scotia. It is Beautiful1 You & your cmaera will love it.

  5. Great list! I made a 30 by 30 list and a lot of our goals are similar.

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