Life :: 101 in 1001 Update

I’ve finally done an 101 in 1001 update!!

I keep forgetting about it (which isn’t good), and I’m pretty much at the end of this list’s time frame. Actually…working it out: I started in 2013, it’s now 2017. I think that’s longer than 2.74 years? Whoops.

So it’s not really a 101 in 1001 list. Might be time to start updating a new one!

So here’s the original list:

1. Come up with 101 things… August 2013
2. Throw my first dinner party *January housewarming 2016
3. Take a ballroom dance class
4. See all the Harry Potter movies February 2015
5. Attend a blogging conference September 2014
6. Attend a comic-con *2017
7. Discover 10 new restaurants (0/10)
8. Take a ballet class
9. Make and hang my own art
10. Make 10 recipes from Pinterest (10/10)
11. See a comedy show with Andrew
12. Go to the Royal Ontario Museum May 2015
13. Go to the AGO
14. Go to the Opera
15. Go to the Design Exchange August 2013
16. Read every Jane Austen novel (3/6)
17. Repaint at least 3 pieces of my furniture (0/3) Removing from list
18. Have a picnic
19. Go on a hike
20. Get a dog  October 2015 (Babysit count?)
21. Move in with Andrew July 2013
22. Buy a house September 2015
23. Go antiquing with Mom Removing from list
24. Go to Pennsylvania
25. Go skydiving
26. Get engaged
27. Graduate school April 2015
28. Go on vacation abroad  September 2014/May 2015
29. Go to the gym 3x a week for 3 solid months Cancelled membership
30. Go on a cruise
31. See the Toronto Cherry Blossoms – April High Park May 2014
32. Buy and decorate my Christmas tree December 2013
33. Get married
34. Coast to Coast Canada road trip August 2013/September 2016
35. Buy a wafflemaker June 2013
36. Perfect my skin
37. Wear heels at least twice a week for a month
38. Have apartment photos taken
39. Cook a holiday dinner brunch December 2015
40. Send out cards for birthdays/holidays
41. Finally finish my pallet-planter May 2015
42. Visit Tante Jo in Chicago She no longer lives there!!
43. Create and stick to my budget *Working on this now! May 2014
44. Cook 25 recipes from a cookbook (4/25)
45. Learn Photoshop Fall 2013 – Marketing Graphics!
46. Learn a little web design Fall 2013 – Marketing Graphics!
47. Get a professional blog design template May 2015
48. Try surfing
49. Try to make at least 1 blog friend Amy from The Write Up/Natalie from Ivory Avenue
50. Get out of bed at 7.00 for 1 month Nov-Dec 2015 (up at 6.30!)
51. Start sewing again and create 3 things (0/3) Removing from list
52. Get a pair of Louboutins LOL this ain’t happening now! Jan 2017
53. Wear makeup everyday for a month
54. Read 25 books in a year May 2014
55. Take photobooth pictures with Andrew
56. Make a brunch style breakfast every Sunday for 2 months
57. Finally get my ass to a country bar for some dancing January 2014
58. Visit LA/California Totally got bumped… 🙁 
59. Complete my zombie action plan
60. Up my riding time Might have to wait until 2018!
61. Take a class at the AGO
62. Visit the White Squirrel Coffee Shop March 2014
63. Visit the Dark Horse Coffee shop May 2013
64. Perfect my writing style June 2013
65. Create a font using my own writing
66. Take a photography course/class April 2014 SparkSessions
67. Try yoga at other studios *Starting somewhere else Jan 2017!
68. Actually use my balcony this summer No more balcony.. 🙁
69. Start a blog notebook August 2013
70. Start eating veggies with every meal
71. Create plans for an at home business November 2015 started
72. Eat breakfast every day September 2016 to present
73. Create my own blog design
74. Visit Japan – finally 2018 – 30th Birthday!
75. Learn another language – Dutch Started November 2015
76. Visit Pelee Island with Andrew Summer 2017?
77. Self teach myself calligraphy Started this!
78. Start making my own cards
79. Send more letters 
80. Decorate my house Working on it! 2015
81. Organize my nail polish collection May 2015
82. Create/grow a herb garden
83. Ride my bike more/Get a new bike? Changed to Rollerblade more, since my bike is broken! Removing from list
84. Watch the planes come in/leave on Derry Rd. Removing from list
85. Plan out my skid planter! May 2015
86. Reconnect with one old friend
87. Explore Toronto 2017?
88. Eat authentic ramen in a Japanese ramen restaurant
89. Go to a charity Gala  Mad Hot Ballet June 2013/2014/2015
90. Start drawing again Removing from list
91. Paint my place! July 2013
92. Write in my journal more November 2013
93. Attend Fashion Week in Toronto March 2015
94. Visit Mackinac Island, MI
95. Start yoga again Will start 2017
96. Meditate every day
97. Create my alter! February 2016
98. Go to all the Disney theme parks!
    1. Orlando March 2015
    2. California
    3. Paris October 2014
    4. Tokyo
    5. Hong Kong
    6. Shanghai
99. Learn a martial art Tai Chi!! 2016
100. Start a family

The ones I’ve checked off in 2016:

1. Coast to Coast Road Trip
2. Yoga in other studios – will happen this year
3. Start yoga again – also will happen this year
4. Eat breakfast every day
5. Learn a martial art – Tai Chi!
6. Start a family

If you go check out the list, it’ll be a definitely pared down version of this one – I’m getting rid of all the ones that I’ve finished, or taken off because they no longer are doable/valid. Out of 101 things, I still had 44 to do that I probably shouldn’t have put in a 2.74 year time frame. Most of it’s travel! So I’ve taken travel out and put it all in my Travel Bucket List. Most of the things in the 101 in 1001 list are now completely doable, and still things that I’m interested in. Actually, a couple of them align with my goals for this year as well.

Should be an interesting year! What do you guys think of the 101 in 1001 lists?

J x