The List

Start date: January 1, 2014

Finish date: November 26, 2016

Completed: 60/101

Strikethrough items: completed
Italicized items: in progress
Normal text: to be completed

If you have suggestions or if you can help me achieve one of these goals, please let me know! :-)

Travel

1. Attend an Indianapolis Colts game in Lucas Oil Stadium.

2. Visit Nashville, TN and sit in on the Bobby Bones Show  see a show at the Grand Ole Opry. Completed 3.29.16

3. Visit my cousin in Dallas, TX.

4. Visit NAU during homecoming weekend (and go to Tequila Sunrise!).

5. Attend Alpha Delta Pi's Grand Convention. Completed 6.26.15

6. Go on a road trip. 

7. Spend one week at the beach.

8. Visit another country.

9. Renew my passport. Completed 10.14.15

Finance

10. Save up one month’s salary.

11. Keep a spending diary every day for at least a year.

12. Spend nothing for two weeks (bills and gas are excluded from this).

13. Create a monthly budget and stick to it for one year.

14. Pay off my credit card.

Family

15. Send Christmas cards to friends and relatives. Completed 12.8.14

16. Spend a weekend hanging out with my brother. Completed 9.7.14

17. Go on a family trip to NYC. Completed 12.13.14
18. Buy something thoughtful for each of my immediate family members (not necessarily a birthday or Christmas gift). Mom: 5.13.14 Steven: 6.26.14 Dad 12.25.14

Fitness

19. Complete a 30-day exercise streak. Completed 3.17.14

20. Run an obstacle race. Completed 4.30.16 

21. Be able to do a pull-up.

22. Run in a 5K (preferably a Color Run). Completed 5.26.14

23. Swim laps at least four days a week for two months. Completed 7.30.14

Fun

24. Attend the midnight premiere of a movie. Completed 12.17.15

25. Go to Comic Con.

26. Take a dance class.

27. Mail someone a surprise package. Completed 4.5.14

28. Make a snowman.

29. Buy a real Christmas tree. Completed 12.6.15

30. Sit in the front row of a show or concert. Completed 9.19.14

31. Buy a lottery ticket. Completed 6.16.15

32. Play fantasy football. Completed 1.3.16

33. Spend an entire day relaxing and watching chick flicks. Completed 10.15.14

34. Go on a picnic.

35. Experience a white Christmas and/or birthday.

36. Do something fun for NYE. Completed 12.31.15

Personal

37. Make a list of 101 things I’ve already accomplished.

38. Read 10 non-fiction books. 1. Sidelined 2. Farewell to Manzanar 3. The Boys in the Boat 4. Bobby Bones: I'm Not Alone if You are Reading This Book 5. Modern Romance 6. Brain on Fire 

39. Make an iTunes playlist of my 101 favorite songs. Completed 6.9.14

40. Document one month of my life in photographs. Completed 6.30.14

41. Read all of Jane Austen’s novels. Completed 7.25.16

42. Make a list of 101 quotes that make me happy and inspire me. Completed 2.25.15

43. Keep up to date on national issues for at least three months.

44. Learn how to take better pictures.

45. Answer the "50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind". Completed 1.24.14

46. Buy something that is monogrammed. Completed 7.6.14

47. Re-read the entire Harry Potter series. Completed 2.19.15

48. Wear heels (higher than two inches) for an entire day.

49. Write and mail someone a handwritten letter. Completed 4.6.14

50. Reconnect with an old friend. Completed 9.20.14

51. Finish watching the entire Dexter series.

52. Learn how to change a car's oil.

53. Build a bear at Build-a-Bear. Completed 2.1.14

54. Keep a "My Day in Six Words" journal for at least three months (maybe on Twitter?) Completed 4.13.14.

55. Try a new type of food. Completed 2.22.14

56. Attend a church service.

57. Give up soda for six months. Completed 7.31.16

58. Re-learn how to read sheet music.

59. Try on a wedding dress. Completed 10.29.16

60. Take a college course in a subject other than English or education.

61. Own a pet. Completed 12.14.14

62. Learn how to drive stick.

63. Go 30 days without getting a drink from Starbucks. Completed 7.11.14

Beauty

64. Learn how to french braid my own hair.

65. Paint my fingernails a bright color and leave it on for at least three weeks. Painted 2.19.14. Completed 3.12.14

66. Learn how to properly curl my own hair.

67. Have professional photos taken. Completed 11.5.16

68. Do something different with my hair. Completed 6.4.14

69. Wear red lipstick for an entire day. Completed 7.4.15

70. Have my makeup professionally done. Completed 12.31.14

Home

71. Make pizza from scratch. Completed 10.15.15

72. Start recycling. Completed 2.20.14

73. Make a photo collage for my apartment. Completed 6.28.14

74. Have a fire in my fireplace. Completed 1.30.16

75. Learn 10 new recipes. 1. Blueberry muffins 2. Blackberry pie bars 3. Strawberry peach pie 4. Angel food cake 5. Chicken pesto pizza 6. Stuffed shells 7. Breakfast burritos 8. Scrambled eggs 9. Apple pie  10. Chocolate chip buttermilk pancakes  Completed 11.25.15

76. Buy an iron (or a steamer) and actually use it.

77. Rent or own a home.

78. Take a cooking class.

79. Stay away from fast food for at least two weeks. Completed in 2016

80. Host a dinner party.

Adventures

81. Visit the street fair downtown. Completed 4.3.16

82. Sleep outdoors.

83. Visit a theme park.

84. Go on a hike. Completed 2.22.14

85. Enjoy a sunrise sunset.  Completed 12.29.15

86. Sing karaoke. Completed 4.2.14

87. Visit a vineyard. Completed 12.5.15

88. Go paintballing.

89. Go on a hot air balloon ride. Completed 2.23.14

90. Visit the ostrich ranch in Picacho Peak, AZ. Completed 5.4.14

91. Go skiing or snowboarding. Completed 2.24.16

92. Visit Mt. Lemmon during the winter. Completed 1.10.15

Social Media

93. Go without TV for one week. Completed 7.1.15

94. Spend 48 consecutive hours offline.  Completed 11.15.15

95. Create a Twitter account and actually use it. Completed 1.21.14

Helping Others

96. Tip 100% on a bill over $20.

97. Spend an afternoon volunteering.

98. Buy a drink for someone behind me in line at Starbucks.

99. Donate clothes to Goodwill every 6 months for two years. 2.22.14    6.27.14    10.14     3.1.15 10.15 Completed 10.2015

100. Donate blood. Deferred 4.22.14

101. Donate at least ten dollars to 12 different charities in 12 months.  Completed 12.19.14
1.14 St. Jude Children's Hospital: $15  2.14 Wounded Warrior Project: $15  3.14 March of Dimes: $10 4.14 St. Jude Children's Hospital: $5, American Red Cross: $10 5.14 Alzheimer's Association: Southwest Chapter: $15 6.14 Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary: $25 7.14 Soldier's Angels: $20 8.14 The ALS Association: $15 9.14 The Pat McAfee Foundation: $20 10.14 Kidney Cancer Association: $20 11.14 St. Jude Children's Hospital: $10 Folds of Honor: $25 12.14 Ronald McDonald House Charities: $15