101 in 1,001

New Years Resolutions are always hard to keep. There always seems to be something I desire to change about myself, something to add to or remove from my life, and things I wish I were more capable of doing. I criticize myself often and am slow to accept compliments. This year, and those to come, will be different. I will improve myself. I will do things I've always wanted to do. I will see the beauty in every day life, and appreciate the little things. I will focus on the positive and look to the future, but remain grounded in the present. I will be me, yet will strive to create a better version.

I've started a 101 in 1,001 list. As of today, I still have many goals to add, but as you can see below, I even have a goal to finish adding these goals. As I complete the goals, I will blog about them and strike them out on this list. I'll update you on my progress and will reveal my struggles.

Start Date: January 1, 2010

End Date: September 28, 2012

1. Go to New York City - Complete May 2012
2. Pay off my school loans [in progress]
3. Live in California for at least 6 months - Complete 3/1/11
4. Have a photo published in a magazine
5. Buy a home {searching!}
6. Write an article for a magazine
7. Go to Costa Rica - Complete March/April 2012
8. Read the entire Bible and understand what I read {in progress}
9. Join an adult soccer league - Complete 4/29/10
10. Spend an entire day at a spa with a friend - Complete 4/17/10
11. Finish my college scrapbook [in progress]
12. See a Broadway musical - Complete 8/29/10
13. Go to the Ballet
14. Assist on the casting or production of a film - Complete Spring 2011, Fall 2011
15. Go to Australia
16. Go to Europe
17. Get re-certified in CPR/First Aid
18. Go on a carriage ride
19. Go to a Film Festival - Complete 4/30/11, 5/4/11
20. Be an extra in a movie
21. Meet a movie or TV celebrity - Complete 1/15/11, 1/29/11
22. Read 101 books [in progress: 45/101]
23. Walk away from gossip - Complete 3/1/10
24. No ice cream for a month - Complete 5/1/10
25. Do pilates or yoga 2 days a week for 2 months - Complete 7/31/10
26. Watch Volume 1 of Glee Season 1 - Complete 2/6/10
27. Deliver a plate of cookies to a neighbor I don't know well
28. Create a box filled with greeting cards for every occasion - use them - Complete 6/12/10
29. Bring my own lunch to work every day for a month - Complete 1/29/10
30. Fall in love again
31. Start a quote book - Complete 2/6/10
32. Send a secret to PostSecret
33. Go a week without using my straightener - Complete 4/8/10
34. Go to a Wild game - Complete 11/28/11
35. Do a good deed for someone without them knowing I did so - Complete 12/6/11, 2/14/12
36. Go on a trip with my college roommates
37. Go to Las Vegas
38. Go to a taping of The Ellen Show - Complete 3/6/12
39. Get a tattoo
40. Learn to swallow pills
41. Fly First Class
42. Start grad school
43. Write a children's book
44. Ride a horse/Attempt to overcome my fear of horses - Complete 4/3/12
45. Take an architecture class
46. Give myself at least 1 genuine compliment everyday for 2 weeks - Complete 11/16/10
47. Take the Strengths Finder 2.0 - Complete 1/7/10
48. For every item on this list not completed after 1,001 days, donate $5 to a charity
49. Finish adding goals to this list by January 18, 2010 - Complete 1/13/10
50. Stop receiving at least one of my allergy shots - Complete December 2010
51. In a social setting, approach someone I don't know and start conversation - Complete 3/27/10
52. Build a snowman
53. Get a passport - Complete 6/9/11
54. Lose 10 pounds
55. Try a new food - Complete 6/11/10
56. Stop coloring my hair - Complete Fall 2010
57. Go to bed before 10 PM every night for a week - Complete 11/16/10
58. Spend an entire weekend without the internet - Complete 4/18/10
59. Invest in a stock - Complete 11/9/10
60. Take an Employment Law class
61. See Avatar in 3-D - Complete 4/27/10
62. Post our spare oven on Craigslist - Complete 10/17/11
63. Clear the files off my old Dell laptop and donate it - Complete 8/27/10
64. Learn to shoot a gun - Complete 11/20/11
65. Sell my snowboard equipment
66. Go on a missions trip
67. Throw a surprise party - Complete 2/18/12
68. Grow out my hair, then chop it off and donate to locks of love {in progress}
69. Have a picnic
70. Convert my family's old VHS tapes to DVDs
71. Buy a lottery ticket (or two or three!) - Complete 11/3/11
72. Find a pair of cute heeled boots that fit - Complete 4/18/10
73. Go mini-golfing
74. Buy a big pair of prescription sunglasses - Complete 4/28/10
75. Host a BBQ with friends - Complete 9/5/10
76. Take a Self Defense class
77. Learn how to change a tire
78. Learn how to drive a stick shift
79. Frame my college diploma
80. Go to a Flea Market
81. Conquer a fear - Complete 10/27/10
82. Acquire a taste for wine - Complete Fall 2010
83. See a movie in IMAX - Complete 3/24/12
84. Buy a new camera lens
85. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast
86. Start playing the piano again
87. Pay for the beverage or meal of someone in line behind me - Complete 4/2/10
88. Hire a stylist to teach me how to dress well for my body type - Complete 10/5/10
89. Take great nature pictures and have them printed on canvases and/or professionally framed
90. Donate clothing I no longer wear - Complete 2/26/10
91. Go to the batting cages - Complete 3/6/11
92. Have a full-day movie day in my pj's - Complete 1/16/10
93. Spend a day volunteering - Complete 9/11/11
94. Learn to knit - Complete 12/3/11
95. Take a ballroom dance class
96. Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity - Complete 9/11/11
97. Volunteer with the American Heart Association
98. Get a lesson in SEO from my sister
99. Go to a book signing - Complete 1/15/11
100. Go to Pinkberry! - Complete 9/12/10
101. Become an aunt

Green= Complete

What are your goals/New Years Resolutions?