This summer, I have met a group of amazing women. All photographers. All funny. All ambitious. All just. Like. Me. As I was perusing all of their respective blogs, I noticed a common post among them. 101 goals to accomplish in 1001 days. Each of them had their own mix of photography goals and personal goals, and each of them inspired me to create my own. I did notice a heavy theme on traveling in mine. Guess I want to go places. My 101, in no particular order, other than this is the order they came to me in, after three months of thinking about it:
1. Live off an income generated solely by photography.
2. Be debt free.
3. Own a home.
4. Visit Italy.
5. See the Red Sox play at Fenway with my dad.
6. Eat Maine lobster – in Maine.
7. Run a 5k.
8. Climb all the 14′ers in Colorado (FYI, there are a LOT).
9. Go on a mexican cruise.
10. Own a Nikon 3D.
11. Open a studio. 7/1/11
12. Be published in a magazine. 8/9/11
13. Take a family trip with the whole family (currently, all 9 of us).
14. Take Alissa to Disneyland for her 5th birthday.
15. Climb Macchu Picchu.
16. Learn Italian.
17. Buy a great piece of art.
18. Pay cash for a new car.
19. See a Broadway show in NY.
20. Visit San Francisco.
21. Buy a great leather jacket.
22. Visit Washington DC.
23. Get a new laptop. 2/19/10
24. See the Cubs play at Wrigley
25. Visit Montreal.
26. Grow tomatoes.
27. Go to WPPI.
28. Enter a print competition. 9/24/10
29. Buy baseball season tickets.
30. Learn to play tennis (again).
31. Find an amazing bedroom set.
32. Finish bachelor’s degree already. 7/30/10
33. Get a master’s degree.
34. Buy a new backpack.
35. Read the whole bible.
36. Volunteer once a month on a Habitat site.
37. Find a great school for Alissa. 5/29/11
38. Learn to golf. 8/10/10
39. Visit Thailand.
40. Go to a fancy New Year’s party.
41. Sell out a wedding season.
42. Shoot a destination wedding. 12/18/10
43. Go to opening day at Dodger Stadium.
44. Visit Greece.
45. Read Atlas Shrugged
46. Unveil new web site.
47. Keep a fresh flower arrangement every day for a month. 4/17/10
48. Learn to swim. 7/29/11
49. Develop marketing packet.
50. Get to the gym 5 days a week.
51. Take a vacation with friends. 7/27/11
52. Write a business plan.
53. Participate in Help-Portrait.
54. Organize recipe clippings.
55. Take pictures daily for a year. Really. I mean it.
56. Find client management system. 10/13/09
57. Join photographer’s group. 4/1/11
58. Take a vacation with photographer friends.
59. Complete a workflow checklist. (Did I seriously add to my list of goals to make another list?) 10/13/09 (Part of my client management system has a workflow checklist! SCORE!!)
60. Have a book featured on Asuka.
61. Go on a Caribbean cruise. 7/29/11
62. Blog every day for a month. 4/30/09
63. Be on the preferred vendor list at five high schools.
64. Buy a little black dress.
65. Go to a swanky charity event.
66. Get Lightroom.10/16/09
67. Get CS5. 8/1/11
68. Shoot & develop art portfolio.
69. Buy a new TV.
70. Create a promotional video.
71. Design an exhibit booth.
72. Donate to a dozen charities in a year. 12/1/10
73. Start tithing – make it a habit.
74. Have a fully-funded emergency fund. 2/19/10
75. Send out christmas cards (if you want one, send me your address).
76. Create monthly photography budget.
77. Design/print new business cards.
78. Move out of my parents’ house. 2/15/11
79. Go on a perfect date with a great guy. 8/15/09
80. Buy the perfect sofa.
81. Host a dinner party.
82. Visit Seattle.
83. Have someone serve me breakfast in bed. 7/2/11
84. Get a ProPhoto blog. 9/3/10
85. Streamline workflow. 6/1/11
86. Plan mini session dates for each quarter of 2010.
87. Host Christmas.
88. Send out five Operation Christmas Child boxes.
89. Get passport. 6/30/11
90. Get a WPPI membership.
91. Get a PPA membership. 7/12/10
92. Hike the Crested Butte trail.
93. Go on a photo walk. 4/16/11
94. Stop eating fast food.
95. Throw a costume party.
96. Throw a huge surprise birthday party for my sister (who birthdays mean more than everything to, yet no one ever makes a big deal about hers).
97. Open a Sharebuilder account. 3/8/10
98. Finish reading half the books on the “Classics” list from AP English.
99. Send all my friends Valentines (see #75)
100. Go all out and decorate for every holiday one year.
101. Start a new tradition with my best friend.
As you can see, I’ve already managed to cross a couple things off the list, and here’s to more coming soon. Keep me honest you guys!!
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