Are you a dreamer? Do you have these big goals and dreams you’d like to achieve one day? Do you know how powerful it is to write these dreams and goals on paper?
This Spring while writing down some goals and things I wanted to achieve this year in my life and in my company I stumbled across another person’s list.. except their list wasn’t for the year but one they would work on for the next 1001 days. They didn’t have a list of 10 things- but of 101 things! I was inspired. I’ve had this list tucked away in my documents folder and hadn’t thought about it in awhile… it was fun to read through what I wrote down in March. When it seems like the daily list never gets fully crossed off it’s refreshing to see that I’ve already accomplished a number of my goals… and that I’m well on the way to crossing more of them off soon!
Do you have a list? If not- I’d encourage you to make one- and then share it- I’d love to see where you’d like be in 1001 days!
It’s one thing to get them in writing- it’s another to share them with the world. I’m sharing them with you to give you a peek into where my I’d like to go- it’s your invitation to take part in this journey with me. I’ll be updating this post as I continue to cross items off. I’ll blog about the goal that’s been achieved. I calculated the date here.
101 in 1001
Start Date: March 9, 2010
End Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
1. make it home to take pictures for my family
2. keep office organized consistently for 3 weeks
3. strap on my running shoes again
4. find a charity to give back to
5. spend more time doing personal things I love
6. take a picture a day for 28 days
7. design and order my personal wedding album
8. start classes to teach others how to use their cameras
9. commit to volunteering on a weekly basis
10. Have a bridal session done for myself.
11. run a marathon
12. shoot a wedding in Europe
13. travel to New Zealand to photograph a wedding (It’s my #1 Dream destination)
14. Spend time doing relief work in Hati
15. have my work published on grace ormonde’s blog
16. have a wedding published in The Knot
17. have a wedding published in The Atlantan Bride
18. shoot 15 sessions in one month (October 2010)
19. be fully booked 3 months out
20. seek out 2 mentors whom I admire
21. successfully host a new bride party
22. successfully help new moms build their networks
24. buy a macro lens (Fall 2010)
25. upgrade my cameras to D700s
26. shoot 30 weddings in 1 year
27. design a fun office space I enjoy (In progress!!)
28. return to Peru with my camera
29. plan a vacation for my husband and I
30. return to China/Thailand
31. go camping
32. hike a 14er
33. finish rebranding my business
34. visit my nieces and nephew and take my camera August 2010
35. create a new efficient workflow
36. weekly take time to rejuvenate creativity for 1 solid month
37. do monthly email newsletters
38. Apply 3 new things to my business I’ve learned at previous seminars/conferences
39. Start my “inspiration wall”
40. create a wedding and portrait site May 2010
41. participate in the 40 hour famine
42. vacation in southern California
43. attend the M2J workshop
44. meet Jamie delaine
45. speak at WPPI
46. take landscape and nature pictures to use in my home
47. open a studio space
48. invest in a softbox and studio light October 2010
49. print wall grouping for living room
50. Visit NYC and go to a show on broadway
51. See Stomp live
52. Increase sales by 50% for two years
53. Read the manual to my camera
54. Create a “for photographers” section on my blog
55. Paint the walls of our living room and my office
56. Cook something new everyday for a week
57. Visit a state I’ve never been to November 2010 (Oregon and Louisiana)
58. Launch a successful marketing campaign
59. Shoot my 1,000th portrait session
60. Read 3 books in 4 months that benefit my business
61. Attend the Texas Photography school
62. Purchase a wide angle lens (14-24 please)
63. Visit Chicago again
64. See the Blue Angels fly at Pensacola beach
65. Cut out all sweets for 30 days
66. Join a volleyball league
67. Do a portrait session in another state
68. Have my work published in a children/parent/family magazine
69. Be featured on a blog that’s not my own
70. Be featured on a the wedding chics blog
71. Have a wedding highlighted on Style Me Pretty (8-12-11)
72. Spend a day capturing the stories and memories of my grandparents (August 2010)
73. Learn a new card trick
74. Build my inspiration book
75. Start a Charity
76. Travel to Sarah Petty’s studio
77. Run another half marathon
78. Complete the 3 day walk for a cure
79. Go apple picking
80. Clean out my email inbox and keep it empty for 3 consecutive weeks
81. Blog everyday for a month
82. Update my wardrobe and go shopping with Nikki! October 2010
83. Create systems for my business and what I do
84. Write up company policies. (get them on paper!)
85. Complete Flood relief work (anywhere)
86. Spend a week traveling around Maine (and the North East) in the Summer.
87. Learn to efficiently use off camera flash
88. Hit 2,000 “fans” on my facebook page (Halfway there 10-17-2010!)
89. Hire a studio manager
90. Complete P90x
91. submit and place in a print competition at state
92. build 1 new vendor relationship every month for 6 months
93. Establish office hours and enforce them
94. Travel to villages in Kenya and Uganda
95. visit NYC with my husband and see a show on broadway
96. hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
97. visit Yellowstone
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