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Previous 101 in 1001 Lists: #1 | #2
Starts: October 9, 2020
Ends: July 6, 2023
Last Updated: June 8, 2021
Personal Development [0/6]
☐ 1. Beat my past 101 in 1001 record of 68. [20/68]
☐ 2. Learn how to jumpstart a car.
☐ 3. Learn how to drive a stick shift.
☐ 4. Learn how to change a tire.
☐ 5. Listen to all (previously unplayed) episodes of 99% Invisible.
☐ 6. Get to level 1 in all Spanish lessons on Duolingo. [Checkpoint 4/9]
Financial [2/5]
✔ 7. Pay off our student loans. [November 2020]
✔ 8. Make a big purchase to celebrate paying off our student loans. [December 2020]
☐ 9. Make a will.
☐ 10. Max out 401Ks, IRAs, and HSAs for me and Sean in a single calendar year.
☐ 11. Boost our emergency fund to $15k.
Health & Fitness [1/7]
☐ 12. Do an 8pm-8am phone ban every day for two weeks.
✔ 13. Buy an Apple Watch. [January 2021]
☐ 14. Run 5 kilometers without stopping.
☐ 15. Go on a hike once per week for a month.
☐ 16. Finish Ring Fit.
☐ 17. Take an advanced yoga course in FitOn without having to modify or stop in the middle.
☐ 18. Be able to do the splits in at least one direction.
House [7/18]
✔ 19. Get a new couch. [November 2020]
☐ 20. Replace our microwave.
☐ 21. Set up an emergency preparedness kit.
☐ 22. Improve our inventory of smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and fire extinguishers.
☐ 23. Convert the downstairs fireplace to gas.
☐ 24. Add a wet bar to our dining room.
✔ 25. Buy coupe glasses. [October 2020]
☐ 26. Finish renovating the windows throughout the house.
✔ 27. Install curtains throughout the house. [April 2021]
☐ 28. Make a plan and budget for a kitchen renovation.
✔ 29. Frame and hang our Venice poster. [April 2021]
✔ 30. Replace the ceiling light in the guest bedroom. [May 2021]
☐ 31. Get my grandma’s chair reupholstered.
☐ 32. Get a pool for the back yard.
✔ 33. Plant a garden. [June 2021]
☐ 34. Improve the entertainment space in the backyard.
☐ 35. Convert the side yard to a pollinator / butterfly garden.
✔ 36. Add some sort of barrier next to the sunroom and porch. [April 2021]
Organization & Decluttering [4/11]
☐ 37. Use up all of my old And Possibly Dinosaurs notepads.
✔ 38. Get all but 100 items in Stylebook down to $1 per wear. [March 2021]
☐ 39. Go through all of my old mix CDs.
✔ 40. Organize the laundry room. [February 2021]
☐ 41. Organize the workshop.
✔ 42. Organize the main room of the basement. [February 2021]
☐ 43. Organize the garage.
☐ 44. Organize our bedroom closet / clothing storage.
✔ 45. Preserve my wedding dress. [December 2020]
☐ 46. Update our Home Book each year. [1/4: 2020]
☐ 47. Reorganize and consolidate my photo files.
Travel [0/11]
☐ 48. Travel to the Pacific Northwest.
☐ 49. Travel to Denver.
☐ 50. Travel to San Francisco.
☐ 51. Travel to Nashville.
☐ 52. Visit Randi in Arizona.
☐ 53. Visit Angela in LA.
☐ 54. Do a girls’ trip with Angela and Randi.
☐ 55. Visit 10 Michigan State Parks
☐ 56. Visit at least 3 zoos.
☐ 57. Visit Dollywood.
☐ 58. Go to a Red Wings away game.
Local [0/7]
☐ 59. Visit 10 new-to-me places in Kalamazoo. [5/10: Harding’s in November 2020 | Kelvin & Co on Main St in November 2020 | Nonla Burger on Drake in November 2020 | Dickey’s Barbecue Pit on Stadium Dr in April 2021 | Husted’s Farm Market in June 2021]
☐ 60. Go to a Kalamazoo Growlers game.
☐ 61. Play tennis with Sean at Crane Park.
☐ 62. Go apple picking.
☐ 63. Visit a pumpkin patch.
☐ 64. Go sledding or tubing.
☐ 65. Go ice skating.
Food [0/8]
☐ 66. Cook my way through an entire cookbook. [13/103]
☐ 67. Make fried plantains and jollof rice.
☐ 68. Learn how to roast a chicken without needing to follow a recipe.
☐ 69. Learn how to make latte art with our espresso machine.
☐ 70. Learn how to poach an egg.
☐ 71. Learn how to make crepes.
☐ 72. Learn how to make 15 classic cocktails from memory. [3/15: Old Fashioned | Tom Collins | Sidecar]
☐ 73. Take a sushi rolling class.
Creative [3/6]
✔ 74. Buy an iPad. [January 2021]
✔ 75. Learn how to style my natural curls. [May 2021]
☐ 76. Learn to cross-stitch.
☐ 77. Learn calligraphy.
✔ 78. Make an embroidered table cloth of visitors’ signatures. [April 2021]
☐ 79. Screenprint something.
Reading [1/8]
☐ 80. Read (or attempt to read) and get rid of 25 books that I already own. [1/25: The Winter of Red Snow]
☐ 81. Read all previously unread books on Alyse Ruriani’s Anti-Racist Bingo: Reading List Edition. [4/25: White Rage by Carol Anderson | The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander | I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown | Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates]
☐ 82. Read all published books by Jenny Han. [3/12: Clara Lee and the Apple Pie Dream | My True Love Gave to Me | Shug]
☐ 83. Read the Animal Ark series.
☐ 84. Read the Dear America books. [5/44: The Winter of Red Snow | Behind the Masks | Like the Willow Tree | Cannons at Dawn | Standing in the Light]
☐ 85. Read the Royal Diaries books. [2/20: Cleopatra VII | Anastasia]
✔ 86. Read the Little House series. [May 2021]
☐ 87. Read the Wheel of Time series.
Animal Crossing [2/5]
☐ 88. Get framed photos of all of my neighbors in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. [9/10: Lily | Judy | Gaston | Chevre | Fauna | Freya | Lucky | Goldie | Poppy]
☐ 89. Catch all bugs, fish, and sea creatures in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. [1/3: Sea Creatures in May 2021]
☐ 90. Get all 6 golden tools in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. [3/6: Watering Can | Slingshot | Axe]
✔ 91. Get all of KK Slider’s songs in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. [February 2021]
✔ 92. See Animal Crossing: New Horizons switch over to a new day at 5 am. [October 2020]
Just for Fun [0/9]
☐ 93. Learn to juggle.
☐ 94. Learn to identify 5 constellations.
☐ 95. Get a new piercing.
☐ 96. Get a keyboard and learn to play the piano again.
☐ 97. Watch all of Sex and the City.
☐ 98. Watch all of The Golden Girls. [2/7 Seasons]
☐ 99. Watch all of Downton Abbey (including the movie).
☐ 100. Watch all of Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire.
☐ 101. Watch all of the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
