101 in 1001: A Review

1001 days ago, on January 1, 2011, I started a list of 101 things that I wanted to accomplish.  It's been a weird, busy, exciting, frustrating, amazing, exhausting, wonderful 2.75 years, and today, my list ends.

It was a really cool project to keep track of, and I'm definitely starting a new list!  It's weird what can change in only a few years, what you can accomplish, and above all, what you can learn and do.


So, without further rambling, my list!  I highlighted (in blue) the things that I didn't do at all, I highlighted (in purple) the things that I kind of did or almost accomplished, used strikethrough to indicate the things that I've done, and comments are in italics.

Start Date: 1/1/11
End Date: 9/28/13

THINGS COMPLETED: 55
THINGS ALMOST COMPLETED/PROGRESS MADE: 18
THINGS NOT COMPLETED AT ALL: 28

GOING GREEN & DOING GOOD 
1. Start composting
2. Grow a garden
           Grew spinach, cilantro, and tomatoes…barely.  
3. Eat local (and organic!) for an entire week 3 times (0/3)
          I definitely want to focus more on eating local and organic.  I've made a lot of steps in a good direction, especially when it comes to organic, but with budget/time/sanity restraints, there's room for improvement.  I wasn't able to completely say that I ate 100% organic/local for a week, even with my CSA.
4. Buy more green, vegan products 
         I switched out probably 98% of all of our toiletries and cleaning products.  There's always room for growth, but I'm really happy about this.
5. Volunteer at the co-op
6. Volunteer 101 hours of my time (60/101)
7. Volunteer at Big Idea
8. Write a political prisoner
9. Vote.
10. Do a sleep in for the homeless
11. Do a walk for the farm animals (raised over $200!)
12. Apply to Americorps 
13. Donate $1 for every mission not completed

FOOD 
14.  Eat or Help at FNB
15. Get a CSA subscription
16. Get a co-op membership
17. Try 10 new restaurants (10/10)
18. Try 25 new recipes (25/25)
19. Shop at a farmer’s market every week for an entire summer
                  got a csa instead and had the farmers market come to us!
20. Eat only “whole” foods for a week
               this is really hard to measure, but I would say that I've definitely moved towards eating 95%+ whole foods.  outside of the occasional mock meat or condiment, we rarely eat processed stuff.
21. Start a food blog
22. Make Seitan
23. Eat at all of the vegan/vegetarian-friendly restaurants in Pittsburgh
                this one is also hard to measure, but we've eaten at a lot of them. we still need to try zenith and eden

COLLEGE
24. Complete 3 internships (1.5/3)
                  May 14, 2013- August 14, 2013: Pittsburgh Planning Dept.
                  September 2013-  Union Project
25. Graduate college with a 3.8 min GPA
               haven't graduated yet, but I think this is doable
26. Go to FTP meetings
27. Start or join club on campus
28. Go to 5 events at Pitt (5/5)
29. Declare a major
30. Attend every class for an entire month
                I came really close to accomplishing this.  it's hilarious that I wasn't able to.  I also didn't really pay attention to my attendance for a few semesters with this goal in mind, so it's possible that I actually did this, but also, knowing me, very possible that I didn't.
31. Get a 4.0 one semester
                I was so close, but thrown off by an A-.

WELLNESS
32. Get down to 140lbs and maintain it
33. Make a bicycle at Free Ride & start riding
               bought a bike instead, but I definitely need to start riding more
34. Do yoga once a week for 6 months
                    I definitely do way more yoga. this is really hard to measure
35. Work out at least 2 times a week for 6 months straight
36. Do situps project
37. Run a 5k
38. Go 30 consecutive days just drinking water
              I pretty much completely gave up soda, so my water intake is ridiculously awesome
39. Relax at least 15 minutes a day
40. Keep track of what I eat every day for a month straight 
41. Complete 25 workout videos (9/25)
42. Go to the dentist

LEARNING AND CREATIVITY
43. Read 35 books (21/35)
44. Learn to kayak
45. Learn to rock climb
46. Learn CPR
47. Journal at least every other day for a month
48. Buy a camera
49. Do 26 things project
50. Start a blog 
51. Publish something
52. Finish a paper journal

TRAVEL
53. Visit Oregon & California
54. Go to Hawaii
55.. Go camping
56. Do 15 new things in Pittsburgh region: (15/15)
               Rent a kayak,Tour nationality rooms, Gateway Clipper tour, Little Italy Days, Unblurred, Fright Nights, Holi in Schenley Park, Snowtubing, I Made It Market, North Shore Bike Trail, Frick Park trails, Swimming at Highland Park Pool, Just Ducky tour, Heinz Chapel Tour, South Side bike trail
57. Do 15 old things in Pittsburgh region: (15/15)
              Go to Carnegie museum, movies in the park, breakfast in the Strip, 3 Rivers Arts Fest, top of the Cathedral, walk through Schenley Park, Kennywood, Sandcastle, bike on the GAP, eat at Primanti's, go to the zoo, visit Fallingwater, fountain at Point State Park, Omnixmax theater, Ohiopyle
58. Visit a beach on the West Coast
59. Visit the Chicago Diner again
60. Go to the Farm Sanctuary
61. Stay in an eco-village, intentional community, or commune
62. Partake in WWOOF
63. Fly in an airplane
64. Go camping by bike
65. Have a spontaneous day where nothing is planned/explore PGH
66. Swim in a natural body of water
67. Host a couchsurfer
68. Be a couchsurfer

PERSONAL GROWTH
69. Stay organized
70. Get a tattoo
71. Stretch ears to 00
72. Participate in Critical Mass
73. Dye my hair an unnatural color
74.  Do something that scares me once a year
                 2011: fly
                 2012: bike from ohiopyle
                 2013: travel alone, internship
75. Go out and have fun by myself

MONEY AND WORK
76. Save $1001 
77. Go one week without spending anything (bills excluded)
78. Save $5 for every task completed   ($275)
79. Apply to 5 “grown up jobs” (3/5)
80. Buy professional clothing & keep resume up to date

ENTERTAINMENT/SOCIAL
81. Write to a penpal/do postcrossing
82. hang out with people more
83. Watch 40 movies (40/40)
84. Read an entire book in the park
85. Go to an event/go out every Friday or Saturday night for a month
86. Watch 26 Movies starting with each letter of the alphabet 
87. See 5 concerts (3/5)
            of montreal, ted leo, belle and sebastian/yo la tengo
88. Attend an outdoor concert
89. Carve a pumpkin
90. Get a live Christmas tree (plant one in its place)
91. Join vegan meetup group/start one
92. Go without facebook for one week
93. Have a conversation with a stranger
94. Skinny dip

LOVE
95. Plan & start saving for a wedding
96. Get wedding bands
97. Go on a picnic with Dustin
98. Spend an entire day in bed with Dustin
99. Go on one official date a month
100. Split up household responsibilities & relax about it for 6 months straight
101. Go on one vacation a year with Dustin (3/3)
            Hawaii, GAP biking/Ohiopyle, Asheville/Ohiopyle



COOL THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST 2.75 YEARS THAT AREN'T ON THE LIST OR MAYBE THEY ARE BUT I DON'T REALIZE IT...EITHER WAY, A LIST OF AWESOMENESS THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST 2.75 YEARS:

Went to Hawaii
Met Vandana Shiva
Protested the keystone xl pipeline
Got a raise/promoted at work
Saw Of Montreal/met Kevin Barnes
Had many delicious vegan Thanksgivings
Camped at Ohiopyle
Camped at Ohiopyle again
Biked from Ohiopyle to Pittsburgh
Got a csa
2 of my friends had babies
Got sandcastle passes and pool passes
Went to Lake Erie
Went camping at Ohiopyle...agin
Dyed my hair ends purple
Shaved the sides of my head
Got wedding bands
Met Gene Baur from the Farm Sanctuary
Did a walk for farm animals

Went to Kennywood Fright Night
Carved Pumpkins

Volunteered at Animal Rescue League
Got a Christmas tree
Went to Lancaster for Christmas
Did a Juice fast
Lost twenty five pounds
Got my hair cut short
Gave up Facebook for 6 months
Started going to therapy once a week
Went snow tubing
Walked through Schenley Park
Went to Holi
Biked the North Shore trail
Went to th Bloomfield community festival
Went to Little Italy Days
Went to the 3 Rivers Arts Fest
Did the south side trail (waterfront to downtown)
Frequented the Bloomfield and East Liberty farmers markets
Went to Philly to visit Lois
Went to Kennywood with Dustin’s parents
Saw Belle and Sebastian! Met Stuart Murdoch
Completed an internship at City Planning
Went to Asheville, NC (did a natural waterslide, biked, saw the city)
Went Camping at Ohiopyle...again
Bought a car
Went to unblurred
Went to Loving Hut
Had a wonderful Arrested Development themed 25th Birthday Party
Started internship with Union Project


Had a lot of amazing times with great people, fell more in love with Dustin every day (so 1001 times the amount of love!), ate a ton of great food, saw a bunch of cool places, learned a lot, and grew a lot as a person!

Looking forward to another 1001 days!