100 In a Year

100 In a Year is a challenge to complete a hundred fun and realistic tasks over the span of an entire year. Inspired by CharliDHolbrook.com, here is my list. Join me and create your own!

Start: October 5, 2011

End: October 5, 2012

**I will keep a photographic record when possible**

1. Learn how to eat with chopsticks.
2. Read a chapter of the Bible everyday and highlight verses that speak to me.
3. Write a letter to my future husband for him to read on our wedding day.
4. Obtain my Master’s degree.
5. Take a pole dancing fitness class.
6. Go 7 consecutive days without eating meat.
7. Send a thank-you letter to a soldier from my home state.
8. Learn how to play spades.
9. Get a basketball lesson from my boyfriend.
10. Volunteer at an animal shelter.
11. Save $1 a day (or more). (14/100)
12. Complete a jumbo coloring book.
13. Go 24 hours without sending a text message.
14. Make my very first gumbo.
15. Write a letter to my little sister telling her how proud I am of her.
16. Dye my hair.
17. Work-out for an hour for 7 consecutive days.
18. Stay awake for 24 hours.
19. Visit a strip club.
20. Create a vision board.
21. Interview both of my grandmothers about their lives.
22. Have a romantic walk on the beach.
23. Go on a swamp tour.
24. Conquer a fear.
25. Have a tea party with my niece.
26. Create a story using only photos.
27. Learn sign language.
28. Go 3 consecutive days without watching TV.
29. Buy a ‘Where’s Waldo’ book and complete all the activities.
30. Write down all of my bad/sad memories on paper and burn them.
31. Sit outside one morning and watch the sunrise.
32. Bake someone a birthday cake.
33. Begin writing a memoir.
34. Learn a magic trick.
35. Kiss in the rain.
36. Write a poem or song for my boyfriend.
37. Write a letter to someone who has passed away and release it in the wind.
38. Make a goofy video of myself dancing.
39. Ride in a taxi.
40. Meditate once a month.
41. Kiss at the top of a ferris wheel.
42. Send a postcard of one of my secrets to PostSecret.com.
43. Learn to juggle.
44. Donate blood.
45. Make a documentary.
46. Learn how to sew.
47. Try an oyster.
48. Learn how to say ‘I love you’ in 3 different languages.
49. Take a ballroom dancing lesson.
50. Have a real picnic in the park - sandwiches, a blanket, wine - the whole nine yards.
51. Carve my name into a tree.
52. Have a couples massage at the spa.
53. Be in a position to work full-time with my own business.
54. Visit a state I have never been to.
55. Pull an awesome prank on my boyfriend.
56. Carve a pumpkin.
57. Take both of my dogs walking at the same time.
58. Complete at least 10 interviews for my family ancestry book.
59. Go to an amusement park.
60. Write a letter to myself to open in 5 years.
61. Leave 50 inspirational notes on colorful post-its for people to find in random places.
62. Get at least 4 abs!
63. Work on the scrapbook I created for me and Jhermi.
64. Do homework at Starbucks.
65. Finish writing the next 100 in a year list.
66. Write a letter to a prison inmate serving life without parole.
67. Take my mom out to lunch - just me and her.
68. Learn a new recipe.
69. Host a co-ed slumber party.
70. Learn how to correctly fold a fitted sheet.
71. Host a game night.
72. Write a letter to Kimora Lee Simmons.
73. Go 7 consecutive days without eating out, including fast food.
74. Beat my boyfriend in a game of bowling.
75. Buy 3 people a random gift. (2/3)
76. Paint a self portrait.
77. Buy a lottery ticket.
78. Answer the ’50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind’.
79. Go 7 consecutive days without complaining about anything.
80. Have dinner by candlelight.
81. Identify 100 things that make me happy.
82. Go to a museum.
83. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet.
84. Get a passport.
85. Attend an NBA game.
86. Design and make my own dress from scratch.
87. Attend a concert.
88. Drink only water for 7 consecutive days.
89. Eat 10 foods I have never tried before. (2/10)
90. Buy a stranger a meal.
91. Go to a shooting range.
92. Go ice-skating.
93. Learn how to play poker.
94. Play mini-golf.
95. Plan and execute a party for someone.
96. Eat at 15 restaurants I have never eaten at. (7/15)
97. Write handwritten letters to 15 people telling them how important they are to me. (3/15)
98. Make 10 free-throws in a row.
99. Complete a photo album with a picture of every living relative I have.
100. Make a digital scrapbook for this 100 in a Year list.