Have you made any resolutions for 2024? I have so much awesome stuff planned! In recent years I’ve made lists of goals that correspond to the year – 22 goals for 2022, 23 for 2023 etc. I was all set to do that again this year when a friend introduced me to the concept of 101 Things in 1001 Days.
As the name suggests, you come up with a list of 101 things you’d like to do/try/change/experience and you aim to complete those things within 1001 days, which is roughly 2.75 years. The idea is that by giving yourself a longer timeframe you can dig deeper and get more creative with your goals, and work towards long-term achievements rather than ‘quick wins’. I LOVE making lists, so a project like this is right up my street!
You can see my list below if you’re interested (I have redacted a couple of things for privacy!) I've organised my list into categories because that's easier for me. I've also left room in each category to add new goals as the 1001 days progress. I started on January 1 so my finish date is September 28, 2026, but the beauty of it is that you can start at any time. Please do reach out to me or tag me on Instagram if you decide to create your own list – I LOVE seeing what goals people set for themselves!
Health & Fitness
1. Achieve my weight-loss goal
2. Do 30 days of yoga/Pilates
3. Run a 10k
4. Start strength training/weight lifting
5. Complete 50 parkruns
6. REDACTED!
7. Do one (1) pull-up
8. Start a running group
9. Donate blood
10. Run/walk 1000km in total
11. Run 2km a day for 30 days
12. Try dryland dog sledding and/or canicross
13. Do 100 days alcohol free
14. ??
Home
15. Find/make a path to the bottom of our property (we live on a large bush block that apparently has a creek at the bottom, but we've never been able to get it!)
16. Plant a veggie garden
17. Get another Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (I miss my guys so much)
18. REDACTED!
19. Have a garage sale
20. Spruce up the laundry
21. Do something with the dead space under the stairs
22. Declutter my books
23. Always have flowers in the house (bought or from the garden)
24. Declutter the kids’ clothes and toys
25. Buy another piece of original art
26. ??
Creativity
27. Start a podcast
28. Enter an art competition
29. REDACTED
30. Set up an Etsy store for my vintage clothes
31. Write a play
32. See the Gauguin exhibition in Canberra (June 2024)
33. Read 5 classic novels by women authors
34. Re-read Anne of Green Gables + finish the rest of the series (My all-time favourite book and a large part of the reason I'm a writer!)
35. Finish at least three of the dozens of unfinished online courses I’ve started (Yes, I have a problem)
36. Write 10 new poems
37. Do the 100 Day Project
38. Learn to sing and/or play the drums
Career
39. Write another novel
40. Finish my PhD creative work
41. Finish my Pilates teaching certification
42. Finish my canine massage certification
43. REDACTED!
44. REDACTED!
45. Frame my book covers + hang in office
46. Have a book launch event (Can you believe I've published 11 books and never had a book launch?!)
47. Send my author newsletter at least twice a month (Sign up HERE!)
48. ??
Life Admin (Boring but necessary!)
49. Make a Will
50. Buy nothing new for six months
51. Pay off credit card
52. Save $5000
53. Write my Churchill Fellowship report
54. Find out my blood type
55. Pay myself $25 for every goal I complete
56. Make monthly contributions to superannuation
57. ??
Just For Fun
58. Ride a jet ski
59. Drive a Mustang
60. Learn to shuffle dance
61. Cuddle a dingo
62. Make homemade dog treats
63. Do my vintage circus puzzle
64. REDACTED!
65. Go whale watching
66. Go parasailing
67. Do a stand-up comedy class
68. Have a ‘just because’ party
69. See Cirque du Soleil
70. Bake an apple pie
71. Get 5 more tattoos
72. REDACTED!
73. Send 5 ‘just because’ parcels to friends
74. Take swing dance classes with hubby
75. Actually use my pottery wheel
76. Make jam
77. Take a Mexican cooking class
78. Learn to knit
79. Meet a wolf
Spirit
80. Have a spa day
81. Set up a creativity altar
82. Have one screen-free day per month
83. Have a date night every month
84. Learn to read tarot
85. Do an oracle card pull once a month
86. Swim in the ocean
87. Swim in a secret Blue Mountains swimming hole
Travel
88. Churchill Fellowship trip 2024
89. Go camping
90. Go to Italy and Spain
91. Go to the UK
92. Go to a F1 race in another country
93. Drive the Great Ocean Road
94. Go to the Flinders Ranges
95. Go on a trip with my best friend, Karlie
96. Visit Palm Springs
97. Take the kids to the snow
98. Plan an amazing 20th wedding anniversary trip for 2027
99. Visit my amazing friend Michele in Boston
100. Visit Uluru
101. ??