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Blog

■ 001.  Finish 5 items off my old 101 list

■ 002.  Write a complete list of companies I want to pitch to and pitch to 10

■ 003.  Have 6 blog weekend with Stephanie

■ 004.  Update media kit every 6 months

■ 005.  Have 5 posts pre-scheduled per month for one year

■ 006. Focus on a social media platform 3 months at a time each year (Focusing on instagram means: post daily, promote hashtag, fine 10 new accounts to follow

■ 007.  Improve the blog in one major way

■ 008.  Take a course on how to use a DSLR camera

■ 009.  Pitch to 50% of the restaurants + desserts for free in exchange for a blog post

■ 010.  Develop hashtag lists for common photos I post so I can just copy those each time

■ 011.  Work my way through the Genius Bloggers toolkit

Chicago

■ 012.  Conquer all 50 desserts

■ 013.  Enjoy 10 rooftop bars

■ 014.  Take a helicopter ride over Chicago   

■ 015.  Create a Chicago Top 50 Bucket list

■ 016.  Take a Water Taxi

■ 017.  Eat at every German restaurant in the Chicagoland area   

■ 018.  Experience three new Chicago ethnic neighborhoods

■ 019.  Visit 10 Chicago area museums I’ve never visited before

■ 020.  Do Metra Bar crawl

DIY

■ 021.  Make a card with Cricut for someone in my life once a month just because

■ 022.  Roast chestnuts

■ 023.  Cook 50 new Pampered Chef recipes

■ 024.  Have at least one meal per week with no meat

■ 025.  Knit 5 crescent dish rags for Gamma Phi sisters

■ 026.  Create an over-sized backyard game with Bill for the WI house

■ 027.  Do a photo video recap of each year

■ 028.  Learn to make 5 new dishes that I love (i.e. naan from scratch)

■ 029.  Finish three scrapbooks



Family and Friends

■ 030.  Use up everything in my gift drawer

■ 031.  Send out virtual Christmas, birthday, anniversary and other occasion cards each year

■ 032. Write down family recipes

■ 033.  Have a Lane day once a year

■ 034.  Have a ladies’ thing once a quarter with Mom & Bethany (dinner, fun event, etc.)

■ 035.  Have brunch/lunch with Rachel once a quarter

■ 036.  Get together with Becky once a quarter

■ 037.  Dinner at table with Kevin twice a week WITHOUT distractions

■ 038.  Do a making thing with Jackie once a year (ie mosaics, etc.)

■ 039.  Host one get together once a year



Finances and Adulting

■ 040.  Save up 7k in our travel fund

■ 041.  Take care of three Dad related things (transferring Ancestry account, etc)

■ 042.  Pay off at least half of both of our cars

■ 043.  Double the amount of our investable assets

■ 044.  Complete taxes in February each year

■ 045.  Go without eating out for a month

■ 046.  Create important documents like a will, power of attorney, etc

■ 047.  Figure out where to live next



Fun

■ 048.  Do every puzzle we own

■ 049.  Attend a live taping of Judge Mathis

■ 050.  Read all the books in the O’Malley Saga by Bertrice Small

■ 051.  Kick Stephanie’s butt at Disney music trivia

■ 052.  Do three things within walking distance of our condo (i.e. Lynfryd winery tasting, Roselle fest, etc.)

■ 053.  Read 10 books just because I'm interested in them

■ 054.  Go mermaid swimming

■ 055.  Participate in Disney bar trivia night

■ 056.  Go to drive in movie



Improve Myself

■ 057.  Track what I’m eating regularly

■ 058.  Track spare time for two weeks each season and fix one time suck

■ 059.  Break a bad habit

■ 060.  Dabble three times

■ 061.  Complete a 5k walk each year

■ 062.  Watch a Ted talk per week

■ 063.  Invest in myself

■ 064.  Take two classes at the local community college

■ 065.  Reach my daily step goal at least three days per week



Organize

■ 066.  Organize my childhood photos (birth-high school)

■ 067.  Complete year of organizing

■ 068.  Go through all of my stuff at mom’s house

■ 069.  Go through all of Dad’s records and pull the ones I want to keep

■ 070.  Stop treating my car like a storage space

■ 071.  Keep All Mail in each of my emails under 500

■ 072.  Update my address book, make it a complete address book by adding email addresses and important dates

■ 073.  Organize my grandmother’s photographs

■ 074.  Identify and simplify 10 things that stress me out



Professional

■ 075.  Apply for SHA (Seminar on Historical Administration) or YNPN cohort

■ 076.  Create my own professional portfolio website

■ 077.  Publish an e-book

■ 078.  Track my PC expenses and earnings closely for 6 months to see exactly how much I’m making

■ 079.  Get rid of all of my old Pampered Chef catalogs in a business productive manner (i.e. leave at dentist etc.)

■ 080.  Complete Digital Archive Specialist Certificate program

■ 081.  Write a professional article

■ 082.  Apply for and win an award for a professional conference

Secret

■ 083.  Secret Stephanie item

■ 084.  Secret #1

■ 085.  Secret #2

■ 086.  Secret #3

Style

■ 087.  Invest in a new winter coat

■ 088.  Finish my holy grail make up quest

■ 089.  Wardrobe app

■ 090.  Figure out a signature outfit that makes me feel amazing

■ 091.  Invest in three classic must have pieces

■ 092.  Save up money for and have done laser hair removal on two areas

■ 093.  Paint nails twice a month

■ 094.  Learn three great ways to wear a blanket scarf



Travel

■ 095.  Long weekend trip to Indy & stay in train car at Crown Plaza Downtown Union Station

■ 096.  Visit Williamsburg, VA

■ 097.  Sit down with Kevin and make our ultimate travel bucket list

■ 098.  Invest in two smaller suitcases for smaller trips

■ 099.  Eat at 1 Triple D restaurant during each trip we take

■ 100.  Visit Charleston, SC

■ 101.  See the Northern Lights