new idea for resolution making

Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful time ringing in 2011!

If you red my blog on a regular basis, you have probably noticed that I use a lot of ideas from other people's blogs. I read their entries, save the posts/ideas I like, and use those things to my advantage. One of the blogs I read, "After I Do" by Krysten (you may have seen some of her ideas in a couple of my other posts - I highly recommend reading her blog), started a "101 in 1001" list a while ago. It is a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. That  I loved this idea, so I am starting my own... TODAY.

Because my  new year's resolutions never really work for me (I always give up, or forget about them, or stop doing them for one reason or another) I figured I would come up with a 101 in 1001 list. My list consists of things that I think will make my life better, make me a stronger person, or just things that I want to accomplish. I am starting today, January 1, 2011 which means that I should have everything on this list completed by September 27, 2013. My blog will track my accomplishments, and every time I finish something on the list, I will cross it off and put the date it was completed (See Krysten's for an example).

Without further adieu, here is my list (thus far...):

1. Finish my 101 in 1001 list
2. Read at least one book for pleasure every month for a year
3. Read books from the New York Times Best Seller list and Oprah's Book Club
4. Visit important sites from WWII in Europe, including Concentration Camps
5. Graduate from college
6. Get a job after college graduation
7. Save at least 1/3 of each paycheck I receive
8. Do something important - something that matters and is selfless
9. Get back in shape
10. Send postcard(s) to Post Secret
11. Make new friends
12. Visit my little sister at Penn State
13. Don't move back in with my parents after graduation
14. Visit Las Vegas
15. Cook more
16. Eat Healthier
17. Learn how to sew
18. Experience a Flash Mob
19. Stop biting my nails
20. Donate money to a good cause
21. Take vitamins every day 
22. Do five things that scares me
23. Learn how to sew (more than just aprons)
24. Finish my Spain scrapbook
25. Wear more "stylish" everyday clothes (not just jeans and t-shirts)
26. Write more handwritten letters
27. Watch at least 10 movies that I haven't seen from AFI's top 100
28. Make this blog worth reading
29. Write a letter to the Glamour magazine editors
30. Win a giveaway on someone else's blog
31. Purge on all the unnecessary things I have in my rooms at my parents' houses
32. Buy an updated digital SLR
33. Have something of mine published in a magazine or newspaper
34. Become fluent in Spanish - I'm advanced, but not fluent
35. Spend more time with my family (sisters, cousins, parents)
36. Go on more photo shoots
37. Learn how to use my digital SLR to it's highest capabilities
38. Use my old manual SLR camera to take more black and white pictures
39. Develop black and white pictures at a photo lab
40. Subscribe to Glamour magazine
41. Develop/purchase a stylish work wardrobe
42. Answer "50 questions that will free your mind"
43. Make cupcakes from scratch
44. Send myself a postcard from every destination I visit
45. Move to a new city/state
46. Transfer more money into my savings account than out
47. Participate in Operation Beautiful
48. Track finances
49. Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day
50. Organize e-mail account
51. Organize iPod - delete unwanted songs
52. Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art or home decor
53. Try a new recipe a month, for a year

That's about all I can think of right now. But if you saw item number one on my list, you know that finishing the list is a part of the list! (hehe)

Also, I love Krysten's idea of saving $5 for every item I complete and donating $5 for every item I don't complete, so I am adding that as one of the inspirations for the list.

P.S. If any of you have ideas for me to add to my list, let me know! I always love to hear your input :)