While I have the 101 things in 1001 days list that I’m slowly chipping away at, I know there’s a number of things on there I won’t accomplish … or after this many months, not sure that I want to anymore (that whole what interested me then doesn’t entirely interest me now thing!) … so, seeing that I turn 30 this year, I picked out some of the items on that list + some others not on there in hopes of accomplishing them between now and August 6, 2011.
The 30 things to accomplish before my 31st birthday:
1) Revamp biz websites (portrait & pet portfolios, take down my pet blog)
2) Read the Bible from cover to cover.
3) Blog daily on personal blog for three months.
4) Read five classics.
5) Read six business related books.
6) Complete the Nichole V Workshop in a Box, Boudoir Divas Workbook, and the One Light Workshop DVD.
7) Make three food items from scratch.
Make Christmas gifts (part or whole) myself.
9) Travel alone for a long weekend.
10) Work on building a boudoir portfolio + create a brand to launch by the middle of 2012 (biz plan, pricing, product samples).
11) Run three days a week for an entire season.
12) Attend a musical.
13) Save the equivalent of a car payment a month in savings.
14) Pay off all credit card debt.
15) Photograph all the dance halls in Central Texas.
16) Photograph Corsicana, Jefferson, the Fort Worth Stockyards, Waco, Denton, and Caddo Lake.
17) Convince clients to consider a unique session location (i.e. bowling alley, putt putt course, laudromat, antique shop, etc.)
18) Maintain a gratitude journal — print and blog formats — at least twice a week for an entire year.
19) Blog a recipe a week on personal blog.
20) Create and complete a list of photo challenges.
21) Refinish a piece of furniture + refurbish the chest & cushion that’s in my bedroom.
22) Learn something new (i.e. yoga, pilates, belly dancing, handgun lessons).
23) Respond to letters in a timely manner.
24) Maintain book lists at Goodreads & on personal blog.
25) Save up for a Pacific Coast trip (Pacific Coast Highway, San Fran, Sausalito, Catalina Island, Big Sur, Yosemite, Napa, Portland, Seattle, & Vancouver).
26) Save up and purchase a wide angle lens, a fisheye lens, and a camera body upgrade.
27) Do something anonymously for someone in need.
28) Buy and wear a cute dress for no particular reason.
29) Write a travel article and have it published–online or in print.
30) Start a ‘future house down payment’ savings account (and add to it each month).
