101 in 1001

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I have so many things to be grateful for!  I also have so many things that I want to accomplish.  I casually say, ‘I want to…..’ all the time.   One photographer I admire, Melissa Jill, has a 101 in 1001 she’s doing on her blog which has greatly inspired me.

What is 101 in 1001?  It is a list of 101 things that you want to accomplish in 1001 days (almost 3 years). I love their motto to plan, create, motivate and achieve.  Some things on my list are things that I’ve wanted to do forever, things I’ve done and want to do again.  Some things on my list are crazy dreams that I need to work really hard to accomplish.  I can totally do this.  It’s an average of one thing every ten days.

Starting Day: November 25, 2011

Ending Day: August 22, 2014  This is the calculator I used to figure out my end date

1. ride a tandem bike
2. Disneyland!
3. make paella.  I’ve always wanted to cook with saffron.  It’s such a pretty color. Most likely I’ll make it with chicken, shrimp and steak.
4. photograph newborn twins
5. watch all 31 Audrey Hepburn movies
6. make homemade pasta
7. make an apple crate bookshelf like this one I’ve seen all over pinterest
8. have something from my website pinned on pinterest…of course not by me 🙂  Thank Janey! 
9. grow a garden
10. make an awesome photo collage for my house
11. make snow angels.  really, I’ve never done this.
12. run a 5k
13. make a snow man
14. have a photo published
15. be a guest writer on another blog  Thanks Shelly and Chad!
16. buy something fun from photojojo 
17. read and review 12 business/photography books
18. photograph a beloved session  This concept is tied into every wedding, engagement and family session.
19. eat french fries at the Boise Fry Company
20. wake up early and go to bed early every day for a week  I *honestly* really love the early morning hours.
21. make my mother in law’s famous cinnamon, coconut and lemon syrups  a great brunch courtesy of my brother in law.
22. ride in a hot air balloon
23. make homemade fruit leather
24. visit the spiral jetti at the Great Salt Lake
25. take my husband to see a musical
26. semi-master calligraphy
27. enter photos in a print competition
28. upgrade my 15” laptop  I can’t believe I ever edited on a little lap top.  I’m in love with my 27″ iMac!
29. go camping  the first of many after this post was Strawberry Reservoir with our neighbors
30. try light painting photography
31. master off camera flash
32. visit my mother in law’s grave. I’ve only been once in 4 years.
33. change my blog layout to include a sidebar   Thank you Emily from Seaside Creative for the remodel
34. master custom kelvin temperature setting
35. learn lightroom
36. try 10 new cheeses  January 2012
37. cook with 10 new herbs
38. get eyelash extensions.  I’ve wanted them for more than 5 years.  It’s time to do it!
39. photograph a session with film and send it to Richard’s
40. play Halo with my husband…this is one is 110% because I love him!
41. photograph season prints to display in my home and rotate with each season.  Thanks Kristin for the great idea!
42. go paperless using Evernote  I’ve also added my recipes to evernote!
43. go cross country skiing
44. print and distribute Belinda Olsen Photography marketing literature
45. have a baby.  I don’t entirely get to plan this one…
46. outsource!  Thank you Colorati!!!
47. be a full time photographer
48. mentor a new photographer
49. have my dad teach me how to tie a fly
50. go fly fishing with my dad (using the above mentioned fly)
51. get 500 ‘likes’ on Belinda Olsen Photography FB page today I’m at 351
52. see a movie in 4-d
53. photograph a child with special needs.  They have the sweetest spirits and love unconditionally.
54. organize my computer files  after countless hours and feeling liberated. Check. and. mark.  March 2012
55. take photos for a local company  visit my work website to see a few www.aquamira.com
56. blog everyday for a month
57. volunteer at a soup kitchen or the local food pantry
58. visit a state I’ve never been to…hopefully Texas.  Austin is calling my name!
59. start selling fine art photography
60. stay at a bed & breakfast
61. take a pottery class
62. share a Book of Mormon with someone I know
63. go to a Jazz game and sit in the lower bowl section
64. have a real Christmas tree
65. become a NILMDTS photographer
66. dance with Craig in the rain or at least splash in a lot of puddles together
67. get letterpress business cards
68. make a business promo video
69. go to a drive in movie
70. visit the Guggenheim (first choice!)  but any art museum would be awesome
71. go ice skating at the Center Street Ice Rink in Logan
72. make sushi
73. learn how to can 
74. climb a tree
75. get a massage
76. attend a SMUG meeting
77. take voice lessons
78. play my cello in a public setting
79. pay off my car
80. photograph a birth
81. drive one of my grandpa’s restored cars
82. have my mom help me sew something for me to wear that has a zipper in it.  I am intimidated by zippers and always put in elastic.
83. have a professional manicure done with an awesome design
84. conceptualize a shoot, have it styled by local vendors, and shoot it
85. develop a photography referral program/gift
86. photograph the sunrise and sunset in the same day  Christmas 2011
87. host an Amy Atlasesque party. If you don’t know what I’m talking about you must check out her portfolio!
88. make a headboard
89. develop and offer albums.  too many people have pictures taken and they sit on a disc somewhere.
90. read Jesus the Christ all the way through
91. buy a piece of art from a local artist
92. go to the driving range
93. meet with a nutritionist
94. meet with a personal trainer
95. try all of Ruby Snap’s seasonal cookies for a year. (there will be a pass for any cookies that have alcohol)  Her cookies are the best!!! December, January was coffee cookie which had a pass, March
96. fly a kite
97. go karaoking
98. get my client questionnaire & portrait agreement online with machforms
99. start a blog series to include recipes, food photography
100. create a Belinda Olsen Photography newsletter
101. hit comment #500 on my blog.  Right now I’m at #138….go ahead and leave some comment love below to help me hit this goal!   xoxoxo