What an amazing experience this has been so far. I can’t wait to see where my photography takes me in the next few years. I have been engrossed lately in several blogs by photographers that I admire and I have noticed that almost all of them had posts called 101 in 1001. Well, they developed a 101 things that they wanted to accomplish in 1001 days; both personal and professional to help keep them accountable for their goals.
I have since started writing down the things I would like to accomplish and finally merged all of my little post-it notes together and compiled my list. As I finish my goals, I will blog about them and cross them off my list. So here we go.
Start date: April 30, 2010
End date: January 26, 2013
1. Get to Maine more than once a year
2. Tell my husband “I love him” more and not take for granted he knows
3. Visit Alabama
4. Go to Times Square on New Years Eve
5. Watch all the episodes of Law & Order SVU
6. Go horseback riding on the beach
7. Visit Hawaii
8. Get published on a wedding Blog
9. Volunteer at the local food bank
10. Find a church
11. Finish my new Blog (Completed May 8, 2010)
12. Make supper for my family every night for a week
13. Visit my sister in Florida
14. Create an album of my daughters
15. Go to St. Simmons Island with my Husband
16. Eat healthier
17. Get more organized
18. Learn how to can fruits & vegetables
19. Learn how to make yeast rolls
20. Go to Great Wolf Lodge
21. Get a copy of my Grandmother’s recipes (new and old)
22. Master my workflow process
23. Grow my own garden; herbs and all
24. Learn how to make Mr. Joe’s spaghetti sauce from scratch
25. Not have a complete melt down when my daughter goes to College
26. Learn how to knit
27. Attend a Photographers Workshop
28. Have my family’s pictures professionally taken
29. Attend WPPI
30. Take a “how to pose a newborn” class
31. Purchase the Canon 70-200 lens (June 27, 2012)
32. Make a weekly dinner menu and stick to it
33. Create business hours and stick to them so I can spend more time with my family
34. Calm down during my photo shoots ( I get really nervous)
35. Find a studio management software that will work for my business
36. Meet Jasmine Star
37. Switch from a PC to a MAC
38. Go to a Broadway Musical
39. Create a slideshow of my grandparents lives
40. Make a quilt
41. Create pricing booklets
42. Start using Tave Software for my business
43. Take the girls to Disneyland
44. Work on a flash page for my Blog
45. Develop packaging for my products
46. Visit the Grand Canyon
47. Shoot my first wedding (completed July 30, 2010)
48. Go to the Caribbean
49. Attend Imaging USA
50. Get studio lighting
51. Figure out how to get video on my Blog and post online slideshows
52. Create holiday care templates for clients to order
53. Buy a house
54. Make time to read more
55. Meet more photographers and build a network
56. Be able to quit my “day job” so I can pursue photography full-time
57. Order pens with my business name and logo on them
58. Purchase the 24 – 70 2.8L Lens (completed January 19, 2011)
59. Buy a Shootsac (completed August 10, 2010)
60. Buy a Bible (completed November 30, 2010)
61. Get a passport
62. Have a dinner party inspired by Sandra Lee
63. Design my own Christmas card
64. Take a family vacation
65. Surround myself with positive people
66. Purchase the Canon 50 mm 1.2 (completed November 17, 2010)
67. Buy my first Mac Book Pro
68. Buy storage containers for my food cupboard and label them
69. Spend more quality time with my family
70. Photograph a “beach session” with a family
71. Write a business plan
72. Renew our wedding vows
73. Have a girls weekend with my friend Barbara
74. Get more involved in my community
75. Stay in contact with old friends
76. Read Gone with the Wind
77. Go see Jeff Foxworthy in concert
78. Get a massage
79, Take a cruise
80. Call my Dad more
81. Start a Senior Rep Program
82. Update the photos in my house
83. Find custom framing for my clients
84. Find a victorian Chair to use as a prop
85. Join the Northern Virginia Photographers Association
86. Create my first professional album for a client
87. Offer more products to my clients
88. Have a date night once a month with my husband for an entire year
89. Buy a Jill-e camera bag (medium black) *hint *hint
90. Visit Canada
91. Shoot a Senior session in China Town, D.C.
92. Make homemade jam
93. Upgrade my camera to the Canon 5D Mark II (completed June 2012)
94. Do a trash the dress session
95. Walk in the Susan Komen 3-day Walk
96. Replace the kitchen table and chairs
97. Visit the Space Needle
98. Purchase a bean bag chair for my newborn sessions
99. Shoot a destination wedding
100. Buy my husband Washington Capitals season tickets
101. Pray more
These items are in no particular order and I will randomly cross them off as I achieve them.
by Melissa
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