100 In a Year

100 In a Year is a challenge to complete a hundred fun and realistic tasks over the span of an entire year. Inspired by CharliDHolbrook.com, here is my list. Join me and create your own!

Start: October 5, 2012

End: October 5, 2013

1. Learn how to eat with chopsticks.
2. Take a pole dancing fitness class.
3. Go 7 consecutive days without eating meat.
4. Send a thank-you letter to a soldier from my home state.
5. Save $1 each day or more. (0/365)
6. Complete a jumbo coloring book.
7. Go 24 hours without sending a text message.
8. Make my very first gumbo.
9. Write a letter to my sister telling her how proud I am of her.
10. Work-out for an hour everyday for an entire week. (0/7)
11. Stay awake for 24 hours.
12. Visit a strip club.
13. Create a vision board.
14. Interview my grandmothers about their lives.
15. Take a romantic walk on the beach.
16. Go on a swamp tour.
17. Have a tea party with my niece.
18. Create a story using only photos.
19. Learn sign language.
20. Write down all my bad/sad memories on paper and burn them.
21. Sit outside one morning and watch the sunrise.
22. Bake someone a birthday cake.
23. Learn a magic trick.
24. Make a goofy video of myself dancing.
25. Ride in a taxi.
26. Meditate once a month. (4/12)
27. Send a postcard of one of my secrets to PostSecret.com.
28. Learn to juggle.
29. Donate blood.
30. Make a documentary.
31. Learn how to sew.
32. Try an oyster.
33. Learn how to say “I love you” in three different languages. (0/3)
34. Take a ballroom dancing lesson.
35. Have a real picnic in the park – sandwiches, a blanket, wine – the whole nine yards.
36. Carve my name into a tree.
37. Have a couples massage at the spa.
38. Be in a position to work full-time with my own business.
39. Visit a state I have never been to.
40. Carve a pumpkin.
41. Complete at least 10 interviews for my family ancestry book.
42. Write a letter to myself to open in 5 years.
43. Leave 50 inspirational notes on colorful post-its for people to find in random places.
44. Finish writing the next 100 in a year list.
45. Take my mom out to lunch – just me and her.
46. Host a co-ed slumber party.
47. Learn how to correctly fold a fitted sheet.
48. Host a game night.
49. Go 7 consecutive days without eating out, including fast food. (0/7)
50. Have dinner by candlelight.
51. Identify 100 things that make me happy.
52. Go to a museum.
53. Get a passport.
54. Attend an NBA game.
55. Buy a stranger a meal.
56. Go to a shooting range.
57. Go ice skating.
58. Learn how to play poker.
59. Play mini-golf.
60. Write handwritten letters to 15 people telling them how important they are to me. (3/15)
61. Complete a photo album with a picture of every living relative I have.
62. Attend an NFL game.
63. Learn how to swim.
64. Write a book.
65. Volunteer.
66. Go camping.
67. Go fishing.
68. Take my first airplane ride.
69. Go indoor rock climbing.
70. Enroll in a PhD program.
71. Go on a cruise.
72. Build a doll house for my niece.
73. Interview a well-known celebrity.
74. Have ten stories/articles published. (0/10)
75. Start a scholarship for Mass Communication students at JSU.
76. Write a play.
77. Publish an eBook.
78. Visit NYC for the first time.
79. Audition for a TV show.
80. Publish at least one YouTube video for JessicaSimien.com each month. (3/12)
81. Invest in the stock market.
82. Turn my extra bedroom into an office/writing room.
83. Attend a play.
84. Attend a concert.
85. Be a mentor to someone.
86. Go stargazing.
87. Fly a kite.
88. Ride a rollercoaster.
89. Go on a romantic getaway.
90. Complete my collection of The Sims games.
91. Join a club or association.
92. Plan and execute a holiday party.
93. Sponsor an event/organization.
94. Learn to speak Creole.
95. Grow my natural hair to the middle of my back.
96. Cook dinner for someone.
97. Visit Disneyland.
98. Take a train ride.
99. Vacation in a condo on the beach.
100. Become a full-time blogger/writer.