101 in 1001 My Second Set of Un-New Year Resolutions

This is my second 101 in 1001 bucket list.  As a list person I love the idea of checking things off, compared to creating one or two resolutions that may or may not happen.

My last 101 in 10001 list was made three years ago (posted here) and was a fun way to reach many goals and push myself to check items off my shorter term bucket list. Although I didn't reach all of my goals, I finished over a third of them which is more than I would have done without this list. The goals that I still want to complete from the last list are peppered in here, but most items are new.  

With us being in lockdown because of COVID-19 right now I focused my list on smaller goals I can achieve right now (and celebrating the little things) as well as bigger plans post pandemic. As with last time, I will continue to check off items as I complete them to keep me accountable and to let me see how far I've come.  I hope this helps to inspire some other people as well

 

1. Read 50 Books✔ ✔(Grown-ups Marian Keyes, ✔Handmaids Tale Graphic Novel, ✔You Love Me, Green Witchcraft✔, If You Tell✔, Jaws Peter Benchley✔, Nothing to See Here Kevin White✔), Heartless✔, The 90's Chuck Klosterman✔,  The Break by Marian Keyes✔, Freaks, Geeks, & Asperger's Syndrome✔, State of the Union✔, A Heart that Works✔, A Good Girls Guide to Murder✔, Heartstoppers 1✔, Heartstoppers 2✔, Heartstoppers 3✔, Heartstoppers 4✔ Where the Crawdad Sings✔, The Hangman✔, Such a Fun Age ✔, Just Like You ✔, Rachel Again✔,  Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.✔, The Friendship Cure✔, For You and You Only✔, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely fine.✔, Fair Play✔, Summer Sisters✔ 
2. Donate blood
3. Visit Ireland
4. Drink at the Guinness Brewery
5. Take a clay sculpting class with Jack
6. Write a book of essays based on this blog✔,
7. Pitch the first 10 years of my blog as a book of essays to publishers✔
8. Get my blog book published
9. Successfully complete the license plate game on a road trip (got 48 states on July 2018 road trip)
10. Run an 8KM race
11. Run a 10KM race
12. Complete the Conqueror Virtual Challenge Appalachian Trails✔
13. Complete the Conqueror Virtual Challenge Pacific Coast Trail✔
14. Complete the Conqueror Virtual Challenge Hadrians Wall (in two weeks)
15. Complete the Conqueror Virtual Challenge Mount Everest (in a week)
16. Buy and hang a display for my Virtual Challenge medals✔
17. Learn how to better use photo shop
18. Hike to a frozen waterfall in the winter
19. Grow my business by 20 percent 
20. Attend an overseas family wedding
21. Read the entire Harry Potter series with Molly  
22. Be able to complete a 3 minute plank
23. Learn to do a Kart Wheel
24. Be able to do a headstand (I was able to do these thanks to a regular Hatha Yoga Class in my 20's but have lost it over the years)
25. Take a nature survivalist class
26. Get professional family photos done at least once a year✔✔✔
27. Take an archery class✔
28. Pay off the remainder of our mortgage ✔
29. Send a message in a bottle (with the kids)
30. Attend a blogger conference
31. Visit 3 new MLB stadiums for games (with Chris)
32. Get an updated professional biography photo each year
33. Run a 5KM colour run
34. 10 pieces of mail for a friend in one month to show them I'm thinking of them (one per year)
35. Get an article or short story published in a prominent magazine
36. Enter a fiction writing contest
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
37. Participate in philanthropy that is Molly and Jack's selection✔ (UKRAINE walk with Molly)
38. Complete 31 days to Building a Better Blog (not necessarily in 31 consecutive days)
39. Finish a childhood photo album for both Molly and Jack
40. Have my Multiple Momstrosity blog reach a million hits
41. Post 100 articles with my new site The Canadianna
42. Take a photo of the same view in all four seasons
43. Visit Central America with the kids✔ Costa Rica April 2023
44. Get more photos of the kids with their grandparents 
45. Get more photos of Chris and I with our parents
46. Celebrate a friend with a really expensive bottle of sparkling wine
47. Visit the Redwood forest
48. Redo the basement bathroom✔
49. Visit The Thousand Islands
50. Go ice fishing
51. Run a trail race
52. Treat my family to a themed dinner and a movie ✔ (Young Guns)
53. Go on a family vacation with my cousin and her girlfriend✔
54. Stay overnight at the ice hotel in Quebec
55. Write 150 blog entries about my life with the kids
56. Practice Hatha Yoga for 30 minutes a week (for a consecutive month)
57. Practice Hatha Yoga for 45 minutes a week (for a consecutive month)
58. Practice Hatha Yoga for 60 minutes a week (for a consecutive month)
59. Practice Hatha Yoga for 75 minutes a week (for a consecutive month)
60. Take the kids on vacation to New York City✔
61. Go on an overnight trip just me and Molly
62. Go on an overnight trip just me and Jack
63. Re-paint the upstairs bedrooms✔
64. Fix trim on main floor painting
65. Fix trim on upstairs hallway painting✔
    
    
    
    
    
    
66. Renovate our kitchen
67. Redo the sink/vanity & toilet for upstairs bathroom✔
68. Hike at Sleeping Giant Park
69. Hike Tunnel Mountain Banff
70. Hike Johnston Canyon Banff
71. Hike Badlands Trail Dinosaur Provincial Park
72. Hike Stawamus Chief (Squamish) BC
73. Hike Helmcken Falls Rim Trail (Wells Grey Provincial Park) BC
74. Hike the Flowerpot Island Loop✔
75. Hike Warsaw Caves Ontario
76. Visit Newfoundland
77. Hike Torque Mountain Ireland
78. Hike Muckross Abbey Loop Ireland
79. Hike The Divis Ridge Trail Ireland
80. Clear sky full moon canoe paddle The Humber River
81. Visit the Grand Canyon
82. Hike in New Mexico
83. Raise $1000 for a charity with the kids
84. Take the entire family snow shoeing
85. Take a story writing class with Molly
86. Help Jack create his first Stop Motion Short
87. Visit an Alpaca Farm for an overnight✔ 
88. Go to Niagara on the Lake with Chris for a post pandemic 15th Anniversary Celebration
    
    
    
    
    
    
89. Take Molly for High Tea✔
90. Host a dinner party with the kids helping me cook✔✔
91. Try traditional Anishnawbe Food✔
92. Buy a New BBQ✔
93. Learn to expertly BBQ two new recipes
94. Enjoy a winterlit night hike with the family✔
95. Hike Elks Falls Provincial Park BC
96. Submit article pitches to 10 new publications✔✔✔✔
97. Learn to drive stick shift
98. Teach Ted to lay down on command✔ - Thank you for your help with this one Alysha
99. Try a game of golf
100. Create a gratitude jar
101. Take the kids to the top of the CN Tower