101 List: Updated

I was inspired to write a list of the things you want to do in 2021 — honestly, I wrote whatever came to mind even if it didn’t make sense… aaaand this turned into more of a “lifetime list” but you know, you’re living now so why not put limits on what can happen in a year.

This was a creative outlet to feel fully alive and full of hope after what felt like the hardest year of my life. So many things that feel like me (obviously), but what I’m most excited about has to be skinny dipping in winter, eating a meal that I grew, and seeing the wild horses in North Carolina.

Cheers to dreaming again and seeing God in the midst of it all — “spiritual” sounding or not.

Oh! And here’s how to make your own:

• Stop overthinking and just WRITE whatever comes to mind that you want to do.

• You can break it into a “year” list or a “lifetime” list - mine is a lifetime!

• There’s no need for #3… just keep it simple, childlike, for yourself and voilà!

1. Swim in the ocean (while I have done this before, I’m starting from 2021!)

2. Let my hair be natural for a month

LOVED doing this one because A) Talk about a new level of confidence and B) holy hair growth. My friend said “you look so much like you” and in the words of Taylor Swift, “you don’t know how nice that is.. But I doooo.”

3. Stand up for a stranger

4. Teach a class

5. Pick my own bouquet of wildflowers

6. Grow my own meal (aka harvest from my garden) (aka create a garden)

7. Take your grandma on a surprise date

8. Kiss Noah goodnight for a month straight. Sorry, pal. I’ll try again.

9. Buy an old white truck

10. Give $100 to a stranger

11. Paddle board to an island picnic

12. Start a blog

And while I “started” this back in April, I’m glad I finally hit publish.

13. Join a workout class

14. Stop biting my nails dangit.

15. Host a themed party

16. Watch a beach sunset on the East Coast

17. Create a capsule wardrobe

18. Learn from a farmer (in-person)

19. Take a pottery class / make your own dishes

20. Befriend a donkey

21. Move

22. Save up for a 20% down payment on a house

23. Buy a baby blue bikini

24. Get serious about yoga I still have high hopes for this one after I can reach my toes, again.

25. Create/sell your own product

26. Get your first facial

27. Take your mom on a vacation

28. Don’t talk for 3 days

29. Go on a hike that intimidates you

me + my momma :’)

30. Skinny dip in winter

THIS WAS A DREAM COME TRUE. Will not confirm or deny that the water was so cold that I spit up when I went fully under by falling on my back… or the fact that I was stuck there for about .02 seconds that felt like 2 minutes. But the adrenaline, the moon, the friends. You can hear how it went by clicking here!

31. Attend someone’s birth

32. ** Private

Hehe ;)

33. ** Private

34. Buy a bike and put a basket on it (or refurbish)

35. Take Fig on a walk outside

“Absolute rubbish.” -Fig, probably. If he was British.

36. Sleep on a boat

37. Get off social media for 28 days

38. Save a horse (??)

39. Write letters and send them (create pen pals)

My grandma was my first letter/pen pal :’) You can still be my pen pal but just know your place in this lineup.

40. Thrift everything you’ll need for a garden party

41. Learn 3 new ways to braid your hair

42. Buy binoculars

The Judi binocular saga broke the internet. IYKYK

43. Create/print your wedding album finally.

44. Buy blue floral sheets

45. Donate a month worth of supplies to an animal shelter

46. Learn about equine therapy hands-on Actively dreaming and planning this one!

47. Howl with wolves (and friends) The friends part, done. Wolves? Not yet. Coyotes? Lucky coincidence back in Wisconsin.

48. Start your mini apothecary

49. Snuggle some babies

50. Sleep in bed with your momma

51. Create flower crowns for you and friends

52. Pay for someone’s order anonymously

53. Quit something

54. Text your dad back

Tender.

55. Get a new tattoo - and don’t overthink it

56. See the wild horses in North Carolina

57. Travel through Yellowstone

58. Attend a concert

59. Plant a garden for bees, butterflies, and birds

60. Take a snow day just to go sledding - record yourself going down

61. Cook a meal in cast iron while camping

62. Meet someone famous (and not be impressed)

63. Have a bird land on me

64. Go off-roading in Australia

65. Sit/play in summer rain

66. Pay off student loan

67. Transform closet into 100% slow fashion, ethical

68. Sponsor an animal from Farm Sanctuary

69. Intentionally drive behind slow drivers to practice patience

This is actually a spiritual practice I learned about… and need to incorporate often.

70. Call a friend randomly just to chat

71. Get breakfast at midnight

72. Go shopping at the Madison’s Farmers Market

There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home.

old photo but we went this past summer! made friends with a honeybee farmer and * almost * took her up on the job offer ;)

73. Attend a home church

74. Play the piano - learn a song

75. Sleep at whiskey town

76. Pick oranges from a tree and make OJ with it

77. Plant lavender — in abundance

78. Thank a farmer

Redding folks, CSAs are POSSIBLE here! Check out Red Gate Ranch!

79. Go swimming spontaneously (on run, adventure, etc.)

80. Learn how to do hand-stand

81. Dance in Nashville

82. Learn to *actually* enjoy straight whiskey *cough* no, really I’m fine.

83. Don’t drink for a month

84. Fill house with beeswax candles

Hands down the best gift you can give me any time of the year! 100% pure beeswax candles.

85. Go on a solo retreat

86. Go fishing again

87. Rent a wooden canoe for a day

88. Refurbish a piece of wooden furniture

89. Paint something … anything

90. Go on a road trip only using maps

91. Wake up before the sun just to see the sunrise

92. Try on your wedding dress again

93. Use your old typewriter

94. Cry in public

95. Start the dream (the farm)

96. Wear more linen - all white linen set

97. Drink red wine with mom in Monterey

98. Eat ice cream + French fries on the pier

99. Learn to drive stick again

100. drink more tea (over coffee)

101. Get my writing published

Voilà! That’s it. It’s as simple as that!

Seriously, try it out. Write as if you’ll share it with anyone else… but if you do… share it with me! ;)