Getting Things Done

A little over a year ago, I sat down and made my 101 in 1001 goals list and have been trying to update it since. I thought maybe I should revisit my list and see how much actual progress I have made now that we are 1/3 of the way through the 1001 days, so here goes nothing!

1. TRY TO Sleep on average 7 hours a day. Successfully accomplishing since 10/2012!
2. Babysit my nephew for an entire weekend.
3. Launch new website. Completed 1/18/2013
4. Update blog. Completed 5/10/2012
5. Create client survey; send to each client within 1 week of their shoot.
6. Go back to Spain.
7. Visit Canada out-of-state family.
8. Continue with our ‘One international, one domestic’ one trip goal each year.
9. Paint the whole house. Almost!
10. Finish The Lover’s Dictionary. Completed 2/15/2012
11. Read ‘Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang’.
12. Read ‘Everything is Illuminated’.
13. Go to church regularly.
14. Visit with family more. Ongoing; 2/11/2012
15. Photograph a charitable event or cause.
16. Have published work on Style Me Pretty. Completed 10/25/2012!!
17. Build my vendor connections. Ongoing
18. Do 5 styled shoots a year. 1 down; 4 to go!
19. Get in a routine and stick to it. Ongoing
20. Sign up for yoga. Done!
21. Buy our food from the local farmer’s market each week. Having a new Whole Foods is helping!
22. Build strong industry relationships. Ongoing
23. Be featured on a local wedding blog.
24. Meet Jasmine Star. Done! 2/29/2012
25. Buy a 35mm lens. Completed 4/5/2012
26. Buy a 70-200mm lens.
27. Buy another 5DMII OR the 5DMIII.
28. Learn the heck out of Lightroom.
29. Travel to Napa.
30. Take a girls trip with my mom and sister.
31. Go to a concert.
32. Comment on other photographers’ blogs. Ongoing!
33. Invite an inspiring photographer for coffee; brain picking. Completed 4/10/2012
34. Work out on a routine basis. Ongoing — super proud! 
35. Go skiing on a unique date w the hubs.
36. Grow our little family. Completed as of 10/2012 🙂
37. Go to a Tech football game each year.
38. Organize my office. Completed 5/24/2012
39. Work on packaging and branding materials. Done as of 6/19/2012
40. Order sample albums of my work. Done! 8/2012
41. Attend WPPI.
42. Go on a road trip.
43. Buy a Kelly Moore Classic bag. Got it! 3/6/2012
44. Get a massage. Done x6 2012
45. Go on a hike.
46. Get head shots taken.
47. Visit Enchanted Rock.
48. Go to the Zoo. 2/17/2012 and 12/23/2012!
49. Read a book in Spanish.
50. Photograph my friends.
51. Photograph my mom. Completed 9/3/2012
52. Buy a new pair of shoes. Completed 2/1/2012 per #84
53. Second shoot a wedding for free.
54. Photograph a destination wedding.
55. Take a trip to Seattle. Done! 6/7-6/10/2012
56. Donate to a cause. Completed x3!
57. Cook a traditional Spanish dinner for friends.
58. Make my own bread.
59. Take a day off. Per week. Yes! Already on the calendar for 2013 🙂
60. Sing karaoke.
61. Go horseback riding with the hubs to the deer lease.
62. Take the dogs to the Grand Canyon.
63. Go back to not drinking soda. Done — unless I am nauseous…
64. Visit Smalls in CA.
65. Visit Lindsey in Chicago.
66. Photograph my great grandmother.
67. Finish decorating our bedroom. Done! Completed 6/6/2012
68. Landscape our backyard.
69. Create and implement an electronic contract form.
70. Outsource my editing.
71. Outsource my album design.
72. Go to a local museum.
73. Call people for their birthday instead of text/Facebook. Ongoing
74. Update Illustrator. Done, Summer 2012
75. Launch a page for my photo-related cards and designs. Update–decided to nix this venture.
76. Feature industry vendors on the blog. Completed & Ongoing
77. Eat at Tiny Boxwoods. Completed 2/16/2012
78. Do an unconventional bridal shoot. Completed 3/2012
79. Have a family photo taken. Officially scheduled for April 2013!
80. Get business stationery made. Done! May 2012
81. Write more thank-you notes. Ongoing
82. Have a photo published in print.
83. Buy a new pair of jeans.
84. Buy another pair of TOMS. Completed x2 on 2/1/2012
85. Pet an elephant.
86. Buy a new car. Completed 4/26/2012 — yippee!
87. Read a business/marketing book.
88. Get a photo with someone famous.
89. Buy someone a gift just because. Completed August 2012 for Jo + Linds
90. Lose 100lbs. Okay maybe not that much…
91. Send someone flowers. Done, 1/2013
92. Go back to New Orleans.
93. Take a class.
94. Go to a book signing. Completed 10/2012 with Rachel Ashwell 🙂
95. Have a garage sale. Done! 10/2012
96. Volunteer.
97. Go back to Round Top. Went 10/2012 and planning to go 4/2013!
98. Visit my childhood home.
99. Take a train ride.
100. File all of the loose paperwork in the house, or throw it away. Done 2/2013
101. Learn how to write calligraphy. Working on it

Looks like I have 36 items completed, 12 ongoing, and 53 left to do. Not to shabby, Chels! That’s 36% totally completed, which means that if I am able to keep up the pace in the next two thirds of my 101 days, I am all set to finish on time 🙂 Happy happy happy. That said, I really needed to remove some of the items on my list now that #36 is officially crossed off our list. For example, traveling all over the world seems highly unlikely. So does #1 now that I think about it…. so I filled in some new goals in place of those unrealistic ones 🙂

Ahhhh — progress sure feels good!