PERSONAL GROWTH
01. Make a quilt out of Dave’s shirts
02. Get my learner’s permit
03. Get my driver’s license
04. Cancel cable
05. Take a photo every day for 100 days
06. Take a photo every day for 365 days
07. Maintain a paleolithic diet for 30 days
08. Reach my goal weight of 130 lbs
09. Avoid fast food for one month
10. Learn a song on guitar
11. Make a list of 100 things that make me happy
12. Organize the storage room
13. Go to bed before midnight
14. Listen to a new artist every day for a month
15. Have a conversation with a WWII veteran
16. Leave 25 business cards in public places 1/25
17. Attend a live Zumba class
18. Limit myself to 1 can of Diet Pepsi per day for at least one month
19. Start making my own soap again
20. Have portraits taken of Darwin and myself
21. Set up a dedicated studio area to do my art in
22. Collect a piece of art from every continent on earth
23. Visit an art gallery 10 times
24. Turn off my phone for 24 hours
25. Avoid being antisocial for at least one month
26. Get photos printed at least once every 60 days for a year
27. Complete my memory wall of photos
28. Go on at least one social outing per week for 3 months
29. Go for a walk every day for a week
30. Go for a walk in the rain without an umbrella
31. Continue to breastfeed until Darwin is at least 6 months old
32. Learn to dance
33. Go hiking in the woods
34. Bake and decorate a cake for Darwin’s first birthday
35. Go a week without having any soda at all
36. Buy a video camera
37. Get a memorial tattoo for Dave
38. Teach someone how to knit
39. Take Darwin swimming
40. Make beef jerky at home
41. Don’t watch any TV for 10 days
42. Cut my hair short
43. Finish Darwin’s baby book
CREATIVE/ARTISTIC
44. Finish an oil painting self portrait
45. Do a collaborative art project with someone
46. Attend an art class with a live model
47. Learn to paint digitally and create something to be printed
48. Paint a memory box to keep Dave mementos in
49. Paint a mural
50. Create a scrapbook for Darwin with my Mom
51. Create an oil painting with minimal focus on realism
52. Create an oil painting where the only reference is my imagination
53. Complete one charcoal drawing every day for 10 days
54. Complete 25 portrait commissions 3/25
55. Complete 100 portrait commissions
56. Do 5 hand portraits to improve my ability to draw hands
57. Learn to use Adobe Premiere
58. Complete a video in Adobe Premiere to post on my blog
59. Draw 100 faces 6/100
60. Learn a song on piano
61. Paint a piece of furniture with inspirational quotes
62. Enter an art competition
63. Create a visual inspiration wall
64. Create a piece of artwork for Al and Glenda’s Indio house
65. Buy a drafting/drawing table
66. Create a sculpture
67. Finish a colouring book together with Darwin
WRITING/BLOG
68. Create a new blog post every day for 100 days 81/100
69. Create a new blog post every day for 365 days
70. Write a short story (fiction)
71. Write a short story (non-fiction)
72. Write and publish a poem on my blog
73. Start my autobiography
74. Complete 3 podcast episodes
75. Have 5 guest bloggers on A Girl Named Wendy
76. Interview 10 random people and post the interview to A Girl Named Wendy
77. Celebrate the 1000th post on A Girl Named Wendy
78. Redesign my blog for 2013
79. Write a children’s story for Darwin
80. Host a contest on the blog where the prize is a custom portrait by me
81. Complete NaNoWriMo
TRAVEL
82. Get Darwin’s passport
83. Take Darwin to California
84. Go on a road trip
85. Go camping
86. Write my name in the sand
87. Visit family in Kindersley 10 times
88. Take Darwin to the zoo
89. Visit another province
90. Take a photo of Darwin’s and my feet in the sand by the ocean
91. Revisit the Cabazon dinosaurs with Darwin and take photos
92. Visit Mexico
DO GOOD
93. Leave inspirational messages in public for people to find. (2)
94. Donate blood 5 times
95. Do some volunteer work
96. Donate a piece of artwork
97. Complete 5 miniature paintings and give them away
98. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
99. Give away most of my DVDs
100. Donate $5 to a charity for every task I don’t complete
101. Inspire someone else to make a 101/1001 list
