Reader, I was inspired by Mackenzie Horan Beuttenmuller (and a lack of direction in how to go about my achieving my goals) to make a list of 101 things I would like to complete in the next 1001 days (2.75 years). My 1001 days begins today, Wednesday, September 27, 2023, and ends Wednesday, June 24, 2026. A new adventure is in the works!
PERSONAL
- Draw every day for three separate months
- Fill a keepsakes journal
- Work out 4 days/week for three separate months
- Put 40% of paycheck into savings for ten separate paychecks
- See the Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens
- Read 30 books
- Drink 120 oz water every day for 3 separate months
- Do all three splits
- Do one fun thing every week for three separate months
- See one movie/week for three separate months
- Try stand-up
- Go to Mexico
- See a Shakespeare play in the round (or thrust stage)
- Take a cooking class
- Bake treats for the neighbors
- Make homemade pasta
- Go on a solo date once a week for three separate months
- Take a yoga class
- Volunteer for a cause I believe in
- Build my credit score
- Grow hair 6 inches (without shrinkage)
- Complete a devotional
- Start a garden
- Take a ballroom dance class
- Ride on a sailboat
- Find my signature scent
- Take a surfing lesson
- See the Kentucky Derby
- Learn to make a good cocktail
- Tone up
- Finish cross-stitching my sister’s pillow
- Go ice skating
- Finish two complete drafts of novel
- Read all of Shakespeare’s tragedies
- Stay for all of a sports game
- Go to three concerts
- 1/3: ACL Weekend 2 (October 13-15)
- Try Korean fried chicken
- Find a hole-in-the-wall
- Finish Peter Payne screenplay
- Make homemade sushi
- Open a champagne bottle with a stiletto
- Do cryotherapy
- Re-learn tennis
- Invest in five basics for my wardrobe
- Ask my grandmothers for their sweet tea recipes
- Ask for and start writing down the lessons my family members would give
- Go to a drive-in movie
- Read a book at the recommendation of a librarian
- See three live plays
- See an opera
- See a ballet
- Have a pen-pal
- Drive in a convertible
PROFESSIONAL
- Solidify reel
- Secure representation in Texas
- Compile portfolio of monologues (2 dramatic, 2 comedic, 2 classical)
- Book 2 gigs/year for two years
- Take 3 separate training courses
- Meet with 3 professors about next steps
- Post on TikTok every day for three separate months
- Post on blog twice a week for three separate months
- Post once a week on Instagram for three separate months
- Write letters to directors and producers
- Watch AFI Ten Top Ten
- Watch AFI 100 Years 100 Movies
- Secure California representation
- Secure manager
- Secure professional film internship
- Gain 100 blog subscribers
- Gain 10k followers on TikTok
- Finish blogging courses
- Invest in business cards
- Get new headshots
- Join a community within my profession (theatre, improv, etc.)
- Read five acting theory books
FRIENDS & FAMILY
- Go on one coffee date/week for three separate months
- Cook dinner for friends
- Host a Halloween party
- Host a Christmas party
- Host a Valentines party
- Organize a travelling dinner
- Join a book club
- See one friend I don’t live with once a week for three months
- Go on a roadtrip with friends
- Have a picnic with friends
- Go camping with friends
- Have a movie night with themed snacks
- Go on a sister trip
- Give three gifts “just because”
- Eat at restaurants in alphabetical order with a friend
- Pull and all nighter, get coffee, watch the sunrise
- Find a tennis partner
- Dress up for a mundane event
HOME
- Invest in grown up bedspread
- Secure housing in L.A.
- Move to L.A.
- Buy and frame an original art piece
- Invest in five coffee table books
- 1/5: “Los Angeles: Portrait of a City” (December 25)
- 2/5: “Diana: A Life in Dresses” (December 25)
- Invest in pretty barware
- Collect a tea set in one pattern
- Spode Blue Italian (November 28)
- Do a deep declutter of my belongings
Love,
Lettie Anne