101 in 1001

last day of 2009 hmm?  Let's get motivated!
I've been setting my life & business goals for 2010 in the past week & sometimes "one year resolutions" feel restricting.  So I found something even better -- 101 in 1001.  Simply put, complete 101 goals in 1001 days time!
Start date: December 31, 2009
End date:  End of 2012 {eek!  I'll be graduated by then!}
Italics: working on.
Bold: completed.

1. Buy a dSLR {Bought Dec.2009} - Make an album just for me
2. Get my driver's license
3. Get my business license
4. Run a 5k {July 5, 2010} - create a fine art site
5. Read one business book/month
6. Read entire Bible
7. Second Shoot a wedding {May2010}
8. Buy TOMS shoes {Dec2010 Christmas gift}
9. Get right splits
10. Read classic books from goodreads
11. Shoot in RAW {Jan2010} - Customize a client disc {Feb2010} - Make senior "brag books"
12. Learn to back-button focus - Shoot a rainy day wedding {Feb2011}
13. Design logo/brand
14. Design blog/website
15. Learn to shoot all-manual - take portraits of my family {Feb2011}
16. Get a 4.0 {March10} - get bio pictures of ME:)
17. Buy a 50mm 1.8 {surprise from my dad! :)} - Go on a random roadtrip
18. Shoot portraits with 50mm {Michelle: Jan10} - Photograph a wedding w/ Chuck Taylor's involved
19. Graduate high school
20. Finish NY/Philly/DC trip journal
21. Finish NY/Philly/DC trip scrapbook
22. Network with a local photographer - Volunteer at a soup kitchen
23. Network with a local venue
24. Network with a local florist
25. Buy a Jessica Claire shootsac 
26. Buy something on etsy
27. Design custom business cards
28. Go to Italy {2012 senior vacation}
29. Go back to New York {again!}
30. Go to a school dance {Jan2011, March 2011, April 2011}
31. Buy a Macbook
32. Cook dinner for my whole family {all.by.myself} July2011
33. Get/buy my first car (1985 Toyota Camry baby!)
34. Get a KISS album
35. Get a canvas from WHCC
36. Make a Showit slideshow
37. Get my photography work published
38. Photograph a wedding out-of-state
39. Take the ACT  {March2011 hahahaha}
40. Photograph an engagement session in downtown Cedar {May2010} - Shoot with flash at a wedding reception {Jan2011}
41. Network with my 1st cousin {who's also a photographer}
42. Have my work in a gallery {sort of accomplished.   photo was painted and put in the Braithwaite Gallery}
43. Get things hung on my bedroom wall {july 2010} - make a "happy" album
44. Buy something from {re}cycled consign and design
45. Attend WPPI
46. Become a wedding chicks vendor
47. Be an intern
48. Attend a photography workshop
49. Get a debit card
50. Start a business checking account
51. Buy a nice office chair
52. Sell my flute
53. Sell all my flute books
54. Vote for the first time in my life {November 2012}
55. Buy a coffee and pay for the person behind me
56. Photograph a friend's senior portraits {Emily:Feb2010} - Have a Tae Bo party
57. Buy lightroom - support a child through compassion international {july 2010} - change my favicon (silly blogger "B")
58. Pull an all nighter
59. Train my dog, Snoopy
60. Take pictures of a newborn baby
61. Buy a Polaroid camera - Make customized thank you notes for clients
62. Handmake a gift for someone special
63. Have an ugly sweater party
64. Visit my family in California {particularly my grandma} - Eat Thai food (Aug2010 Sweet Sixteen!)
65. Drive on the freeway {july 2010} - change my blog domain!  YEEEEES.
66. Meet one of my photography "heroes"
67. Go into a sports store and get fitted for running shoes
68. Organize underneath my bathroom sink
69. Get a summer job
70. Organize my email {Jan2010} - Make my own shootsac
71. Create a business email
72. Floss my teeth once a day for a whole month
73. Take a photo walk all around Cedar before leaving town
74. Participate in the Utah Summer Games June 2011
75. Take portraits of another photographer
76. Have a professional take my portraits
77. Grow an herb garden
78. Make my own dSLR camera strap/bag
79. Be a counselor/youth leader
80. Get baptized July 2011
81. Learn how to change a car's oil
82. Sell something on Ebay
83. Take a business class
84. Try out for Madrigals {Feb2010} - Buy a wide-angle lens {Feb2011 - 35mm}
85. Don't go on Facebook for one week
86. Go to a midnight movie showing {June2010 - Eclipse} - make a facebook fanpage
87. Shoot a sesh and have images blogged in one day
88. Keep my naturally-curly hair straightener free for a month {junejulyaugseptoctnov 2010} - shoot a portrait session with the mysterious, beautiful, timeless FILM.
89. Document my cats before they die
90. Skype with someone
91. Set my business rates
92. Take time off to go to Parowan and take pictures
93. Shoot a portrait sesh in the snow (: {Jan2010} - Drink enough water for a month
94. Upgrade to a 50mm 1.4
95. Start a photoblog before Jan. 31st {Jan2010} - Discover me, MY brand
96. Subscribe to a wedding magazine
97. Knit my dog a sweater
98. Buy fresh flowers for no specific reason
99. Take a day off to just read a book all day long
100. Take a ballroom dance class
101. Second-shoot with a photog "celebrity" I look up to

I tried to keep as many things as possible stuff I can do for free.  Really, aren't the free things in life the best?  :)
mandiimae is a photographer in southern utah.