My 50 Firsts before my 51st Updated Complete List!
- Climbed the Teotihuacan Pyramids, Mexico City
- Ate Crickets & Ant Larva, Mexico City
- Fought professional MMA Fighter, Josh Tyler
- Did my first Facebook Live Feed, in conjunction with Readyman.com
- Started Crossfit @Brickwall Crossfit
- Did my first official Crossfit WoD Competiton
- Drove thru Donner Pass
- Camped out in my new car
- A 17 Year promise finally fulfilled
- 1st Cortisone shot in my knuckle ever (ouch)
- 1st credit card strictly for flight benefits
- Traveled to Barcelona, Spain
- Tried Calimocho in Barcelona
- Had coffee & Cake at Satan’s Cafe
- Fought in an actual Bull Fighting Ring
- Missed my first flight ever!
- Tried PODS from Australia (so damn good)
- “Acquired” my first BOTN banner
- First punch in the face without a helmet
- First pour-over in Europe
- Tried Kumbacha (and liked it)
- Ran my first International Conference
- First A-Line bob haircut
- Ran the Spartan Sprint (and survived)
- Received my first package from Japan
- Got my first Hobonichi Planner
- Started Kali
- Started my first Happiness Journal
- Purchased a Paipur Journal
- Started my first Bucket List
- Bought my first set of Kali Sticks
- Started Jeet Kune Do
- FIKA
- First Long Black
- First Shakerato
- First Gibralter
- First time demonstrating positions for Kali
- Tried Baba Ganoush
- Bought my first Espresso Machine!
- Purchased our first Dyson
- First Colonoscopy (and 2nd the next day!)
- First Affogato
- First Art Journal
- First Language Journal (Norse Runes)
- Entered #Inktober for the first time ever
- First 10k Race
- First time ever competing in the Athena Weight Class
- First Thanksgiving Day Race
- Mapped my future goals using a specific system
- Started writing my first novel as a solo writer
As you can see, I reached my 50 Firsts before my 51st Birthday. I had this list finished in early November. I had hoped to have completed my first novel as a solo writer, but alas, that requires a lot more time allotted than I currently have. However, it is still an ongoing process and its actually one of my 2018 Goals for the year.
As I mentioned in my last list update, I had wondered what I would do once this challenge was over. I have decided to embark on a Goal journey that will continue over the next 2.75 years. It began yesterday, December 13, 2017, on which I turned 51 years old. I will be almost 54 years old when my 101 goals are completed and the 1001 days end, but I can tell you, I will be all the better for it, no matter what, simply because it will be a grand adventure that I am truly excited about.
Last night, over my birthday dinner, I read Greg my list of 101 Goals. He was brilliant in pointing out where I had duplication, and also wonderful at reigning me in a little bit…(spoiler alert: I might have gotten a little carried away with the amount of travel my goals entailed). Thus, I have a MUCH more realistic list of doable goals to entertain me for the next 1001 days. I have left myself some leeway to add some additional goals should a couple of my travel goals not come to fruition, but in general, I think everything is pretty doable with a LOT of planning and successful allocation of resources lol.
The items I had to remove were actually placed on my “Someday” bucket list, so they were not completely lost and I look forward to the day I can mark them ALL as done. As I was counting down to my birthday, my list of 101 Goals was lacking, so when my friend Tim asked me what “101 Goals in 1001 Days” was all about, I did a google search of it and was excited to find an entire website dedicated to goals, lists and adventure. Thus, my 101 Goals was much easier to determine once I had this website.
So below, is the list of 101 Goals. It’s not in any particular order, nor did I want it that way, and again, some things could be taken off if sequence of events do not fall into place, but they WILL be replaced with alternative goals, so that when my 1001 days ends on 09-09-2020 I will have completed all 101 Goals, hopefully.
Amy’s 101 Goals in 1001 Days:
- Complete a Triathlon Sprint
- Attend a music festival
- Start my own business
- Visit Canada again
- No fast food for a month
- Be thankful for at least one thing every day in a gratitude journal
- Swim with Dolphins
- Visit my birth family
- File my Trademark
- Visit Venice, Italy
- See the Northern Lights
- Watch 26 Movies I’ve never seen, starting with a letter of the alphabet (A-Z)
- Find out my blood type
- Visit Big Sur, California
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Read 100 Books
- Identify 100 things that make me happy
- Go Skydiving
- Visit the Grand Canyon
- See 10 classic movies I have never seen
- Complete a coloring book
- Clean out my closet
- Learn to Knit
- Visit Vermont
- Go Rock-climbing
- Visit Tuscany, Italy
- Go to the movies once a month for a year
- Visit Paris, France
- Learn a new word every day for a year
- Visit the Vatican
- Walk 10,000 steps every day for a year
- Visit Hawaii
- Write in a journal every day for a year
- Blog at least once a week for a year
- Run a 5k every month for a year
- Send one handwritten letter per month
- Complete the 52-week money challenge
- Visit London, England
- Visit the Amalfi Coast, Italy
- Go to SXSW
- Attend the Sundance Film Festival
- Learn how to shoot a bow and arrow
- Ride on a Segway
- Complete the “Walk to Mordor” challenge
- Dive in a Submarine
- Start a patio garden
- Learn to play the Ukulele
- Visit the Norway Fjords
- Learn to throw knives
- Learn to paddle board
- Go swimming in every ocean
- Experience Weightlessness
- Surf in Hawaii
- Do 3 unassisted pull-ups
- Apply to speak at TEDx
- Attend 3 new SCA Events out of Kingdom
- Be a panelist at SLCC
- Get my Social Media Specialist Certification
- Lose 30 pounds
- Organize every room in my house
- Fight in the Coliseum
- Attend Pennsic again
- Create an outdoor training space
- Publish my first novel
- Tour Iceland
- Sleep in an Igloo
- Go to Disneyland
- Go to Harry Potter World
- Get 1000 new subscribers to my YouTube Channel
- Sleep in a Treehouse
- Try Aerial Silks
- Climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower
- Create my own line of Stickers
- Learn more about my genetics
- Visit Scotland
- See Hamilton on Broadway
- Get my BoTN Tattoo
- Complete my first bullet journal
- Get a Tummy Tuck
- Eat clean for 3 months in a row
- Fly First Class overseas
- Meet Nathan Fillion
- Attend my first Planner Convention
- Complete my first Olympic Triathlon
- Run a 10k every 3 months for a year
- Build a Gingerbread House
- Create my own Sci-Fi Nativity scene
- Complete all seasons of 3 series we are in the middle of watching
- Take another unplanned road trip with Greg
- Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find
- Answer the “50 Questions that will free your mind”
- Do some volunteer work
- Write a letter to myself to be opened when the 1001 Days are complete
- Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet
- Take a photography class
- Try 101 New Recipes
- Get a boob job
- Run 500 miles in a year
- Take an Art Class
- Learn to make knots
- Try Pole Dancing
You can find updates on my lists and other ones I am creating here: https://dayzeroproject.com/user/badassvalkyrie
As you can see, I have my work cut out for me, but also, the thought of completing all of this in 2.75 years makes me so very excited!!! I am a goals-driven personality type and this sort of list makes me so fucking happy. I even have them all written in a Lechtturm1917 Master Slim Hardcover notebook, with an index, date complete, and all 101 have their own page where I will blog about my success, planning, etc. All my analog nerds understand what I just wrote, otherwise, feel free to ignore the blathering of a notebook addict =)
So, there you have it, my 50th Birthday Year Wrap up and the beginning of the next 1001 days of my life! I have my 2018 Life Goals set, and pretty much things are on track, so I am feeling pretty damn good. Now it could all go to hell in a moment, but for right this minute, the chaos that is my life, feels in line & for all intents and purposes, my life is pretty fucking glorious.
I hope you all have a great week and I will be getting back into my blogging more actively now that things are getting sort of settled again.
Now…back to the regularly scheduled #Amypalooza2018 festivities.
Star Wars here we come…
The Badass Valkyrie 
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