March 11, 2024 - December 7, 2026

One of my favorite practices is setting 101 milestones for the next 1001 days (approximately 2.75 years). Think: A bucket list meets goal-setting in an inspiring and relatively realistic way. The following is what I most want to accomplish in the next 1001 days - and for accountability, I’m sharing it here!

Join me, and if you decide to create your own 101 in 1001 - be sure to share it with me, I would love to see!

Completed: 5

Remaining: 96

Personal Fun + Play (0/11)

  1. Read 50 novels - 14/50 (She Started It, Never Saw Me Coming, The Night She Disappeared, The Whispers, Strange Sally Diamond, Real Americans, White Woman Missing, Darling Girls, The Paradise Problem, Such a Bad Influence, Expiration Dates, Swan Song, The Unwedding, The Next Mrs. Parrish)

  2. Write the ending to my 2015 novel

  3. Cook 10 new recipes from my cookbook collection - 1/10 (101 Asian Dishes)

  4. Take 2 cooking classes

  5. Perfect my spicy margarita recipe

  6. Go on an overnight solo trip

  7. Have three weekends with my girlfriends 1/3 (Northfield, April 2024)

  8. Play on a sports team or do a rec sport for at least one season

  9. Go to Level 99 in Natick

  10. Make homemade hot sauce

  11. Perfect Moonlight Sonata and the Succession Theme Song on the piano

Leadership + Vocational Development (0/10)

  1. Read 30 professional development books - 14/30 (The Making of a Therapist, Poverty, By America, Trauma and Recovery, The Body Keeps the Score, Complexities in Cross-Cultural Counseling, Slow Productivity, Family Therapy, Racial Dynamics in Group Therapy, Theory + Practice of Group Psychotherapy, Ethics in Counseling, Lifespan, The Anxious Generation, Atomic Habits, Sociopath)

  2. Obtain my Master’s Degree

  3. Write my book proposal + submit to publishers

  4. Become a Top Voice on LinkedIn

  5. Hit 10K Instagram Followers

  6. Lead the second BUILD cohort

  7. (1/4) Develop + Implement 4 workshops/retreats

  8. Create at least four new wellness/mental health focused guides

  9. Do a professional photo shoot for my website

  10. Record 50 podcast episodes (10/50)

Marriage + Motherhood (0/10)

  1. Do 1,000 Hours Outside

  2. Do a professional family photo shoot each year

  3. Go on a family camping trip

  4. Read 5 books on motherhood/parenting

  5. Reach 50 articles written on Central Mass Mom

  6. Have an ‘outdoor’ movie night

  7. Create a family cookbook

  8. Go on a date night 1x/week for four different months

  9. Take each of my kids on two solo dates

  10. Go for an overnight with my husband, without our kids

Spirituality + Inner Wellness (0/10)

  1. Get Reiki 1 Certification

  2. Read A Course in Miracles + Workbook

  3. Go to Kripalu

  4. Eat Ayurvedic for 14 days

  5. Join a local Episcopal Church + get my kids baptized

  6. Engage in morning pages for 6 weeks with no breaks

  7. Attend a writing workshop

  8. Meditate daily for four different months

  9. Read 5 spirituality-focused books (1/5 Walk in Love)

  10. Try 5 new-to-me local yoga studios

Community + Social (0/8)

  1. Get to 50 MamaConnect gatherings

  2. Develop a MamaConnect Facilitation Guide + Trainer Model

  3. Host our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th annual Halloween Party

  4. Host our 3rd, 4th, and 5th Cookies + Cocktails Holiday Party

  5. Host a wine tasting

  6. Do “Summer Friday Nights” for at least one month in the summer

  7. Create a better system for managing addresses + birthdays

  8. Host a ‘murder mystery’ party

Physical Health (0/9)

  1. Do Yoga with Adriene every January

  2. Hit 10K minutes on Peloton each year

  3. Try acupuncture for the first time

  4. Buy a bike

  5. Have the 2nd hip surgery I need to do

  6. Drink 100 oz of water daily for fourteen days, four separate times

  7. Walk 10K steps daily for fourteen days, four separate times

  8. No screens after 8pm for fourteen days, four separate times

  9. Eat a full 8 servings of produce daily for four days, four separate times

Home + Garden (2/13)

  1. Re-do the garden layout + build new fence

  2. Get a new deck

  3. Completely redesign my home office

  4. Get planters for the front steps

  5. Plant a tulip garden

  6. ✔ Power wash around the pool

  7. Build a patio to create an outdoor dining area

  8. Wash roof of shed

  9. Completely declutter and organize mudroom

  10. Completely declutter and organize two downstairs closets

  11. Get a new headboard, side tables, and curtains for primary bedroom

  12. Finish decorating + designing the guest room

  13. ✔ Deep clean my washer, dryer, and dishwasher.

Local Adventure (0/10)

  1. Go to a game at Polar Park

  2. Enjoy a meal at Gibbet Hill Farm

  3. Go to a game at Fenway

  4. Go to the Christmas Stroll on Nantucket

  5. Go to a concert at Tanglewood

  6. Visit Gloucester

  7. Visit the Brimfield Antique Show

  8. Go on a Boston Duck Tour

  9. Go to the Big-E

  10. Visit the Worcester Art Museum

Local-Ish (1/8)

  1. Go to a New England Maple Sugar Shack

  2. ✔Visit Wicked Tulips

  3. Day trip to each New England State (Complete: RI)

  4. Try 10 new-to-me Massachusetts restaurants 2/10 (Zaytoom, Willy’s Steakhouse + Sushi, Clinton’s Bar + Grille)

  5. Visit Acadia National Park

  6. Visit Woodstock, VT in the fall

  7. Go on a Newport Mansion tour

  8. Visit 5 new-to-me Breweries/Wineries in New England (1/5: Four Star Brewery)

Beyond New England (1/8)

  1. ✔Go to Brazil with the kids again

  2. Bring the kids to 2 new-to-them countries

  3. Go on our first cruise

  4. Take the kids to NYC at least 3 times

  5. Get to 40 states (currently at 35)

  6. Go on a family road trip

  7. Bring the kids to Disney World

  8. See two new-to-me Broadway Shows in NYC

Everything Else (1/4)

  1. Beat my previous 101 in 1001 record of 52 completions

  2. ✔ Set up a “car wash” station in my garage

  3. Donate to my local food pantry 1x/week for four weeks

  4. Declutter a space for three other people

See my first list here.