101 things in 1001 days

i feel like this is kind of a weird post, but that's what happens when you decide to do things at the last minute i suppose. this list will constantly be updated and beautified or something, i really don't know how else to explain it. 

anyways, you've probably heard of the 101 in 1001 days project, also known as the day zero project. i feel like it's kind of hard not to. basically, the idea is that you create a list of 101 things you want to complete in 1001 days--a bucketlist of sorts, only this one has a time limit, so you're supposed to actually be able to get stuff done. 

is some of the stuff on my list impossible? i hope not. but i think that's okay.

since my start date was june 17th, i've already completed some things.

stuff that is italicized is in progress/has a plan in place for completion, and stuff that is crossed out has been completed, with a date and list if necessary beside it. bolded items will be edited on the 250th, 500th, and 750th days. 

let's find out what i do in the next 2.75 years.

do you have a list of your own? link me to it! and if my list inspired you, tell me!

-em xx

ps i totally wanted to put graduate college on here, but i fall just a month short, ugh!

1. meet maire (10/11/14)

2. meet tristan (10/10/14)

3. meet at least one other internet friend (emily f. 8/22/14)

4. make a new friend (too many to name, 9/14; claire, 9/14)

5. meet grace again

6. regularly skype with someone for at least one school year

7. send 5 birthday cards by snail mail (nat, 9/9/14; carol, 10/21/14)

8. send 30 handwritten cards just because (six sent on 9/9/14; 4 sent on 10/21/14)

9. send someone a care package (andrea, 9/9/14)

10. visit nashville at least once

11. go on a road trip

12. study abroad

13. attend cma fest

14. visit disney again

15. be a tourist in my hometown for a day

16. stay in ann arbor for a summer

17. take the train somewhere

18. go on another spontaneous adventure (nigara falls, kristina, 7/3/14)

19. go to the beach at least once each summer

20. see another broadway show (jersey boys 10/12/14)

21. get better at guitar

22. go see taylor swift in concert

23. see betsy lane perform

24. meet megan and liz again

25. go to five concerts (janelle monae, 6/20/14; party in the park, 7/17/14)

26. declare my major (9/8/14)

27. know what my plans for after graduation are

28. see an osu vs michigan game

29. obtain a leadership position in dmum (dance captain, 9/18/14)

30. wake up by 8 am for an entire week (weekends included) while at school

31. paint the rock

32. become a tour guide or student ambassador for school

33. volunteer with dmum

34. keep up with my planner for an entire school year

35. go to a tailgate--not the parent's weekend one

36. go see a basketball game

37. keep my room clean sophomore year

38. go to an away football game

39. go to at least two theatre shows while at school each year (shrek, 9/13/14, good kids, 10/05/14))

40. eat breakfast at school for a week, weekends included

41. exercise regularly for two months

42. run a 5k

43. get my anxiety under control

44. feel comfortable in my own skin

45. tone my arms

46. wear a bikini and be comfortable in it

47. eat at no thai

48. eat chicken nuggets & curly fries at arby's (8/22/14)

49. make 15 recipes off of pinterest (garlic gnocchi, 8/12/14)

50. eat at zingerman's

51. buy my first legal drink

52. complete a cookbook, cover to cover

53. own a crockpot

54. spend a month each year not eating out

55. try cheese again
56. become vegan for a month

57. pay for someone else's food

58. give blood

59. tip 100% of the bill

60. move into my first apartment

61. invest in one clothing item/accessory (9/20/14)

62. find the right shade of lipstick--and wear it (10/12/14)

63. go to the drive-in

64. see a movie at midnight

65. get a mani/pedi

66. splurge on one item of makeup from a high end brand (ie, can't be bought at cvs)

67. own my own car

68. own a polaroid camera (7/12/14)

69. buy an ipad

70. get a tattoo

71. purchase something from lily

72. get fitted for bras

73. buy a bra from victoria's secret

74. get a makeover at a beauty counter at the mall

75. find a pair of boots (9/18/14)

76. own a pair of hunter boots

77. read 52 books in one year (finished 8/13/14)

78. share my story

79. write at least 50k words of the same story (8/5/14)

80. learn a new language

81. take a photo every day for a year

82. vote

83. identify 101 things that I'm grateful for (10/16/14)

84. make my bed every day for a month (8/16/14--9/16/14)

85. become comfortable driving on the highway (8/22/14)

86. watch and finish 10 TV shows on my list (sex and the city, 6/14; once upon a time 7/14; the office, 8/14)

87. backyard camp once during the summer

88. have a friend take a portrait of me for my blog or just because

89. chalk my hair

90. ombre my hair

91. finish a bottle of perfume

92. sew one more project

93. burn an entire candle

94. crochet an afghan

95. read the old testament

96. read the new testament

97. attend church for at least a month

98. write a letter to be opened after 1001 days are finished (6/26/14)

99. inspire someone to make their own list (emily f.)

100. put $10 away for every goal that is completed ($210)

101. complete the list of 101 things

a little about me

hello friends!

(well, we're not friends yet, but i'm hoping that we will be.)

welcome to my little corner of the web. i used to have a blog that i ran at the end of my senior year of high school (so about a year ago) and then i decided that i didn't like any of what i had posted and needed to start again. i've had this blog since october 2013 (or rather, the idea for this blog) and i've been sitting on it, waiting for the right moment to start. 

and i've decided that that moment is now.

well, i decided that the moment was now this summer, and ended up hating everything i wrote. so i took it all down, re-edited and deleted stuff, and i'm back again, this time for good.  

so here's the deal:

my name is emily. i'm 18 years old, and i'm a college sophomore. i love country music and i'm obsessed with disney. i hate cheese. i love the color purple, and i pretend like i'm a writer sometimes. 

(i'm a white girl i know, that bag in the photo on the left is from chipotle JUDGE ME)

i'm going to try blogging on a regular schedule, two to three posts a week, but school and other comittments come first, so no promises. i'll try to post on mondays and thursdays, and then alternate between wednesdays and fridays, depending on my mood. but that's all liable to change.

my blog is going to be a pile of a bunch of different things--music, my ramblings, beauty stuff, college stuff, life stuff--in short, what you'd call a lifestyle blog. 

i intern for a great organization called dream on youth and that means that every other week, i usually have a blog post that goes up. usually on tuesdays. so those days, i won't be posting here, but i will post a link to my post over on the doy site. 

one day, i'll make posts about what i did this summer and doy. 

this is a beginning. this is me trying to figure out who i want to be.

and i hope you'll join me.

-em xx