101 in 1001

i’ve been trying to start this list-thingy since i first saw it on someone’s blog a couple of years ago. see, i’m a big fan of putting lists together (i think it’s that gratifying feeling of crossing something off).  i took out the goals i thought were too personal to share. and made sure these were all achievable goals.  please send me a link to yours, if you have it online.  and if you don’t, i encourage you to have a list of goals you can track and accomplish within a time period.

anyway, here’s my list of 101 goals to accomplish in 1001 days, in no particular order.  i’ll cross each of them out when i complete each one…and accompany it with a blog post. should be interesting (maybe just to me. lol).  yes, my blog is becoming more personal.

start date: october 27th, 2010
end date:   july 24th, 2013
(i used this link to do the math)

1. Update my website
2. Renovate my studio and consultation office
3. Read four business books to benefit my business
4. Start graduate classes
5. Gallery exhibition in Nigeria with fellow artists/photographers
6. Visit  Australia
7. Photograph a wedding in Nigeria
8. Rebrand WalePhotos
9. Visit India
10. Marry the woman of my dreams :-)
11. Travel with photographer friends
12. Take a road trip and stop along several stops to take photos
13. Enter photos in print competition
14. Take fine art images once a week for a year, plus create a website to display
15. Cook a four course meal, from scratch
16. Watch a live soccer match in Europe
17. Visit 10 U.S. states I have never visited before
18. Get a wedding published in a bridal magazine
19. See a musical on Broadway in NY
20. Create a photo book for my respective siblings and nephews.
21. Take a yoga class for a month
22. Attend Zack Arias’ workshop
23. Go rock climbing
24. Blog everyday for an entire month
25. Learn to play a full song on my guitar
26. Do a ‘Gentleman Quarterly’ type shoot for friends
27. Learn to swim
28. Take a fun trip with my mom
29. Read the entire bible
30. Get a new computer
31. Get an iPad
32. Publish a book
33. Take a portrait of every child at my church, Jesus House DC
34. Create new business cards
35. Launch new non-photography business/non-profit with eLGee
36. Create unique way of sharing photos with clients
37. Work on a farm
38. Complete a 365 day photo challenge
39. Don’t drink soda for a whole month
40. Go sky diving
41. Learn to shoot and edit video with my 5D
42. Write a short movie
43. Make a short film
44. Go to a music festival outside of DC area
45. Take a photo of myself for a month
46. Write a personal mission statement
47. Take flying lessons
48. Helicopter ride, anywhere in the U.S.
49. Take a vacation without phone or a computer
50. Buy a BMW
51. Photograph a “birth story”
52. Manage my time effectively/get organized
53. Have my own photo professionally taken
54. Buy a house
55. Print marketing materials for Wale Photos
56. Attend a leadership conference
57. Hire a Wale Photos employee
58. Do an underwater photo shoot (I should learn to swim first. Lol)
59. Get floor seats to a basketball game
60. Join toastmasters
61. Use new online management system, effectively (going green!)
62. Organize my music collection
63. Learn to DJ
64. Visit Israel
65. Implement a unique photo booth package
66. Shoot a personal project with a few rolls of film, and develop them myself
67. Visit Alaska
68. Launch a fine art website (shutterchance??)
69. Write the story of my mom’s life (or get someone to write it)
70. Learn basic French
71. Take 10 portraits of 10 strangers on the same day (on the street)
72. Go to Carnival at Rio de Janeiro
73. Bungee Jump
74. Start a watch collection
75. Attend a film premiere
76. Be a vegetarian for 14 days
77. Take a bike ride around the city
78. Write a budget (for business and personal)
79. Visit 25 different restaurants that I’ve never been before (take pics)
80. Watch every episode of Mad Men
81. Learn to juggle
82. Learn to play chess
83. Start playing golf
84. Get new glasses
85. Be a DC tourist for a weekend
86. Visit BMW factory in Germany
87. Skinny Dip (there’ll be no pictures. for your own safety.)
88. Go to ten (10) live concerts (all good seats)
89. Write a will
90. Watch a sunset and sunrise on the same day.
91. Buy a tuxedo (and hopefully start going to events that require one…hello, president obama)
92. Buy a new DSLR (I love the 5d mark II so much, but already plan on buying whatever the next upgrade is)
93. Volunteer 101 hours of my time
94. Interview 10 people that I admire
95. No TV for a week! (anything longer would be uncivilized)
96. A brand new custom designed blog
97. Horse riding (I feel like it’s the most overrated thing ever…but I must try it before I knock it)
98. Visit New Zealand
99. Start the macro-art photo project
100. Start a free online magazine
101. Run 10k (let’s be real…I don’t see myself doing a marathon)