My love for a good list knows no end, as evidenced by my quarterly bucket lists. I’ve slowly but surely been building my list of 101 things I want to accomplish in the next 1001 days and I’m so excited to finally share it with you guys today!Mackenzie originally started the whole idea a few years ago and I’ve been working on mine for what seems like forever now! Over the weekend I got out for a long run along the lakefront and my mind was overflowing with ideas, as it usually does (this is both a blessing and a curse), and I stopped every so often to jot down notes in my phone. Seeing how so much has changed in my personal life over the last year I had to cut out a lot of what I had originally planned to include, but I’m happy with what I’ve got and feel like the things on this list really speak to what I value in this life.

Let’s get to it!

Start date: 1/30/18
End date: 10/27/20

It’s wild to think about the year 2020, isn’t it? I broke things down into a few different sections, but some of them definitely could have gone under two categories as I’m sure you’ll notice.

Experiences:

1. Go skydiving again, but this time, in Hawaii!
2. Watch the Cubs play from the Wrigley Rooftops
3. Ride the ferris wheel at Navy Pier
4. Rollerblade along the lakefront
5. Watch the fireworks from a boat on Lake Michigan (Be sure to enter the giveaway below!)
6. Try an infrared sauna
7. Visit the AIRE ancient baths
8. Get a cryo toning facial
9. Get a deep tissue massage
10. Staycation in the city
11. Take an indoor rock climbing class
12. See a Blackhawks game at United Center
13. Set up my hammock by the lake for an afternoon of reading (my sister and her boyfriend got me this one for my birthday and I know just the spot to hang it!)
14. Visit the Lincoln Park Farmers Market
15. Go hiking at Starved Rock State Park
16. Spend an afternoon at Shedd Aquarium
17. Have tea at the Drake (I’d also like to have tea with Drake, if anyone knows how to make that happen)
18. Play a round of golf
19. Take ice skating lessons
20. Take a tennis lesson
21. Take a cooking class (or better yet, a Drake on Cake workshop) with Joy the Baker
22. Go horseback riding
23. Go kayaking on the river
24. Run in a Turkey Trot
25. Coachella
26. Mamby on the Beach
27. Lollapalooza, round two
28. Watch KU play at Allen Fieldhouse
29. Go to Junior Council’s Snowball event
30. Run a 10K with Tyler (my step brother!) in Chicago
31. Take (another) outdoor trapeze class
32. Weekend in Chicago with my little brother Camden
33. Weekend in Chicago with my little sister Harper
34. Weekend in Chicago with my little sister Cailley
35. Weekend in Chicago with my (not-so-little) brother Dawson
36. Weekend in Chicago with my sister Jordan and her boyfriend, Long

Travel:

1. Buy new carry-on luggage (preferably one with a USB charger because I am that girl who is always frantically looking for an outlet)
2. Banff, Canada
3. Diablo Lake (2 hours outside of Seattle)
4. Santa Monica
5. Yacht Week with my girlfriends
6. Charleston
7. West Palm Beach
8. New York City at Christmastime
9. Austin
10. Rent a cabin in Colorado and spend the weekend skiing and hot tubbing
11. Celebrate baby Erin’s 30th in Colorado
12. Spend a night in a tree house
13. Take another trip to St. Simons Island, Georgia (Hi, Jetter 👋🏻)
14. Oak Valley Plantation in Louisiana
15. Savannah, GA
16. Visit the Michigan wineries
17. Go on a wellness retreat
18. Take a trip somewhere with just my Mom (thinking skydiving in Hawaii which might be considered cheating since it’s listed above, but I’m going with it 🙃)
19. Girls weekend in Chicago with my Mom

Personal/Wellness:

1. Get abs (haha I wasn’t sure how else to say this), but seriously, I want to strengthen my core and as superficial as it sounds, I want to see the definition!
2. Be able to do 10 regular push ups in a row
3. Read 15 new books
4. Go see a movie solo
5. Go to the eye doctor and get a prescription for the glasses I so desperately need
6. Find a dermatologist in Chicago I trust
7. Find a new dentist in Chicago
8. Continue going to therapy
9. Find a flattering pair of white jeans I feel confident in
10. Set a new PR for the half marathon
11. Be able to do a handstand in yoga
12. Be able to get into a headstand in yoga using only my core
13. Negotiate a raise

Around my apartment:

1. Invest in new bedding
2. Have my apartment repainted
3. Give my bedroom a refresh and share on the blog
4. Same goes for my bathroom
5. …and my living room, too!
6. Create a breakfast nook in my apartment
7. Create an area where I can work from home (opposed to posting up on the couch with my laptop)
8. Organize my front hall closet
9. Overhaul my closet and focus on buying pieces that truly represent my personal style
10. Get a real Christmas tree

For shits and giggles (and good deeds):

1. Throw a shot glass at the bell at Federales
2. Start a ladies who lunch club
3. Go skinny dipping
4. Play blackjack at the casino
5. Leave a 100% tip for great service
6. Send my Grandma flowers just because
7. Donate blood
8. Pay for the person behind me at the coffee shop
9. Bake cookies and hand them out around the city

Blogging:

1. Rebrand my blog
2. Host an Instagram takeover for one of my favorite brands
3. Create a Chicago travel guide
4. Share my round-up favorite workouts in Chicago
5. Share my round-up of the best places to get pampered in Chicago
6. Plan a blogger brunch
7. Master the art of taking outfit photos (hello, awkward hands)
8. Shoot in a swimsuit and share it on the blog
9. Grow my total reach to XX (this is a number I’ve got written down for myself!)

For my eyes only:

There are five things on my list that are just a little too personal, but rest assured, I will be chipping away at them and who knows, I might have a change of heart about sharing in a few years. Only time will tell!

There’s so much I want to elaborate on when it comes to this list, but for the sake of time today, I’ll be sharing as I go!

To celebrate, I’m giving away a dinner for two on an Odyssey boat cruise in Chicago, Washington D.C., or Boston! This way, one of you can check off seeing the fireworks from the back of a boat out on a lake 🙂 Can’t wait to hear what’s on your bucket list!

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