The little moments are what I live for. The moments of spontaneity, the unplanned moments. Like yesterday when myself, my parents, and my little sister had a little jam session to Britney Spears in the basement. I love those kind of moments, but of course I realize not every moment should be filled with pure spontaneity I believe that life should be a mix. Times of spontaneity but also times of meaningful planning. It’s always a great thing to have goals, something to strive for. Back in February I created a list of 101 in 1001. Things I wanted to accomplish by November 2014. To be honest I haven’t paid to much attention to the list. I guess I’ve enjoyed having more unplanned moments than planned moments. But I actually love that because when I look back at the list, I see that I have been actually been doing a lot of things on the list. So here is just my update on my 101 in 1001 list!
101 in 1001 list ( Update)
Travel
Visit 3 states I have never been to(Got the amazing chance this year to go to Portland, Georgia and San diego!)- Travel to a different Country
- Travel to Africa (Zambia,Specifically) to see family (Planning to go next year in March or April, You can read about that here)
Go back and visit Nashville(Love that place)(Got the chance to go in June this past summer)- Get a Passport
- Go on a missions trip(local or internationally)
- Live in a new state, for at least 3 months ( Eek scary)
- Visit my College friends in different states
Go on Roadtrip( make lots of stops)(Got to road trip with my amazing friends to the smokey mountains in October)- Go on a Toms Shoe drop Financial
- Create a budget
- Save to purchase Canon 5d MarkIII Camera
- Get Credit card to build credit
- Purchase 85mm 1.4 lens ( Instead I decided to purchase the 50 1.4)
- Read and implement Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover ( I’m working on this, you can read a little about this here! Thanks to Jody Gray)
- Start saving change(Coins)
- Tithe Faithfully
- Purchase new Laptop Personal
- Memorize two books of the bible
Join a Ministry( I now am part of a worship ministry that I definitely didn’t see coming but I am definitely excited about)Join a small group( Got connected to a great small group at my church)Blog at least twice a week( I have definitely subconsciously be doing this)- Spend 5 days without media
Attend a Christian Conference( In October I got the amazing chance to join a Christian Womans Photography Conference that blew my mind)- Volunteer at a Christian Conference
- Organize Inbox- (Did this a while ago and apparently need to do it again. My inbox is a hot mess again)
- Get a tattoo?( haha, still thinking about this one, But I know what I want)
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Buy a tablet(grateful that I was able to get one for my birthday and I love it!) - Create Healthy eating plan
- Give my testimony publicly
- Go one month just drinking water
- Each month spend time studying a book of the bible
- Dedicate one day for a day of rest
- Create a design and sew it
- Solve the Rubiks Cube
- Attend a Concert
- Order personal Gallery prints
- Be a mentor to a group or just one young girl
Start a prayer journal( Started this up again and so glad I did)Reorganize my closet(Done!!)- Do a DIY project and send to a friend
- Speak at a conference
- Write a worship song
- Sponsor an organization
Get a new journal and start writing(Combined this with my prayer journal)- Make more time each week for Friends and Family
- Get involved in a Womans Ministry
- Invest more time on the 20somethings blog(Will give more info about that
- Attend a live taping of a TV show
- Read 2 books per month( personal or business)
Go to a restaurant with international food I’ve never tried( not sure if it counts but I tried Korean Tacos for the first time. Amazeballs!)- Stay up and watch the Sunrise
- Try something that I would never do
- Give someone a surprise visit
- Officially become a member of a Church
- Go to a professional sporting event
- Take a cooking class
- Sign up for a dance class
- Pray for someone for 30 days straight Photography/ Business
Attend a photography workshop(Got to attend some amazing workships while in Georgia for the P31 conference)Photograph 10 weddings( yay! Done!)Second shoot at least 5 weddings( I’ve been so blessed to be able to completely surpass this goal)Have photography published in a magazine(Although I was featured in a magazine with some photographers that I was able to put together a styled shoot with. I am still going to leave this open until I have a solo project in a magazine)- Get new business Cards
Create new Website(I’ve done it more than once actually but I am loving it. Although I make a few tweaks)- Complete Branding packages
Giveaway a free session(Did a valentines day engagement giveaway!)- Create photography goals for each year
Attend an event where Jasmine Star is speaking(Back in I was able to attend the Fix hosted by Jasmine star!, Truly amazing you can read about it here!)- Create Structured work hours
Network with other photographers( Oh my goodness, the photographers that I have met have been such a blessing! Expecially the ladies that I blogged about here!)- Integrate Pass and Showit into Photography
- Start adding day of Slideshows during Weddings
- Intergrate Photoshop more in editing
- Get a new logo
- Write Business Plan
- Organize a styled Session
- Do more shots during Sunrise and Sunset
- Revamp marketing
- Master indoor lighting
- Include Makeup in all Senior Sessions
- Shoot 5 in studio portraits
- Learn/better understand SEO
- Create sample wedding album
- Comment more on other photographers blogs
- Attend WPPI 2013
Exchange portrait session with another photographer( Got the chance to shoot with ana amazing photographer Jordan!)- Start a weekly blog category
- Have a get together with local photographers
- Shoot a wedding in a different state(California? Yes, Please!)
- Find 5 amazing shooting locations
- Shoot more images with Film camera
Create Client Package(You can check it out the new client packaging here!)Possibly switch to Thumb drives for image delivery(So glad I made the switch)- Create Promo Video for website
Get photography published on blog(Had an engagement session with Karen and Scott featured on Borrowed and Bleu)- Shoot in indoor fashion editorial
Photography my Family Portraits( Didn’t know if I’d be able to do it but sooo glad I was able to, Check them out here)- Take photographs for my moms business
- Photograph my sisters album cover
Get Mentored by another photographer( Got the chance to be mentored by the amazing Deborah Zoe, Christy Tyler and Stephanie Pana! True Superstars) -FINALLY- Love Hard- definitely working on this everyday!
- Be flexible in all my planning and Allow God to take control (This one too!!)








