I am a big sucker for bucket lists!!! On my Instagram (follow me @_thepinkchickadee!), I am ALWAYS visiting new places, whether near or far. I have many many many bucket lists. The other day, I got inspired by my fellow blogger friend Annaliese of Southern Belle in Training who just completed her first-ever 101 in 1001 bucket list. SO, as someone who LOVES reaching for the stars in her own magical and confetti-filled way, I knew that I had to jump on this bucket list idea and start it TODAY!
The 101 in 1001 bucket list is a bucket list for people to complete, which allows them to complete 101 of their own goals in different categories within 1,001 days (or a little less than 3 years). Being out of college for a year now with a stronger mindset of what I want to with my life post-college graduation, I feel as if I am in a place where I can work to achieve both my career goals and personal goals. Personally, I hope to remain in the Washington, DC area and grow my career here, too. At the same time, I have professional goals within my current company that I would like to achieve which additionally involves getting a graduate degree. I also plan to provide periodical updates on the goals that I’ve achieved over time. NOW, let’s get into it!!!
Start Date: September 22, 2022 (aka the FIRST Day of Fall and a year post-my undergraduate college years!)
End Date: June 19, 2025 (I’ll be 26 and 4 years post-my undergraduate college years)
Career:
- Attend a leadership seminar
- Be making a certain salary
- Attend an in-person healthcare-related conference
- Reach a certain level of leadership within my projects
- Join a healthcare-related professional society
- Attend a Women in Technology Leadership Awards Gala
- Volunteer at STEM For Her Day/other STEM For Her events in relation to promoting company exposure
- Host a meet and greet or event with my company and my alma mater, Meredith College
- Continue to network within my company and beyond
- Attend the Women in Data Science at the University of Virginia conference again
- Continue to maintain and create connections with both my coworkers and clients
Education:
- Start the part-time MBA application process
- Complete a technical writing-related certification
- At least plan out when I want to obtain my PMP (Project Management Professional) certification
- Complete my company’s Human Centered Design certification
Personal:
- Start attending church more, whether it be Wednesday night activities, Sunday services, or special events
- Work on reorganization within my apartment
- Vote in-person in an election
- Donate blood
- Finish watching Gilmore Girls
- Paint my dresser hot pink
- Decorate a statement book shelf
- Buy a new laptop
- Adopt a rescue Yorkie
- Participate in a local charity walk
- Watch a play at my local high school
- Watch The Crown on Netflix
- Paint my family’s antique lamps
- Decorate my apartment with family antique pieces
- Start scrapbooking
- Start investing and continue to do so
- Open a Poshmark shop
- Make more intentional purchases when shopping
- Read a devotional
- Buy and read Reese Witherspoon’s Whiskey in a Teacup
- Try Korean BBQ
Relationships:
- Visit a vineyard with family
- Host a dinner party
- Have a fondue night with Papa
- Host a Christmas Holiday Tea
- Treat my Papa to dinner at The Capital Grille
- Host a White Elephant gift exchange
- Attend a Meredith College Cornhuskin’ as an Alumnae
- Go to a happy hour at a nearby restaurant with friends/coworkers (not planned by my company)
- Host a girl’s weekend for 4+ of my friends at my apartment
- Host a s’mores bonfire
- Plan a family crab feast in Annapolis
- Go see a Taylor Swift concert with some of my best friends
- Meet up in real life with my fellow influencer/small business owner friends Holly and Lindsay
- Join the DAR
- Attend a DC Bloggers Event/Meetup
- Meet up with DC-area-based influencer friends of mine in real life
- Meet up with my cousins Jack and Laura
- Reunite with my family and friends that I spent childhood summers up in Maine with
- Visit my coworker’s nail salon
- Tour the Library of Congress with my Dad
- Go to The National Christmas Tree with Papa and Aunt Amy
- Decorate Christmas cookies with my friend Sarah
- Have a DIY fancy picnic with friends
Travel:
- Visit two new-to-me countries
- Visit two new-to-me states
- Visit a new-to-me Canadian Province
- Plan a girl’s birthday weekend away for my birthday
- Visit Charleston again
- Explore Uptown Charlotte
- Go back to New York City at Christmas time
- Attend another one of Papa’s family’s reunions
- Visit Papa’s family in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- Visit The Biltmore at Christmas time
- Plan a weekend away from our respective hometown’s with my bestie Amanda
- Drive myself to visit family and friends in New Jersey/Pennsylvania
- Visit my cousin Sabrina in Boston
- Visit Natural Bridge State Park, Virginia
- Go to New York City for the day with my Aunt Sherri
- Take a trip with my bestie Shivani
- Visit New Bern, North Carolina
- Visit my friend Cassie in her hometown of Winston Salem, North Carolina
- Explore my friend Alanna’s hometown of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Visit St. Michael’s Island, Maryland
Washington, DC:
- Attend Capital Pride with my company
- Go to a Library of Congress Happy Hour
- Visit Georgetown at Christmas time
- Explore 3 new-to-me Washington, DC neighborhoods
- Picnic at The National Mall
- Go on a Potomac River Cocktail Cruise
- Go to a National Gallery of Art’s After Hours Event again
- Tour the Old Postal Office
- Enjoy a High Tea
- Tour the White House
- Visit the DAR Headquarters/Museum
- Visit City Center
- Tour Mount Vernon again with my Dad
- Eat at Old Ebbitt Grill
- Visit MGM National Harbor
- Eat at Tupelo Honey
- Visit the SCOUT Bags Flagship store on a weekday
- Eat at Primrose DC
- Go on a Georgetown Canal Cruise
- Visit another Embassy (I went to the Jamaican Embassy as a kid!)
- Explore Dupont Circle again
- Experience the Tidal Basin Cherry Blossoms at sunrise
Now, to get going on my bucket list!!!
XOXO – Katie <3
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