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1001 Days of Growth: How I'm Nurturing 101 Goals to Flourish

As I sit here in bed, listening to the thunder rolling in and the gentle rain falling outside my window, it feels as though everything is falling into place. 

Just a few short months ago, my life hit a breaking point and everything came crashing down. Life had taken its swings at me and I just couldn’t fight back any longer. There were moments when I was unrecognizable.

I was stuck in a toxic environment, thinking that there was no way out. I was told that I wasn’t the same person from a year ago and you know what, she was right. 

I allowed someone else’s energy to take over mine and I had temporarily lost who I was. I was so concerned with what was going on around me that I stopped looking within and that’s where I got into trouble. 

WHEN LIFE SLAPS YOU IN THE FACE

You listen.

You learn.

You begin again.

I reevaluated. 

I took a job where I knew nothing but they were willing to take a chance on me. 

I took the vacation that we had been planning for a year and focused on family time.

These two very different moments in my life aligned me with people who I needed to have at that moment. Ever since getting home from vacation, I have been focusing on who I want to become and what I can do to get there. 

I have been focusing on self-care.

I have been focusing on writing.

I have been focusing on creating an environment that supports me.

In my last blog post, I talked about learning to silence the outside influences that can control our lives. In that post, I share the Wellness Challenge that my hubby and I are doing together to promote overall wellness together.

101 Goals

We are focusing on physical wellness as well as mental wellness and in the short couple of weeks that I have been refocused on all of these aspects, I can feel Samantha coming alive again.

The anger that I have is dissipating.

The disappointment I have is disappearing.

The love that I have for myself is coming back. 

It feels like this is the next step. Stepping into a challenge to continue to build my self-confidence and even discover more of me than I have before. This is the next stage in my healing. Focusing on WHO I want to be and HOW to get to be her. 

Have you ever heard of 101 goals in 1001 days?

I have done a post in the past but honestly, most of it just didn’t feel like things I wanted to do. It felt like things that I SHOULD be doing. You know what I am talking about. I finished my new list today after four days of working on it and I am excited to be sharing it here. 

All of these goals align with who I want to be and the things that I want to achieve in the next three-plus years of my life. 1001 days equals just under 33 months. There are lots of things that I want to achieve and I am ready to take the steps to do them.

As I continue to work on my wellness challenge, this 101 goals list is going to complement what I am working towards. Are you ready to hear my list??

MY LIST OF 101 GOALS THAT I WANT TO ACHIEVE IN 1001 DAYS

Sharing goals can sometimes feel daunting. You question whether you are dreaming too big or too small. If you haven’t made one of these lists before, it can take multiple days to get your list completed. You may even need to look at other people’s lists to get some inspiration. 

I recommend that you start one. My list is now complete and the end date is May 4, 2026. You will get updates every three months so that you know how I am doing with working on this list. 

  1. Renew our wedding vows

  2. Tattoo for Richard

  3. Tattoo for kids

  4. Watercolour floral tattoo

  5. Go on vacation with just Richard. Thinking Maldives or something like that.

  6. A weekend away by myself every 4 months

  7. A weekend away with Richard every 3 months

  8. Boudoir photoshoot

  9. Attend a Cirque du Soleil show

  10. Publish another book of poetry. (Wanna buy my first book of poetry, grab Meraki Pages here)

  11. Take kids to Walt Disney World

  12. Road trip to California

  13. Date night once a month

  14. Do 1 no spend month

  15. Make $100,000 in my business

  16. Take Q on a trip for graduation

  17. Buy a velvet duvet cover

  18. Buy an RV

  19. Create an alter for meditation

  20. Couples boudoir shoot

  21. See giant Redwood trees

  22. Finish reading 35 books (What She Knew by Gilly MacMillian)

  23. Host a retreat

  24. Attend a retreat

  25. Be a speaker at an empowerment summit

  26. Send flowers to my mom just because

  27. Put $10 into savings for every item I check off this list

  28. Pay off my credit card

  29. Pay off my student loans

  30. Start a blogging conference in Calgary

  31. Buy new high thread count sheets

  32. Girls' weekend with mom and sisters

  33. Have a couple’s spa day

  34. Continue our monthly date days as a family

  35. Hire Q a math tutor

  36. Go to a play

  37. 90 days straight of silent meditation (Currently on day 3)

  38. Buy a new vehicle on my own

  39. Fix our boat

  40. Grow my email list to 1,000

  41. Have a waiting list for Blogology

  42. Grow to 3,500 IG followers (Currently 1,685 followers)

  43. Grow to 3,000 Pinterest followers (Currently at 986 followers)

  44. Get my pageviews to 15,000 per month

  45. Make butter

  46. Perfect making bread

  47. Save $10,000

  48. Swim three times per week

  49. Buy myself flowers once a month

  50. Build my YouTube channel

  51. Try 15 new restaurants

  52. Grow our own lettuce year-round

  53. Go to the ballet

  54. Buy a new mattress

  55. Buy a piece of art from Giselle Denis Fine Art

  56. Buy one new piece of lingerie every month

  57. Buy myself a wedding ring (Mine was lost and I have no idea where it is!)

  58. Shop at the Farmer’s Market two times per month

  59. Take a cooking class with Richard

  60. Hire a house cleaner

  61. Set up my Etsy shop and advertise it

  62. Pay for someone’s coffee once a month

  63. See the Northern lights

  64. Try acupuncture

  65. Launch an e-course

  66. Host a book event/signing

  67. Get a will made up

  68. Get new business photos done

  69. Try 35 new recipes (Taco Pasta)

  70. Create a budget and stick to it

  71. Host a dinner party

  72. Write 25 guest blog posts

  73. Publish my memoir

  74. Take an SEO course

  75. Do 10 different 30-day challenges

  76. Write a list of 100 things that make me happy

  77. Create a blogging series

  78. Help 10 women start their blogs with weekend intensives

  79. Make fresh pasta

  80. Read a banned book

  81. Relax in a hot spring

  82. Watch the sunrise with Richard

  83. Go 30 days without eating out

  84. Make $27/hour at my day job

  85. Spend a weekend at Banff Springs Hotel

  86. Do a podcast interview with Jenna Kutcher

  87. Declutter every room in my house

  88. Track spending for 30 days

  89. Do a weekly board game night

  90. Choose a new affirmation every month. This month’s affirmation is UNIVERSE SHOW ME HOW GOOD IT GETS

  91. Make an extra $500 for the next three months

  92. Track daily food intake for one month

  93. Take a new course on Udemy every month

  94. Attend one networking event every three months

  95. Share one positive thing about my day to IG stories for 30 days. (I started that today! Head to my IG stories!)

  96. Unsubscribe from emails I don’t read

  97. Use ThinkUp daily

  98. Set money aside for Christmas. (Goal is $800)

  99. Buy a headboard for the master bedroom

  100. Create a skincare routine

  101. Floss my teeth twice a day

Those are goals for the next 1001 days and I am so excited! Do you have a list? I would love to see your list. Feel free to share it below so that I can have a look!!

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