I tried this project before when I started it in 2012 [here] and then aborted it in spring 2014 after a breakup. But recently I have felt eager to try the 101 things in 1001 days again and see how it goes this time. It makes sense to have a certain amount of goals for a very specific time frame. Many of my goals are almost more a reminder to do and try more things – exactly what I need after the last few months. I’ll let you know how it goes …

Begins: 15 August 2020
Ends: 12 May 2023
Done: 0/101

1. Go vegetarian for a month
2. Have one vegan day per week (0/100)
3. Make ten different ice creams (0/10)
4. Learn how to make my granny’s apple strudel
5. Go without alcohol for three times one month (0/3)
6. Learn how to use our instant pot
7. Learn how to use the air fryer lid for our instant pot
8. Make 20 different cakes/pastries (0/20)
9. Make 5 African dishes (0/5)
10. Make pasta myself
11. Make 20 different zucchini dishes (0/20)
12. Find a recipe and make kürt böre‎ǧi
13. Make lemon curd
14. Make kaymak
15. Make tavuk göğsü
16. Host a murder mystery dinner
17. Host a German “Kaffee und Kuchen” (coffee and cake in the afternoon) for Rich’s family
18. Host a German dinner
19. Host a Turkish brunch
20. Host a Turkish dinner
21. Try 3 recipes from Rich’s family (0/3)
22. Learn to make saag paneer from Rich
23. Continue to read at least 52 books per year
24. Reread the Harry Potter series
25. Reread the Lord of the Rings books
26. Send and receive 50 post cards via Postcrossing (0/50)
27. Send 50 handwritten notes and letters (0/50)
28. Do some embroidery
29. Knit a blanket
30. Organize my closet at least once a year (0/3)
31. Replace my battered leather jacket
32. Either go to the gym at least once per week or cancel my membership
33. Lose 5 kg or give away my too tight clothes
34. Use my AMC movie subscription when cinemas open again
35. Test out all my old film cameras
36. Review at least 20 books on NetGallery and Booksprout (0/20)
37. Create my own business cards for my blog
38. Publish 300 blog posts (0/300)
39. Publish 80 new recipes (0/80)
40. Get 10 new collaborations (0/10)
41. Update my “About me” page
42. Create a media kit
43. Collaborate with another blogger
44. Attend 10 blogger meetings (0/10)
45. Host a blog or Instagram giveaway
46. Learn how to do Instagram Reels
47. Grow my Instagram to at least 2000 followers
48. Update my Linkedin profile at least once a year (0/3)
49. Update my CV once a year (0/3)
50. Organize all the teaching material on my computer by subject, grade and topic (instead of by school year)
51. Attend 3 professional developments that do not take place in my school (0/3)
52. File my taxes on time (0/2)
53. File all loose and important papers lying around in folders
54. Either apply for a Green Card or leave the U.S.
55. Take at least one walk through the City every week that I am here
56. Go to Coney Island
57. Take Rich to Balthazar (French Restaurant in NYC)
58. Go to a Yankees game
59. Go to Governor’s Island
60. Have a picnic with friends in Central Park
61. Try 10 new restaurants in New York City (0/10)
62. Eat at German restaurant Heidelberg on the Upper East Side
63. Take Rich to the Hamptons
64. Go on our honeymoon (albeit a little later)
65. Travel to three new U.S. states (0/3)
66. Travel on the train from the East to the West Coast (or the other way round)
67. Visit my friend in North Carolina
68. Go to the Outer Banks
69. Visit Harry Potter World
70. Travel to a new country
71. Visit my family in Germany at least twice (0/2)
72. Travel to Turkey
73. Go camping
74. Go on a road trip
75. Take 3 weekend getaways (0/3)
76. Meet Rich’s brother’s dog Christoph
77. Spend at least one week in the family homestead in Maine every year (0/3)
78. Stay overnight in the lake house in Maine
79. Swim to the island in the lake and back
80. Plant a quince tree in Maine
81. Renovate our room in the homestead
82. Redecorate our room there
83. Start a German bookshelf in the homestead
84. Organize all my earrings
85. Empty at least one eyeshadow palette
86. Use up at least one lipstick
87. Empty at least one blush
88. Use up all my beauty samples
89. Use at least one facial mask per month (0/33)
90. Use up a bottle of nail polish
91. Stop biting the skin around my nails
92. Upgrade our coffee maker
93. Upgrade our towels
94. Find a nice apartment when we have to move in summer 2021
95. Hire movers
96. Upgrade our dining furniture
97. Upgrade our living room furniture
98. Have a proper work space with a bigger desk at home
99. Hire a cleaning person for deep cleaning every now and then
100. Have at least one photo of Canavar printed and hang it up
101. Adopt kittens

Interim stages:
100: 22 November 2020 / 200: 2 March 2021 /300: 10 June 2021 / 400: 18 September 2021 / 500: 27 December 2021 / 600: 6 April 2022 / 700: 15 July 2022 / 800: 23 October 2022 / 900: 31 January 2023 / 1000: 11 May 2023

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