Hello! I have been a little disconnected but mostly sick. It’s the time of the year when I sadly get sick and this year wasn’t the exception. I do feel a lot better now, but during the weekend I had sometime to read a little and browse through images. I also came across the 101 in 1001 days list I made almost 1001 days ago…YES this year will be almost 1001 days since that list, and I haven’t really accomplished most of the things in the list and there are things I’m no longer interested in accomplishing. So here is the list that started Monday January 25th, 2010 and will end on Monday October 22nd, 2012.
Wish me luck.. let’s see how much I can accomplished until day 1001!
101 in 1001
1. market my photo business more Working on it!
2. get new a Canon L lens
3. visit a country where I don’t speak the language {accomplished}
4. Finish the stripes on the wall of my bedroom-6/24/2010 decided that we are not doing stripes anymore, so blue tape has been removed
5. Donate clothes that I no longer wear {donated and sold some of them at a flea market and made some extra cash}
6. Lose 25 pounds and maintain it -in process, lost 10 pounds so far
7. Play the keyboards again and learn how to play a whole song -in process, 08/25/2010 at least the keyboards are not collecting more dust
8. Subscribe to a photo and design magazine instead of buying it from the newstand 01/09/2012 I subscribed to PPA last year and get their magazine every month
9. Get custom design sample albums with the best photos I have taken 01/09/2012 Design is done, just need to send them to print
10. Write in my blog more often and include a photo along with each entry I am trying
11. Take flamenco classes again and reach the advanced level
12. Go ice skating {accomplished}
13. Go to a bed and breakfast with Ty again
14. Go to a football game wearing my favorite team’s t-shirt
15. Take a trip to another state by train
16. Read more feng shui books -01/09/2012Got the book, need to find the time to read it now
17. Design and publish a book on Ecuadorian cuisine -01/09/2012 Writing the recipes, have the book name..in process
18. Buy property 01/09/2012 not going to happen this year.. unless I win the lottery, so lets take it off the list for now
19. Smile more while working =)
20. Carry my business cards at ALL times {done, now I have them everywhere}01/09/2012 Change to Angela Cardenas, and I don’t have new business cards yet…
21. Take a trip to Greece
22. Ride a bike in the summer
23. Get a job as a graphic designer {in process, getting a few freelance jobs}UPDATE working for a magazine as a freelance designer
24. Go to the Bronx zoo with my sister
25. Hang picture frames of me and Ty in our room {in process, got the frames already, I need photos now} 01/09/2012 STILL IN PROCESS!!! HELP!!!
26. Be more organized around my computer space 01/09/2012 I see it clutter free right now.. so YEAH!
27. Get a nice and organized custom-made closet 01/09/2012 This will happen when we get our own OWN space, but so far I have the bigger closet so I am ok with that =)
28. Learn to speak basic german before my trip to Germany {I know the basics words Guten tag!} !!!
29. Visit my aunts in Quito, Ecuador I visited them in my last trip to Ecuador In January 2011.
30. Attend a photography workshop at least once a year Went to see Elizabeth Messina at PhotoExpo last October
31. Be second photo-shooter at a wedding I second shotted a handful of weddings in 2011. Thanks!
32. Get Ty to second shoot with me He second shooted with me in Puerto Rico, and in a NY wedding. =)
33. Go on a road trip and cross the border
34. Watch a movie in 3-D
35. Meet a photographer I admire {I met Jessica Claire at the freedom tour by showit}
36. Become closer to my spiritual side I do that often for a little bit and it feels great
37. Get Ty to show me how to play volleyball and play with him in a team, at least once
38. Send thank you letters to my clients
39. Have dinner/lunch with my siblings at least once a month
40. Design a small jewelry collection
41. Learn and understand HTML and CSS without losing my mind {signed up for a seminar in July 2010 =) UPDATE! We just don’t get along….
42. Purchase a nice suit
43. Sell books I no longer use {selling them on amazon}
44. Offer a free photoshoot once a year {in process, will complete by end of March 2010}UPDATE trying to offer another one right now….
45. Wear high heels more often
46. Get my photos published <<< very soon….
47. Eat more organic food A little too expensive…but do it when I get the opportunity
48. Witness and photograph a sunrise
49. Add more memory to my iMac
50. Get a laptop, preferably a 17″ MacBook Pro
51. Design a website for my graphic design portfolio 01/09/2012 I have one!! thanks to my boyfriend www. angelacardenas.net
52. Start putting money in my savings account every month… NO excuses!
53. Organize my personal old photos in a nice album
54. Go scuba diving
55. Become CPR certified
56. Show Ty how to swim and help him overcome his fear of water {trying to convince him, but he always has an excuse }
57. Spend a day with Down Syndrome children
58. Go sailing
59. Have a spa day with Ty and top it off with a dinner at a nice place We went to one… but we can go again…
60. Get a file cabinet UPDATE, I got wood crates that make my life easier …
61. Try skydiving
62. Get a shootsac or kelly moore bag UPDATE, got a kelly more as a gift for Xmas a year ago =)
63. Put together a great blog DONE!
64. Donate blood again
65. Create an inspirational photo book
66. Take a boxing class
67. Get another Canon 5D MarkII
68. Go to a broadway show {accomplished}
69. Perfect detail photo shots
70. Get an iPhone or Android ANDROID!
71. Go to church at least once a month
72. Have a vegetarian diet for a week once a month
73. Put a photo exhibit together <<< WORKING ON THIS
74. Take a public speech class
75. Take a creative business writing class (or something along those lines)
76. Get studio space I have my little corner and it is ok for now.
77. Incorporate
78. Play the guitar more
79. Get someone else to do a 101 in 1001 list
80. Attend a lecture about ” green architecture” or green living
81. Get Eco-friendly packaging supplies for my photography business
82. Make slideshows for every photoshoot I have with small video clips in it
83. Take a trip to Seattle and drive to Vancouver perhaps next year
84. Take a trip to Costa Rica it may not happen this year..
85. Learn to make dumplings
86. Nix my fear horse back riding and enjoy it
87. Go see the grand canyon again Not this year
88. Plant a tree ACCOMPLISHED
89. Grow aromatic herbs in my house, like my mom Pilar used to do
90. Volunteer for a special cause
91. Have a memorial service for my mami Pilar and mami Silvia
92. Take Fiona to the planetarium
93. Flatten my tummy by doing abs everyday
94. Have “Domingo familiar” with my sister again (weekends we dedicate to lounging in our pj’s while watching movies and eating take-out)
95. Call my godmothers in Florida and in Ecuador
96. Write a letter by hand to a friend overseas
97. Make postcards with special photos and mail them to the person on the photo
98. Lower my cholesterol level {in process}
99. Take an interior design workshop/class or seminar and apply what I learn in a real space
100. Meet other young photographers and artists in my area {accomplished 06/23/2010}
101. Love and cherish every moment in my life
