I have always been a fan of lists. Going to the grocery store? list. Cleaning? list. Packing? list...and the list goes on (ha! see what I did there?) There is just something about making a list that keeps things organized and neat. It's not full of you only live once type things, but also includes business goals, things I have been procrastinating and of course, a few thrown in there just for fun. So there you have it, here's mine :)
Disclaimer: this list is not complete. For one thing, I wanted to get
it down before I started checking things off it! And another, a lot can
happen in nearly 3 years and I want to be open to how the Universe moves in my
life and allow for new goals to be added.
Start date: Friday, September 26, 2014
End date: Friday, June 23, 2017
- Launch a portfolio website that I am proud of and reflects my brand
- Launch a new blog that is in line with my new website
- Second shoot at a wedding - completed October 23, 2015
- Book my first wedding - completed October 23, 2015
- Develop and define my style and brand
- Read all the books on my classics bookshelf (6/62)
- Find a Pen Pal
- Buy/create custom stationary
- Develop a routine
- Travel to Holland + Ireland
- Buy letterpress business cards
- Buy a new iPhone
- Go on a cross-Canada road trip
- Do something that scares me
- Find buried treasure
- Purchase Canon 5DMIII
- Purchase Replichrome presets - completed October 23, 2015
- Read every Jane Austen novel (3/6)
- Be conversational in Spanish
- Make friends with a stranger - completed October 23, 2015
- Throw a dinner party
- Place first Anthropologie order
- Reach the point in my business that I can quit my "day job"
- Move back to Vancouver
- Buy my own apartment
- Get an image of mine published online
- Get an image of mine published in print
- Organize all files and folders on my laptop
- Re-organize itunes and ipods
- Spend the night in a haunted house
- Sleep in a castle
- Spend a weekend at the Madonna Inn
- Make cheesecake from scratch
- Learn to play chess
- Grow my own herb garden
- Make my cat and I matching pjs
- learn to make pasta from scratch
- Attend a Jasmine Star Workshop
- Sort through/print photos of mine and frame them for my walls
- Aim to create branded and signature images during photo shoots
- Connect with local wedding vendors
- Get involved with the local photog community
- Attend at least three photography workshops that will push me to be a better photographer and business owner
- Update product packaging
- Finish Rubik's Cube in under 2 minutes
- One year, make all handmade gifts for Christmas
- Learn the dance to Thriller
- Watch all the seasons of LOST, in order
- Get class 5 drivers license
- Go to Disneyland for the first time
- Finally buy an Ona camera bag
- Finish all the books I've been putting off for forever (0/5)
- Watch the sun rise and the sun set in the same day
- Hike to Circlet Lake
- Create better blog posts for my ideal client
- Create an inspiration board in order to better define my brand and my ideal client
- Blog each item I check off my list
- Purchase slide show software to showcase photo sessions online - completed october 28, 2015
- Sleep under the stars
- Attend WPPI in Las Vegas
- Read 5 business books (0/5)
- Visit the east coast of Canada
- Create a sample album of my work
- Purchase the 35mm 1.4L lens
- Purchase the 50mm 1.2L lens
- Purchase the 85mm 1.2L Lens
- Have Christmas gifts bought and wrapped before December comes
- Set up a movie theater in the back yard
- Find the perfect nude lipstick - completed october 28, 2015
- Find the perfect red lipstick
- Go to New York and watch a Broadway play
- Buy a film camera and some film and shoot the old fashioned way (completed Nov.05, 2014)
- Clean out my closet and donate everything I don't wear
- Knit a sweater for myself
- Shoot my first engagement session - completed may 04, 2015
- Organize all my books
- Drink more water
- Start doing yoga regularly again
- Do something different with my hair
- Get new bedding
- Purchase BlogStomp software - competed october 28, 2015
Status: 9.5/89 complete
That's it for now. Feel free to check back (and hold me accountable!)
as I work my way through :) Any suggestions for things to add? Do you
have a list? Leave a comment and/or link!
Until next time, xox
