101 Things in 1001 Days 

Earlier this year I was challenged by my P31 sisters to write down my goals for the next  1001 days.  I wanted to be realistic  in what I wrote because if you know me, I like to mark things off.  It gives me a sense of accomplishment. However, I have learned through the years that while things might seem impossible and out of my reach, there is nothing that God can not do.

Psalms 20:4 May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed (NIV)

Goals are only dreams and wishes unless you write them down and take action. The first step is done and I already feel some kind of achievement.  Writing and sharing my goals here not only allows me share my ambitions but it also makes me accountable.  I am excited to see how many goals I can mark off by 2014!

My 101 in 1001 day:

Starting Date – January 5, 2012

Ending Date – October 3, 2014

1. Find a charity and give a profit from my business
2. Go on another mission’s trip
3. Photograph more of Eugene in an editorial style
4. Build a website (4-29-20012)
5. Start a blog  (4-30-2012)
6. Memorize Psalms 119
7. Randomly choose a family at a restaurant and pay for their meal
8. Write thank you notes twice a month for a year to people who have made a deference in my life
9. Shoot a wedding outside the United States
10. Organize a style shoot
11.  Have a date with my husband once a month for a year and hopefully there after
12.  Have a date with my son once a month for a year and hopefully there after
13. Have a date with my daughter once a month for a year and hopefully there after
14. Buy a lap top
15. Use my business to serve the community
16. Have at least one guest writer a year on my blog
17. Have my work published
18. Visit more wineries……yes, I love wine!
19. Visit San Francisco
20. Learn to play the guitar and maybe take some singing lessons (Don’t laugh)
21. Take my kids to Disneyland again
22. Do some style shoots in Mexico
23. Attend a workshop  with Jose Villa in Mexico
24. Do a photo shoot of my beautiful grandma
25. Visit the place where I was born and read Psalms 139!
26. This might be out of my reach financially but I have learned that nothing is impossible for God so here it is….I would like to visit Yucatan again and make peace with my heart!
27. Read a business book at least once a month
28. Run a 5k and then a 13k…not sure I can do a marathon.
29. Take a hot air balloon with the love of my life
30. Go rock climbing
31. Do a trash the dress shoot
32. Go back to Showit Unite!
33. Hike more trails in Oregon.  Such a beautiful place!
34. Visit Deception pass…so majestic!
35. Do a photo shoot of someone in the military…love the military!
36. Do a photo shoot of someone who fought in a war and tell their story
37.  Master off camera flash.
38.  Take a plane ride with Matt Hoecker!
39. Go water rafting
40. Take a cross country trip
41. See Metallica in concert with Curt Gillis, Shirley Madathil, and Rick Lathrop (who would have thought!)
42. Go horseback riding on a beach
43.  Dance in the rain
44.  Blessed a group of ladies and make them feel BEAUTIFUL for a day
45.  Take the On Camera Workshop with Zack and Jody.  Love those two!
46.  Shoot a Notebook Theme styled shoot with a couple that is madly in love
47. Have someone do an editorial shoot of me
48. Get caught up with all my editing.  I am so behind!
49. Take some dance classes with my man!
50. Find new places to shoot
51. Have lunch with my WPPI roomies from 2012
52. Bake more cookies
53. Go back to having family nights
54. Serve our community as a family
55. Shoot a wedding or a photo shoot at Lewis and Clark University, Oregon
56. Watch a Broadway Show
57. Photograph a military homecoming
58.  Attend a Mike Colon workshop
59. Attend WPPI at least one more time in the next three years
60. Transfer all my Hydrangeas to the right place in my garden
61. Finish my garden and my deck
62. Have a spa day with my daughter
63. Go back to eating clean
64. Send each of my siblings a birthday card and let them know how much I love them.
65. Feed the homeless
66. Give clean socks to the homeless
67. Take more pictures as a family
68. Learn to make sushi
69. Have more people over for dinner.  This should be a little easier now that Curt is working back in Eugene
70. Give Curt more back massages
71. Clean my garage and keep it clean
72. Expand my lens collection, top of the list 70-200 2.8
73. Take a CS5 or CS6 photoshop  class
74. Go camping at least once a year
75. Have my kid’s friends over for dinner on a regular basis
76. Go to the Peony Festival in Oregon
77. Plant a vegetable garden
78.  Paint the inside of my house
79. Write more hand written love letters to the three most important people in my life
80.  Go to more concert with my family
81.  Read my bible by a waterfall
82. See more waterfalls in Oregon…yes I love waterfalls!
83.  Swim in a warm beach
84.  Take yoga classes
85.  Cook one recipe from every cookbook I have (I have about 60 and counting)
86.  Get caught up with my kids school scrapbook
87.  Mentor a teenager
88.  Visit Curt’s family in Massachusetts
89.  Eat fresh lobster in Massachusetts
90.  Visit a military friend from my old squadron….MAWD
91. Visit Yosemite Park or Yellowstone
92. Make a promo video for my business
93.  Go kayaking
94.  Go night sailing with the Eblings, the Harris, and my hubby on a full moon.
95.  Spend a day shooting with my dear friend Ranelle.  We have been talking about this for years!
96.  Go hiking with my brother Joey
97.   Do a mission’s trip to Mexico with my kids
98.  Go to a professional football game.  And if I had my choice it would be the 49’s and the Patriots.
99.  Organize and clean my computer
100. Have someone design my logo
101. Spend more time cuddling with my husband

LYDIA GILLIS PHOTOGRAPHY is Denver based and Destination Wedding Photographer, Seniors and Personal Branding Photographer.

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