Life List
Inspired by the ever-awesome Maggie Mason I wrote and published this list of 100 (or so) things to do in my life time. Little did I know that writing this down on paper and letting other people believe in my dreams with me would result in such a fantastic ride. I’ve done more on this list in a year than I thought I would accomplish in 5. That’s life, friends. Yay Life!
- personal-goals Always try new things.
- personal-goals Be generous
- personal-goals Be part of a flash mob dance
- personal-goals Be really really surprised
- family-centered Become a family who hikes together
- personal-goals Become a published writer for magazines
- personal-goals Become well read
- things-to-do Build a house
- things-to-do Build my dream kitchen
- personal-goals Buy a bottle of Crystal in celebration
- personal-goals Camp near a waterfall
- family-centered Camp under the stars more often
- personal-goals Collaborate
- personal-goals Compete in an athletic race: running, swimming … whatever.
- personal-goals Contribute to one of my favorite websites
- family-centered Cook/Bake creative things with my kids as the master chefs in our kitchen
- personal-goals Cultivate a successful garden, every year
- family-centered Dig for clams with kids
- things-to-do Do a deep sea dive in a submarine
- personal-goals Do a home renovation project on my own
- personal-goals Do a studio show
- family-centered Do all 50 with my kids
- personal-goals Do something really scary, like submit art for review.
- family-centered Do staged photography as family photos
- personal-goals Finish decorating a home
- personal-goals Frontier an urban movement
- personal-goals Fumble less through public speaking, interacting with the public
- personal-goals Gallop on horseback more often
- personal-goals Get a college degree
- family-centered Get in the habit of doing grand gestures for my kids
- personal-goals Get my blood sugar issues resolved once and for all
- things-to-do Go backstage after a concert
- personal-goals Go bungee jumping in Canada
- things-to-do Go lobster fishing for dinner
- things-to-do Go on a cruise
- personal-goals Go skydiving
- personal-goals Grow old with Aaron
- family-centered Hang a map and pin all the places we’ve been, make it a tradition
- personal-goals Have a surreal experience
- things-to-do Have a vacation home
- family-centered Have neighbors with children who are playmates for our kids
- things-to-do Hot Air Balloon ride over Irish country side
- personal-goals If ever overcome with emotion, let it go and cry freely
- family-centered Institute a pajama tradition for winter holidays
- personal-goals Knock a wall down
- personal-goals Learn Botany
- personal-goals Learn carpentry
- personal-goals Learn how to salsa dance
- personal-goals Learn how to throw glass
- personal-goals Learn more about my faith
- personal-goals Learn Spanish
- personal-goals Live debt free
- personal-goals Live somewhere new for 6 mo or a year.
- personal-goals Lose 30 pounds
- family-centered Make an apple pie from the apples of our own trees
- personal-goals Make it to the NY TIMES Best Selling List
- personal-goals Make lovely things.
- personal-goals Meet Maggie Mason
- personal-goals Milk a cow by hand.
- personal-goals Order a dirty martini with 3 olives in a hotel bar in NY wearing a swank black dinner dress.
- personal-goals Own and operate my Chicken Coop Cottage business
- family-centered Pay for each child’s tuition in cash
- personal-goals Photograph more beautiful scenes
- personal-goals Plan a wedding for someone
- things-to-do Raise chickens
- family-centered Record a CD for my kids of me singing their favorite songs, reading their favorite books
- personal-goals Rent a beach house with friends
- personal-goals Reupholster furniture
- personal-goals Safari in South Africa
- personal-goals See the Northern Lights
- personal-goals Sell a company
- personal-goals Sell our house
- personal-goals Sing with my brother
- personal-goals Sit on my dad’s porch in Alaska some day.
- family-centered Spend a month in Peru
- personal-goals Spend a weekend at a working ranch, helping and learning
- personal-goals Spend a weekend with women who’ve inspired me … pampering them. (My own version of a Legends Ball – Oprah style)
- personal-goals Spin a globe and where ever our fingers stop it – buy tickets within the hour for the next flight out of town
- things-to-do Stand by Aaron’s side as he accepts a VC check
- personal-goals Stand on a cliff and breath
- things-to-do Swim in the Gran Cenote in Tulum, MX
- family-centered Take a month long road trip with no destination
- family-centered Teach Jessica how to walk in heels
- personal-goals Tell stories with my photography
- personal-goals Throw a party for Aaron’s 30th, 40th and 50th
- personal-goals Touch a whale
- things-to-do Tour Europe, not necessarily by backpack
- family-centered Try 20 of these
- things-to-do Vacation in Argentina
- things-to-do Vacation on a yacht
- things-to-do Vacation yearly with Aaron
- family-centered Videotape all grandparents telling their stories of life
- personal-goals Visit a farmers market in Spain
- personal-goals Visit ruins of ancient civilizations
- personal-goals Visit Santorini, Greece
- personal-goals Wake up consistently before everyone else in the house
- family-centered Watch Aaron teach Jessica how to ride her bike without training wheels
- family-centered Watch either child teach something to the other
- family-centered Watch Jessica meet Ariel for the first time, in person, at Disney World.
- personal-goals Wear wedding dress while I A) jump into a body or water and B) participate in a food fight
- family-centered When Jessica reaches the 48” mark, drop everything and go to Cedar Point with her, ride every single ride
- personal-goals Win
- personal-goals Witness a birth other than my own
