…and a Life List is Born



I tweeted a few weeks ago that I was looking for something new to do and I asked for suggestions. Karen suggested I create a life list. I have tried to do this in the past and it never went anywhere. My list was almost impossible to accomplish and it stopped being fun working towards crossing things off the list. This list feels different. It feels like fun.

1. Learn to swim
2. Learn to speak Spanish fluently
3. Teach an online class
4. Have a book published
5. Visit Seattle when it is NOT raining
6. Photograph 1,000 faces
7. Participate in 10 photowalks (2 of 10 completed)
8. Drive on Route 66
9. Pay off all my debt
10. Celebrate my 40th birthday with a huge bash
11. Experience an entire day without speaking
12. Learn to meditate (completed 5/28/10)
13. Compose a song on my guitar
14. Display my artwork and photography around my home
15. Host a homemade pie party
16. Host a radio show
17. Crochet a piece of clothing I would actually wear
18. Grow a rosebush
19. Can fruits and vegetables
20. Grow a vegetable garden
21. Sew 50 pieces of clothing for my wardrobe
22. Swing on a tire swing
23. Fast for 21 days (completed 1/21/11)
24. Memorize a Bible verse every week that has significance to me
25. Teach my kids to ride their bikes
26. Bake 52 different cupcakes in one year
27. Resurrect my annual holiday cookie party
28. Forgive completely those who have hurt me and done me wrong (completed 9/16/10 and on-going)
29. Make a Red Velvet Cake from scratch with cream cheese icing
30. Meet Oprah Winfrey
31. Start an authentic living interview series
32. Go on a cruise
33. Spend an entire week speaking blessings and not one single complaint
34. Start back taking ceramics and successfully throw 12 pots in one day
35. Take a glass blowing class
36. Walk a labyrinth
37. Learn how to salsa dance
38. Play my guitar while reciting my poetry
39. Spend a weekend at Shaker Village
40. Have a hat made and wear it to the Kentucky Derby
41. Splash in rain puddles with my kids (completed 5/22/11)
42. Wear an insanely expensive piece of designer clothing
43. Go dark for two weeks, meaning no internet or email
44. See a bull fight
45. Host an art retreat
46. Learn sign language
47. Host a proper tea party
48. Take guitar lessons
49. Make a living only doing things I love
50. Benchpress my bodyweight
51. Solve the Rubik’s cube
52. Take a hot air balloon ride
53. Keep a food journal for 90 days
54. Pay for something only with pennies
55. Go to NFL or NBA championship game
56. Create the perfect set of mix music CDs and give them away
57. Give a confident speech in public
58. Create my own cookbook
59. Learn to belly dance
60. Teach my kids to play jacks
61. Make a movie (completed 4/5/11)
62. Learn to knit lace
63. Simplify my wardrobe to 10 pieces and wear them for a month
64. Master the chaturanga dandasana yoga pose
65. Create a menu for the week
66. Grow heirloom tomatoes
67. Shop for produce at the local farmer’s market
68. Buy and sleep on 1500 thread count pillow cases
69. Learn to roll sushi
70. Go to Tiffany & Co. and try on the biggest diamond ring they have in the store
71. Do stand-up comedy
72. Start vlogging (completed 4/5/11) Love it!!!
73. Join a bowling league
74. Create a morning writing ritual
75. Learn to do nothing
76. Develop equanimity
77. Simplify my budget
78. Read something out of my comfort zone
79. Save $20,000 in emergency fund
80. Solve a crossword puzzle without cheating
81. Take a self defense class
82. Take a spinning class
83. Ride a mechanical bull and stay on it for 1 minute (I have done this, but never stayed on for long)
84. Donate $500 at once
85. Stay at a 5-star hotel or resort
86. Create a room that I love
87. Fly first class
88. Hug a mascot
89. Join an investment club
90. Have dinner in a location that overlooks an entire city
91. Watch every Bruce Lee film ever made
92. Tryout for a roller derby team
93. Learn to say “Love” in 50 languages
94. Play Bingo in a Bingo hall
95. Throw a surprise party
96. Own a dog again
97. Expand my vocabulary
98. Do 50 consecutive good quality push-ups
99. Do a one-handed cartwheel
100. Crash a party