My Life List

Per the Mighty Life List, I’ve been thinking about what I really want to do in my lifetime. You only get one, after all. It’s supposed to be 100 things, but I’m still considering what I want. I’ve reached a point in my life where I enjoy just living and don’t necessarily need big events.

1. Go on a roadtrip across America.
2. Go backpacking through Europe.
3. Live in (not just visit) a foreign country.
4. Learn a second and third language.
5. Complete a master’s degree.
6. Knit a queen-size blanket.
7. Go whale watching.
8. Go scuba diving – in coral reefs.
9. Sponsor one life list thing for five people.
10. Create the perfect wardrobe that fits my personality – spartan, clean lines, vintage, feminine and hippy.
11. Have my portrait painted.
12. Earn the body I’ve always wanted.
13. Go on an African safari.
14. Visit my old home in Chicago.
15. Learn yoga.
16. Eat at French Laundry.
17. Visit New Zealand.
18. Visit Japan – and stay for a month.
19. Own a house in the mountains surrounded by forest.
20. Own an antique/consignment/resale/junk store.
21. Go Picking across America.
22. Go sailing.
23. Make the perfect french macaron.
24. Eat macarons in France.
25. Create a unique tradition for the holidays, reflecting who we are.
26. Go to a concert.
27. Make a movie.
28. Handmake every gift for one Winter Solstice.
29. Grow half the food I eat.
30. Institute Meat-Free Mondays.
31. Become a full, strict pescetarian.
32. Make my home a peaceful, art-filled space.
33. Own only antique or vintage furniture.
34. Become one of the rare female knights in the SCA.
35. Win a Crown Tourney and become Queen. (Why not? :D )
36. Do grand, loving gestures. – From the Mighty List
37. Attend Loy Krathong, the sky lantern festival in Thailand
38. Work somewhere wonderful.
39. Visit the Bodhi Tree in India.
40. Remove money as a concern.
41. Get health in hand – lose weight, take vitamins, finish dental work, visit allergist, find a primary doctor I like.
42. Buy stocks.
43. Retire by 40.
44. Write and illustrate a children’s book.
45. Seed bomb dead and barren areas.
46. Wear a bikini in Hawaii.
47. Run a marathon for charity.
48. Have a mini-album for every year.
49. Sell Dustin’s mother’s house, finally.
50. Knit and wear and entire outfit.
51. Eat organic, healthy, complete foods.
52. Go into space.
53. Learn to rollerskate.
54. Clear all the junk from my life and pare down to the essentials.
55. Take more pictures of my life.
56. Go to a spa retreat, no technology.
57. Open a store for the vintage, upcycled, and handmade things I find and make.
58. Take a theater sewing class.
59. Drink mint tea in Morocco.
60. Drink bang lassi in India.
61. Make 100 kinds of fruit preserves or jam: Wild Blueberry, Pear, Watermelon, Strawberry, Loquat, Blood Orange, Gooseberry, Elderberry, Loganberry, Figs, Banana, Passionfruit, Raspberry, Golden Raspberry, Champagne Grapes, Merlot Grapes, Meyer Lemon are the kinds I can think of right now!