Life List

I took this idea from Melissa at Suburban Bliss who got it from Maggie at Mighty Girl. I expect to be adding to this until I reach 100 items, and cross items off as I achieve them. I tried for a mix of wildly ambitious and less so, and found this list of tips to be really helpful too. I borrowed some of their items; feel free to borrow some of mine.

The List

the first 25

1. Travel to Alaska
2. Travel to El Salvador and Costa Rica
3. Learn to play our piano
4. Travel to Australia
5. Travel to Ireland
6. Travel down the Nile River
7. Travel the Amazon
8. Drive up the Pacific Coast Highway with my family
9. Take my girls camping at Swallow Falls again and actually stay the night this time.
10. Dinner at the French Laundry
11. Endow a scholarship, no matter the size
12. Take my girls to see The Nutcracker
13. Teach my girls to cook and have them each make dinner for the family by themselves
14. Make our house the house I’ve dreamed of
15. Become completely fluent in Spanish
16. See the Great Wall of China
17. See the Taj Mahal
18. Have a winter solstice party
19. Have a summer solstice party
20. Eat more vegetables
21. Grow some vegetables
22. Learn to crochet
23. Finish my half-finished embroidery projects
24. Pierce the cartilage in my right ear, like my left ear
25. Exercise regularly

the next 25

26. Have a beautiful flowery front yard
27. Have an awesome backyard that’s perfect for cookouts
28. Have a cookout every summer
29. Spend more time in the woods
30. Bake bread I made focaccia, and it was delicious!
31. Visit a working ranch
32. Spend more time in the mountains
33. Earn another advanced degree
34. Publish a poem in a real live journal
35. Publish a book of poetry
36. Take a dance class
37. Take a cooking class
38. Visit my cousin in Colorado
39. Visit the other states I haven’t yet (besides Alaska):
40. Maine
41. Rhode Island
42. Nebraska
43. Hawaii
44. Vermont
45. New Hampshire
46. Oklahoma
47. Wisconsin
48. Take trapeze lessons
49. Camp at Assateague again
50. Take a painting class.

The next 25

51. Do a color run!
52. Join a chorus.
53. Sing in public with a group of other people.
54. Walk a 15K race.
55. Walk five 5K races (Race for the Cure: done!)
56. Become a CASA volunteer to advocate for foster children
57. Volunteer once a month at Our Daily Bread for a year
58. Take a ceramics course.
59. Go to Graceland with my sister
60. Go to Dollywood.
61. Go anywhere in South America.