one hundred things to accomplish in this lifetime
i've never been great at following through on new years resolutions; if i was good at it, i would be skinny, loaded, have my ph.d., and there would be world peace. in anticipation of the approaching new year, i'm going to try something a little different. thanks to two incredible writers/bloggers, i've been inspired to jump onto the 'life list' bandwagon, which is basically a bucket list. so...here we go!
take the girls to paris |
finish my masters degree | build my dream house | scuba dive in the caymans | stay in a glass-bottomed bungalow in fiji | make artisan cheese | visit all 50 states (26 down, 24 to go) | be a better parent | go to the anderson show | attend ted | have a book published | try crossfit | finish a bikram yoga class | pay off student loans |
watch 'the bucket list' | fall in love. again. | create my family tree | sail the grecian isles | take the girls to new york city | finish my ph.d. |
make a life list | take the girls to london | knit in the round |
find and support a local charity | visit napa | run a 5k | learn to roll sushi | grow a cutting garden | grow an herb garden | get in shape | become a reading specialist | buy a new house |
inspire someone | make somebody's dreams come true | set foot on six continents (sorry, antarctica) | start a scholarship fund | have a weekly meal tradition |
take a bbq tour across texas | reupholster a chair | write thank you notes to people from my past | go ziplining | have a wooden porch with a swing, rocking chairs, and flowers on it | have portraits taken of me and the girls | invent my own font | start an annual event | complete my lent goal(s) |
fall out of love with diet cokes | climb machu picchu | contribute to a public garden | hand-sew a quilt | own chickens. again. | establish 30 go-to recipes |
make challah bread | blog at least twice a week for a year | plant a fig tree | take the girls to disney | stay at the fairmont lake louise | learn a second language | blow bubbles from the top of the eiffel tower | grow my own christmas tree | learn to crochet | practice daily gratitude | attend a blogher conference | make homemade pickles |
become part of the iphone revolution | ride an elephant | keep our home a peaceful place to live | take a gotham writers workshop | visit my grandmothers' graves and shower them with flowers |
organize my closet | make friendship bread | go to lake tahoe | redecorate my bedroom | swim with dolphins | organize my garage (major gasp!) | spend a day at lake austin spa |
read a book a month outside of grad school | take the girls on a behind-the-scenes tour of seaworld | subscribe to the sunday edition of a major newspaper |
improve my recycling habits | have a picnic on the beach | go clamming in cape cod |
have a go-to cookie recipe | create my own wine labels | make pasta from scratch | fill up our money jar | read an entire book series with the girls | win fantasy football. again. | teach the girls to play tennis | cook four homemade meals a week | invest wisely | reconnect with old friends | learn to 'bokeh' | update my will | make an advent calendar | visit my out of state family more frequently | can jellies and jams seasonally | grow tomatoes | develop a green thumb (in a figuratively speaking way, of course) | celebrate life's gifts each day |
there you have it...100 things i want to do in this lifetime, in no specific order, although some things are obviously prerequisites to others. that was considerably harder to do than i thought it would be!
thanks to hortiz for telling me about blog con queso and thanks to blog con queso for introducing me to the life list.
i'm a true believer in pushing yourself. whenever i see my girls standing on their toes in an effort to reach something they really want, i'm always reminded that it doesn't hurt me to get on my tiptoes every now and then so i can reach a little further for my dreams.
follow along with me as i cross these items off of my list...here we go!
