This list isn't complete. I'd like to add things as I think of them or as I cross something off. I want to continue growing & figuring out what makes me tick. Doing these things that excite me will allow me to "find myself". Cliche, I know.
Here's my life list, what I want to accomplish:
- Take the kids to Disney
- Stand on a volcano
- Sky diving (or bungee jumping or both)
- Have a photograph published (Kaia Magazine! 12/1/2011!)
- Take a photography course (Completed 2/2011 & BBMK workshop 4/2011)
- Make sushi (1/6/11) Sushi is much better when you know what you're doing...
- Have a spa day
- See a Sleeping Beauty ballet
- Go scuba diving
- Attend a NFL game
- Learn to play an instrument (In the works...)
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Snowboard in the Rockies
- Go rock climbing
- Visit the Great Barrier Reef
- Go on a cruise (photography cruise, maybe?)
- Make pottery
- Visit Greece
- Go wine tasting
- Visit a vineyard in California
- Make month by month baby books for the kids
- Make capes & tutus to take to a children's hospital
- Trust someone without reservation
- Say “no” without feeling guilty (on-going!)
- Photograph a celebrity
- Start composting
- Sleep in a castle
- Ride a cab in NYC
- Pay for my kids' college expenses
- Go whale-watching
- Live in a beach house
- Try Sprinkles cupcakes (6/2011)
- Take part in a girls' getaway
- Teach my kids to read
- Take boudoir photos (yup!)
- Ride a horse on the beach
- Go deep sea fishing
- Photograph a birth (tastefully, of course)
- Visit all 50 states (29 down)
- Stand in green & black sand
- Stay in an island bungalow over the water
- Save a life (donate an organ?)
- Try on designer jeans
- Find a perfume I love
- Grow & eat my own food
- Read 100 new books (2 down)
- Try 50 ethnic foods
- Stomp grapes
- Make my own piece of furniture
- Become more comfortable with romance
- Sew a dress for myself
- Take family photos once per year
- Dress up like a princess & go to (or host) a ball
- Buy & use 10 new kitchen gadgets
- Grow Lily of the Valley
- Mend a broken heart
- Have a mud brawl
- Ride the World's tallest roller coaster
- Ice skate in NYC
- Go on a romantic getaway
- Ask someone for help without feeling guilty (Done & done)
- Take an adult ballet class (Started...)
- Raise the boys to be wonderful husbands & fathers
- Finish box town
- Photograph an African Safari
- Appear on MythBusters (or bust a myth myself)
- Pay it forward to 3 people
- Photograph a sunrise
- Photograph the Aurora Borealis
- Spend a weekend with just my siblings
- Create a space in the house just for me (sewing, crafting, reading, finding inner peace) (Check! In my NEW apartment!)
- Build a tree house
- Celebrate my 50th wedding anniversary
- Find a great homemade muffin recipe (HERE! Turn it into muffins)
- Expand the photography business (On-going)
- Ride in a sailboat
- Help a mom learn to breastfeed
- Set up a pre-schooler summer camp w/ friends & neighbors
- Finish the mural in my son's room (Did that. Then moved out.)
- Visit Redcastle in Scotland
- Lose 10 different board games to my kids without letting them win
- Take a yoga class
- Write a book
- Have dinner on a rooftop
- Learn 100 new words (Ongoing...)
- Learn to let someone take control of a chaotic situation
- Buy a beachy white dress & renew my vows
- Donate to locks of love
- Figure out how to use a telescope
- Take a trip by myself
- Beat the New Super Mario Bros (on level 8 for the past year)
- Unplug for one week (no internet, cell phone or TV)
- Photograph a destination wedding
- Take courses relating to marine biology
- Learn to hula in Hawaii
- Buy a little black dress & red heels (dress purchased, now for shoes...)
- Catch & eat lobster in Maine
- Go on a group vacation and leave the kids with grandma
- Visit Harry Potter Wizarding World
I want to display it like this. But first I must find or cut butterflies. Checking Etsy...
1 comments:
What a lovely idea. I've been very down, perhaps this would be a nice start.
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