My Life List

In November of 2012, I attended Camp Mighty, and in preparation, we were all charged with writing this  Life List.  Basically, it’s 100 or so things that you want to accomplish. In your whole life. Since Camp Mighty, I have been able to cross a few off my list, but I look forward to hitting this List with a vengeance in 2014.

If you’d like to help me achieve any goals on the list, I welcome assistance in any form. Just contact me!

1. Ride in a hot air balloon
2. Learn to sight-read music
3. Learn to sight sing
4. Learn Italian
5. Live in Italy
6. Write a novel
7. Learn to play the piano
8. Visit Hawaii
9. Do headstands in yoga with no fear. Every time.
10. Take advanced cooking classes
11. Visit Greece
12. Work with a personal trainer to get into amazing shape
13. Own my own apartment in NYC
14. Perform in a musical on Broadway
15. Take that tap class in NoHo I’ve been thinking about
16. Vacation in Sedona, AZ
17. Vacation in Napa
18. Eat at French Laundry
19. Snorkel
20. Shoot a gun at a shooting range
21. Swim with dolphins
22. Take a helicopter tour in Hawaii
23. Learn Photoshop
24. Road Trip USA! See All The Things
25. Take a long Amtrak trip – sleep in a sleeper car!
26. Visit Japan
27. Go back to college and finish my degree
28. Give a waitress a really big tip, preferably at the end of the month
29. Wear shorts
30. Do the 52 Weeks of Mail challenge
31. Form production company with B the B.
32. Own a house in Los Angeles that has a pool!
33. Meet Patti LuPone
34. Participate in a Color Run
35. Give back to my parents
36. Organize an old-fashioned block party like we had in Brooklyn when I was a kid
37. Cook on TV
38. Go Vegan, again.
39. Conquer my fear of heights
40. Go see the Coral Castle
41. Go to Graceland
42. Ride all the rides at Disney Paris!
43. Research my family history
44. Make caramel candy from scratch
45. Kiss Bob the Builder on Valentine’s Day at the top of the Empire State Building
46. Organize and host a charity event
47. Be independently wealthy
48. Take a bath, outside, in one of those really deep claw-foot tubs
49. Go on a yoga retreat to India
50. Spend two weeks at Disney World – see everything!
51. Go to Harry Potter’s park. With all adults.
52. Meet my relatives in Wales.
53. Sing the national anthem at a sporting event. Doesn’t matter what sport.
54. Learn how to use my sewing machine and make something with it.
55. Attend NYC bridal fashion week
56. record a singing demo
57. Have a custom lipstick color named after me
58. Become an excellent home-made bread maker.
59. Learn how to successfully create these breads at home: focaccia, sourdough, whole wheat, rye, english muffin, roasted garlic, and cinnamon raisin.
60. Learn basic automotive skills so that I don’t freak out and cry every time something goes wrong with my car.
61. Buy a brand new, straight from the factory car
62. Get together an earthquake/emergency kit
63. Buy and wear more lingerie
64. Read 52 books in a year
65. Attend the Engage! Wedding Retreat
66. Read and use as a guide “Bird by Bird”.
67. Do The Artists Way again. Actually finish it this time.
68. Contribute to someone’s college fund, perhaps anonymously.
69. Have boudoir pics taken
70. Attend a fancy event (awards show, formal ball) where I get to wear a fabulous gown (my wedding doesn’t count)
71. Be part of a community of bloggers
72.  Plant a garden full of lavender
73. Switch all my home cleaners to all natural ones
74. Learn how to drive a stick shift
75. Be invited to Mighty Summit.
76. Become CPR certified
77. Make a list of all the classic movies I haven’t seen. See them.
78. Direct a musical (again)
79. Fly in a private jet
80. Have a real skee ball game in my house
81. Fly first class, on a long flight.
82. Learn to compost and make it a practice
83. get new headshots taken by Dana Patrick
84. Value experiences over possessions
85. Grow and expand this blog.
86. Start a new business
87. Make $100,000.00 a year

Completed:

12. Visit Spain (DONE! 8/15)

77. See the Redwoods in Northern CA (DONE! 3/8/14)

34. Take a vacation totally unplugged from my personal technology (no phone, email, Facebook, twitter, blog) (DONE! 2/9/14)

35. Make #34 not feel so scary (DONE! 2/9/14)

2. Become a volunteer at the LA Mission  (done! 1/13)

31. Get married (specifically to my fiancé) (DONE! 10/12/13!!)

68. Attend Camp Mighty (done! 2012)

93. Bike ride over the Golden Gate Bridge (done!)

71. Take ballroom dance lessons with Bob the Builder (done! 2012, but would always like to take more!)

84. Originate a role in a play that is then published. Get my name in the original cast list. (DONE! in 2009, before I even dreamed of this List!)

89. Skinny-dip at the beach (done! in 2007 at Sunset Beach, NC)

91. Visit Hearst Castle.  (done! August 2013)

102. Run a 5K (completed 4/13/13)

Many, many more to come!!