Life List

And here it is (in no particular order)...

1. Learn to play guitar
2. Live in another country for 6 months-1 year
3. Learn to can/preserve. Do 12 batches.
4. Write a book of poetry
5. Be a lead singer in a band
6. Blog 6 days a week for 6 months
7. Visit Croatia 
8. Discover my "passion" (aim high, right?), what I want to do
9. Visit that bone church in Prague
10. Plant and maintain a vegetable garden for one year
11. Make a quilt
12. Start a business
13. Exercise like a normal person (4x/week?) for a year/permanently
14. Visit 6 continents (2 so far)
15. Learn to knit
16. Take a cross-country road trip
17. Wear a size 8
18. Visit Russia
19. Be conversational in 3 languages: English, Spanish, ________
20. Set foot in all 50 states (17 so far)
21. Learn to ride a bike well enough to use it for regular transportation
22. Finish 10 paintings (3 so far)
23. Participate more directly in abolitionism
24. Sell something created by me
25. Take pictures of/in the abandoned subway stations in NYC
26. Host 100 parties
27. Start (and maintain) a holiday tradition
28. Sew a dress for myself
29. Make a pie (including crust) from scratch
30. Attend Loi Krathong
31. Brew a batch of beer by myself
32. Own a house, preferably a craftsman or California bungalow (Portland Bungalow)
33. Enter one of our beers in a homebrew competition
34. Camp in the desert
35. Purchase 5 original pieces of art that I love (1. Salt & Brine by Meg Bundy, 2. Fantastic Decisions by Alex Barrett, 3. Rufous Throated Tanager by Abby Diamond)
36. Attend Burning Man
37. Learn to roller skate
38. Cook a rabbit
39. Learn to use my camera
40. Make a coffee table book
41. Make a lamp out of a suitable object
42. Cultivate an understanding of and palate for whisky and choose a favorite/trademark brand/style/blend
43. Fly a kite at a park on a beautiful summer day
44. Memorize 20 poems
45. Find a dentist
46. Learn to break down a whole chicken
47. Organize a weekend vacation with my girlfriends
48. Stock an earthquake/emergency kit
49. Write and send 50 letters to loved ones
50. Make fancy chocolates from scratch(ish)
51. Put together a family recipe book
52. Finish or abandon my pending creative projects
53. Listen to blues in New Orleans
54. Learn to cook from the pantry (as opposed to carefully shop per recipe)
55. Keep a well-stocked pantry
56. Learn my family's applesauce recipe
57. Visit Bali
58. Get a manicure and pedicure (pedicure)
59. Develop (or adopt) a signature spaghetti sauce recipe
60. Attend Oktoberfest in Munich
61. Make a clock
62. Learn to butcher
63. Take a silly family portrait
64. Write a comic book/graphic novel
65. Visit Venice, Italy (the whole dorky gondola touristy shebang, out-of-the-way Venetian food, etc.)
66. Take a West Coast road trip/beer tour, San Diego to Seattle
67. Go wine tasting on the Central Coast
68. Re-upholster a wing-back chair
69. Draw a portrait for FreeCrappyPortraits.com
70. Read or discard any books in my library I haven't read yet (husband's books exempt)
71. Not have to *worry* about money
72. Get to know every museum at Balboa Park
73. Visit the Winchester Mystery House
74. Give all handmade gifts one Christmas 
75. Find/join a church
76. Write a song on the guitar 
77. Raise/keep chickens
78. Get a massage
79. Learn to shoot a pistol
80. Work for a San Diego beer bar or brewer
81. Memorize a book of the Bible
82. Roast my own coffee beans
83. Cook and eat 6 different winter squash (Butternut, Spaghetti...)
84. Create a tumblr meme entertaining at least to my husband and myself
85. Practice Stoicism
86. Discover 5-10 favorite recipes in each of my cookbooks. If there aren't even that many, discard the book.
87. Be a guest on a podcast
88. Learn to play the ukulele
89. Find the perfect city to make my home, or be convinced that San Diego is truly it. (Portland, OR)
90. Have a beer named after me
91. Complete The Artist's Way
92. Wake up at 6am 4 days per week for a year
93. Donate $5,000 to a charity
94. Learn to ride a motorcycle
95. Start and finish 500 art and craft projects
96. Open an Etsy store
97. Read 50 non-fiction (non-inspirational, non-self help) books
98. Get in the habit of sending birthday cards and thank you notes
99. Draw my life for a year
100. Meet 5 of my long-time Internet friends (I'm looking at you, poolies) in person

Comments

[Lara Eichhorn]

Yay for goal lists! If you take a west coast road trip, you should come up to Victoria while you're at it. I need to work on a new list for myself. I think I need to focus it more on my big goals and breaking them down into little ones, but some other things I've always wanted to do would be good too.

[Christy]

Well, you know it *is* one of my goals to meet long-time internet friends! ;) Plus, I"d love to see Victoria.

Yes, this is my "when I'm an old lady I want my life to look like this" list, but I'm leaving out family-type goals and career specifics, as I don't know what those look like yet.

[blogbytina!]

awesome!!!! the only item on my "life list" is to make a life list.

Lets get a fold out table and some markers and head to Balboa Park. #69999999 haaaaay

[Christy]

Tina, you should be a full-time Free Crappy Portraits artist, except that obvs, your art is tooooo fiiiiine.

[Jarod]

I know you said they are in no particular order, but "cook a rabbit" should definitely be top-5.

[Christy]

There are fresh, organic, free-range rabbits for sale at the farmers market on Saturdays! I'll make it when you finally visit!

[kerry - kid giddy]

this is a massive list! I personally love the first one! I love my guitar and wish I took more time to play it! it's a very soothing and peaceful sound! (from BYW) - kg

[Mary C. Nasser]

What an inspiring life list and blog post!
I especially like your goals of painting, visiting different continents, and completing The Artist's Way!

So nice to meet you through BYW.

All the best,
Mary
Mary C. Nasser Art Blog

[Larisa]

Awesome list!
Here's my tip for #13: Get on a program designed by someone else, and rope a partner into doing it with you. Plan+peer pressure= exercise success. The only times I've stuck with an exercise routine were on teams in high school, on a marathon training program, and doing Insanity with the BF. Just joining a gym never stuck, nor did designing my own routines.

I'm down to join you for #41 & #61, I even have clockworks in my abandoned crafts pile!

[Christy]

Good tips, Larisa. I've started Couch to 5k about 5 times, so that's my program designed by someone else. My most successful program was when I was living with my mom and we went to a chicks only gym--I'm too antisocial to have friend (of reasonably similar fitness starting point) to work out with right now. Going to the gym with my husband makes me grouchy. Heh.

But seriously, let's have a lamp-and-clock (or clock lamps!) making day soon! xo

[Bill]

In regards to #63, have you forgotten the family portrait of us in our baseball/softball uniforms? If you like I will take a picture of it and post it so you can remember.

[Christy]

Thank you, Kerry and Mary! I"m loving BYW!

Haha Dad, I meant an intentionally silly family picture, that also looks good. Maybe I should have been more clear? ;)

[Heather @ It's So Suburban]

I love life lists! I've had one for a long time, but need to make some more progress on it. I notice that you list painting and also have a link to Get Your Paint On in the sidebar - have you ever taken one of those classes? I'm thinking about doing it some time!

[k10]

Great list! I'm not going to lie and say how cool I feel that I did two of them of our recent euro trip (bone church outside prague, visit croatia). Both were amazing, highly recommended, and definitely deserve to be on this list!