- Hold Bakasana for an extended period of time
- Kick into Handstand on my own
Go to Yellowstone and see Old Faithful- Eat at the crazy french fry place in Boise
Learn how to cross country & downhill skiGo on an over night camping tripPoop in the woods and not be all girly about itGo to a hot springs- Hike a lot-
Wind Cave, Devil's Staircase, Sheep's Trail, Aspen Trail,Table Mountain, Alaska Basin, Jenny Lake, The Grand Teach a regular yoga class- Finish my RYT-200
- Follow a mainly yogi/vegan diet
Learn basic Ayurveda (learn how to spell Ayurveda)- Lose
5030158 pounds Learn how to knit- Ride the tea cups at Disney
- Swim with the manatees
- Watch a space shuttle launch (Can you even do this anymore?)
Go to the library book sale- Own a vintage Vespa
- Take a ballet class
- Go to a R. Wood ceramic sale
- Visit the Uncle Remus Museum
- Drive cross country and see silly things
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- See the butterfly migration
- Drive the BRP/PCH in a convertible wearing big sunglasses and a scarf
- Wear a big hat and pearls at the Kentucky Derby
Become a yoga teacher- Visit Pablo Neruda’s house
- Learn how to play Imagine on the piano
- Own my own business
- Run a marathon/hike Kilimanjaro (something physically challenging that I think I can't do)
- Visit all 50 states
- Grow vegetables + herbs
- Put together a book of mom stuff
- Have a wall of old family photos
- Canter a horse on the beach
- Have a hammock in my back yard
- Take a swing dance class
Release sky lanterns at my wedding- Ride a donkey in the Grand Canyon
- Learn how to can & make jam
Get into grad schoolLearn to be bien dans ma peau- Change someone’s life and have them thank me
- Have a house in the country off grid
- Be a mother (to a daughter)
- Grow old and have long hair
Build a circle of dependable, creative, supportive friends- Ride a bike without holding the handlebars
- Stay at the Plaza and have breakfast at Tiffany’s
- Start and this time FINISH The Artist’s Way
- Have a fat savings account of at least six months living expenses
- Pay everything off
- Learn basic sign language
Join the Contemporaries- Learn how to juggle
- S
urprise visit Linds - Join a book club
Finish all the house projects(not my house, not my problem anymore!)- Buy a pair of Manolos
- Go to South of the Border
- Be a keynote speaker
- Bartend/wait tables
- Go on a yoga retreat
- Have dinner at the French Laundry
- Learn how to shoot
- Go white water rafting
- Go to an art workshop
Buy fun rain boots- Start a supper club
- Get glasses I love
- Host a holiday at my house
- Throw out everything that I don't adore
- Carve my husband’s and my initials in a tree
- Picnic at a winery and do a tasting
- Do a cart wheel
- Own a Sabrina Ward Harrison
- Have a beautiful yard full of flowers
- Visit all seven continents
- Read all the MLA’s top 100
- Watch all the AFI’s top 100
- Fill out a grandmother’s tale with granny & nana
- Be a leader in my field
- Go on a safari in Africa
- Gamble in Vegas
- Go to Fashion Week
- Make a time capsule with my husband & open it on our 50th wedding anniversary
- Be on This American Life
Graduate with honors- Make (gluten free) biscuits, pancakes, and pie crusts by heart
Kick my sugar habit- Send birthday cards via snail mail for a year
- Do 500 grand loving gestures (1-balloons and flowers for Jenny, 2-tea towel for B, 3-package for Max)
- Build a wardrobe I love complete with lingerie
- Get my tattoo finished
- Hang a map put pins in all the places I’ve been
- Buy a piece of art every year (skateboard, mati rose)
Find God- Relearn French
- Learn Spanish
- Go back to Paris with my husband
- Back up all my files, clean my computer, update my software, get a freaking battery!
- Own a horse and some donkeys
- Create my own traditions
Get measured for a bra- Have my palm read
- Go to Ireland with dad
- Go on a cruise
- Throw a killer party when I finish this list
- Tip my toes in the Pacific
Drink a bottle of Veuve Clicquot- See a sunrise with a lover
Quit my job- Buy stock in a company I believe in
- Get over my fear of snakes
- See the real Compartment C Car 293
- Be featured in an article
- Buy a designer dress
Take a partnered yoga class with my fiancé- Be a Project Air volunteer
Buy a Dyson- Learn how to scull
- Have a balloon room bd party like in Patch Adams
- See the Pyramids
- Vacation in Hawaii
- See the Aurora Borealis
- Own a vacation house
- Learn how to kayak, buy one, and do it regularly
- Yell into the Grand Canyon
- Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
- Eat lobster in Maine
- Have a floor to ceiling library in my house with a rolling ladder
- Write a book
- Write thank you notes to my teachers (
Stacey, Kelley, Sarah, Cate, Bridget, Bahiyyih, Dara, Jenny, Linds, Carroll, Dr. Sturm...) Learn how to hula hoopFind the perfect shade of red lipstick- Take a belly dancing class
Model for Dr. Sketchy’s- Go to SXSW
- Be in the audience for Austin City Limits
- Buy a pair of hot pink cowboy boots
- Go to the Alameda Flea Market
Find a signature scent- Run the Bay to Breakers
- Go to Cirque du Soleil
- Run a 5k-Bridge Run, Zombie Chase
Learn how to skip a rock- Train with Bessel van der Kolk
- Drive down Lombard Street in San Francisco
- Buy a Bando
Fly 1st class- Join the Peace Corps
- Open a bottle of champagne with a knife
- Get married to an amazing man
- Meet Maggie Mason
- Do a pull up
- Pick fresh berries and make a pie
- Rock a bikini
- Sing in a band
- Take an aerial class
- Study at Penland
- Own a Story Person sculpture
- Go diving
- Own a piece of Tiffany's jewelry preferably an engagement ring
- Learn basic herbal medicine
- Buy all the weird kitchen things I've always wanted-
hot pink Kitchenaid mixer, Vitamix, Excalibur Dehydrator, Test tube spice rack from Dean & Deluca Be published on elephant journal