100 Things

In March of last year there was a blogging event called the Mighty Summit. I read about the event and its attendees, many of whom I admire and read daily, and was inspired. One of the activities they did was to create 100 lists, an act that is almost cliched in the blogging world but which I think has merit. I’ve written before of my intention to create my own 100 list. Since I’ve been working on it for the last year, I thought it might be worthwhile to post what I have so far so I could get to checking things off. I’ve selected these items from personal goals I’ve had over the years as well as cruising the internet. I am not stupid naive enough to consider putting an end date on accomplishing these goal. But I do want to make progress towards doing them all.My list

1. See Stevie Wonder in concert, which, of course, must immediately be followed with all of the other people I want to see in concert
2. See The Shins in concert
3. See Neko Case in concert
4. Have The Features to my house for dinner
5. See Prince in concert
6. Go skinny dipping
7. Go to a topless beach, topless
8. Watch all of the films in “AFI’s 100 movies … 100 years list”
9. Hug Josh Ritter … sober this time
10. Play an instrument
11. Learn a new language
12. Visit Antarctica
13. Fly a plane
14. Try eating vegan for some period of time … at least a week so that it counts
15. Go sailing
16. Live in another country
17. Go to South by Southwest
18. Be a professional gift wrapper (a wealthy one is not necessary and a holiday job in college does not count)
19. Publish an article in something people have actually heard of
20. Ride a camel
21. Learn to sew
22. Dance with my husband for no reason at all
23. Restore old furniture
24. Own an old American car
25. Drink beer in a pub in Ireland
26. Drink beer from a stein in Germany
27. Take a photography class
28. Try pottery again
29. Go back to school to get another degree and drive people nuts with unnecessary but very wanted education
30. Take cooking classes
31. Find a truly fulfilling job that doesn’t require wearing a wrist brace
32. Listen to 1,000 new bands
33. Take each of my nieces and nephews overseas
34. Find a career I love
35. Host regular parties
36. Write thank you notes
37. Visit 50 states (Accomplished 47: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
38. Visit 50 countries (Accomplished 30: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, Vietnam)
39. Meditate
40. Retire at 55 (50???)
41. Get in shape, be active and have fun doing it
42. Keep a reusable bag handy
43. Be a better friend
44. Get better sleep
45. Reduce computer time
46. Attend BlogHer
47. Reduce TV time
48. Keep house filled only with things I love
49. Give yoga a shot
50. Learn to ride the city bus
51. Read all of the books in the BBC Top 100
52. Take more photos
53. Be a good daughter
54. Be appreciative
55. Visit Cuba
56. Go camping
57. Attend a TedX
58. Make grand gestures
59. Send out a photo Christmas card with cats where most people have kids
60. Throw 50 dinner parties
61. Own a fabulous and completely impractical car
62. Make pasta from scratch
63. Update blog daily for at least a month stretch
64. Learn to make gnocchi
65. Cook every recipe in a cookbook
66. Go one month car-free
67. Send a birthday card (on time) to everyone in my life for one full year
68. Start and finish a 365 photo project
69. Cook more
70. Initiate more outings with friends
71. Take glass blowing lessons
72. Learn to do screenprinting
73. Create something using Letterpress
74. Send notes on hand-sewed paper
75. Volunteer overseas
76. Get a photograph published in a magazine
77. Go on a pilgrimage
78. Rent a ridiculously fancy car – convertible – and drive down the coast
79. Achieve my personal weight goal
80. Run an half marathon
81. Try 30 new cocktails
82. Try 60 new beers (more my speed)
83. Create a scavenger hunt – or just go on one
84. Go indoor rock-climbing
85. Leave a waiter or waitress a really big tip, just because
86. Create an editorial calendar for my personal, and not professional, use
87. Attend a fashion show at Fashion Week
88. Visit two national parks to which I’ve never been
89. Make my own sushi
90. Pay for the person (people) behind me at Starbucks
91. Donate hair to locks of love
92. Get a wild haircut
93. Hug ten people in a day
94. Ride a mechanical bull
95. Write a book