12.23.18
you know the drill… i do a life list every year and have for the last 10+ – sometimes i publish them and sometimes i don’t. some things carry over from previous years and some don’t, it just depends. previous ones: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013
1. live in LA again full-time. i miss it and it’s always felt like home. visiting, even for extended periods of time doesn’t feel enough anymore.
2. practice TM 2x per day and not fall off of it
3. take an actual vacation without any work
4. take a good passport photo
5. take a good photo of the moon
6. give kristen b. a hug to thank her for changing my life, and quite possibly saving it
7. have a birthday party as a adult
8. get a traditional tebori tattoo in japan
9. run a 5k with little effort
10. see the northern lights in alaska
11. see the northern lights in montana
12. see the northern lights in finland again
13. visit the salt flats in utah
14. see a meteor shower
15. pay for someone to learn transcendental meditation so i can pay it forward
16. quit picking my cuticles so i’ll have nice nails
17. job with benefits or enough money to create my own, like for retirement. freelance life can be rough.
18. see the eiffel tower
19. own another vintage VW and restore it
20. do another cross country trip
21. visit all 50 states – 8 left: alaska, hawaii, north dakota, south dakota, maine, new hampshire, rhode island, and vermont
22. do a split again
23. pursue a crush
24. visit the eames house, farnsworth house, glass house, stahl house
25. stay at the madonna inn
26. drive the entire highway 1
27. take the tram to roosevelt island
28. watch the stars from the middle of nowhere
29. have a place to watch sunsets from
30. watch a sunset with someone important to me
31. learn to keep a hula hoop up
32. try dairy-free for a week \\\ try vegan for a week
33. learn more about my dad’s family
34. wear a swimsuit again and give zero fucks
35. learn to dive into a pool
36. pet another welsh springer spaniel because i miss mine so much
37. float in the dead sea
38. find my people, my friend family
39. look in the mirror and not have the first thought be negative every time
40. have a photo taken of me that doesn’t make me want to cry
41. learn to pose for a photo
42. have an indoor swing
43. have sex everyday for a year
44. write a book
45. own an eames lounge chair
46. see a concert at red rocks
47. rescue a dog from a shelter
48. have a spot for a hammock
49. have an organized closet
50. have someone fun sing ‘sweet caroline’ to me (again) because i secretly love it
51. master inbox zero
52. start a retirement fund
53. figure out how to do makeup on my face, dammit
54. make art again
55. walk across the brooklyn bridge
56. cross the golden gate bridge
57. become a million miler on one airline
58. do morning pages every day (ala the artist’s way)
59. find jeans that fit my weird body
60. be debt free
61. have apt finished
62. hug a st bernard
63. fall in love again
64. have zero pain in my feet
65. not blush every time i speak to someone new
66. let go of crippling self-doubt
67. make a huge life change by just jumping in
68. for sentences that come out of my mouth to not be negative
69. have someone to kiss on new year’s eve (lame, i know)
70. write something personal and publish it… with my name
71. do taxes before april
72. reduce medications
73. find an exercise i like and will continue
74. have a tech-free weekend with someone i love
75. learn to play guitar, or at least a song
76. send more letters via the mail
77. buy a piece of art
78. own a photo booth
79. organize my stuff in storage
80. visit NASA
81. make out with a stranger (again)
82. visit yellowstone
83. eliminate junk mail
84. find another necklace i love as much as i did the one that someone broke a couple of years ago
85. get lasik
86. say ‘i love you’ more and really mean it
87. initiate hugs more
88. see a concert at shoreline amphitheatre in mountain view, california
89. see a show at the fillmore in san francisco
90. visit japan again (i miss my family there)
91. visit the salt flats in bolivia
92. see the cherry blossom’s bloom in japan
93. swim in the blue lagoon
94. redo this website
95. volunteer on a major holiday
96. go away on a major holiday
97. rollerskate, as an adult
98. have a family, whatever that looks like
99. fall asleep at night and know i’m in the right place with the right person
100. live long enough to see 1-99 come true
