Life List

  1. Spend a week in Paris.
  2. Be a mom.
  3. Go to India to volunteer.
  4. Help my students blog through a novel.
  5. Be interviewed on NPR.
  6. Write and publish a book.
  7. Throw an amazing New Year’s Eve party.
  8. Own a piano again and take lessons.
  9. Learn a song on guitar.
  10. Attend the Gatsby Summer Afternoon picnic in costume.
  11. Send my parents on an all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii.
  12. Sew something I can wear.
  13. Get a massage at Esalen.
  14. Go to Austin City Limits.
  15. Write a thank-you note everyday for one month.
  16. Teach a class or workshop to teachers.
  17. Win an award for teaching.
  18. Have boudoir-style photos taken.
  19. Leave a tip for a breakfast waitress that’s larger than the bill.
  20. Road trip through the Southern U.S.
  21. Marry my favorite person.
  22. Go camping on the beach.
  23. See a show at the Hollywood Bowl.
  24. Take a safari in Africa.
  25. Take a watercolor class and paint something I’m proud of.
  26. Go white-water rafting.
  27. Put together a wardrobe that I love, that fits, and that is appropriate for all occasions.
  28. Attend a service at Glide Memorial.
  29. Be on a kiss cam at a San Francisco Giants game.
  30. Play croquet in the park.
  31. Help an adult learn to read.
  32. Make and can my own jam.
  33. Take hip hop dance classes.
  34. Be conversational in French.
  35. Learn to meditate and do it regularly.
  36. Play craps confidently.
  37. Form a daily writing habit.
  38. Teach English abroad for a summer.
  39. Feel confident in shorts.
  40. Get my Master’s Degree.
  41. Visit and photograph a ghost town.
  42. Start a project interviewing Sacramento residents (similar to I Live Here: SF)
  43. Be interviewed on This American Life.
  44. Visit New York City during the Christmas season.
  45. Learn to pour pretty designs in lattes using milk foam.
  46. Have an Open Letter published by McSweeneys
  47. Play on an adult sports team.
  48. Feel sexy.
  49. Make a difference when it comes to healthy food served in schools.
  50. Volunteer in Africa.
  51. Knit something.
  52. Pay off all debt.
  53. Help a college student pay for school.
  54. Give 10 “just because” gifts.
  55. See my AVID students off to college.
  56. Float down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.
  57. Rent a houseboat with friends.
  58. Learn to change a tire.
  59. Make Baked Alaska.
  60. Go geocaching.
  61. Hike Half Dome.
  62. Buy Anne Lamott dinner, and thank her for her writing.
  63. Host a yearly friends Thanksgiving.
  64. Share a meal with Gretchen Rubin.
  65. Make all of my Christmas gifts one year.
  66. Spend one year buying only secondhand items.
  67. Start a health/yoga/weight loss club at my school.
  68. Learn to letterpress.
  69. Take a year off from teaching to pursue other things.
  70. Attend the Google Academy for teachers.
  71. Run the Nike Women’s Half Marathon.
  72. Learn to use Photoshop.
  73. Design and code my own blog.
  74. Spend a week offline.
  75. Shoot a gun.
  76. See a Broadway show.
  77. Soak in the hot springs.
  78. Go on a silent retreat.
  79. Take an underground tour of Sacramento.
  80. Go on a zipline in Costa Rica.
  81. Ride a horse again, despite being terrified.
  82. Attend Squam Art Workshops.
  83. Compile a collection of my best “go to” recipes.
  84. Own a massive clawfoot tub.
  85. Find an outlet for writing about music.
  86. Read all of the books on my bookshelf.
  87. Find a spiritual community.
  88. Help the homeless in Sacramento.
  89. Publish something in the Sacramento News & Review.
  90. Attend the Diner En Blanc in Paris.
  91. Learn to take amazing photographs.
  92. See a baseball game at every stadium in the United States.
  93. Fly a kite.
  94. Teach a college class.
  95. Spend a summer at a lake house.
  96. Send a friend flowers at work.
  97. Write a children’s or young adult book.
  98. Type my journal daily for one year and have those entries bound at the close.
  99. Take a class about wine.
  100. Skinny dip in the ocean.

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