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The Official List

If you know me from Instagram, you’re already familiar with this list but for those of you who have found yourselves here first (ohmygod, welcome!), I created this blog to document this exhilarating (terrifying?) journey.

Thank you so much for following along!

without further ado, I present To YOu:

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  1. see a drive-in movie

  2. learn to make clothes

  3. skydive

  4. direct a feature

  5. write a novel

  6. display art in a gallery

  7. learn two guitar solos

  8. learn piano

  9. scrapbook this experience

  10. go on a cruise

  11. swim (or dip a toe) in all five oceans

  12. skinny dip

  13. scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef

  14. visit a bioluminescent bay

  15. swim with sharks

  16. learn French

  17. learn a non-romance language

  18. learn American Sign Language

  19. earn 6 figures in a year

  20. buy a house

  21. adopt and train a dog

  22. build or join a community garden

  23. raise 5 figures for charity

  24. run a marathon

  25. visit 10 countries in Africa

  26. visit 5 countries in Asia

  27. visit 5 countries in Europe

  28. visit all 50 states

  29. go on a road trip with the fam

  30. spend two weeks in Sedona

  31. samba in Rio

  32. ride through the Amazon, from Brazil to Peru

  33. learn to surf

  34. see the northern lights

  35. zipline in Costa Rica

  36. spend a month in France with mom

  37. food tour of Mexico

  38. food tour of Italy

  39. visit Peru with the besticles

  40. expand Brass Owl Writers

  41. settle debts

  42. go to a World Cup game

  43. make all the recipes in Mastering the Art of French Cooking

  44. throw an extravagant 44th birthday dinner party


Ahh! It’s intimidating. I will probably fall flat on my face multiple times but I’m embracing the process. Some of these were going to happen whether they were on a list or not but I think having them here makes it more intentional in a way? At the very least it makes me more accountable.

What do you think? Let me know if we have any goals in common!

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