I'm Writing...

Which is... a step. It's been too long. But I've been reading a lot of things lately that confirm my belief in the statement below. So I'm doing it.

And today? Today I want to ponder my "life list." That is... I want to ponder the things that may or may not end up on my life list. Because, as of yet, I do not have a life list. I have a vague idea of things that I would love...but that's all. I want something concrete - something to be accountable to... And so I am creating a life list based on the advice in this blog post.

This is not, however, my list. This is... The brainstorm for my list. This is... Me wrapping my mind around the idea of creating a list. This is... unorganized dream vomit on my very first blog post. 

Edit: The bold items are ones that've made it to my official list. Ones that aren't highlighted are those that I am contemplating and/or need to clarify before adding to my list.

1. Own a mermaid tail at least as gorgeous and realistic as these 
2. Visit Chris McCandless's bus in Alaska.
3. Skydive somewhere beautiful I want to nail down what "somewhere beautiful" is before I add this one to the actual list.
4. Write every day for 30 days. 
5. Publish a short story.
6. Design a t-shirt for Threadless . I'm not sure "a t-shirt for Threadless" is accurate. I think I just want to design something that is published in some way
7. Become proficient at singing whilst playing my guitar (currently I can do each part of the equation quite decently by itself. Putting the two together, however, befuddles me). 
8. Learn and integrate a new word into my vocabulary once a week for a month. 
9. Give a candy bar to a cashier or clerk just because. 
10. Drink absinthe in a prohibition-era type venue dressed in something flowy and vintage. 
11. Eat at Caspers 
12. Swim in the ocean in my mermaid tail. 
13. Visit and purchase something from the local farmers market every Saturday for a month. 
14. Make my own bread for three consecutive months (meaning that - whatever kind of bread I need or want - I make. I am wholly self-sufficient in the bread realm for these three months). 
15. Read one book a month for an entire year. 
16. Be a parent. 
17. Read a bedtime story to my child/children at least once a week for a year. 
18. Make breakfast in bed for someone I love. 
19. Host a game night at least once a month for three consecutive months. 
20. Host a Bbq. 
21. Host a full-fledged dinner party on New Year's Eve complete with multiple courses, real champagne, and over-the-top costumes. 
22. Host a block party. 
23. Learn conversational French. 
24. Sleep under the stars (I want to be drenched in them. No lights, no technology, no cars... to be absolutely and wholly swallowed up by the night). 
25. Find 50 geocaches. 
26. Go geocaching once a week for three consecutive months. 
27. See the northern lights.
28. Visit each of the following (some of these I want to spend significant amounts of time in, while others I may just visit for a day or two. I plan to separate these into two separate sections before I add them to The List) places:
1. Charleston, SC
2. Seattle, WA
3. Paris, France
4. Iceland
5. Wales
6. Denali National Park, Alaska
29. Go puddle jumping and kiss in the rain. 
30. Attend a music festival with no less than three bands that I love and stay for the duration of the festival. (for example). 
31. Attend a concert by Andrew Bird in a small-ish venue (something like Cain's Ballroom). 
32. Sing a love song to someone I love. 
33. Smile at every single person I cross paths with for an entire day. 
34. Sew a 1950s style dress.