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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

tough lover

i constantly have lists, but today i made a serious one. a life list. inspired by http://www.mightygirl.net/mighty-life-list/

my life list:

  1. go dog sledding
  2. ballet lessons
  3. safari trip
  4. see cirque de soleil
  5. see barnum & bailey circus
  6. see lion king play
  7. volunteer with lions in another country
  8. rock climb. a lot.
  9. stay in the tree houses in costa rica
  10. go to the newberry library
  11. trip to belize
  12. go sailing again
  13. stay at a cottage in new england
  14. pay off credit cards
  15. kayak. maybe even ROLL!
  16. skydive
  17. boxing classes
  18. improv classes
  19. learn to play piano
  20. learn to do great eye makeup – well, and wear it often
  21. heal my injury & continue great posture
  22. finish my website
  23. start a design-per-wk blog
  24. make more infographics
  25. start sharing design work on a site (have an invitation!!!)
  26. buy a better camera
  27. download more music
  28. learn more about politics
  29. create brittneys tattoo design
  30. get a nice pen – and make my own ink
  31. paint my face in kiss makeup and be photographed
  32. be photographed wearing a fur hat
  33. design a font
  34. find the perfect swimsuit
  35. grow my hair long enough to seriously braid
  36. be little red riding hood for halloween
  37. put bright colors in my closet
  38. fill my sketch book
  39. buy a bright winter coat
  40. try to wear a necklace
  41. fur vest
  42. find a use for mason jars
  43. learn how to polish shoes
  44. see typeface
  45. decorative bowls for jewelry
  46. use google reader
  47. have a serious savings acct
  48. ask for help
  49. wear shoes & clothes i never wear
  50. buy a really big sweater
  51. pottery
  52. street bike
  53. fly a kite as an adult
  54. go on a jungle safari
  55. sleep on brandon and brian’s balcony
  56. conquer men’s egos with mario brothers
  57. take someone i love to a christmas party
  58. make my own christmas cards
  59. write a book
  60. learn web. seriously learn web design.
  61. design, design a lot, for myself and for great causes
  62. check out LA – just because you have to
  63. start something and get others involved in it
  64. sell something i totally dig
  65. ziplining
  66. make my speaker-in-a-suitcase
  67. jump off a cliff into water
  68. smoke a cigar
  69. own a horse
  70. be a runner
  71. stop working a 9-5
  72. californication soundtrack(s)
  73. grind my own coffee
  74. do a 30-day cleanse for me (be chief)
  75. learn a foreign language
  76. see live jazz at the green mill
  77. show my work in an art expo
  78. get my own christmas tree
  79. try ice skating
  80. design a deck of cards
  81. take another trip to california before spring 2011
  82. brand my fox studio complete with site and new bus cards
  83. have a grill
  84. pin-up photo shoot
  85. spend a weekend in boston
  86. try my hardest not to sleep more than 7 hours/night
  87. plant a garden
  88. illustrate a book
  89. buy renter’s insurance
  90. organize a getaway for just me and my brothers
  91. record myself playing piano and singing and post it on my blog (!)
  92. buy and use anti-aging creams
  93. have a dinner party
  94. replace any of my dishes that are white with BRIGHT
  95. sing amazing grace in front of someone(s)
  96. go horse back riding
  97. hire a cleaning lady
  98. own a hammock & use it regularly
  99. lasik
  100. have a blog with advertisements and serious readers

i had a serious list for the summer : http://jenniferwisniewski.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-spent-good-portion-of-my-day-multi.html and then i got a terrible soccer injury.

so, i had to improvise. what i have accomplished this year:

  1. gone parasailing
  2. BA in visual comunications
  3. learn letterspress
  4. buy a fur hat
  5. buy yellow rainboots
  6. cover an entire wall with maps
  7. go camping 3+ times in one season
  8. have health insurance
  9. apologize when i should
  10. make my first student loan payment
  11. pro-bono work
  12. deer antlers for my apartment
  13. ladder shelf
  14. be good at driving a manual