I’ve never really wanted to create a life list. To me, it’d just end up being a “things I never got done” list and a “man, now I feel lame” list. But maybe by putting some of these out in the universe I’ll get more accomplished, big or small. What do you say, Universe?
- Grad School/Further Education
– MFA in Creative Writing
– Masters in Education
– Zoology/Wildlife Education & Conservation
– Design (Chicago Portfolio School, 2 quarters 2011) - Submit to Drawn & Quarterly
- Get a short story published in a literary magazine
- Start a small press (even if digital)
- Have a killer library
- Shark dive. in the ocean. (with Discovery. On Shark Week.)
- Create educational material (for conservation)
- Visit Africa again
- Return to China (for at least another 3 months)
- Visit Finland
- Learn to sew (with a machine)
– make an awesome dress - Get a job doing: design, editing, writing
- Purchase membership to Shedd
- Attend AWP
- Write novel-length story
- Get a bike. a pretty one.
- Own a scooter. (again: a pretty one.)
- Visit Brookfield Zoo
- Sing. in public. (and not karaoke)
- Live somewhere with a claw-foot tub
Return to Meeting(aka, the Quaker term for Church) Again.- Adopt a puppy
- Become bilingual (preferably with Chinese, ASL, or Finnish)
- Be a model on Project Runway for one of those special challenges
- Learn bass clarinet
- Solo on my euphonium in band: in rehearsal, in concert
- Be on staff of a literary magazine
- Have a creative studio (think: step up from a craft room)
- Perform with Mucca Pazza (danced on stage – San Diego 2011)
- Learn to cook my late stepmom’s potato soup (without a recipe)
- Adopt a child
- Give an elderly animal a forever home: dog, cat
- Make a quilt
- Write a book
- Self-publish an eBook
Own a super nice juicer- Learn how to ride a dirt bike/atv
- Visit NOLA
- Attend BiSC
- Go to a Bears game
The best thing about this list, though — I get to change it when ever I want. These are just pixels, and if I’m not set in stone neither should my life list. Once completed, I’ll strike them off.
(Original list created 4/24/10)