My Life List

I’ve been slowly, quietly creating a Life List. I’m doing my best to only add things that I truly, truly want to accomplish – not because someone else wants to accomplish them, not because I think I should accomplish them, but because I want to experience them in my life. This list will likely be ever-changing, and I’m going to add and subtract as I go.

  1. Eat at the French Laundry
  2. Write a children’s book
  3. Wear a bikini, and feel good about it
  4. Test out red hair
  5. Find a form of exercise that I really love
  6. Host/coordinate a “long table” dinner party
  7. Own a piece by Diana Fayt
  8. Win a MacArthur Grant or become a TED fellow
  9. Start a rooftop garden
  10. Go to New Zealand
  11. Make jam out of six different fruits in one year
  12. Learn to alter patterns and make beautifully-tailored clothing
  13. Have a vegetable garden
  14. Raise a really great dog
  15. Send someone to college
  16. Commission a new work by an amazing composer
  17. Go to Hawaii with the Horse Whisperer
  18. Weigh in at 120 pounds again
  19. Have a one-on-one session with Michael Kaiser, and pick his brain
  20. Receive an honorary doctorate
  21. Eat beignets at Cafe du Monde with the Horse Whisperer
  22. Do a seasonal dinner/cooking class in my home
  23. Own a Persian rug
  24. Make homemade pasta in Italy
  25. Commission a painting by Paul Ferney
  26. Sew or commission a quilt made out of sentimental garments
  27. Surf
  28. Establish an annual vacation tradition
  29. Attend the Black and White Ball
  30. Have my own chickens
  31. Own at least five acres of land
  32. Get all of my moles and freckles checked out
  33. Host a huge family Thanksgiving dinner
  34. Learn how to effectively say “no” without sounding like a mean person
  35. Donate $5,000 to a cause I care about
  36. Get into the habit of flossing daily
  37. Run a 5K
  38. Attend an Outstanding in the Field dinner
  39. Sing with a band
  40. Do a pull up
  41. Own a perfectly-fitted trench coat
  42. Go to Paris
  43. Barbecue oysters at Point Reyes or Tomales Bay
  44. Send my parents on a surprise vacation
  45. Attend a sing along at the Castro Theatre
  46. Host a Christmas cookie party
  47. Learn to sail a boat
  48. Introduce Suzi B. and the Horse Whisperer