life list

a rough draft...

- support myself - pay the rent and buy the groceries - with my writing
- visit india
- live in a foreign country
- take trans-siberian railroad across russia and see st. basil's cathedral in moscow
- learn to love self/be comfortable in own skin (getting there..)
- finish a quilt
- knit a pair of socks
- knit a sweater
- give back to my parents
- paris
- carry on a conversation with a non-native English speaker in their first language
- make my own shampoo
- own a 'grown up' camera
- hike to the bottom of the grand canyon and camp there
- visit yosemite valley
- go rock climbing
- test fear of water (boundary waters, canoe lessons, surfing)
- make memorizing poetry a regular part of life - keep list of poems memorized, when and why
- try veganism for a month
- fall in love
- learn printmaking
- learn how to operate a printing press
- invest time in meditating
- do the five tibetan rites every day for a year
- visit the himalayas
- learn how to make ice cream that's consistently better than store bought
- make wine/mead
- memorize certain basic facts: circumference of the earth;
- see arcade fire perform live
- see new york city
- see county clare ireland, wander through old irish cemeteries and churches
- find a vocation
- learn how to say 'hello, pleased to meet you,' 'thank you,' 'what's your name? my name is...' in at least the 10 most spoken languages in the world
- quality time in mesa verde and the cliff dwellings in the southwest
- have a skill that i'm good enough at that i can teach other people
- try weaving
- save an animal and improve both our lives by adopting it from a shelter
- invest an entire day at a park in an urban area - sitting and drawing and watching and reading