I mean to live a creative life, full of love and laughter, friends, and adventures.
This is a list begun for my 35th birthday, in October 2011: A work in progress... These are things I aspire to, that I want to do... as my birthday approaches, I think about things that I don't want to let slip by... Ergo, a list, begun, and updated. (last edits January 2012)
Things I want to do:
- read 100 books in 1 year
- work for a craft brewery/craft beer industry (doing design, marketing, education, brewing, helping)
- Balinese yoga retreat in 2014 with Kristina
- attend the American Homebrewers Association conference
- shoot a gun properly (Darrell is willing to teach me, I just have to get out there!)
- throw a punch
- Kilimanjaro in 2015 with Taylor, Duke, Erik, Sean, Ashley, Angelo & Daniel
- ride a horse again without breaking out in hives(I'm allergic)
- visit a tea estate in India
- go to St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow
- pump my own gas
take a trapeze/silks classenrolled! loving it!- go on a road trip by myself
- learn how to change my own tire
- learn how to play chess (the 6yo is teaching me currently)
- learn how to ballroom dance & swing dance
- go ziplining in the canopies of the rain forest (Costa Rica?)
- have a sexy photo shoot
- attend a GABF(thanks to Ginger/WEB this might happen in 2012, on my 36th birthday!)
- go to BBC 2012 in Chicago/Indy
- work an OBF (thanks to Ginger/WEB this might happen in 2012 also!)
- play the trumpet
- play the guitar
- visit Russian River Brewery
- publish a book of poetry
- publish a book of photographs
- have a gallery showing of photographs
- have a gallery showing of mini art quilts and mixed media collage
- drive a race car
watch the star wars trilogycompleted Sept/Oct 2011 (thanks to @mmcooljam for the DVDs)- visit Ninkasi
- visit Oakshire
write for a craft beer publication(HELL YEAH! I got an article published on Craftbeer.com!)- watch the lord of the rings
- read the lord of the rings books
- watch all the Harry Potter movies
- read all the Harry Potter books
- visit Lagunitas Brewery
- learn how to rock climb
- live on a farm (a working hobby farm, w alpacas, a cow, goats, chickens...)
- build an outbuilding for a guest house or studio by hand, with recycled materials
- see Yellowstone National Park
- visit the grand canyon
- visit Anchor Brewing Co
- go to Italy with Shana!
- see the arches
- drive through a giant redwood
- visit all 50 states
- visit 21st Amendment Brewing Co
- see the Taj Mahal
- travel the Mission Trail to see the beautiful churches in California
- see the Phantom of the Opera
- see Forever Plaid
- live in concert: Fleet Foxes
- live in concert AGAIN: Mumford & Sons
- Missions of California
- go to Burning Man
- go on safari in Africa
- swim (well, be in a cage) while watching Great White Sharks
- wake up after Snow Shoe-ing to Cabin in the Woods
- see a George, Washington Amphitheater concert
- go to another Concert on the Seattle Pier
- Bumbershoot
- Pickathon
- visit Odells Brewing
- Saundersfoot & Moreton House in Wales
- camping in the Rainier Forest
- Monaco
- Meet Sam Calagione and visit Dogfish Head Brewery
- Euro Tour: Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Germany, Sweden, Wales
go to New Orleans & have beignets at Cafe du Monde(done Feb 13, 2012!)- visit Stone Brewing, meet Greg Koch and stay in the new hotel when it opens
- learn to play the dijideridoo
- develop my spiritual practice further: starting with a dedication to meditate 12 times in 2012. It's a start.
Hey, I want to go on a road trip by myself, too. Maybe we can go together? ;)
ReplyDeleteI think that's a real good idea, B!
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