ML: things i want to do again.

I came across Mighty Girl’s Mighty List a few years ago, and it really spoke to me.  Life is short, and I’ve had far too many reminders in life that I need to get busy.  But it’s still sometimes hard to harness the focus/motivation to do things.  Fear gets in the way, or we just don’t understand what we need to do.  Or something.

In any case, Maggie’s list inspired me.  But I decided pretty quickly that it wasn’t enough for me.  As I made my own list, I realized there were things I wanted to remember to do again and again.  It wasn’t about just one time.  It was about things I repeatedly do and making my life better every day by embracing joy.  And then, I also found I needed a way to take credit for what I’ve done.  Mostly because one of my things is being too hard on myself…being a perfectionist.  I sometimes discount my accomplishments.  I wanted a place where I could inspire others, but also be held accountable for my life.  So, I started sharing my version of the Mighty List on my blog.  I started writing about those experiences.  It was tremendously rewarding.  But I felt like I needed a more comprehensive blog and started designing a new one, to house everything–including my Mighty List entries.  Unfortunately, it took a long time…still going…so I set-up this blog as a temporary space and never incorporated my Mighty List.

Welp.  Since I still haven’t finished my “real site”–and may never–things are gonna change around here.

There are three sections for my Mighty List: Things I’ve Done; Things I Want to Do Again; and Things I Still Need to Tackle.  I’ll be writing about them periodically and posting old pieces I’ve written as time allows.  Think of it as a life time capsule.

Edit: This hasn’t been updated in at least four years. I’ll try to get on that someday.

–Yours,
2020 Alma

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• Completed a 5 day juice cleanse (with 5 days of bland eating prior to that).
• Ate and enjoyed tempeh.
• Was vegan for a day.
• Tried acupuncture.
• Had a just made Krispy Kreme doughnut.
• Play dodgeball.
• Tell someone I love them and absolutely mean it.
• Research my family tree, with the help of my surviving family members.
• Learn how to swim better.
• Be a force of nature.
• Be grateful for everything and every person in my life.
• Be proud, but not so proud that I fail to be humble.
• Teach elementary age children, but not necessarily in a traditional setting.
• Run a marathon.
• Climb fourteeners.
• Skydive.
• Bungee jump from Royal Gorge.
• Do a massive cross-country roadtrip–this time, completely by myself.
• Visit New Zealand.
• Run every day.
• Get into the best physical condition of my life by being active every day, doing what I love, and eating food that is both nourishing and exciting.
• Make new friends who are different from me and challenge my perspectives.
• Revisit all the places I’ve been–and take more pictures.
• Take the person I love on a tour of my old neighborhood and kiss him at Huston Park.
• Bake bread on Sunday mornings and do it with people I love–especially little ones.
• Cook regularly with someone whose company I enjoy
• Be with someone I crave and indulge those passions fully.
• Camp regularly.
• Go see live music regularly.
• Write poems regularly.
• Re-read the books that inspired me and find at least an hour a day to explore new ones.
• Get back into tennis and volleyball.
• Spend more time in movie theatres, by myself.
• Walk everywhere.
• Spend more time in my old neighborhood.
• Eat more Chubby’s.
• Indulge in more mini-adventure roadtrips.
• Buy a new-to-me car…and take care of it…but don’t use it too much.
• Collect more doodads and seashells.
• Create more jewelry and wearable art.
• Do a juice fast.
• Share my parents with others on a regular basis.
• Do another meditation retreat.
• Participate in NaPlaWrimo.
• Spoil my pets.
• Entertain regularly (host dinner parties and other exciting events).
• Read voraciously.
• Find free events to enjoy.
• Only eat out when it’s a special occasion or really, really worth it.
• Drink tea every night.

• Connect to beautiful places.

• Create new memories to replace the shitty ones.
• Save for a rainy day.
• Be financially strong.
• Love a child that is mine…or not mine.
• Buy flowers regularly.
• Do things that scare me, consciously.
• Talk to more strangers.
• Create the things I want/need when they don’t already exist.
• Learn more about Web design.
• Visit the library.
• Read to kids.
• Perform acts of random kindness.
• Focus.
• Use my time wisely.
• Be a meaningful part of everything I’m involved in.
• Attend more workshops.
• Be more involved in my motherless daughters group and find more motherless daughters to share this with.
• Live in a place that has a booknook and windowboxes.
• Write letters to the people I love on a regular basis.
• Zipline through a forest.
• Teach myself to knit and crochet again and then do something with it.
• Make snowflakes at Christmas and homemade Valentines and give them away to strangers.
• Own fish.
• Travel by train.
• Drive really, really fast and not crash.
• Go tubing and rafting on a regular basis.
• Go sailing.

• Mentor a young girl.

• Visit the Redwoods.
• Squish my toes in sand regularly.
• Discover new artists (writers/chefs/musicians/etc) to savor.
• Find more things to do with wonton wrappers.
• See a psychic.
• Paint a mural in my home.
• Be an expert parallel parker, like I used to be.
• Fight without getting defensive.
• Give someone hope.
• Participate in group dance events.
• Write reviews of things I experienced.
• Build a snowman and have a snowball fight.
• Make a monthly playlist.
• Reignite my tradition of cake for my birthday.
• Investigate art therapy techniques for personal use.

• Visited Jackson Hole, WY.

• Visited Yellowstone.
• Saw Ari Hest in concert.