before i’m no longer mortal …
Things to do or accomplish before I die. Not comprehensive and in no particular order. (Note: for some reason, I couldn’t get it to publish this post with numbered bullets. Argh! You’ll have to trust me that there are 100 here, if you even care about those kinds of things.)
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Attend a silent meditation retreat.
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Hike the Appalachian Trail.
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Learn how to cook and be an appreciative cook.DONE!
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If cannot accomplish #3, hire a cook.
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Visit a nude beach.
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Learn to slow down.DONE!
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Make meditation and yoga a daily practice.
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Travel to every continent (minus the Antarctica)
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Meet Brad Pitt.
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Visit every state in the U.S.
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Live in a commune.DONE!
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Grow my own food.
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Live in the woods, on lots and lots of acreage, somewhere green with seasons.
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Camp on the beach.DONE!
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Birth a baby autonomously.DONE!
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Live in sustainable housing/generate our own power.
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Own a vehicle that runs on SVO.
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Live to see a woman become president.
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Live to see the day when marriage for ALL people becomes a reality.HALLELUJAH! -
Learn to love veggies and fruits.DONE!
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Birth a baby head first.DONE! Twice.
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Become a healthy, conscious connoisseur of food.
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Take daily walks with my husband and/or children.
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Invent and patent something. Preferably something useful.
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Catch someone’s baby, other than my own. Just once. DONE!
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Have an active sex life until the day I die.
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Publish some writing.
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Astral travel again DONE! and often.
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Sky dive.
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Scuba dive.
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Create and own a wildlife/animal sanctuary.
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Homeschool my children.
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Volunteer for hospice.
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Take a cross-country road trip.
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Attend a yearly gathering with my tribe.DONE and ONGOING!
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Run a half-marathon.
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Donate money on a yearly basis.
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Visit the great pyramids.
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Visit Stonehenge.
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Surf.
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Learn reiki.
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Become a certified childbirth educator.No longer feel the need to be certified. 🙂 -
Complete my DONA certification.No longer feel the need to be certified. 🙂 -
Get LASIK surgery.
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Get hypnotized.
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Learn to play the guitar (for real this time).
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Attend a drumming circle.DONE!
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Do 100 sit ups in a row.
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Annually print a year’s worth of photos and place in albums.
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Take up photography again.
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Smoke a true peace pipe, ceremonially.
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Foster a child.
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Build a shelter with my own hands.
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Soak naked in hot springs, high in the mountains, surrounded in snow (like MB did).
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Go snowshoeing.
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Go all gray or all-white when it’s time.
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Sing in a musical revue.
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Interview my family ala StoryCorps.
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Become fluent in sign language.
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Renew my wedding vows barefoot on a mountaintop at sunset.
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Compost.
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Grow an herb garden.
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Ride a zip-line across a body of water.
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Have a tire swing in our yard.
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Build our dream home.
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Help my husband build a hefty retirement account.IN PROGRESS!
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Ride in a helicopter.
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Have no debt. For a long, long time. (We are so close!)
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Write down my nightly dreams.
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Write a children’s book depicting each of my children’s births. Have it bound and illustrated just for them (not for publication).
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Take more dance lessons with my husband.IN PROGRESS!
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Stay in bed all day (willingly, of course, and preferably sooner rather than later).
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Learn archery (just for fun, not to hunt).
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Learn to drive a stick shift.
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Quit biting my nails. For good.
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Have past-life DONE! and birth regression done.
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Cry more often.
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Attend Burning Man.
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Flip a house.
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Stop being a wuss and donate blood.
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Build a really cool tree house.
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Travel to a jungle.DONE! Mexico!
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Take my children to Havasupai Falls and camp for a week.
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See Wicked. DONE!
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Ride lots more rollercoasters.
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Never be too proud to apologize. To anyone.
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Meet Kate.
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Conquer my true fear of roaches.
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Finish reading “Atlas Shrugged”
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Teach a college course.
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Coach a speech team.
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Honor my body.DONE! Continually. -
Experience zero gravity.
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Swim with a dolphin and sit with a gorilla (not in captivity).
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Learn circular breathing and play the didgeridoo.
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Indulge myself once a year in a $1000 shopping spree. Then come home and donate a bunch of stuff.
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Create New Year’s “intentions” each year.
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Learn to sew and make a dress.
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Create and maintain a vision board with my family.
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Visit the SETI institute and the Very Large Array.
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