My Bucket List

In March 2008 I re-discovered a forgotten list of 30 things I had set out to do in my 30th year. I was happy to discover that I had done most of the things and became ambitious to do the ones that had gone undone.

Thinking more I thought, if I gave myself more time, what would I do? How many things have I always wanted to see, experience, do or feel? And the 101 Things To Do Before I Die list was born that same month. And the theme of sleep and travel seems to be as prevalent now as it was then. Must try to knock those things off first.

Here it is (if it’s struck-through it means I did it!):

  1. Go to Mustique Island
  2. Stay at the Four Seasons Bora Bora
  3. Go back to Maui
  4. Linger
  5. Have my work have meaning like it used to (mentoring, building, giving, creating etc.) (done 2011)
  6. Produce a film.
  7. Donate over a million dollars over my lifetime.
  8. Get a pedicure.(done 2011)
  9. Own/run a (gluten free) gite in France.
  10. Have a maid every two weeks
  11. Learn to sleep more than 4 hours a night
  12. Better my penmanship and write by hand more
  13. Fly a plane.
  14. Have custom linen curtains
  15. Stay at the Ritz Paris
  16. Stay at Hotel Particular Paris(done 2009)
  17. Own a Fortnum and Mason hamper then have a picnic
  18. Take all my best girlfriends on a weekend getaway at once.
  19. Own the best claw foot tub
  20. Be healthy.
  21. Swoon (done 2011)
  22. Watch the sun rise over Santa Monica from sea
  23. Visit Apifera Farm.
  24. Cook/eat at home everyday for at least a week.(done 2010)
  25. Grow an edible garden (and actually harvest it)
  26. Have a stone home (done 2009)
  27. Upgrade my camera (last was 2001 – 6MP Digital Rebel) (done 2011)
  28. Try paddleboarding
  29. Eat Oysters and drink champagne.(done 2009)
  30. Drive a golf cart
  31. Horseback ride on a beach Feb 2012
  32. Buy and wear a pair of jeans(done 2010)
  33. Photograph for Anthropologie(done 2009)
  34. Not move for an entire year
  35. Create a home that I adore (2011 Santa Barbara Cotttage)
  36. Be met at an airport (done 2011)
  37. Stay at The Plaza and read Eloise. (done 2009)
  38. Unpack everything. (done 2010)
  39. Throw a Shelter Co. experience.
  40. Buy a pair of Oliver Peoples sunglasses (done 2011)
  41. See Victoria Falls and do a safari.
  42. Buy a fixer upper house and remodel it
  43. Finish writing my book.
  44. Get over my fear of the talking on my personal phone
  45. Own Lightroom (done 2010).
  46. Take a photo every day for at least a year
  47. Make someone else’s dream come true. (done 2007)
  48. Bake for a lot of people (and have cake stands to put the cakes on)
  49. Have better and prettier shoes. (done 2009)
  50. Own a first edition of “Le Petit Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  51. Have a massage every four to six weeks for a year (Done 2001)
  52. Visit the Channel Islands (done 2011)
  53. Make a tent like the one in the movie, “The Holiday”
  54. Make a difference
  55. Condense all my web sites and like at least 1. (done 2010)
  56. Speak French without having to hesitate or throw in an English word. (done 2008)
  57. Visit Moray Firth Coast
  58. Be on ‘Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me‘
  59. Love my home, my city and work – all at the same time
  60. Do an unassisted hand stand
  61. Buy a Four Seasons mattress (Done 2012).
  62. Feel sophisticated.
  63. Boogey like it’s 1999
  64. Figure out WordPress. (done 2009)
  65. Take a self defense course
  66. Have a mentor
  67. Refurbish my farm chairs. (done 2007)
  68. Have a beautiful & organized wardrobe/closet, especially for underpinnings.
  69. Dip into thermal hot springs in Iceland
  70. Hire a financial planner
  71. Create a non-profit foundation for women (done 2011)
  72. Have a trip planned for me. Even just a day
  73. Find a great gluten-free croissant
  74. Drive through the East Coast in Fall. (done 2009)
  75. Try the trapeze
  76. Make my home 100% green and sustainable
  77. Visit Pompeii
  78. Learn to sew
  79. Karaoke
  80. Get rid of (and stop collecting) moving boxes
  81. Own a pony. Named pepper
  82. Have a gluten-free chef
  83. Own couture
  84. Zipline (done 2012)
  85. Ride on the roof of a train in Equador
  86. Have Babycakes again (done 2011)
  87. Have breakfast in bed and then stay there for the day
  88. Learn how to really use my camera
  89. Volunteer with my dog
  90. Find a signature parfume. (done 2008)
  91. Have a saline pool
  92. Read every book I own (I have a habit of buying without reading)
  93. Take a trip with my BFF
  94. Swing dance
  95. Have a stocked and large linen closet.
  96. Get a ukelele again and play it often
  97. Take Sunday’s off for at least a year
  98. Visit Gaspe Bay
  99. Cook an omelet that’s edible. (done 2008)
  100. Have theme music follow me for a day. Like in a movie.
  101. Rest.