Since I wrote out my first Mighty List in April 2012 I managed to accomplish a lot, I also managed to forget about the list while life had me focus on other things. It's time to regroup and figure out a new list, one that serves me better and takes into consideration all that I've learned in the past two years.
Nowhere on my original list was "take private reformer Pilates classes" or "take kids on a Caribbean cruise" or "file every spec of paper in the house" - things I've done that have greatly enriched my life. I'm revisiting this project as I like the idea of a brain dump of things to accomplish before I am unable to accomplish anything else. Real big dream-to-goal things, not just a simple laundry list of chores. A true MIGHTY list.
On that same note, it's okay to LET GO of some things. Transcend from a bucket list format of catching every half formed thought or idea and embrace exactly who I am and what I want to do to enrich my mind, body and soul. To do that, truly honour who and what I am it was necessary to face some truths and my list reflects those realizations.
Some things remain, some things have changed - some things were actually accomplished from the original list. In no particular order, this is my new version:
- Take a painting class - watercolours first - then oil and acrylic
- Keep my Project Life up-to-date
- Take a trip with stops in Morocco, Turkey and Italy for sure
- Write - and publish - a novel
- Choose my favourite blog posts and put them into book form
- Find the root of the weight issue then lose it, enough to feel good again
- Fix and cull all of the categories on my blog
- Find a companion, a man who brings out the best in me, and me him
- Submit 10 articles for publication - then have them published
- Watch the opera - MET showings - at Silvercity
- Take golf lessons - then golf as often as possible
- Write a cookbook for my kids of all our favourite meals
- Clear out the storage locker
- Continue to model the behaviour I want to see in my children
- Then model better
- Take a creative writing course
- Go indoor skydiving
- Put together a library of all the creative courses I've taken - and finish the projects that still resonate
- Feel rested and 100% well
- The biggest "unattainable" dream in my life, ever: have an article published by Vanity Fair magazine
- Read ALL of the books on my bookshelf
- Purchase the exact outdoor couch I have pictured in my head (and not freak out about the ridiculous price)
- Write a children's book - then write some more
- Leave the house more and connect with people, even if it's just to sit in a restaurant and observe
- Forgive myself for the ache my children suffer at the neglect of their father
- Clear all of the clutter from each and every room in my home
- Meditate and move daily
- Buy a home on the Canyon Ranch Tucson property
- Replace my entire wardrobe with clothes that fit properly and make me feel good
- Take regular "photo walks" to someplace new and creatively evocative
- Then compile a big coffee table book of photos and experiences
- Organize ALL of the files on my computer
- Go on one soul-filling retreat each month - writing, photography, quiet, creative
- Take a trip to the UK and visit all of the places that resonate within me
- Buy the Canon EOS 1-DX camera
- Go snowshoeing
- Watch Downton Abbey, Veronica Mars, The Good Wife, Breaking Bad, Suits, Friday Night Lights, Mad Men, Six Feet Under, Freaks & Geeks
- Turn my townhouse into a real honest-to-goodness townhouse with heavy doors, crown moulding and high baseboards
- Find an accountant to get all of my finances in order and open The Next Chapter Studio
- Learn to make "relief" pottery - then make a lot of it!
This list-in-progress reflects exactly who I am and what I want to include in my life.
What is on your Mighty List?