The List, redux

“As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do.”  ~Zachary Scott

In a fit of uncertainty about the direction of my life, which is not a crisis but one of those moments we all have from time to time where we sit back and say, “hmm, how ’bout a change?” I decided to tool around with my Life List. There are people who hate the idea of a life list but I like having a list on which I can cross things off. It gives me organization and I crave organization anyway I can get it. So here is the new list with some add-ons and dates and extras. I’m in the middle of a redesign where the list will have more play. I am also have a jam packed summer ahead of me where, again, the list will have some play. But for now here it is for your perusal once again.

The List:

1. Finish my book proposal

2. Write a novel

3. Antiquing road trip

4. Wine tasting in Australia

5. Go back to Spain

6. Go to New Zealand

7. Read the 100 Best Novels (According to Modern Library)

8. Write a book about my father

9. Get published

10. Go to the floor of the House and the Senate

11. Attend the State of the Union

12. Become a parent

13. Visit the White House

14. Design and make my favorite dress

15. Have a perfectly organized and appropriate wardrobe

16. Throw a grand soiree for friends and family

17. Host a grown up dinner party

18. Turn my apartment into a home

19. Tour Southeast Asia

20. Learn to make Sushi

21. Take my mom to Amsterdam

22. Capetown and Johannesburg

23. Run for office

24. Run for Office again

25. Take my dad on a road trip

26. Play golf in Dubai

27. Have tea in London

28. Help to extend WUFPAC across the country

29. Fall in love with woodwinds again

30. Become a licensed pilot

31. Bungee jump

32. Ocean kayak down the east coast

33. Re-learn to ride a horse

34. Meet the Secretary of State (again)

35. Brussels – home of the European Union

36. Parliament in London

37. Make a giant holiday meal with all the fixin’s

38. Spa weekend in Arizona

39. Golf trip in Vegas with all of my brothers and my father

40. Go back to Paris with Rachel

41. Dublin with Chris and Susan

42. Meet Oprah

43. Really learn wine

44. Run a half marathon (September 11, 2010)

45. Run a marathon (February 20, 2011)

46. Go snowshoeing in Alaska

47. Apologize

48. Be debt free

49. Attend a White House State Dinner

50. Do a fundraiser in Judy’s name for Gilda’s Club

51. Understand bipolar disorder

52. Carnival in Rio

53. Host a dinner at Proof

54. Read Pride and Prejudice

55. Be my own boss

56. Start my own consulting firm

57. Own property

58. Perfect key lime pie

59. Dinner at El Bulli

60. Attend Wimbeldon

61. Learn to fence

62. Find a church home

63. Do a girls trip to Martha’s Vineyard

64. Meet Toni Morrison

65. Tel Aviv

66. Sundance Film Festival

67. Visit all 50 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

68. Make my bed everyday

69. Learn to dress for my body

70. Run the Boilermaker in Utica

71. Be a tourist in Washington, DC

72. Take individual portraits of my family

73. Take a photo a day for 100 days

74. Go to the top of the space needle

75. (Finally) Do Pilates.

76. Learn to sew

77. Learn to wear heels

78. See the 100 greatest movies of all time (according to AFI)

79. Go to the Superbowl

80. Attend a football game in every stadium in the country.

81. Redesign No Pasa Nada.

82. Write more about politics.