100 Things To Do Before I Go, Part II

Questions to ponder:

• What would surprise me if I found out I hadn’t done it by the time I died?
• What are the little things I expect to just unroll in front of me?
• What are the big, amazing things that absolutely wouldn’t happen without some heads-down, teeth-clenched work?
• What things have I been concentrating on that don’t really matter?

Memories that I hope to make before the end of my life; one hundred Things To Do, numbers twenty-one through forty.

21. Create a cherished new tradition.
22. Have a dog - at least one!
23. Take a year off of work and spend it abroad.
24. Provide the financial support necessary for someone to achieve a goal.
25. Attend a formal masquerade ball.
26. Buy a cottage on Sebago Lake, or Lake Pleasant.
27. Build a deck or patio.
28. Make ice cream in the summer with children.
29. Go wine tasting.
30. Take ballroom or Latin dance classes with a man I adore.
31. Hike more of the Appalachian trail.
32. Go camping every summer.
33. Learn to snowboard, finally.
34. Raise a family.
35. Follow my father's example: document life through photographs and stories.
36. Complete a marathon.
37. Buy another bicycle.
38. Know the best place to see the fireworks on the Fourth of July.
39. Make a habit of doing something new, fun, and adventurous at least once a month.
40. Have my mother autograph a copy of the first book she has published.

See also: Part I

My source of inspiration is, once again, Mighty Girl.