Life List

I have meant to sit down and build this life list for some time. But I wasn’t really sure what to put on it. Then I was on Pinterest and something inspired me, and now I can’t stop.

• Have professional family portraits taken by a real photographer.
• In Paris.
• And London.
• And wherever we might go.
• See the Pyramids.
• Create a beautiful, tasteful, well-designed yet eco-friendly home.
• Write a book.
• Get it published.
• Learn how to take really, really, really good photographs.
• Take really, really, really good photographs all over the place.
• Try rock climbing.
• Learn to bake really, really delicious homemade bread.
• Do more for people who need it.
• Go to more Balls where you wear fancy dresses.
• Spend a month in Italy and learn how to order food in Italian.
• (Re)learn how to knit so I can make this.
• Learn what I’m actually doing in the garden so that I can create a gorgeous one instead of one that looks like the one in front of the abandoned home down the street, except that mine is a little more expensive.
• Ditto for growing something edible in the vegetable garden.
• Sculpt. Or pottery class. Whatever.
• Go to the Monaco Grand Prix and watch the race from a balcony.
• Spend a few weeks in Ireland, travelling, eating, drinking, and photographing.
• Drink more wine.
• Drink more bourbon.
• Travel to India to be intoxicated by the sights and colours and scents.
• Sit peacefully in the Vatican until I feel the need to leave.
• Attend Evensong at Westminster Abbey.
• Get something I’ve written published in print.
• Travel to Australia while I’m still young enough to look decent in a bathing suit.
• Do a Photo A Day project for a year. Difficulty: Self portraits.
• Teach my child everything.
• Love my child forever.

… more to come.