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| Something I did in 2010! |
Summer Pierre, one of my Perigee authors, is the most inspiring artist I’ve ever met. She’s an amazing writer, visual artist, and musician. I’m sure most of us would be thrilled to have just one of those qualities. She also happened to have given birth to her son in the back seat of a car. That, to me, seals her fate as the ultimate Super Woman.
I was especially inspired by one of her recent blog posts: a list of 100 things she wants to do in 2011. Reading her list made me realize how much I’ve meant to do over the years, only to let things slip through the cracks as I surrender myself to the daily grind. If you don’t stop to make sure you’re happy, no one will do it for you (at least, not in these little ways that only you can know about). It’s amazing how much these tiny milestones contribute to our overall happiness. Some things are smaller than others, but never less significant.
I’ve been working on my 2011 list and am struggling to get 100. I will keep adding to it, but here’s what I have so far. I noticed that about 95% of these items relate to food, music, family, and friends. Hey, if my 2011 is rich with nothing more than those four things, I’ll be a happy, happy girl.
- Have a bagel and coffee on the steps of the MET, then spend the afternoon inside
- Have my grandmother teach me to crochet
- Make a batch of tomato sauce jars with Mom
- Go to Coney Island for our wedding anniversary (photo booth, hot dogs)
- Go to the Prospect Park lake
- Make something on my sewing machine
- Buy a necklace on Etsy
- Get a car
- Discover 5 new bands I love
- Make my grandfather’s pickled peppers stuff with sardines
- Hang more art and photos around my apartment
- Eat smoked salmon from Russ & Daughters
- See the Prospect Park cherry blossoms
- Make another wedding cake (for a wedding I’m not attending)
- Purge my closet
- Go to Athens, Georgia
- See Amy Ray in concert
- Visit J&K at least twice
- Get all my music onto my iPod
- Get any National album I don’t already own
- Get to know the Decemberists
- Crochet a blanket
- Have oysters & martinis on a Friday
- Visit NVN
- Go to the Brooklyn Public Library
- See Matt Pond PA in concert
- Make marzipan Easter lambs with Mom
- Have pig’s feet & tomato sauce at my grandparents’ house
- Go to the Hudson Valley
- Learn how to apply eye makeup
- Feel comfortable wearing lipstick
- Learn how to make a skirt
- Eat lobster after a day in the sun
- Drink a bottle of wine I can’t afford on my 30th birthday (with friends)
- Go to Strawberry Fields in Central Park
- Eat at Diner in Williamsburg
- Eat a burger at Corner Bistro
- Start an interview series on Pomato Revival
- Swim in a lake
- See a game at Fenway
- Tailor the oversized t-shirts I want to wear
- Go to the woods for a week
- Get Patti Smith’s Horses album
- Find an antique cast iron pan
- Make pickled garlic
- Make jam
- See Mary
- Make a wedding photo album
- Go hiking
- Get Buddy Holly glasses
- Have a picnic in Prospect Park
- Reread The Great Gatsby
- Eat at Franny’s
- Go fishing
- Finish my website
- Have cheese for dinner at ‘inoteca
- Play my guitar again
I LOVE THIS LIST. So so inspiring–and the cool thing? So DOABLE.
I want to do all of those things too! Maybe I can just use your list, is that cheating?
Fantastic list! I'm now inspired to create my own. I think the idea of adding to the list as you think of things versus trying to list all 100 at once will spare you a headache! (*And from putting something on your list that you really don't care about.)
Thank YOU, Summer, for the inspiration!
Meaghin, I totally agree. Better to keep a running list than to cram a bunch of things on there that aren't as important. I hope you decide to make one. It's really a great project!
Happy to help you out with #18, #33, #49, #55 and #56! I need to make a list like this. (You don't have to post this comment! Just replying)
I can help you with #21…I'm obsessed with them!
This list idea is awesome.
#42 is going on my list.