It is my 27th birthday and although I started writing this list on July 17th when I was only 26 I decided to officially start it today. I was inspired by Erin to do this and although I have always made lists on my birthday for the upcoming year this is a general list for life I am making. I am sure it will change.
1. Grow my hair really long
2. Drive Cross country
3. Visit the Badlands in South Dakota
4. Make a loaf of bread from scratch
5. Learn how to play the Harmonica
6. Make a Bunt Cake
7. Stretch Daily
8. Get written up in the NY Times
9. Try not to take things personally
10. Read the complete works of Kurt Vonnegut
11. See every major film from the French New Wave Era
12. Do an event out in Los Angeles
13. Expand my Vinyl Collection
14. Fall in Love
15. Travel to the Pyramids in Egypt
16. Get in touch with one new person every day
17. Understand and listen to more Classical Music
18. Organize my business records for my company
19. Collaborate on a Clothing/ Show collection
20. Do a long term detox
21. Explore New York
22. Travel to Thailand
23. Finish and Paint the rooms in my apartment
24. Watch all the movies from Woody Allen and Stanley Kubrick
25. Raise Cactus from seed
26. Design centerpieces for a party/ wedding
27. Build a lamp
28. Learn how to gut a fish
29. Work with Opening Ceremony
30. Sit front row at a Fashion Show
31. Learn to make cocktails
32. Keep my apartment spotless
33. Build a piece of furniture
34. Compost in my apartment
35. Get Acupuncture
36. Travel back to Paris for the fourth time
37. Work on a collaboration in Berlin
38. Successfully wear a romper
39. Go on a sailboat
40. Shuck Oysters
41. learn about wines
42. Be a guest editor for a major magazine
43. See the running of the bulls in Italy
44. Have my own bee hive
45. Successfully have an urban garden
46. Be apart of a CSA
47. Send Thank you Notes and Birthday Cards
48. swim under a waterfall
49. Be kind to myself
50. Make a complicated soup
51. Do a crossword puzzle successfully without help
52. Give Balloons to someone
53. make beer
54. learn how to pickle
55. Put on a fashion show
56. read everyday at least one article or 20 pages in a book (can't be on the internet)
57. check out Staten Island
58. Blow Glass
59. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
60. Type letters to friends on an old typewriter
61. learn how to mediate
62. Speak on a panel
63. Open a real branch office of my company
64. help design a shoe collection
65. Meet Vivienne Westwood
66. See the Northern lights
67. Help tag animals in the wild
68. become an expert at bank shots in pool
69. Make Amends with people in the past
70. own real furniture
71. Go on a safari
72. ride horses in Mongolia and stay with nomadic tribes
73. get in the style section of a magazine/ newspaper
74. Get profiled in New York Magazine
75. Travel to the longest garage sale in the United States
76. stay in a treehouse overnight
77. Host a successful dinner party
78. Learn to unplug from the internet
79. pick my own olives
80. Go on a Spa retreat
81. Successfully make coffee at home
82. Ride on a motorcycle
you are crazy... crazy amazing!! have the best birthday!!! miss you!!
Posted by: dana | August 25, 2010 at 09:37 AM
I can help with #2,4,6,24 and 35.. but on 35 Ill just be making it up as I go. Trust me, Im a relative of a Doctor. (Pharmacist, to be accurate.) And if you wait a month or so.. #39 as well.
Posted by: Matt | August 25, 2010 at 01:46 PM
It is just like yours, minus the snacks in rooms. We each go to our beds and read or look at books, they may play something quietly on their bed or they may rest. After one hour, it seems we are refreshed and restored and happy to see each other!
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Posted by: Retro Jordans | August 25, 2010 at 08:44 PM
happy birthday!!!
Posted by: alyssa aka BROOKLYNrehab | August 26, 2010 at 12:15 AM
Wonderful list! Happy birthday!
Posted by: leigh | August 26, 2010 at 02:50 AM
This is such a fabulous and inspiring birthday tradition. I wish you all the best in achieving each and every one of these goals.
Posted by: Sara | August 26, 2010 at 07:38 AM
Woah, that's a long list! Better get crackin'! Happy birthday. ;)
Posted by: Nickie Frye | August 27, 2010 at 03:59 PM
Happy Birthday for the other day! Great list. I am going to start one for my 30th.
Posted by: elissa c | August 28, 2010 at 11:10 AM
happy birthday!! that list is so inspiring i think i'm going to go write one too for my birthday~
Posted by: Zakkanouveau | August 28, 2010 at 10:46 PM
i LOVE these, jess, and am WAY happy to have inspired this awesome list! :)
Posted by: erin / dfm | August 29, 2010 at 08:24 PM
p.s. i want a nyt write-up, too, so let's be in it together! :)
Posted by: erin / dfm | August 29, 2010 at 08:24 PM