Erica’s Life List ~ Guest Post
I’m thrilled that my good friend, Erica Mueller, has decided to share her Life List with my readers. As you all know my Life List is becoming a big part of my blog and has been very inspiring to me lately. The excitement I feel when I accomplish something on my list or even work towards my dreams and goals is priceless. Taking the time to sit back and relax and focus on what’s important, even if it’s a small thing, is precious. I hope you enjoy Erica’s guest post as much as I do!
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. –Will Rogers
That Will was a smart fellow, and poor guy, didn’t know it would only get worse. The hurrying that is. We’re so caught up in future we forget that there is a present, or that there will someday be a past to look back upon and regret. I’ve decided I don’t want to hurry any more. I want to sit on the porch and drink a coffee while the hummingbirds hover around my flowers. I want to curl up on the couch in the morning and snuggle my little one while he still wants me near, and I want to live my dreams.
And so, I’ve compiled a list of things I’ve always wanted to do. Some of them are grand and lofty, and may take years to prepare for, while others are more easily attainable with a little effort.
I want to, in no particular order…
Ride a hot air balloon
Go sailing
Learn to pilot a small plane
See dolphins in the wild
Go to Alaska, take a cruise, and see the whales
Visit Oregon and Washington, and maybe Vancouver too
Become a potter and have my own little shop
Record a CD
Sing with a band, again
Become fluent in sign language
Play my guitar well enough to accompany myself when I sing
Learn to play the saxophone
Build a home
Go for a date with my husband, to the carnival where we ride rides, eat cotton candy, and act like kids again
Take my little boy to Lego Land
See the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Shores
Learn to swim
Work in a horse stable
Learn to dance
Have another child
Home school my kid(s)
Celebrate 50 years of marriage with my husband
I’m sure there are a lot more things I’ve thought of, and will think of, but for now, this is my list!
Erica Mueller is a work at home mom and wife. She spends her days building with Legos, pre-schooling her son, and designing WordPress web sites. Her passion is helping bloggers and small businesses have sites they can be proud of! You can find Erica at her blog, Erica Says, on Twitter, and on Facebook.
OOOOOOOHHHHH I love this. I need to do a life list of my own. I love your twilight trip pictures. Sorry we didn’t get to meet in person. Now I see you are into L. I. SO maybe you can plan a trip up to Portland and meet me there! I will show you around.
Isn’t it an awesome idea? I know Dwan isn’t the first to create a list, but I think she’s inspired a few people lately, me included, to make a list and work toward marking some of those things off!!
Thanks for sharing your list! It seems this is the thing everyone is doing but I don’t foresee what it is I want to do in Life .. hmmm.. as far as like things I want to do or see but man I think I have to write mine! I want to see Dolphins! Happy Thursday and thanks for sharing this Erika!
Brandy,
You really should make a list, and keep it somewhere you can see it. It helps to have little things to work towards, and big things too. Knowing what we want to do, where we want to be in the future gives today more purpose.
Loved your list, particularly the one about the carnival and your husband. I’m always looking for ways we can be like kids again too!
My husband and I had a long distance relationship and didn’t see each other a whole lot, so there are a lot of fun things we never really got to do. Add to this he’s not a crowd person, and you’ll find most of our dates are dinner or a movie. 🙂
I’m so tickled we have the rest of our lives to do fun stuff!