40 Things I Did In My First 40 Years
- Traveled to Canada, Mexico, England, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, France, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and many cities in the USA
- Road tripped from Texas to Montana
- Almost birthed Lily at home and purposefully had Vivi at home
- Bought a condo
- Bought a house
- Got my motorcycle license
- Got married
- Got divorced
- Had multiple solo-backpack trips
- Got 8 tattoos over the span of 15 years
- Fainted in Amsterdam while getting a piercing
- Traveled solo to Vegas to see Lady Gaga in concert
- Saw Nick Cave in San Fran
- Saw Dolly Parton in Spokane
- Saw ELO in San Fran
- Saw Ani DiFranco in Paris
- Saw Tori Amos in San Diego
- Saw Elton John (and many, many more concerts) in Missoula
- Got a double Bachelors
- Got my Masters
- Took courses at Harvard and Wharton
- Was Kate in Taming of the Shrew
- Played violin for Up With People shows and in the pit for Fiddler on the Roof
- Self-diagnosed spontaneous intracranial hypotension
- Broke my collar bone
- Started multiple blogs
- Lost 40 pounds and gained back 30
- Had my writing published in a Canadian magazine and in Mamalode
- Created the grocery store exhibit at the Children’s Museum
- Was featured in the Missoulian in high school for fashion – then also again as an adult AND was in Seventeen magazine (!)
- Cultivated a fantastic shoe collection
- Found a recovery program
- Discovered a love for baking (cooking too)
- Went winter backpacking on skis
- Rode in a hot air balloon
- Learned the flat peyote stich round
- Helicopter ride, float plane, dog sledding, glacier viewing in Juneau
- Dyed my hair every single color imaginable, had waist long hair, the Uma Thurman bob from Pulp Fiction, and a shaved head
- Figured out the perfect (singing) harmony for “A Whole New World”
- Became an auntie
40 Things I Want To Do In My Next 40 Years
- Travel to Maine, Hawaii – CHECK! MARCH 2022, Australia, Austin, New Zealand, Greece, Iceland, Japan, Vancouver, New Orleans, Dollywood
- Food tour through Italy
- Eat at The French Laundry in Napa
- Hot air balloon festival somewhere
- Go back to Amsterdam
- Go back to Portland
- Always be reading multiple books/graphic novels at once
- See a show in NYC on Broadway
- Self-publish something
- Learn a dance (salsa, tango)
- See Lady Gaga’s jazz/piano show in Vegas – CHECK! OCTOBER 2021
- Be able to re-create my first (perfect) batch of macarons
- Sing “White Rabbit” publicly for karaoke
- Go to Burning Man
- Volunteer for MT Youth Challenge Academy (and always be involved in something service oriented)
- Make writing a daily practice
- Become an empty nester
- Buy a motorcycle or scooter
- Travel on said motorcycle or scooter
- Have a spa vacation
- Have a vacation where I sit in the shade on a beach with a book. The entire time.
- Be able to work into my budget a monthly massage
- Continuing working on my own recovery
- Continuing using my art degree for decorating cakes and taking selfies
- Be the winning bid in more art live auctions
- See Britney Spears in concert
- Actually listen to podcasts
- Write a screen play
- Film a short movie for HUMP fest
- Catalog my current artwork
- Buy SO MUCH MORE original work
- Paint every wall in my house
- Paint my fence rainbow
- Speak/present at a conference
- Form a violin/acoustic duo with my sister
- Write a business plan for a NA “bar”
- Buy a (convertible) Corvette
- Start recycling and composting again
- Be in a band
- Do another boudoir photo shoot
Sleep Deprived & Fabulous 