Happy New Year

I stopped making New Year's resolutions awhile back because well, I never stuck to them, and they seemed a bit limiting. Why only resolve to do one thing when there is a whole world of things to do. A couple of months ago I was inspired by Mighty Girl's Mighty Life List and so I drafted and posted my own Mighty Life List. It is something that requires constant revisiting to check and see what you have accomplished and also to see what you want to tackle next on the list.

I've crossed out some of the things I have managed to do. Now I need to pick a few to work on over the next couple of months. Hmmm. Maybe I could actually finish a quilt.

Mighty Life List

That would be me, singing at the Park West

1. Find a vintage building and restore it.
2. Open a Craft Coworking space in Chicago to teach classes, host events and have studio space.
3. Design the quiet zone in the craft coworking space. 
4. Spend a month traveling throughout France collecting textiles, craft knowledge and speaking French.
5. Visit Finland so I can visit Marimekko and some of the other fabulous places with textile.
6. Speak in public about something I love.
7. Teach a craft class in the UK.
8. Draft a line of my own patterns.
9. Write a book.
10. Be a guest contributor on a blog.
11. Finish a quilt.
12. Take a vacation to a place where I can incorporate bike riding.
13. Be a guest lecturer at a university.
14. Finally get my tattoo.
15. Release a seasonal clothing line.
16. Create a line of home accessories. 
17. Create a fabric line. 
18. Sing at the Park West.
19. Take a horseback ride in Hyde Park. 
20. Have a booth at Renegade. 
21. Finish reading Moby Dick. 
22. Go to Angola and Morrocco to learn new craft techniques. 
23. Get a proper mint tea tea set.
24. Return to Iraq to visit friends. 
25. Only say yes to something if the response is Hell Yes.
26. Create space to do the things on my life list.
27. Clear out my closet and replace it with things I love
28. Buy only what I love and what will last.
29. For every thing that comes into my space, something must go.
30. Take a cooking class.
31. Cook once a week. Just cook something.
32. Go for a motorcycle ride. 
33. Write a poem
34. Send someone a letter
35.  Make a little something and give it away
36. Leave an ATM (Always Trust magic)note
37. Fly a kite
38. Do yoga (this is another just do it!)
39. Make it to the Etsy front page. 
40. Write a business plan.
41. Help others with their life lists or connect them to someone who can help.
42. Be featured on a design blog- any of the one's on Mighty Girl's list will do!
43. Be more patient/kind
44. Swim in as many seas as possible
45. Find out where my family was from in Poland and visit their town.
46. Bake Macarons
47. Get myself a kitchen aid mixer
48. Learn how to use Twitter (edited to add-I am getting better at it...)
49. Take a ballet class
50. Give back through Meandering Design
51. Ride a scooter in Italy.
52. Be a guest on Ted
53. Scan and organize the family photos
54. Carry my camera more
55. Be an active feminist.
56. Play soccer
57. Get a 1950 Ford F-1 Pickup truck and paint it turquoise.
58. Have a dinner party and serve Iraqi dolma (with the caramelized onions on the bottom-mmmm)
59. Spend a week doing absolutely nothing at Canary Island.
60. Take a train ride through the slavic countries.
61. Reupholster my  favorite chair in vintage grey tweed.
62. Have another girls weekend
63. Drink more champagne
64. Visit my nieces and nephews
65. Find art for over the fireplace
66. Crochet more in public
67. Feel less self-conscious 
68. Have a rainy day fund
69. Learn how to develop film
70. Go on a creative retreat
71. Have people over more often 
72. Live a life that allows for constant travel
73. Go to Scotland
74. Fall in love again
75. Get all of my sewing machines working
76. Have a sewing class for men
77. Get the contact information for at least one person for each event I attend
78. Reach out to people that I admire
79. Use my Liberty of London fabric.
80. Organize my fabric and sewing notions
81. Go to New Orleans
82. Make ice cream again
83. Try to eat seasonally
84. Finish the Prezi presentation I started
85. Make all the electronics in my house work properly
86. Create printed materials for Meandering Design
87. Get a loom
88. Make a rug
89. Dye my own wool/fabric
90. Take a sewing class
91. Take a drawing class 
92. Refinish Poppies workbench
93. Give away the crafty things I will not use to someone who can use them
94. As much as possible, buy handmade
95. Rewatch Amelie
96. Make a hat
97. Sew curtains for the kitchen
98. Always have something on hand for visitors (snack and drink)
99. Slow down and enjoy my food
100. Leave town at least every 3 months.

KMC