Glo’s life list…

Hi! My name is Glo. I quit my job and started a blog. I like to read, write and eat ice cream - typically in that order. I'm learning how to become an artist and all-around better person.

(Read here and you'll understand why for me working is overrated & really learning/living is vital. Click Life Lessons to learn about my everyday missions.)

For 2011 I took it a step further and wrote down EVERY.SINGLE.THING I’ve been wanting to do and haven’t. This is my bucket list of sorts minus the dying part. I plan to live forever.

Announcing this list to the internet is a public declaration and evidence that I can accomplish everything my heart desires. Plus, I can show my unborn children how cool & daring mommy was (having lots of babies is #99). This list is in no specific order. It's simply a mash-up of what I plan do over the next few years - things will be crossed off and changed over time.

I invite friends & strangers to join me on my journey. My ultimate goal in life is to go from hating my job to loving my life.

Have any recommendations for the list? Go ahead send me an email. (I'm always looking for sponsors too!) This year I will blog/document my progress under Life Lessons

So here are ALL the things I rather be doing instead of working a 9 to 5…queue theme music

1.     Buy a fancy SLR digital camera Look one thing done already!

2.     Take up photography as a hobby.

3.     Learn letterpress.

4.     Watch every episode of the Cosby Show marathon style.

5.     Pose nude for an (artistic) portrait.

6.     Ride in a hot air balloon.

7.     Re-read every book by Toni Morrison.

8.     Shoot a rifle.

9.     Learn how to play gin rummy.

10.   Visit France, South Africa, Japan and Italy.

11.   Do 30 days of bikram yoga.

12.   Learn how to harvest honey.

13.   Learn how to play golf.

14.   Start a scholarship for B+ students. ("Be Your Best")

15.   Visit a rodeo in Texas.

16.   Eat cotton candy at the circus.

17.   Go apple picking.

18.   Learn how to make an excellent cup of coffee.

19.   Take a picture in front of the Robert Indiana LOVE sculpture.

20.   Take acting lessons.

21.   Go skinny dipping.

22.   Visit the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

23.   Invest in ___________. (Something amazing...TBD)

24.   Be conversational in French.

25.   Visit a Frank Lloyd Wright house.

26.   Buy a stranger a cocktail at a busy bar.

27.   Sing backup with a band.

28.   Purchase a house/condo/some sort of property in D.C.

29.   Pick my favorite basketball/football team and become a true sports fan

30.   Ride an elephant.

31.   Grow a window sill herb garden.

32.   Bet on a horse at the Kentucky Derby .

33.   Visit the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia.

34.   Go horseback riding (again).

35.   Make a wish at Niagara Falls.

36.   Play cricket in India.

37.   Go to a hockey game, preferably the Washington Capitals.

38.   Brew my own beer.

39.   Visit the top of a light house.

40.   Go snowboarding.

41.   Try fried green tomatoes.

42.   Visit Germany during Oktoberfest.

43.   Publish a book of short stories.

44.   Learn how to DJ on turntables.

45.   Create the perfect 90s mix-tape.

46.   Try acupuncture.

47.   Live in Los Angeles for a year.

48.   Live in Paris for a year.

49.   Bake a apple pie from scratch.

50.   Go parasailing.

51.   Tell a story on 'This American Life'.

52.   Go to Sundance Film Festival.

53.   Run a marathon.

54.   Overcome my fear of the ocean.

55.   Learn how to surf.

56.   Kiss a boy in the rain.

57.   Learn how to silk screen t-shirts.

58.   Give a moving toast at a wedding and/or graduation.

59.   Start a crowdsourced art project. 

60.   Go on a Caribbean cruise.

61.   Eat macaroons at a fancy French café.

62.   Go camping.

63.   Yell "yipeeeeee" on a zipline.

64.   Teach a 1st grade class.

65.   Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

66.   Visit the pyramids in Egypt.

67.   Make a hand puppet.

68.   Visit the 'Taste of Chicago'.

69.   Learn how to drive a car. (Yes, I don't drive.)

70.   Walk the Great Wall of China.

71.   Go rock climbing.

72.   Learn how to sew.

73.   Plant a tree.

74.   Throw a surprise birthday party for someone I love.

75.   Take a creative writing class.

76.   Write my mom’s life story.

77.   Start a tradition.

78.   Visit a catholic church in Spain.

79.   Buy stock.

80.   Create a delicious cocktail called “The Glo”.

81.   Visit the Taj Mahal.

82.   See Wayne Newton perform in Las Vegas.

83.   Sing 1 of these Nina Simone songs - I put a spell on you or My Baby Just Cares for Me at a jazz club.

84.   Do a bike tour of Brooklyn.

85.   Perfect a signature dish (besides fried chicken).

86.   Visit Napa Valley.

87.   Learn how to change a tire.

88.   Take a trapeze class.

89.   Visit all 50 states.

90.   Meditate on a daily basis.

91.   Jump on a trampoline.

92.   Visit the Grand Canyon.

93.   Re-watch Fame, Purple Rain, Flash Dance and Dirty Dancing all in the same day.

94.   See Prince in concert.

95.   Make a family quilt.

96.   Fall head over heels madly in love.

97.   Eat ice cream for a whole day.

98.   Get married to a kind / funny / attractive guy who likes adventure and ice cream. (See all above)

99.   Have lots of babies.

100. Write a life list. I like writing lists...this is the greatest one yet!