Though there is a cut tag.

Someone pointed to: 43 Things yesterday and it made me think. So I spent a little bit of time working on my list. What 43 things do I want to do/see/accomplish/avoid in my life. It’s really neat to think about.

1. I want to get married.
2. I want to spend the rest of my life with the person that I marry.
3. I want to have kids.
4. I want to get to a point where I spend less than 10% of my time feeling broken.
5. I want to finish grad school.
6. I want to learn to sew.
7. I want to be able to knit something other than a scarf.
8. I want to finish reading every single book on my bookshelves.
9. I want to burn a copy of Vanity Fair just because I hated it that much. (The funny thing is I barely remember any of it—just that I hated it.)
10. I want to acquire every single book on my amazon.com wish list.
11. I want to not feel inferior to my friends.
12. I want to be able to say with verve and vigor that I like my body. I may have cellulite on my thighs but I have it because I enjoyed my food.
13. I want to buy a house that is mine—where no one can ever tell me I have to leave.
14. I want to live overseas.
15. I want to be fluent in Spanish.
16. I want to learn ASL.
17. I want to be financially secure. I don’t know exactly what this will take, but I’ll figure it out.
18. I want to pose for a photographer. I have always wanted to and it scares the shit out of me.
19. I want to skydive.
20. I want to learn how to scuba dive.
21. I want to be a good teacher.
22. I want to buy furniture that I like that has never been used by anyone else.
23. I want to have less than 5% of my wardrobe be hand-me-downs.
24. I want to go to Italy, and Spain, and Holland, and Germany, and Russia, and Japan, and Thailand… I want to travel! I think the real goal is to a new country at least every two years.
25. I want my hair to go down to my waist.
26. I want to get along with my in-laws.
27. I want to have my entire family, bio and chosen, in my home for Christmas at least once.
28. I want to live in one location for 20+ years.
29. I want to have a pool in my backyard. And a hot tub that can be used nekkid.
30. I want to feel content with understanding what I want and need from bdsm.
31. I want to have a Jacuzzi tub in my bathroom.
32. I want to own a car that I am not worried about and that looks decent.
33. I want to complete a marathon (note I did not say run).
34. I want to be able to define a participle without looking it up.
35. I want to have the primary decoration (outside of books) in my house be candles.
36. I want to stay home with my children and raise them without feeling like I am a financial parasite.
37. I want to home school my children. (This is different than staying home.)
38. I want to take cooking classes and own good knives.
39. I want to go to Disney World.
40. I want to own the entire collection of Disney full-length animated features, except sequels.
41. I want to conquer my fears of ants and sharks.
42. I want to relish the laugh lines around my eyes and know that they are products of a life spent loving and living well and being happy.
43. I want to smile every day, even if I am depressed or if a tragedy has happened. Smiling is a reason to get out of bed in the morning.