Life List

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Go on a yoga retreat. -
Run a marathon. -
Learn to play the banjo.
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Rock climb somewhere outdoors. -
Have a CSA. -
Make my own bread.
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Have a compost. -
Make pizza from scratch.
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Get my own place. -
Participate in a citizen science project of some kind.
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Canoe the Wisconsin River.
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Learn to cross country ski (better). -
Get my masters. -
Volunteer on a farm on a regular basis. -
Knit a scarf.
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Make my own yogurt.
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Get my tattoo changed to a sunflower, tree, or sun.
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Visit Teagan and Kate in Montana. -
Hike in the Porcupine Mountains.
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Visit Isle Royale.
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Camp in ten new places.
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Visit Emily in Minneapolis. -
Learn to like spicy food, a little.
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Brew my own beer.
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Get a nice bike. -
Bike around Lake Monona. -
Become a person that does trail races. -
See Abigail Washburn in concert. -
Read all of John Steinbeck’s books.
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Take a birding class. -
Take a class at the Driftless Folk School. -
Go horseback riding.
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Go to a sunrise or sunset yoga class.
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Spend the day in one of the small tourist towns around here. -
Speak conversational Spanish.
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Climb a 5.9 successfully.
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Hike among redwood trees. -
Go on a winery tour. -
Go on a trip with Mom.
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Go on a trip with Dad.
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Learn to change a car tire.
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Find a partner that loves to be alive. -
Find and hike to that overlook by myself, or with someone else. -
Eat at the fancy Thai/Vietnamese place in my neighborhood. -
Have a community garden plot. -
Reduce my credit card debt to under $500. -
See Lake Superior. -
Make a teaching scrapbook.
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Bike to New Glarus brewery.
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Participate in a bioblitz.
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Go on a weekend trip with girl friends on a semi-annual basis. -
Start writing about my life.
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Keep a nature journal.
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Go on a 50+ mile bike ride.
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Play banjo at a bluegrass jam. -
Submit an article to Rethinking Schools, Teaching Tolerance, or another teacher publication. -
Use the garden at my school as part of my classroom curriculum. -
Visit the International Crane Foundation.
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Go to a movie alone. -
Travel back to Costa Rica, and go to the Monteverde Cloud Forest School.
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Hike some of the Pacific Crest Trail. -
Do a yoga headstand.
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Become a Master Teacher or National Board Certified.
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Teach in another country.
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Visit all the national parks.
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Visit one or more of these places that have always been calling to me: Morocco, Spain, London, France, Thailand, Kenya, Brazil, India.
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Read all of Jack Kerouac’s books.
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Attend the Institute on Education for Sustainability in Vermont. -
Take a class or workshop on teaching for social justice. -
Visit
San Francisco,Asheville, Bloomington,Portland, Austin andFlagstaff. -
Eat at Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse in San Francisco.
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See the northern lights.
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Start a Teachers Pay Teachers account. -
Hike all 60 hikes in 60 Hike within 60 Miles of Madison.
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Get unaddicted to sweets. -
Get Spanish boots of Spanish leather.
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Go to the Newport Folk Festival.
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Skydive.
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Get my phD.
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Spend a weekend at Kripalu yoga center (or another retreat center).
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Visit all 50 states.
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Find an ongoing way to share my passion for nature-based learning with other teachers.
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Go on a hot air balloon ride.
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Ski the Birkie. -
Take a wilderness survival course. -
Subscribe to the Sunday NY Times. -
Go on a weekend-long retreat or camping trip alone.
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Visit Yosemite National Park.
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Hike (or raft) the Grand Canyon.
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Visit Glacier National Park. -
See a concert at Red Rocks.
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See an elephant in the wild.
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Be a trail angel on the PCT or AT.
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Learn to start a fire in the wood stove regularly. -
Go the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. -
Do a thru-hike of any length.
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Go on a bike-packing or canoe trip with Justin and our kids.
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P.S. The picture above is actually a print by the lovely artist at The Green Paintbrush. I purchased this print but she has others!