Here it is…my life list.
Every day: learn something new, do something kind, and see something beautiful.
- Graduate college/ Earn a degree. —DONE
- Follow my heart with wreckless abandon. — DONE
- Get married.
- Have children.
- Make exercising a habit.
- Take photos of my parents.
- Record my Mom and Dad’s voice.
- Be debt free!!!—DONE
- Buy a new car.
- Buy a house.
- Buy all the camera equipment I want/need. — DONE, but there’s always something new I want!

- Give to charity.
- Work on a Habitat for Humanity build.
- Volunteer at the soup kitchen.
- Buy a version of the Bible that I actually enjoy reading, and read it entirely.
- Donate blood.
- Go on a missions trip.
- Learn to play and memorize a song on the piano.
- Learn to speak another language fluently.
- Learn sign language.
- Read all of Emily Post’s Etiquette or take a course in it.
- Take a flower arranging course.
- Take a cake decorating course.
- Take a calligraphy course.
- Break a Guinness World Record.
- Make a list of 100 books I want to read and read them all.
- Learn to drive a stick shift.— DONE
- Fly first class.
- Drink Dom Perignon or Crystal somewhere fabulous.
- Throw a surprise party.
- Get a surprise party.
- Go skydiving.
- Go on a helicopter ride.
- Ride a mechanical bull.
- Take a canopy tour on a zip line
- Grow a garden.
- Plant a tree and watch it grow.
- Have a personal day at the spa.
- Swim with trained dolphins.
- Go whale watching.
- Milk a cow.
- Go parasailing.
- Go on a weeklong cruise.
- Go on a hot air balloon ride.— DONE
- Go white water rafting.
- Go snow tubing.
- Go to a shooting range. — DONE
- Ride by train.— DONE
- Keep an orchid alive for more than 3 months.
- Go to a foam party.
- Go to a murder mystery dinner party.
- Go to a live taping of a talk show.
- Attend the ballet.
- Attend the opera.
- Wear a large hat to the Kentucky Derby and drink a mint julep.
- Pick fruit at a pick-your-own farm and do something with it. — DONE
- Learn to shag.
- Make a loaf of bread from scratch .
- Be a bridesmaid or Maid of Honor. — DONE
- Eat vegetarian for a week .
- Go camping.
- Learn to quilt, complete a project, and go for a picnic with said quilt.
- Start a craft club.
- Visit all 50 states.
- Take Momma to Vermont and Daddy to the Grand Canyon.
- Travel Italy. — DONE and I would go back in a heartbeat.
- Travel Europe…specifically Paris, Ireland, and England.
- Travel to Australia. — DONE
- Travel to New Zealand.
- See the…
- Grand Canyon
- Eiffel Tower
- Wall of China
- Northern Lights
- Niagara Falls
- Stonehenge
- The Great Pyramids
- Go to New York at Christmas and see a Broadway play.
- Go to Oktoberfest in Germany.
- Shoot a wedding on the beach. — DONE
- Book a wedding in another state.— DONE
- Book a wedding in a state not surrounding SC. — DONE
- Book a destination wedding in another country. — DONE
- Book a wedding in Italy.
- Photograph a “live” engagement.
- Photograph a courthouse marriage.
- Make a photo album of my business in the works.
- Get certified as a professional photographer.
- Donate an entire wedding package to a deserving couple. — DONE, and might do again!
- Donate an entire wedding package in which the proceeds will go to charity.
- Get published for my photography.
- Hire an intern.
- Hire associate photographer/s for JSP.
- Mentor an upcoming photographer.
- Start one on one workshops.
- Start a photography workshop/seminar.
- Speak at a photography convention.
- Start a scholarship fund for someone in the arts.
- Become a member of the ISWP.
- Get a separate studio space.
- Complete a marathon… maybe a half!
- Learn to play golf and tennis.
- Take a horseback riding lesson.
- Learn to water ski.
- Learn to surf.
- Learn how to french braid my hair.
- Learn to whistle with two fingers.
- Go on a safari.
- Shower in a tropical waterfall.
- Experience weightlessness.
- Drive a racecar.
- Go paragliding.
- Swing on a circus trapeze.
- Ride an elephant in the jungle.
- Ride a camel in the desert.
- Be an extra in a movie.
- Go to Harry Potter World.
- Try acupuncture.
- Continue to add to this list…
by Jennifer
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