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100 List

Here is a list of things I want to do before I die. Most people do it in 1001 days..screw that, too much pressure and less enjoyment! These are dreams and some goals, I know that some of these may not happen. I am also positive this list will change a lot.

  1. Visit Montmartre within lovely Paris. I am obsessed with visiting this town and pretending I am Amelie for a day.
  2. Have a book of photography published.<–almost! Some of my photography published in a book.
  3. Have some of my photographs published in a magazine.
  4. Get married to the boy I love.
  5. Spend a month in Japan with my camera.
  6. Go back to uni and get a Bachelor of Arts in literature and photography.
  7. Teach in Japan/Italy/somewhere where the people I teach do not speak English.
  8. Ride a bike with a basket full of flowers, a french stick, wine and cheese that I’ve just bought at the local village in Europe somewhere.
  9. Own my own children’s bookstore. There will be story time 3 times a week. The door will have a bell.
  10. Shoot a wedding and not do a crappy job.
  11. Sponsor a child. See no. 82.
  12. Meet all Sean’s extended family and hopefully fall in love with them.
  13. Meet Bono. See here
  14. Learn to ski/snowboard.
  15. Live in a villa in Tuscany.
  16. Do a backpacking tour of Europe.
  17. Make a snow angel. See here.
  18. Own a little house with a verandah, bay windows and a garden.
  19. Learn how to use Photoshop properly.
  20. Live in Vancouver.
  21. Get a hybrid car.
  22. Learn to cook properly and enjoy cooking.
  23. Read far more books each year.
  24. Learn to speak another language.
  25. Take a dance class.
  26. Learn to make my own clothes.
  27. Build my own darkroom.
  28. Own a Hassleblad camera.
  29. Make a difference in someone’s life.
  30. Be the best girlfriend.
  31. Learn to play the piano.
  32. Forgive myself for not being the best daughter to my Dad.
  33. Cope with my anxieties better.
  34. Shoot U2.
  35. Get over my fear of needles.
  36. Lose weight!
  37. Spend a month in New York.
  38. Study overseas.
  39. Be in a U2 video. See here
  40. Visit Shakespeare’s birthplace.
  41. Be Tony Mott’s assistant..if only for a day! See here
  42. Travel around Europe with my camera and my boy.
  43. Find out that a student I have taught has had a successful life and career.
  44. Earn enough money so I can buy my Mum a house.
  45. Make films..the movie kind.
  46. Get a Polaroid SX-70.
  47. See the Great Wall of China.
  48. Fly in a helicopter above a volcano.
  49. Get a photo pass to shoot U2. See here
  50. Learn to be a morning person and not feel like the depressed girl I do every time the alarm goes off.
  51. Volunteer to do something to help those less privileged than myself.
  52. Take pilates classes.
  53. Become a portrait photographer.
  54. Be given something from Tiffany’s HEE See here
  55. Work as a teacher for at least 10 years. – 6 months to go!
  56. Find a hair dresser who actually can give me the colour hair I want.
  57. Swim with dolphins.
  58. Go to Glastonbury Music Festival.
  59. Spend a night at a fancy hotel in New York or London.
  60. Drive across America.
  61. See the running of the bulls- not take part.
  62. Get my ears pierced.
  63. Explore my family roots in Ireland and England.
  64. Learn how to take a compliment.
  65. Get a Nikon FM3a.
  66. See Machau Picchu.
  67. Take a photograph I am really proud of.
  68. See U2 in Ireland. See here
  69. Go to Wimbeldon.
  70. Be in the bridal party!
  71. Organise some sort of event.
  72. Do a teaching study tour of Vietnam or Japan.
  73. Take a year off and just take photographs.
  74. Go to Venice during Carnevale.
  75. Have a beautiful wedding.
  76. Visit Monet’s garden.
  77. Write a book with Sean- we have a plan, who knows if we will ever do it.
  78. See Australia play England in the ASHES at Lords.
  79. Become a mummy.
  80. Go to the Cannes Film Festival.
  81. Go hiking.
  82. Meet my sponsor child.
  83. Play in a fountain.
  84. Get a Mac.
  85. Lie on a tropical beach somewhere in the south pacific.
  86. Visit the Christmas markets.
  87. Take photographs that resemble a Sigur Ros video.
  88. See tigers in the wild.
  89. Experience Tibet and meet the Dalai Lama.
  90. See Bjork live. See here.
  91. Hear Silent Night in Austria on Christmas Eve.
  92. Hang out with Nikki, Mindy, Kim, Sandy, Pamela, Karina and Andrea; Paul, Janine and Brandon.
  93. Continue being amazingly in love with Sean.
  94. Visit Iceland.
  95. Take care of my family so that they are safe, happy and content.
  96. Stop worrying.
  97. Become the best photographer I can.
  98. Be happy with my career.
  99. Have a photography exhibition.
  100. Write a book.

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  • 1 amy // Aug 13, 2008 at 3:10 am

    what a wonderful list amanda…
    i really should sit down and write mine1

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