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A 39-year-old woman's 3rd quarter goals:

Updated: Jul 16, 2020

(written in quarantine)

(with 3 children)

(6 and younger)

  1. Kiss a shark on the mouth

  2. Burn 2020 in a dumpster fire in the backyard

  3. Hike El Camino

  4. Have a 6-pack (Abs. ...or beer, I suppose, since it would cost me a lot less)

  5. Be rich and famous but not pretentious and give all of the money away (via parade: me on a float wearing super cozy sweatpants–that also magically make my backside look good–throwing out money like candy)

  6. Don’t throw money at anyone, ever

  7. Never ride on a parade float unless I’m dressed as Santa Clause

  8. Go to Fiji with said 6-pack and drink fruity cocktails all day under an ungodly amount of shade

  9. Go anywhere

  10. Never. ever. swim with sharks

  11. Publish multiple books (that make people laugh and cry and want to live)

  12. Meet Bono

  13. And the Pope

  14. Always have fresh flowers in the house

  15. Be that fun mom who laughs so hard she cries (with and at her kids)

  16. Invent and patent “Patience,” a marijuana essential oil roll-on for parents

  17. Shower regularly

  18. Go to the bathroom without an audience of small humans

  19. Learn enough about auto mechanics to not get schooled every. single. time. I take my car to the garage

  20. Ride bareback on a galloping horse across the great wide open in Colorado (in slow motion)

  21. Do anything outside in Colorado

  22. Stay at a luxury spa...or just sneak into the lobby long enough to get the aromatherapy smells infused into my hair until I wash it (see Goal 20: Shower regularly)

  23. Allow myself the dignity of feeling beautiful

  24. Plan a weekend retreat with my besties somewhere off-grid

  25. Hug each other until our arms fall off

  26. Amplify the voices of wise women

  27. Lose my mind (a little)

  28. Surprise the hell out of people

  29. Surprise the hell out of myself

  30. What the?!?!

  31. (Jokes)

  32. Find a way to make money doing something I love

  33. Find a way to make money – any at all

  34. Find a way to outsource laundry

  35. And housekeeping

  36. And shaving my legs (hell, all shaving)

  37. Learn how to not kill a plant

  38. Read so many books, all the books

  39. Wear real clothes three days a week (Ok, two. One, real clothes one day a week)

  40. Institutionalize Simple Sunday (meal = wine, cheese, bread, olives. Basta così)

  41. Eat and drink whatever I want without self-shaming

  42. Give stand-up one predictably awful try (That’s what he said. Amiright?!)

  43. Lay in the grass all the time (except when working or cooking or...ok, lots of exceptions here)

  44. Sleep in every national park (in a camper with our kids...aaaand earplugs)

  45. Listen

  46. Just listen

  47. To our kids, to my life, to friends, to God, to the day

  48. But not to the dumb shit

  49. Or the nay-sayers

  50. Laugh

  51. Laugh

  52. Laugh

  53. ‘til it hurts

  54. Cry

  55. Cry

  56. Cry

  57. ‘til I’m done

  58. Run towards the things I want (even the scary ones)

  59. Stop asking for permission

  60. Tell fear to give it a rest

  61. Believe me/you when I tell you/me you’re a badass

  62. Give myself a break

  63. No, give myself a round of applause

  64. Make peace with the guests of here and now: let them in, listen, show hospitality

  65. Expect joy

  66. Expect beauty

  67. Expect pain

  68. (These mean I am alive)

  69. Be alive

  70. Let go of dead people’s aspirations

  71. Eat more chocolate croissants




 
 
 

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