When we were pulling together gifts for the Mighty Summit, we set a few aside to give away.
If you’d like to enter to win one, please share an item from your Life List in the comments below. One winner will be chosen from comments on this site, the other from Mighty Summit co-founder Laura Mayes’s Blog Con Queso.
Now for the fine print: Please only leave one comment on each site, because it’s the nice thing to do, and also because multiple entries will be disqualified. I’ll use random.org to select the winner, and I’ll announce who won at the top of this post and in a separate post next Wednesday. You have to live in the United States or Canada to enter, because holy holy the shipping is ludicrous if you don’t. Fingers crossed for you.
Update: We have two winners, announced here and here. Thank you to all who participated!
Here’s what’s up for grabs:
1. Ephiphanie Camera Bag by Maile Wilson (shown in top and side views)
These compartmentalized camera totes were designed by Summit photographer Maile Wilson, who used to wrap her DSLR in a towel and shove it in her purse. Sound familiar? Contest winners can choose form any of the designs and colors shown on the site. So you should probably get a yellow one.
2. Chevron Necklace by Feisty Elle
This delicate wood necklace is by San Francisco designer Leslie Yang of Feisty Elle, who makes light easy pieces that make you look pulled together in jeans and a T-shirt. We love this necklace because it resembles an arrow, which is a symbol of courage.
3. Tieks by Gavrieli
Gah! These are my favorite things. Tieks are beautifully made, non-skid flats that fold up to fit in your purse. Once you try them on, they’ll never leave your feet, and they stand up to years of daily wear. Contest winner can choose among the rainbow of fruit flavors available on the Tieks website.
4. Scarf by Mixed Bag Design
These soft scarves go with everything, and the Mixed Bag website allows you to hold fundraisers for causes close to your heart.
5. Bliss Beauty Soaps and Scrubs
In blood orange and white pepper. Do not eat them.
6. The Quintet Necklace by Lemonade Handmade
Another favorite thing that makes me sigh. Every year, Mighty Summit attendees make a list of five things they hope to accomplish in the coming year. This delicate, simple necklace symbolizes those goals. Tiny brass rings just within reach.
7. Daring Greatly, by Brené Brown
A book that encourages you to go be brave. We are pro bravery around here.
8. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, by Jenny Lawson
Mighty Summit alum Jenny Lawson, a.k.a. The Bloggess, wrote this movingly funny book, which includes a chapter on the very first Mighty Summit, and photos of me slaughtering the author with a meat cleaver.
9. Happier at Home by Gretchen Rubin
Summit alum Gretchen Rubin is once again on the New York Times Bestseller list with her sequel to the Happiness Project, a tome about a year of seeking happiness at home.
10. Oh Happy Day Piñata
Jordan Ferney, the genius behind the website Oh Happy Day, made these teeny eeny piñatas by hand, and they are perfect. You’ll wish you had two so you could pit them against each other.
11. Lands End Canvas Tote
These extra-large natural zip-top tote bags by Lands End are awesome for trips to the pool or beach, picnics, and summering on your fleet of yachts.
12. Daring Greatly Action Book by Behance
Get started on your Life List goals! This notebook is designed to help you plan visually, too.
Buy myself a piece of jewellery (preferably something involving diamonds).
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Train for Tough Mudder! (Unless I manage to get pregnant, and then train for delivery instead!)
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I want to bathe in the hot springs in Iceland!
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My dream of the rest of my youth is to find some itty bitty nearby performance of Godspell that will cast me.
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My life wish is to be healthy for my kids.
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Early retirement mixed with stay-at-home Nana and professional photographer. Both at my leisure!!!
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Put work, exercise and daily stresses aside and travel to Italy eating and drinking my way through the cities and wine regions.
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I want to build enough bookcases to house all of my books. I might need to build an addition to my house though.
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Get certified to teach yoga and volunteer to teach yoga to at risk teens.
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Do the splits!
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Take a train across the country.
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Spend Day of the Dead in Oxaca, Mexico with my friend Cyndie and her daughter Marissa.
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To actually get paid for writing something, instead of spouting off for free all the time.
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Take a few weeks to backpack through the French countryside.
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Stroll down the Champs Elysee, stop in a cafe for a glass of champagne and gaze at the Arc de Triomphe.
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To finish my graphic novel this year!
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Read everything Kurt Vonnegut ever wrote.
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Finish the book I’ve started in my head, on paper, so others can enjoy. 🙂
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To earn a living as a photographer!
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Eat a meal grown in my garden!
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Take more photographs 🙂
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leave a legacy with my children about living each day as a life list waiting to be fulfilled…
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Running with the bulls in Pamplona. The thrill, excitement, and sheer terror.
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Travel to Brazil, Chile, and Argentina!
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Learn bass and play in a band 🙂
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Climb to the top of the Giza pyramids 🙂
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