When we were pulling together gifts for the Mighty Summit, we set a few aside to give away. There will be Summit giveaways on Mighty Girl all this week, but this first one is a doozy. Here’s what’s up for grabs today:
I bought a pair of these perfect ultimate travel shoes a while back, and they’re one of my new favorite things. Tieks fold in half so you can stuff them in your purse, but the quality is amazing. They come in all sorts of candy colors and metallics — plus they pack flat and slip off easily when you’re heading through airport security. The winner gets to choose any pair for $135 and under. I recommend orange.
Photojojo’s Tokyo Dreamer Strap
I can’t believe how long it took me to replace my ugly, logoed camera strap. Photojojo’s Tokyo Dreamer strap really dresses up your camera, and even has a little pocket for extra memory cards or a lens cloth.
Lola Epiphanie Camera Bag by Maile Wilson
Maile was an attendee at this year’s Summit, and she brought along her bright Epiphanie camera bags. I use mine as my everyday purse and have finally stopped busting expensive lenses and gadgets by wrapping them in hand towels and shoving them into an un-padded purse. Now I can have my SLR, my flip, and my phone(s) with me without anything banging together and cracking or getting scratched by my keys.
And that’s it for today. Pretty good, huh? To enter to win, please leave a comment about something on your Life List.
Now for the fine print: Please only leave one comment, 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 Tuesday.
Mighty Girl 
Earn my PhD. in neuroscience.
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To have really awesome sushi in Japan, which I will be doing in two! weeks!
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You totally inspired me to write up my life list, and you’re right. It’s way easier to tackle things when you’ve written them down. So far I’ve swam from Alcatraz, met 2 of my favorite bloggers (yourself included), and unfortunately had to cancel skydiving plans temporarily…but for a good reason. I’m pregnant! Thanks for all the inspiration and sharing the love, Maggie.
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I think I mentioned this one last time, but it’s a current favorite: Play the Old Course at St. Andrews with my dad.
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Its been a dream of mine for years to open a holistic yoga retreat and spa in Central PA near my grandparents and the rest of my family. Its a big dream.
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Learn how to play the violin. The violin is in the closet waiting, but I’m busy learning how to ballroom/latin dance. So much to do!
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I want to make things of all kinds, and I want to start with getting my hands on a decent DSLR camera and enrolling in a photography class. Bliss…
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I would like to learn to play guitar and to knit. I would also like to complete a triathalon.
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My dream of visiting Paris is slowly becoming reality. Another one to start work on: become a certified homebirth midwife.
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After one of my best friends died in August I realized there is no more time for waiting to do the things I’ve always wanted to do. Since August I have:
1. Taken a 5 week Lindy Hop class with my boyfriend so we can dance more together.
2. Taken a knitting class. I learned I do not really want to be a knitter.
3. Taken a photography class to learn how to use my camera. I’ve only gone to one so far but I’m learning a lot and so so excited about becoming a better photographer.
4. PAID OFF MY STUDENT LOANS! What what? SUCK IT, THE MAN. That’s 40k bucks I am no longer enslaved by.
5. Started Health Month and have successfully gotten at least 7 hours of sleep almost every night.
6. Cooking dinner at home almost every night. This is good for my health AND my student loan busting budget.
7. Also part of health month, I’m doing cardio at least 3 days a week. Going dancing with my boyfriend really helps!
So here’s to living the life you WANT, now. Cheers!
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Go to a Liverpool FC match at Anfield. I’ve already visited the stadium but it was a few weeks before the season started.
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buy my first house. and i just did!
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Be a speaker at the Moth!
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I’m tackling two things on my list — learn to speak French and learn photography — by taking classes at Purdue right now.
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Visit Japan and eat my weight in raw fish.
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So is it too ingratiating to say that meeting you is one of the things on our life list? In my defense I actually did tell Cecily that I wanted to at Type A Mom last week, so you know I’m not just making it up now.
But I’d also like to take a photography course. I’m such a rank amateur photographer and I finally have a snazzy camera – I’d like to learn how to use it.
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I want to sell something made by myself. First, I have to get it together and actually make something, but that’s a thing I really really want to do
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To be in the room when someone else is giving birth as a witness and a support.
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Life List – Renew wedding vows on the beach in Hawaii.
SIGH. I think about it every day while working out……
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Raise a happy son 🙂
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Learn French.
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Probably the biggest thing I could cross off my Life List? Work at an Olympic Games!
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I want to sew a dress for myself. And with one sewing class under my belt, I’m that much closer!
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Ooh, pretty! Love those shoes. Number 14 on my life list is winning a national title for speech and debate. Only got 1.5 years left to do it before I graduate college, but I’m optimistic 🙂
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Have a baby.
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I want to travel to Italy and stay for at least a month. While there i just want to eat, cook and love!
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Love the giveaway. Love, love, reading these comments!
Just starting my Life List. One that will be at the top: take piano lessons. Never too late to learn!
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learn to play piano. or learn to play Fire and Rain on the cello. Or both.
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To find a way to sell my baked goods & jams that doesn’t give me heart palpitations. Or at least, gives me excited palpitations instead of terrified ones.
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I would love to tour vineyards in Italy…
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Maggie, the Life List thing has been such a tremendous inspiration for me. Here are some of mine: Take my family camping. Finish my Bachelor’s degree. Write something and get paid money for it. Sew an item of clothing and actually wear it. Post something on my blog every week for a year.
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For the Sporty Spice section of my life list: see my favorite team play in all of our conference’s stadiums. Four down, five to go!
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Learn how to sew clothing. I’d love to be able to make something and wear it and know it looks good on me.
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I want to take a bookbinding workshop at Hollander’s.
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Grow a vegetable garden. Small, I know. I haven’t quite learned how to dream big. It’s a little scary for me.
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I just started my Life List a short while ago (it grows daily), and I was able to cross one off about a month ago – shoot a gun. Wow, it’s a serious rush, and now I am now more than all set with firearms.
The “biggies” on my list include attend culinary school, learn to speak Italian, and pay off all of my (embarrassing, former relationship baggage) credit card debt.
Here’s to beautiful swag and living life to its mightiest!
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I’m excited to be crossed #5 — Take a Photography Course — off my Life List this week. It’s just a one day thing, but I’m already looking at signing up for another class after this one is done. And I LOVE that red bag!!
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My next item on my LL is to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Donate money to my highschool and my child’s elementary school. Donate so much money in order to be tempted to do it anonymously.
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I want to live on a boat. Even if just for a month!
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I need to write a Life List!! I keep meaning to and I just need to DO IT!
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complete a full on triathlon … planning on starting small with a baby one this spring!
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Compete in a triathlon!
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I want to travel to the places in Scotland where I can still find people with my name.
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Learn how to play Johnny Cash’s “The Man Comes Around” on acoustic guitar.
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What a nice tootsie roll pocket on the camera strap!
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Attend a taping of the Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart!
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To take my kids to see the ocean- out of my four, only one has dipped their feet in salt water!
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#43 Spend a day in the life of a Parisian cheesemonger
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I want to find a way to finish school. A few weeks ago my boyfriend and I took a very serious look at our finances, time and the amount of classes I have left and we’re coming up with a plan to make it happen.
I’m terrified but ready.
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