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.
Mighty Girl 
Preform live with a band. Every band I’ve ever been in has never made it out of the garage/warehouse/basement or played for more than 5 people at a time. Even if it’s only 1 song, it would be amazing.
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Write a book!
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run a marathon!
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Write something that people I admire will admire.
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Learn to speak French fluently.
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Thanks!!!
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eat at french laundry!
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I would love to live overseas, preferably Paris!
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this made me go look at my life list, which I hadn’t looked at in months – thanks! Item # 22 – Learn to juggle.
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Something wonderful on my Life List is to go to New Orleans! The city has been in my heart since I was a child (thanks to Disneyland’s New Orleans Square), yet I’ve never been there. I want to see the historical sights and hear the Southern sounds of nature. I want to feel the humidity and smell the deep scents of jasmine. I want to taste all of the full and spicy flavors! New Orleans amazes me 🙂
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Swim with dolphins!!
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Learn to bake bread. I started a few weeks ago, but I’m not quite there yet. Baby steps.
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I would love to visit Montreal and I would love become fluent in a second language.
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Travel to Europe with my husband and daughter when she gets old enough to remember it!
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Hike the Grand Canyon. A mix of beauty and adventure all in one!
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Learn how to play the bass guitar and perform in front of a live audience.
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Have a gin and tonic at the Algonquin Hotel, like Dorothy Parker
I *WILL* be doing this before I hopefully move from NYC this year 🙂
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i watched a video this morning about a reinforced underground hide in africa from which you can photograph elephants and other wildlife from such a unique perspective…this has become the new #1 on my Life List
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Take my sons on a solo trip to Italy, so they can see where their grandmother grew up.
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Live in another country for at least 1 year.
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Take a year off to travel with my husband and kids!
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run marathon post baby
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Publish my first book! And then my second, third…
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Go to Disney World with my husband, son, and extended family.
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Mighty Summit sounds incredible! Love the idea of creating 5 goals and having a necklace be a daily reminder. On my list (maybe not this year, but sometime!) is to get my artwork published in a magazine. 🙂
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Life list #43: Take a year off to travel the world with my husband and children.
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#14: Go on a trip by myself. I’ve never really ever done that. Ever.
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I want to travel with my hubby to Europe.
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I have two ideas for children’s books, so my goal is to write them!
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I want to arrange and perform in a one-woman cabaret show!
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Publish a book of my photographs and sell at least one copy to a stranger.
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To live with my family (husband and two kids) in another country (e.g., Europe etc.) for a year.
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When I was little, my mom sang us a song about Mr. Moon, and I can’t wait to put those lyrics (her own!) in a book and give it to her on Christmas morning. Someday!
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Tolerate hipsters better
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Go on a bike trip around Cape Breton with my husband and two daughters.
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Bike through Italy!
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Go to Jamaica
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to go diving with whales!
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Run a marathon! I have already completed three 5k’s this year. Onward!
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Earn a WERQ from Tom and Lorenzo.
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Put on a gorgeous dress and dance with a handsome man to “Dance me to the End of Love,” by Madeline Peyroux.
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I am going to learn to make shoes that are simple, useful and lovely for me and my sisters to wear.
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Write & publish a book!
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Get another motorcycle.
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Have a conversation in sign language.
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Do field research on Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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Learning to suba dive.
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Live in Italy for a year.
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Don my favourite 1940’s frock, mix a good stiff G&T and throw some shapes on the dancefloor at a Blitz Party in London (http://www.theblitzparty.com/)
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Just completed one! We had our first baby! Next on my list: making number two 🙂
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