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.

To take a road trip with my oldest boy when he turns 16 and can drive. He just turned 3 yesterday 🙂
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Visit past foreign exchange students in their home countries: Australia, Venezuela, South Korea, Barcelona, Holland
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Quit my day job
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Take my husband to the place where his mother was born, where the Italian dialect she speaks is sadly becoming extinct.
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Grow a vegetable garden.
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Connect with my brother.
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Go to all 50 states in the USA and all 13 provinces/territories in Canada.
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Watch a volcano erupt.
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Take ballet lessons!
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Hike the Inca Trail
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to revisit the Netherlands (where I studied abroad) and show my husband all my favorite spots there
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go to NZ on the dream trip that my husband and I never got to take.
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I want to run a marathon, and be able to do 20 pull-ups. At the beginning of this year I decided I wanted to do as many push-ups as I saw the First Lady do on Ellen – 29 – and last week, I did 40!
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Buy a house, make it a home.
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One has floated to the top of the list, post wedding:
Have a child.
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Travel overseas with my kids. I
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To go to ireland and to travel there by myself.
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Visit my best friend–she’s moved to Australia.
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Live a life that is healthier both physically and emotionally be eating good, whole foods, and exercising regularly.
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Celebrate earning my fitness back after my injury by learning to surf at a surf camp for grownups.
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Go on a yoga retreat in a fabulous location.
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To see the northern lights.
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Spend a week in New York with my 3 children 🙂
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Get all of my photos- film and digital- organized, labeled, and browse-anytime ready.
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Go to Europe with my mom & sister.
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Snorkel with sea turtles!
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Run a nine minute mile.
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Attend a masquerade ball!
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Travel the world off the beaten path and meet
people who are NOTHING like me….and to live on a
houseboat. Ok, so that’s more than one! Too hard to choose!
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Have a well edited closet.
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Top of my life list right now is to become a mom 🙂
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Write a novel filled with magic, truth and beauty.
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Spend a year living in New England with my family.
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drink champagne in the south of france, at a point when i am LIVING in france with my family!
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Be able to make a good living working for myself.
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Take a carpentry workshop.
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Eat home made Mole in Oaxaca
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Host a tea party
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I want to own my own business one day. I wasn’t ever sure what kind of business, and the idea was sort of vague (where, when, what kind of business?) But after wanting this my whole life, and putting it on my life list, things actually seem to be falling in to place. I’m excited!
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I didn’t even know it was on my list til I did it….participated with 1700+ other folks in setting a Guinness World Record doing the twist for 5 minutes in Mt. Airt, NC last fall. I’ve never seen that many people twisting & smiling & having a ball before that evening. And we set a new record!
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I want to start learning to speak Italian. My husband and I want to spend more time there, and I want to be fluent in the language.
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I want to become conversationally fluent in at least three other languages
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Attend an awards show in Hollywood.
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One thing on my life list – hike in all of the national parks.
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Polar Bear Plunge on New Years Day
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I want to visit the American South and eat lots of barbecue.
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I want to own some Tieks 🙂 Just kidding.
I want to go back to the Netherlands and eat myself silly.
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I would like to plant a garden for an entire summer to use for cooking and sharing produce with friends!
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I would like to visit Italy!
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Watch The Nutcracker ballet.
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