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 
Create a raised-bed backyard garden with more than just one tomato plant!
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Travel the pacific coast with my husband, son and dog.
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travel! I want to be able to take gorgeous (as well as silly, touristy) photos all over the world; sometimes on my own, other times with those I love.
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Overcome my fear of heights! So I can climb the Precipice Trail at Acadia National Park.
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I got to cross off one of my life list items this month (see a movie at an old drive-in theater)! Another still on my list is to go fishing in Alaska.
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It’s really fun to read about all these goals. Mine is pretty simple: before I leave this earth, I’d like to learn how to darn a sock.
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Visit the animals my favorite yarns come from in their “natural” habitats: wooly sheep in Scotland and New Zealand, Alpaca in Peru.
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Write a children’s book.
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I would like to travel with my husband, especially the east coast.
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I want to take a road trip across the U.S. and visit as many National Parks as possible along the way.
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Expand the family dinner repertoire to at least 20 dishes that we all enjoy.
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Keep bees. I worry about the way that they are disappearing, and having a personal source of honey might make my life. Hence, life list.
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Be debt free (and win more free giveaways)
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Have another baby.
(This has been on my list for a while and now I’m pregnant and set to accomplish this in January.)
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To be a mom…happening in December!
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Go on Safari.
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I want to take my boys camping in the mountains.
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I want to learn to bake delicious, artisan quality bread.
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Become the kind of Mom that my daughter Maggie calls with any problem she has, and to give the best advice I can (w/o judgment).
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Visit my grandmother’s home town in Denmark, Hostelbro.
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Top of my list is to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, which I will do in 2 weeks, and to spend some time in nairobi and other Kenyan towns teaching photography to underprivileged girls. That part starts Tuesday.
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To create memory books for each kid! 🙂
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One thing on my list is to travel to the Caribbean and swim in the clear water.
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My life list:
Run a half marathon and have my two year old son and husband at the end to cheer me on. I am doing this in two weeks. I want to make him proud of me. Since giving birth I have lost 60lbs and still have a lot to go but I want to show him with a dream, a goal and a lot of hard work he can do ANYTHING.
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I’d like to attend a game at all of the MLB stadiums with my husband.
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Train trip across the US.
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#1 current item on my life list is not to let depression win.
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I’ve graduated from Pastry School and now I would Love to travel to Paris & Italy and continue my education in Pastry & Baking Arts.
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I need to finish my wedding album – we celebrated our 5 year anniversary in May. Also, I need to learn to live on less sleep.
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Write down memories of my childhood and my life so my son can read them one day.
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68. Paint an outdoor space a bright colour.
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See a great white shark. In person. In a cage. I go inside the cage. Cage goes in the water. I go in the water. Shark’s in the water. My shark.
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To travel overseas for a couple months, overcoming the fear that my arthritis won’t allow me to do so.
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Kayak the Missouri River and Sakakawea.
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Learn how to sew and make my own clothing.
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Go to the Arctic, and to Antarctica. Bonus points if either trip is for research.
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One of mine is to go to Antarctica. Something mystical at the bottom of the earth.
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Make a cake from scratch, including the icing.
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I want to learn to play the piano
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So hard to choose… Sew something every month. Stop being scared of exercise. Bake more bread.
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Bungee jump!
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To advocate for an equal pay for equal work bill, and see it passed!
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I want to kiss my husband on Juliet’s balcony in Verona, Italy.
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I would love to have at least one of my photos published.
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Forage for mushrooms and then cook a fancy meal with them.
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My overall life goal is to donate all the excess, move into a small functional space, and begin to explore the world. I want to begin using my disposable income for experiences and not for material goods.
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Take my husband and daughters to Granada, Spain during Semana Santa. We’re not Catholic, and I’m only a secular Christian, but Semana Santa is as close to magical as it gets for me.
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Take a Caribbean vacation with JUST my husband.
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What lovely gift bags! One from my life list: become a mother.
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Bake my own bread – regularly – instead of mooching off my baking wizard friends.
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