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 
Forgive. I mean really, really forgive.
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Live abroad for at least one month.
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To go to jail with my brother- whether to bail him out or get caught doing something ludicrous. We’re not especially close but as kids we had a knack for getting in trouble- and I can’t think of a better way to bond 🙂
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Oh my these are awesome prizes. I want to travel off the mainland of America at least once in my life.
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Take each of my nephews on a camping trip (one per nephew).
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to live in montana.
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Wear a fresh-picked Hibiscus flower in my hair, in Hawaii
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Be comfortable with ambiguity
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To work on finding a good work/life/sleep/school/me time balance
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Own a house and pick every wall’s paint color
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Host a multi-course dinner party.
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To help this man get where he needs to be, and then marry him.
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Come back to the book I’ve been working on, on and off for ten years, and see it all the way through to the end. Even if I have to publish it myself!
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I’m cleaning out my closet to make room for our baby due in February. We’re also trying to save more money.
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Make a quilt….this may take me my entire life!
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Oh, what a great grab bag! I’d like to sew something that I can wear. And it can’t look like a sack. It has to be compliment-worthy. Thanks for the chance!
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Buy a house for my daughter and I so she can have her own garden and a cat.
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Throw a costume party for ALL of my friends. I’ve wanted to do this for years, and next month I’m DOING IT! AAAHHH!!!
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Write and publish a YA book about growing up gay.
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Become an urban farmer.
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win something off the internet. seriously. i have the worst luck.
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take my mom to Europe!
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learn to drive stick shift
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Learn Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” – both vocals and harmonica – and perform it in public.
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I want to visit Europe with my husband.
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Enjoy running
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Get to do a post-show visit backstage at a Broadway theater
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Buy my mom and I’s dream house that we’ve always talked about since I was a little girl.
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Perform the Copland Clarinet Concerto with a symphony orchestra.
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Complete my Master’s Degree!!
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Take a romantic vacation with my lover!
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I want to get a Masters in Library Science.
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I want to learn beekeeping!
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Drive what is left of the old Route 66 in convertible.
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Travel to New Zealand to visit the spots filmed in the Lord of the Rings movies.
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Spend a year in Europe; traveling, visiting, experiencing it at a leisurely pace.
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I want to learn how to drive a motorcycle, take it on a road trip, and make it to the west coast.
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Join a book club or writing group where I feel driven and accepted.
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go to italy and learn to speak italian fluently
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Soak in the hot springs of Iceland
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One of the things on my Life List is to Climb Croagh Patrick in Ireland.
Thanks for the giveaway, Maggie!
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Start my own business, an herb farm with an apothecary, tea room, and spa, in a small artsy cow town.
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One of the things on my life list that I’ve always dreamed of doing but never had the chance is to sing our nation’s anthem at a public event. I’ve performed in front of audiences since I was a kid but never sang the anthem. I love every line of that song and am so overcome with pride when I hear it played.
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Live abroad with my little family while my daughter is young enough to immerse herself in the local culture with no hesitation (and feel comfortable with the native language, whatever it may be).
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Do a mud run or obstacle course. They look so fun! But I REALLY want to do a mini triathlon some day.
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Make a perfect kouign aman.
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Learn how to play the drums like a total bad-ass.
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Write a book.
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Live in another country.
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Visit the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador with my son, who will be fascinated by the marine life.
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