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.

spend the fall in los angeles!
p.s. got the job, moving to la la land next weekend!
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I want to see pengiuns in their natural habibat.
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Run (all the way run) a 5k obstacle race.
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#43 Sing onstage in front of a crowd
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I want to go teach English in Japan.
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After talking to my friend, Meredith Sinclair, who just attended your amazing retreat, one of my life list items is to be able to attend a Mighty Summit someday! Sounds like an incredible experience! Also, I’d love to finally finish writing my book!
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I want run a half-marathon.
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Learn to sew a tutu for my daughter 🙂
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Live at the beach!
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Start my own business!
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Take my parents on vacation!
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Watch a meteor shower in the desert.
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I am *dying* to roadtrip to Mount Rushmore with my husband and kids. I’ve never been. I plan on camping, roadside attractions, cheesy t-shirts, the whole deal. The kiddos are just 7 months and 2.5 years now, so I want to hold off until they’re old enough to remember it, parent-controlled music, backseat wars and all. I’ve dreamt about this tripathon for three years now, every fall (the season in which I envision it in my head). I cannot wait.
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get into the habit of taking pictures of my boys every week so I don’t end up with just pictures of “significant events”
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Travel with my husband for two continuous years, through SE Asia and South America.
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Be fortunate enough to be able to travel to countries to help communities/families less fortunate than I am.
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Get 200 hour yoga certified & volunteer to teach anywhere someone needs a moment to breathe.
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Volunteer! – and now I am helping marine mammals!
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To walk again on my own with no pain. Had major foot and ankle surgery working hard to walk on my own. Can’t wait to play again with my 3 children under the age of 8.
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Take a photography course.
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to skydive.
(i am six pounds from accomplishing this.)
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Take voice lessons so that I can sing without fear.
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Climb all 7 Summits. One down, 6 to go!
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Learn to make perfect buttercream frosting
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Become a missionary and have a third child.
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Life list goal I am working hardest on:
– find work that fits my life, instead of fitting my life around my work. Is broken down into smaller pieces, but that’s my work for the year.
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I want to learn how to write and deliver heart-warming and witty toasts at celebrations for loved ones.
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Take my family to Germany, France, Spain, and Italy next summer. I was there long ago but they have never been and I can’t wait for them to have that experience…and my 13 yr old will get to try out her newly-acquired French skills!
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Right now the #1 item on my Life List is to have or adopt a child (probably the latter, as I’ve been struggling with infertility for the past two years).
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run a half-marathon.
just checked this off with the philly rock n’ roll. last weekend.
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hike the appalachian trail!
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Become a midwife!
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do something artistic every day (draw, paint, take photos, etc.), even if it’s only 20 minutes a day.
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Ride again. Grew up with a horse and has been years since I have been on one.
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I’m an Akron, Ohio girl-born & bred. I want to ride in the Goodyear Blimp! The object of that deep, grumbly whirring over our backyard in my childhood was always so fascinating. Someday I will float above earth in its tiny cabin!
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I want to learn to hybridize trees and create my own peach/cherry breed.
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visit all 50 of the United States
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Start doing yoga, even though I can’t even touch my toes!
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Drive a race car!
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Pack a suitcase for a trip without knowing the destination
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Write a book!
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by the end of the year I’d like to be able to stretch down and touch my toes
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Open up my own cafe/art space in Portland!
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Gorilla trekking in Rwanda or Uganda.
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Make Julia Child’s beef bourgogne with my friend Brian. We like to bake together, and we’re both up for a new challenge.
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Make a book of my daughter’s art.
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Have a photography show and sell some of my work! (BTW love reading all of these submissions.)
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I would like to take a vacation for longer than a week, because it has never happened and life is getting short.
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Help my daughter with her college apps and get her accepted.
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33. Achieve consistent subjunctive-style fluency in French
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