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 
I hope to run a 5K. I know that’s a little goal in terms of races, but it’s a big deal in terms of my health challenges (lupus and asthma primarily.)
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On my life list is to deal with work stress in a better way– or find a different job.
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Take my kids on a long trip out of the country, to broaden our family horizons.
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to perfect my version of the apple pie
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Number 11 on my life list: Go one full week without speaking.
(*Fingers crossed* for the giveaway.)
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Attend all the Grand Slam tennis tournaments — we already have the French Open under our belts and we are flying to Melbourne for the Australian Open in January!
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get a research grant
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Take my boys to Italy for a solid month.
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Hike to Machu Picchu
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Travel internationally with my son & husband.
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Soak in a thermal bath in Iceland.
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I want to drive across the country with my sister.
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I want to tailgate at Lambeau Field before a Packers game with my family.
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Take care of my parents the way they’ve always taken care of me.
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Make out more often with my huzzy.
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One thing on my life list is to be completely and utterly happy (most of the time.) 🙂
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i recently added this item to my list — i want to hike the west coast trail on vancouver island. it’s a crazy 47 mile backpacking trip that takes several days, and i’m terrified of it. but i think that automatically means it has to be on my list.
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Start a ladies ukulele band. Done!
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Go to Comic-Con!
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Design and print something that ISN”T for a client. It’s time.
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Visit South Africa!
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Circumnavigate the earth.
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Life list #36: Throw a party for my favorite 20 people where I pay for their travel, lodging, and entertainment for a weekend.
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Looking at my list today I just realized I completed an item this summer. My son and I learned all the Greek Myths! Now onto #39: make pasta from scratch– it always tastes better than any other!
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One entry on my life list is to run a 5k with my husband. I’ve never run a full mile without stopping, and to complete a race would be amazing!
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Travel somewhere that scares me.
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I want to learn to draw a perfect circle!
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Volunteer abroad, somewhere where I can be of help.
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Learning to sew. Finally.
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Still working on my life list, but here’s one that I have no idea how to tackle:
-Be in a room full of stylish people, and not only be just as stylish as them, but FEEL just as comfortable as I normally do.
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Embrace home as sanctuary – even in this crazy military life where home is just wherever we are. I want to do that well – for me, for kids.
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item #45 – visit a charity: Water well!
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OMG, this one sounds so cheesy, but it’s the newest one on an old list that needs a refresh, something I realized is an endless source of good and that I feel increasingly bad when I stray from: approach people and situations with an open heart.
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one thing on my life list is run a 1/2 marathon. i really hate running, but i like pushing myself. in jan ill be running those 13 miles if it kills me.
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Visit South America! Plans are in the works for a 2013 trip!
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As part of my goal of participating more, I want to learn to play guitar and then busk downtown.
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Create soundtracks for different periods of my life.
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Attending a wedding in India. I may even get to do it next year! Yay!
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(re)learn Spanish, and travel extensively in Mexico
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i want to teach my baby how to say mama.
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My life list has one item, and it has taken me a long time to get to this, but in a months time I am going to have a hysterectomy and give myself my life back from the pesky fibroids that have held me at ransom (and made me look 6 months pregnant) for the Past 5 years!
PS. I am in Australia but will PAY FOR MY OWN FREIGHT! Just so I can finally take part in a mighty giveaway!
Cheers, dani
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Go on a Mediterranean Cruise with my husband for our 10th anniversary!
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Visit Sweden!
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Buy my parents a pontoon boat.
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#22 on my list is: go back to school for something that I love, not need.
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Spend an hour a day learning something new, be it useful or just interesting.
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Write a book. Soon. And publish it myself if I have to.
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Take my mom to Sicily.
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to live in Spain and write a book about it
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See all seven continents (four down, three to go!).
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