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.

Getting tattooed.
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Publish a book of my photos.
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Have coffee at Antico Caffe la Greque in Rome:
http://www.anticocaffegreco.eu/
just because Keats and Byron did, too.
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I want to learn how to properly use my DSLR…and just yesterday, I signed up for a class to do just that. I’m beyond excited.
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I want to live in Sweden with my husband for a few years.
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Go to England with my husband, who has never been. I haven’t been in 10 years, and I’m dying to go back!
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Buy a house in New Orleans and plant crepe myrtles up the driveway.
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live in NYC!
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I want to throw a really outstanding dinner party.
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Two weeks scuba diving in the Maldives!
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Sing a torchy song in a red sparkly dress while sitting on a piano.
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Learn to sew a quilt!
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surfing in costa rica. (checking it off next month too! woot!
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to write & illustrate a fun book for and about my kids 🙂
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renovate and live in an old factory (I’ve got my eye on an old grocery store in my neighborhood that just might do the trick!)
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Dogsledding!
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Complete a triathlon, ugh, yes, even the swimming part, just to see how proud my Ironman parents would be 🙂
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Run a marathon.
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Learn to use the manual option on my Canon. I’d like to illustrate the posts on my blog with lovelier images.
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Go to Canada: just checked it off the list, and, more important, I went with my husband who has never been out of the country before!
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I would love to see a great white shark breech in South Africa — someday!
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My Dad has always wanted to go to Alaska, and taking him there is No. 28 on my list. (Help me make this happen, Universe!)
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Ride the greatest climbs of the Tour de France
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I would like to get that pesky credit card paid off in a year!!! Love your site.
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I would love to take my dad on a trip to London. He’s never been outside North America and I’d love to show him Europe.
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See the Northern lights.
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Master my roadbike! I am a regular ‘normal’ biking person and bought a roadbike that I am terrified to ride. It’s been on the list for two years running so it’s time to make it happen!
Thanks for the opportunities to win those goodies. 🙂
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Travel to all 7 continents.
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An item on my life list is to watch the Kentucky Derby from a box seat.
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#27 on my Life List: “See a show on Broadway.”
On Saturday, my husband and I drove 100 miles to NYC because his picture was on a digital billboard in Times Square.
True story.
While we were there, we went to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. Check! The show was fantastic. And I absolutely had my digital SLR wrapped up in a scarf in my tote bag. 🙂
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#8. Write and illustrate a children’s picture book.
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Take skating lessons. I am so ashamed to be a Canadian prairie girl who can barely skate. 🙂
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I want to visit India. For a month. Either on my own or with a friend.
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Visit France.
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Learn how to read knitting patterns and actually knit myself something (instead of making stuff up as I go along and never really finishing anything).
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I want to finish writing my Ph.D thesis in 2013!
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Perfect a green chile recipe.
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I always said going back to school and getting some sort of degree was on my list. I finally decided it wasn’t going to happen unless I actually MADE it happen. I just started school again (part-time because I’m a stay-at-home mom) and will have my Associate’s in Accounting in a few years. I’m so excited!
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Hike the Grand Canyon with my daughter and husband.
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Make a blanket for Project Linus.
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See a space shuttle in person.
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Build a family business that gives my family stability as well as some flexibility to pursue all our passions.
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I want to learn how to sew pillow covers with my sewing machine.
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Hike the Inca Trail.
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I want to be able to do a decent cartwheel.
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See the ponies swim at Chincoteague, N.C. Loved the Misty of Chincoteague series growing up.
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I want to be a published writer. And I want to get paid for it.
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Go on a three day backpacking trip!
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Finish a baby sweater I’ve been knitting for seven (!) years. I’m pregnant with my second, so…no time like the present!
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I want to raise bees in my backyard!
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