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.

I’m working on a career change, taking classes and lining up informational interviews. It’s a little scary, but absolutely worth the effort.
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Own a coffee shop.
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Get scuba certified, learn to sew, culminating in learning to quilt!
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Hot air balloon ride. (and I Kobe those shoes!)
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Stay on a house boat in Amsterdam.
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Kayak outside of Candlestick Park during a Giants game
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go to iceland and the blue lagoon!
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To visit London, and to buy an entire set of Harry Potter hardcovers in the closest book shop to King’s Cross Station.
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To camp in every National Park in the US (58) with my family before my two little ones graduate from High School!
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I want to take a full month of vacation. Four continuous weeks of true vacation, during which I spend my days enjoying myself and my family, getting real rest, and do not once check in with the office.
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Ice skating on a frozen lake with my family.
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to sit at the top of Machu Picchu at sunrise
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To travel to Europe in a first class cabin.
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My Life List : to create and maintain a beautiful writing space in my home and an equally beautiful office / retreat. A room of my own!
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Go on a weekend roadtrip, completely alone!
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Write books that matter.
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Learn a new language…Spanish or Japanese.
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Visit every national park with my family!
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Visit one new state or country every year!
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Visit Russia.
Btw, this give away is like the lottery!
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Learn to take pictures that befit this beautiful Alaska island where I now live!
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See the Grand Canyon.
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I’m currently in the midst of item “live abroad” which is 80% amazing, 17% terrifying and 3% heartbreaking. And while I’m not in North America right now, having that sweet prize waiting there for me might make a visit home that much sweeter.
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camp out under the northern lights
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Sell everything that doesn’t fit in a u-haul, start over somewhere I’ve never been.
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I want to ride a mechanical bull in a dive bar.
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Write a symphony! And I’m finally going to do it, too–this morning I was accepted to a 3-month artist residency in New Mexico!
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I want to visit each of the 50 states at least once. I’m at 18 so far!
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Can something that I grew in my garden.
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Hike the Grand Canyon with my mom to celebrate her 65th birthday.
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I want to go snorkeling with manatees.
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Do a split. It’s harder than you think!
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write a children’s book 🙂
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To travel alone. 🙂
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I want to harvest cranberries. Weird one, right?!
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See the Southern Cross.
I was an astronomy student in college, and I want to see a whole new set of stars.
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Sew a TARDIS costume for Halloween. I think it’s going to happen this year.
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Scuba dive at night with the manta rays in Hawaii (Mighty Girl inspired)!
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Go on a volunteer vacation to Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica and nurse those little baby sloths back to health.
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Start my own company, and run it well enough to support myself fully for one year.
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I want to run a marathon!
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Record my grandmothers talking about their lives.
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Finish my PhD. Currently at the comprehensive exam stage, so I’m getting there!
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Learn how to pick a lock!
(how inspiring is this whole list!!)
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Take a yoga teacher training class.
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Learn to trust and listen to my inner voice pretty much all the time instead of just now and again.
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Run a marathon – finally.
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Learn enough Spanish to be conversationally capable.
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Find a publisher for my book……the lovely authors in this very gift have been super inspiring!
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Visit Every Continent (only one more to go!)
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