A few Life Lists ideas from Go Mighty that you might want to bite for your own list. Links are to the people who also want to do these things, so if you’re inspired or think you might be able to help, let them know.

– Eat a soft-boiled egg on the day it was laid.
– Go on a dinosaur dig.
– See an axolotl in its native environment.
– Raise money for a scholarship.
– Read all of the Newberry Award Winners.

Have you guys done any of these?

And if you haven’t added your Life List to Go Mighty yet, you should. Get over there.

I wish I was swimming.
Fiona and I finished our swimming classes! They were more difficult than I expected. When Fiona started, she was afraid of the water, so she could swim with a sort-of modified doggie paddle, but it scared her. The difference in her confidence was startling over such a short period. Overcoming a genuine fear with the support of friends is one of the best uses of Go Mighty — it changes so much about your outlook and your opinion of yourself. I’ll write up my post next week, but for now go read Fiona’s. (Also! Fiona debuted her new business — Signal Camp — last night, and was engaged a few days ago. Confetti!)

It isn’t all soft-focus moments of bliss.
OK, hear me out on this one. At first I was like, “Oof. I cannot lift my eyes to engage with yet another mom book.” But then I clicked on the video for Ali Smith’s photo project, which she’s been working on for twelve years. It’s been endorsed by Gloria Steinem, and is intended as a more feminist take on motherhood, questioning the social norms around the role. She can’t find a publisher, so she’s running a Kickstarter project, and I think her book has merit. Have a look at the video and see what you think. And Ali! Tell us more about goals, sis. I can tell you’re not a one-trick pony.

Do something good.
One of my favorite uses of Go Mighty goal grants is as an incentive to complete a project within a given timeline, rather than as a means of funding it. Olay offered $500 to the charity of Megan Peters’s choice, if she could complete her goal within a few weeks. This week, she did it, and gave her grant to the Willow Domestic Violence Center, where she used to work as a women and children’s advocate. Go read her affecting story about how she chose the center, and consider celebrating her success by making a donation yourself here. This one makes me really proud. Good on you, Megan.

From the Findery blog:

“…We make our human mistakes. Connected to so many, we are intimate with fewer and fewer. We squander our days in amusements. Instead of truth, triviality. We are exhorted to sate the urges of the millions, their sloth, greed, pride or lust. We are told that this is what will make us a success. This is a deadly cynicism, which we must fight.

Because the internet is a medium, it doesn’t care whether it transmits love or hate. It is what we build and who we are that make it what it is. We can build things that diminish our humanity or build things that bring us to human flourishing.” –Caterina Fake

I’m being more cautious about my information diet. Have you made any changes to the way you interact with the internet lately?