Once Upon Amanda

I like music, good food and pretty things. I can't parallel park or use scissors correctly. I'll probably bake you something just because. I'm a twin, I'm genetically engineered to share.

I’m learning more and more that when you actually share your dreams, the more they come true. Everyone has some kind of “to do” adventure list. Here’s mine, in no particular order, not exhaustive, etc etc:

  1. Learn to play my guitar that’s been gathering dust
  2. Skydive
  3. Go on a meditation retreat in India (what? so I watched Eat Pray Love)
  4. Do a headstand in yoga
  5. Fall madly, deeply, head over heels in love with a wonderful man. (My parents have set the bar high, and my hopeless romantic expectations) 
  6. Tour the inside of a pyramid
  7. Start my own business
  8. Become a thought leader in the social enterprise business
  9. Dye my hair red
  10. Summit a mountain
  11. Perform in a burlesque show (again, yes, watching the movie)
  12. Go ice skating
  13. Work in New York City
  14. Visit Iceland and Greece (and lots of other places)
  15. Run a (official) half marathon (maybe a full. Can you say ‘maybe’ in these lists?) Oh, on the Great Wall of China!
  16. Give a talk at TEDx
  17. Wear red lipstick without thinking the whole time “I’m wearing red lipstick”
  18. Become fluent/conversational in French
  19. Travel with Nicky Yates
  20. Pay for my parents to visit Ireland
  21. Publish a creative writing piece
  22. Submit my photography to a gallery
  23. Plan a roadtrip trip with no agenda except for an end point
  24. Be elbows deep in a volunteer project in a third world country
  25. Get a tattoo, or at least quit going back and forth if I want one or not.
  26. Ski the Swiss Alps
  27. Play the piano more often
  28. Become a bike commuter (I walk now…does that count?)
  29. Attend a cooking school in France
  30. Ride a motorcycle down HWY 1
  31. Attend the World Cup
  32. Volunteer
  33. Start contributing to my 401k monthly again
  34. Rock climb
  35. Go surfing