A List of Dreams

I have been spending some time catching the Creative Live teachings, and LOVED the one about time management. The speaker brought to mind that with purpose, diligence, and planning, we can make the very most of our day. This is something I have always struggled with. I am a classic procrastinator, which has held me back on many MANY facets of my life. She challenged the listeners to come up with a list of 100 dreams. So I started working on mine. I would love to read yours. Go ahead and leave yours in the comments below.


1. Have a more connected relationship with Jesus
2. Date my husband
3. Become a more patient person
4. Spend one on one quality time with my kids regularly
5. Pay off our home
6. Clear $1,500 a month with my photography
7. Have a successful blog
8. Renew our vows, and have an actual party
9. Meet my father
10. Become more diligent and focused
11. Be fit again
12. Do a boudoir shoot
13. Become a boudoir photographer
14. See the Grand Canyon
15. Kayak
16. Train Maggie Mae (our english mastiff) to be a pet thearapy dog
17. Lose 85 pounds
18. Have no cavities the rest of my life
19. Keep my car clean
20. Have a studio built on our property
21. Become more thoughtful
22. Have a redesigned kitchen, with an addition for a dining room and table to seat 12
23. Purchase my husband a piece of hunting property somewhere
24. Teach my children to be savers, and to live a debt free life
25. Be known as a generous person
26. Take my kids to Disneyland
27. Be in a position to mentor other photographers
28. Be mentored by a better photographer
29. Be an expert in strobe photography
30. Have a 5D Mark III
31. Own the holy trinity of lenses
32. Shoot the tulips at the Tulip Festival
33. Learn an instrument
34. Learn Spanish
35. Take salsa lessons with my husband
36. Build an outdoor entertaining space for friends and family to enjoy
37. I really wish I loved yard work
38. To be more careful with my words.... And facial expressions
39. Be the kind of person that turns people to Jesus, not away from Him
40. Be a contributing photographer for a website or blog
41. Go on a road trip down to Route 66
42. Buy my husband a real hunting truck
43. Paint the inside of my house
44. Have a completely designed bedroom
45. Be a finisher of projects, not just a starter
46. Photograph adoptable pets for Petfinder or other adoption websites
47. Read to old people
48. Be involved in mastiff rescue foundations
49. See New York
50. Be a successful homeschooling parent
51. See my children fulfill their callings, be passionate about their careers
52. Make sure my husband knows how much I respect and love him
53. Be a good friend, always.
54. Make my grandmother proud
55. Always see the best in people
56. Own a bike
57. Go to Ohio in October
58. Have a heart of contentment
59. finish the window seat
60. Have cooking lessons from a famous chef
61. Have central air
62. Read 1 book a week
63. Be a premier Adoption Day photographer
64. Get new blinds for the house
65. Get a lawn maintenance company
66. Have an Apple computer for my business
67. Have an iPad
68. Have a fully restored 1967 mustang for date nights with my man
69. Have a camping trailer
70. Take my family to Italy
72. And Ireland
73. And the UK
74. And somewhere warm
75. Teach my children compassion, 
76. Practice compassion
77. Be the home my kids' friends hang out
78. Be a blessing to those around me
79. Do unassisted pull ups
80. Do push ups on my toes
81. Go to Israel 
82. Go on an all adult vacay with my best friends
83. Have a forever stylish trench coat
84. and sexy boots
85. Find the right shade of red lipstick
86. Go skydiving with my husband
87. Be known as the photographer who cares more about people than turn and burn
88. Write a book
89. Always be encouraging
90. Remember peoples' names
91. Be the kind of wife my husband deserves
92. Make people laugh
93. Be the kind of person that makes people feel better about who they are
94. Run 5 miles
95. Lose my addiction to emotional eating
96. Find the perfect light bulbs for my home.
97. Take my husband to Africa
98. Donate 1 million dollars over my lifetime
99. See my mother be truly happy
100. Be thankful