My Birthday to-do-List

34 things to do before I turn 35:

1. take more photos of everyday life (not only of ‘special events’)
2. embrace change
3. have a healthy, happy little daughter
4. think more about what I want and act accordingly
5. cycle a lot
6. have more parties
7. be more eco-conscious
8. invest in art
9. be less impatient
10. go to Italy – not just for the food, but also...
11. make my first pork roast
12. spend more time outside
13. find an alf (alternative living form/ alternative Lebensform), which makes work and life and love and baby compatible
14. wear high heels more often
15. become a child again
16. move back to Berlin
17. keep the love magic
18. manage to be a happy person with less sleep (see no 3)
19. pay someone to do my taxes for me
20. enjoy living near the beach while it lasts
21. realise more of the amazing craft ideas I am collecting
22. keep on blogging
23. spend more time with my family
24. cook an amazing polenta
25. buy less, recycle more
26. turn my new apartment into a beach house
27. be more open to (justified and constructive) criticism
28. enjoy the pleasures of ‘real ‘winter
29. live more in the now and worry less about the future
30. make more fashion myself – sew & customise
31. travel to countryside Japan
32. finish my baby quilt BEFORE the little one is born
33. keep my plants alive
34. be more courageous

I know my birthday was more than a week ago, but it still counts, doesn’t it? So hurray for the power of birthday-to-do-lists!!!