Mondo BeyondoIn no particular order... and I know this list is going to be long … but like you said, gotta put it out there. I know there is so much more.. but this is good for starters.
To travel the world with my daughter and show her that anything in life is possible.
To live in Paris for at least one year (I wanted to have done this by the time I was 30, but my job in America changed all that)
To refresh my ability to speak French and German.
To learn Spanish, Japanese and Russian.
To travel to Japan for my 40th birthday and visit Australia and New Zealand while I am there.
Visit Jerusalem not during a war.
Go to San Francisco and Sedona — as well as other parts of the USA.
Go back to Hawaii and finish the excursions we ran out of time for on our honeymoon.
Open a retreat/spa-like haven for artists and writers in Hawaii.
To be able to have the freedom to travel or stay in a foreign place for months at a time and not have to worry.
To buy a small holiday cottage back home in England or a flat in Paris — or both!
To inspire children in some way that could never be forgotten, the way artists, illustrators and writers have inspired me since childhood.
To always try to give back as a result of my personal successes.
Help my daughter to learn to be mindful of others unconditionally.
Make a difference in looking after our environment.
Open a studio, offer workshops and create an arts-type charity to help children who deserve a second chance or need a creative outlet for self-expression during difficult circumstances in life.
Always be comfortable in life, never having to worry and trusting that the universe will always take care of us.
Retire early.
Pay off the mortgage early.
Finish our renovations, landscape our property and (guilty pleasure) have an infinity pool (man I love those pools).
NOT have to sell and move because we can’t afford to live here anymore.
Convert the space above our garage to my official Leezaworks studio.
Spend more time cooking delicious meals.
Study a martial art to the highest level.
Get back in to yoga on a regular basis and be really, really bendy.
Be free of endometriosis once and for all.
Cuddle my hubby when we are 70 and watch the sun go down.
For my little girl to always be safe, and grow up to be smart, funny, strong, compassionate and independent.
Celebrate my children’s book success with a really big party somewhere exotic,invite everyone I know and love, renting a private plane to take us all there.
Go on multiple children’s book tours all round the world and spend time laughing and singing with children at signings.
Send everyone I know a box of chocolates when I make my first million. (I’ve been saying this since I was about 13-years old).
Reach for the stars and kiss the moon.
Curb all my negative traits and turn them into positive ones.
Teach.
Have a party with all the group soup gals.
Gain a Masters in illustration and/or design.
See my grandfathers and other lost friends/relatives again on the ‘other side’.
Connect with my spirit guide(s).
Meet a real shaman.
Hear the true voice of God.
Grow old gracefully and live until 120 without any issues.
Find true compassion.
Sing a song, note perfect.
Write and illustrate at least 100 titles htoughout my children’s book career.
Get at least five book deals before the end of 2008 — hoping for ten!
Give an outstanding, standing-ovation-never-to-be-forgotten presentation at an annual SCBWI conference.
Work with Robert Sabuda on a pop-up book.
Become more involved with SCBWI.
Be a mentor and make a difference in at least one person’s life.
Live by the ocean (I miss that so much).
Finish my YA novel and have it published successfully.
Illustrate an edition of Alice in Wonderland and have it published successfully.
