This past year I’ve checked off many of my dreams come true: competed at adult nationals; learned to surf; flew an airplane; learned photography; and rode the world’s tallest roller coaster. Many of my dreams were about growing as a person. I found a way not to worry about perceived imperfections and to start shooting life a little dirty letting the falls and...
Travel, travel, and more travel has been my life lately. I came home from Kauai only to leave shortly after for a figure skating competition in Oakland (which I’m happy to report I took second and third in my events). Days later I flew to Chicago and then Boston. Things have been moving fast: my book is going out to editors in the next few weeks; my business is...
“Paddle! Paddle! Paddle! Now stand up,” my surf instructor yelled. I put my right foot on the board, then my left in front. I found my balance for a few seconds and then splash I was in the water. I jumped back on my soft yellow surfboard and paddled hard pushing against the surfboard to lift over the white-crested waves that battered against me. On a...
The best thing about making my dreams come true is when I get to re-experience my favorite dreams: hiking half dome, spending a week on a beach, scuba diving, and of course salsa dancing and figure skating have made it a really great month. My Kauai adventure started off with a hike along the Napali Coast Trail. The bottoms of my hiking boots were covered with thick mud...
My skating coach Kris Amerine has been pushing me to be better, to strive for more, to believe in myself. One day, as she was trying to teach me something new she said, “Could you come from a pretty place first? I teach you something and in your fear of getting it wrong you lumber around like a spaz. Start from a place of grace and joy. You can be a mediocre skater...
Most of my life I’ve felt grounded by gravity. As a child, I would climb trees just to be off the ground, and I wanted to fly – to see the world from a bird’s eye view. I longed to know what it felt like to float on the wind currents. Maybe this is the reason that many of my dreams include flying: skydiving, hang gliding, figure skating (when I glide...
Last week I was ready to take down this site. I felt that if I couldn’t trust those closest to me, than how could I trust the world with the most personal journey of my life? My heart felt like it had been ripped from my chest and beaten with a baseball bat. Without getting into details let’s just say that two people broke my heart in a way that took me some...
Today was tough. There was a moment this morning when I walked off the ice and said to myself, “You get one minute to break down and then you get back out there.” I’d spent half an hour with my coach working on a new jump and I felt like I was progressing backwards. She said to me, “I don’t want you to start believing that you’re an...
This past weekend was my three year anniversary of my list of dreams. I decided that like a marriage anniversary I would celebrate June 10th as the day I made a commitment to have a deeper relationship with myself and life. I took the day off and drove to the ocean with the plans to do some hiking, spend the night in Sausalito, California, and then the next day at a...
Next week is the three year anniversary of when I made my list of dreams. As I reflect back on everything that has happened I’m in awe of how my life has changed. In three years time, I’ve lived in Florence, experienced true gluttony, lust, and joy. I’ve met an incredible group of friends that I’m grateful for every day. I’ve gotten to skate...
In 2008 Marci Nault asked the questions, "What do I want from this life? If I wasn't afraid, and didn’t play by the rules, how would I live?" Her answer was a life-list of 101 Dreams Come True that led her on a journey of self-discovery and adventure. Having completed over fifty of her life dreams Marci knows what it means to take risks, go after her deepest desires, live beyond fear, and to fall in love with life, the world and herself.
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