I have seen several sights regarding wish list of things to do before they “kick the bucket.” So because I like to borrow people’s idea, I thought I would create my wish list of things to do in my life. I have decided to call it my LIFE LIST.
So I am just going to start listing things that i want to do. If I have already done some of them, I will highlight them. If I have any pictures of completed items, I will post them.
I don’t consider this a contest or failing if I don’t complete everything on this list. There also may be things that I will add on this list over time. Regardless, I just thought if I wrote something down, I would get off my butt and start doing things on my Life List.
To be continued…
Here is my list as of September 15, 2008:
The Bucket List – Things to Do Before I Die
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- Write down your personal mission statement, follow it, and revise it from time to time
- Get married
- Have some kids
- Win the lotto
- Visit to Seattle, Washington
- Meet an Olympic athlete (Nancy Lieberman, Sandy Brondello, Claudia Neves)
- Drive cross-country on Highway 66
- Figure out how many licks it really takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop
- Get a life outside creating lists for a blog
- Visit the Great Pyramids in Egypt
- Learn how to change the oil and change a tire on my car
- Learn how to ballroom dance
- Watch the sunset at Florida Keys
- Get a photograph published in a magazine or book
- Live in Boston, Massachusetts (Lived in Brockton, MA)
- Visit Myrtle Beach
- Learn how to ski
- Draw something other than a bunch of stick figures
- Learn how to sew an outfit
- Volunteer at a homeless shelter
- Go to some fancy ball
- Buy a round of drinks at a bar
- Watch Gone with the Wind
- Own my own home
- Watch the sunrise/sunset over the Grand Canyon
- Attend at least one major sporting event: the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the US Open
- Throw a huge party and invite every one of your friends
- Swim with a dolphin
- Learn to speak a foreign language and make sure you use it
- Watch the launch of the space shuttle
- Visit friends in Los Angeles, California
- Pay for a family member/friend way to visit
- Forgive my cousin Frank
- Get a picture taken with a movie star — have a picture of Louis Anderson and me.
- Read the Constitution of America
- Spend a whole day eating junk food without feeling guilty
- Learn how to take a compliment
- Play in the snow on a mountain
- Give your mother a dozen red roses and tell her you love her
- Send a message in a bottle
- Plant a tree – planted one at my childhood home
- Write a fan letter to your all-time favorite movie star – got an autograph picture from John Travolta
- Visit the Senate and the House of Representatives to see how Congress really works
- Be the boss
- See a massive iceberg
- Eat caviar and drink champagne
- Take a boat ride around New York City
- Fall deeply in love — helplessly and unconditionally
- Shower in a waterfall
- Learn to play a musical instrument with some degree of skill – just got a flute (played one when I was in Jr High)
- See a lunar eclipse
- Get passionate about a cause and spend time helping it, instead of just thinking about it
- Make a complete and utter fool of yourself – have done this one a couple of time!
- Write my will
- Sleep under the stars
- Forgive my parents
- Visit Vancouver, British Columbia
- Find a job you love
- Overcome your fear of failure
- Donate money and put your name on something: a college scholarship, a bench in the park
- Accept myself for who I am
- Go up in a hot-air balloon
- Give to a charity – anonymously
- Go deep sea fishing and eat your catch
- Create your own web site – I have one, need to get it back online
- Create your Family Tree
- Catch a ball in the stands of a major league baseball stadium
- Reflect on your greatest weakness, and realize how it is your greatest strength
- Go on a cruise
- Visit Australia
- Visit one of the Natural Seven Wonders
- See an Aurora Borealis
- Make a quilt
- Buy a diamond ring for myself
- Get a tattoo
- Eat a seven course meal
- Go to Hawaii
- Own my own car – debt free
- Go on safari in Africa
- Be a bride’s mate
- Watch a baby be born in person
- Visit a Renaissance Fair
- Visit Mount Rushmore
- Fly a kite
- Sing karaoke enthusiastically
- Have cosmetic surgery
- Fire a gun
- Earn your degree — got my Bachelor’s Degree from Spring Arbor University in 2003.
- Get out of debt
- Save about 6 months worth of expenses in your emergency fund
- See a ball game at Wrigley Field
- Read the entire Bible
- Write my name in wet cement
- Acquire a great piece of jewelry
- Fly first class — there was that one time, but I mean whenever I fly.
- See a living great white shark
- Pay off all our student loan debt
- See The Monkees/Davey Jones in Concert
- Say “Follow that Cab” — in Chicago.
- Stand on the equator
- Have my picture in a newspaper
- Live abroad
- See the Harlem Globetrotters play
- See the Northern Lights
- Yell “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” in a crowded area
- Build a working piece of furniture
- Get professionally certified
- Vote
- Be on TV
- Be successfully self-employed
- Learn to play the piano
- Go to Mardi Gras
- Go to Carnivale
- Go white water rafting
- Do a fundraising event for charity
- Watch a sunrise
- Lose weight and keep it off
- Live by the shore
- See a Broadway play
- Take a night-time carriage ride through Central Park
- Host a family reunion
- Visit Italy
- Learn to play golf
- Live life to the fullest
- Have a family portrait taken (last one in 2007)
- Live in another country for a year
- Fly a kite
- See 10 movies on the IMBD Top 250 made before 1970
- Put $100 on red
- Go through my Outlook contacts and either contact these people or delete them
- See a hurricane
- Stay in the best suite in a five star hotel
- Touch the Stanley Cup
- Go on a demonstration
- Donate blood
- Wear a large hat at the Kentucky Derby
- Set foot in all fifty states
- Go a day without speaking
- See a NBA/NFL/MLB and NHL game
- Throw a dart into a map and travel where it lands
- Attend a film premiere
- Drink a vintage wine
- Start a business
- See on the beach — Port Aransas and Padre Island, Texas (Dec. 2008)
- Be apart of the beginning of a s new sports team – The Detroit Shock. (Thanks, Judy)
Did you sit there and write them all out at once or is this an ongoing list? You might wanna win the lotto FIRST LOL You might need it to have the hubby & kids
Great list, though
I really like the fact you’re calling it a Life List. Makes a big difference in how you look at it, doesn’t it?
Good Luck and best wishes on successfully accomplishing your Life List.
Cheers!
I did not know you wanted to do some of these things – a good read – thanks for writing.
Very extensive list. If you put your mind to it, anything is possible.
Yes I know it has beem 30 years but i do think about all of you very often . I tell my kids about all the things we used to do i know i was only 10 when we moved but i can remember things back when i was 4 or 5 . i feel like i just left and my heart hurts so bad i cant stop crying .I’m praying for all of you ,i wish i could be there please tell CINDY and your brother (dont know how to spell New-nee ) tee hee and your dad i love all of you guys . please wright back Teresa Hall
Hey mate, what theme is your site using? It’s incredible
I think that helping to birth a major sports team (WNBA Detroit Shock) should be on your life list – you can color that one blue! L, J
This is a great idea! I hope you don’t mind but I used the same idea and posted my Bucket List on my own blog… http://www.nicolescorner.wordpress.com
Lover those lists.
it’s a great idea.