Friday, August 1, 2014

My Bucket List

I know that I am only 28, but I want to accomplish and do a lot with my life. I have decided to start a bucket list and I hope one day to say that I was able to finish. The past ten years have flew by, and I wish that I could slow down time. Unfortunately, that is not how life works and instead of trying to slow down, I have decided to embrace it and start marking off things I want to do. I don't want to look back when I am old and say I should have done this, or I should have done that. 


                                                                         Bucket List

  1. Learn to play guitar.
  2. Write a song.
  3. Write a book.
  4. Get published.
  5. Take an art class.
  6. Learn ASL.
  7. Go whale watching.
  8. Get picture taken with a someone famous.
  9. Run for public office.
  10. Live somewhere far away for 6 months.
  11. Point to a random place on map and visit.
  12. Go to the West Coast.
  13. Take vocal lessons.
  14. Go rock climbing.
  15. Learn to kickbox.
  16. Taking dancing class.
  17. Learn to ride a bicycle.
  18. Ride on a motorcycle.
  19. Save someones life.
  20. Change someones life in a positive way.
  21. Ride in a hot air balloon.
  22. Go skiing.
  23. Jump into a pool.
  24. Hike the Appalachian Trail.
  25. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
  26. Run in a marathon.
  27. See the Northern Lights.
  28. Act or be an extra in a movie.
  29. Go zip-lining.
  30. Milk a cow.
  31. Sing Karaoke in public.
  32. Watch a turtle hatch.
  33. Send flowers to a total stranger.
  34. Give blood.
  35. Carve my name in a tree.
  36. Pay for someone's meal behind me at a drive through, or a stranger in a restaurant.
  37. Help build a house for Habitat for Humanity.
  38. Send care package to a soldier.
  39. Stay in a Bed and Breakfast.
  40. Tour a wine vineyard.
  41. Go on a cruise.
  42. Ride a train.
  43. Golf 18 holes.
  44. Skeet shoot.
  45. Climb an indoor rock wall.
  46. Go to Kentucky Derby.
  47. Take a self-defense class.
  48. Slide down firehouse pole.
  49. Find something cool with a metal detector.
  50. Send a message in a bottle.
  51. Start a book club.
  52. Watch a space shuttle launch.
  53. Take an improv class.
  54. Go to a book signing.
  55. Leave a 100% tip for a waitress.
  56. Enter a writing contest.
  57. Own a pair of designer shoes.
  58. Read "A Tale of Two Cities"
  59. Learn Calligraphy.
  60. Go on a ghost hunt.
  61. Order room service.
  62. Write letters to five people that have positively influenced me.
  63. Make a time capsule and bury it...then go back years later and dig it up.
  64. Go geocaching.
  65. Ride in a limo.
  66. Dress up fancy and go somewhere ordinary.
  67. Host a theme party.
  68. Go to the Opera.
  69. Go to a NFL game and a baseball game.
  70. Sew a memory quilt.
  71. Buy something off some strangers wedding or baby registry.
  72. Try 10 new foods.
  73. Go to outdoor movie.
  74. Be debt free.
  75. Hand write letters to friends and family and mail them.
  76. Watch a foreign film.
  77. Take a photography class.
  78. Get paid to take pictures.
  79. Try extreme couponing.
  80. Go 2 weeks without spending any money.
  81. Give up T.V for a month.
  82. Eat at a restaurant alone.
  83. Buy something from an infomercial.
  84. Drive across the Golden Gate bridge.
  85. Ride in a Taxi
  86. Ride the Pacific Coast Highway.
  87. Go Sailing.
  88. Shop on Rodeo Drive.
  89. Drive over London bridge in Arizona.
  90. Read the entire Bible.
  91. Participate in a murder mystery dinner party.


In addition to things I want to accomplish, I have compiled a list of places that I want to go.

                                                                      Places I Wanna Go
  1. Hollywood, CA
  2. San Juan Island in Washington
  3. Chicago on St. Patrick's Day to see the Chicago River dyed green.
  4. Paris
  5. Kentucky
  6. Maine
  7. Niagara Falls
  8. Glacier National Park, Montana
  9. Grand Canyon.
  10. Washington, DC
  11. Seattle's Space Needle
  12. Lake Champlain
  13. Mount Rushmore
  14. Monument Valley, Utah
  15. Charleston, SC
  16. Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, KY
  17. Halen, GA
  18. New Orleans
  19. Alaska (wanna see Ice Caves while there)
  20. NYC again
  21. Biltmore Estate again
  22. Hawaii
  23. Sequoia National Park, CA
  24. Savannah, GA
  25. Cadillac Ranch
  26. Lebanon, Kansas (middle of US)
  27. Atlantic City
  28. Louisville, KY
  29. Assateaque and Chincoteaque Islands