This is a work in progress, a work from my heart, and I intend to do as many of these as I possibly can! It is a long list and continually growing! I don’t want to get stuck in a rut, I want to constantly challenge myself and experience all that this world and this life has to offer! The only things that others can’t take away from me are experiences and memories. I want to spend my time and money on experiences and learning rather than material possessions or a fancy car. One of my favorite quotes is from Mark Twain–he says, “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do, than by the ones you did. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
In no particular order:
–Visit all 50 states in a year
–Buy an RV
–Start an IRA
–write a novel
–get my bachelor’s degree
–get my master’s degree (in theology!)
–Spend at least one full day at the Smithsonian
–Climb the stairs in a castle
–smile more
–stand in the center of the Vatican and realize just how small I really am
–Walk along the Appian Way
–Learn how to scuba dive then go to the Great Barrier Reef
–Touch a penquin
–Swim with dolphins
–Ride a camel in the desert
–Go on the Holy Land Tour and spend time remembering Christ’s ultimate sacrifice
–visit a mosque
–touch, in some form or fashion, ALL the countries in the world
–Take a picture of me “holding up the Tower of Pisa”
–New Year’s Eve in Times Square, NY
–watch a space launch
–experience weightlessness
–take a nap in a hammock in the rainforest
–walk along the Great Wall of China
–See a bullfight in Madrid
–Become more assertive
–Learn a third language (Norwegian?)
–Learn a fourth language
–Read through the whole Bible, cover to cover
–Learn how to knit Completed: March 13, 2011
–Paint a painting Completed: June 23, 2011
–Do an agility course with my dog
–Go horseback riding along a beach
–Eat at a French bistro, in France!
–Learn how to ski
–Build something from scratch
–Take a self-defense class
–Learn how to crochet Completed: March 21, 2011
–Eat clam chowda in Maine
–See a Broadway play
–Go pairasailing
–Take a siesta in Mexico
–Go to a taping of a TV show
–Float in the Dead Sea
–Go whale-watching
–Fall in love, helplessly and unconditionally
–Drive on Route 66
–Visit the British Museum
–Learn more about organic food Work in Progress: started summer 2011
–Become a professional, certified interpreter
–Step my toes in every ocean in the world
–Plant my own garden
–Ride in a helicopter
–Go to the Indy 500
–Go to mass in Vatican City
–Go antique shopping
–African safari
–invent something and get it patented
–See the Northern Lights
–Winetasting
–Buy a plane ticket to an unknown location, arrive, figure out where I am and figure out how to get back home
–Ride my bike all the way around Mackinac Island Completed: May 28, 2010
–go on a train ride
–Attend the Sky Lantern festival in Thailand
–See Mount Rushmore
–ride on a dog sled
–interpret in front of more than 5000 people
–save someone’s life
–Go on a missionary trip
–conquer a fear
–ride in a hot air baloon
–take a ski lift up the Alps
–Visit Santorini, Greece
–Go to the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam
–Have chocolate in Switzerland
–Victoria Falls
–Watch all of AFI’s Top 100 movies
–Stay at an overwater bungalow
–swim with manatees
–Polar Bear safari in Canada
–Ride on the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls
–own a horse
–Polar Bear Plunge
–go to a luau
–ride on the Trans-Siberian Express
–Visit a concentration camp in Germany
–See a play in Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London
–Grand Canyon
–Drive across the Golden Gate Bridge
–Eat lefse in Norway
–Learn how to make blown glass
–See a solar/lunar eclipse
–Louvre
–learn how to use coupons effectively
–Discover a “weird” cultural tradition in another country, celebrate it and do it
–Step on hardened lava
