Life List

by Mary

This list is a work in progress. It grows and changes as I realize what things are important to me and what I want to do (and don’t want to do, like skydiving).
This is not my first list, I’ve already crossed off quite a few items from the original that no longer exists except in my mind (my favorite thing to cross of that first list was studying abroad).
This is the new list that is active and ever changing and inspiring me to try new things and experience life to the fullest, which is what this blog is all about.

PHYSICAL

  1. Run a mile.
  2. Run a 5k race.
  3. Complete a triathlon.
  4. Go on a multi-day biking trip.
  5. Do a bike race or charity bike ride.
  6. Go white-water rafting.
  7. Go rock climbing indoors.
  8. Walk up Rangitoto Island. (A volcano!)
  9. Snowboard in 10 different mountain ranges.
  10. Learn to salsa dance.
  11. Take swing dancing lessons.
  12. Do a cartwheel.
  13. Do a proper pushup.
  14. Do a pull up.
  15. Do a handstand.
  16. Do crow pose in yoga.
  17. Weigh under 200 lbs.
  18. Weigh 175 lbs.
  19. Find my happy weight.

FOOD

  1. Eat only local food for a month.
  2. Cook all my meals for a month.
  3. Cook my way through a cookbook.
  4. Go fishing and catch my dinner.
  5. Learn to make my mom’s best recipes.
  6. Grow a vegetable garden to supplement our food.

TRAVEL

  1. Fill my passport.
  2. Take my mom on a vacation.
  3. Drive across the US, coast to coast.
  4. Set foot in all 50 states. {36 of 50 so far!}
  5. Visit London.
  6. Explore the UK.
  7. Visit a South American country.
  8. Visit New Zealand.
  9. Road trip across New Zealand.
  10. Finish my NZ Bucket List.
  11. Visit Las Vegas.
  12. Visit New Orleans.
  13. Visit New York City. (Eat a hot dog. Eat a pretzel. Eat pizza. Visit Ground Zero.)
  14. Drive to Iowa to buy some corn.
  15. Revisit Franklin, TN & my childhood memories.
  16. See the Grand Canyon.
  17. Vacation on a Pacific island.
  18. Visit Japan.
  19. Visit Cuba.
  20. Go on a cruise.
  21. Fly first class.
  22. Take a vacation by myself.
  23. Take a trip with all my brothers.
  24. Take a yearly trip with a girl friend.
    2010: Coromandel Road Trip, 2011: Tennessee River & St. Louis

EXPERIENCES

  1. Get a tattoo.
  2. Go bungee jumping.
  3. Go camping with my husband.
  4. Attend the soccer World Cup.
  5. Take a trapeze class.
  6. Take sailing lessons.
  7. Go apple picking and make a pie.
  8. Have a spa weekend.
  9. Host a game night.
  10. Host a Christmas party.
  11. Host thanksgiving for my family.
  12. Watch a sunrise at the beach.
  13. Go on a hot air balloon ride.
  14. Live near the ocean.
  15. Live abroad.

FAMILY/RELATIONSHIPS

  1. Fall in love.
  2. Marry my soulmate. (Wedding photos!)
  3. Have or adopt a child (or 2 or 3).
  4. Plant a tree for each of my children with my husband.
  5. Build a tree house with my family.
  6. Research my family history.
  7. Be a foster parent.
  8. Own a dog, or two.

FINANCIAL

  1. Pay it forward.
  2. Pay off my student loans.
  3. Pay off my credit cards.
  4. Buy a house.
  5. Become debt-free.
  6. Buy my mom something she wouldn’t buy herself.
  7. Take a financial planning course or meet with an adviser.
  8. Create and read a personal MBA reading list.
  9. Create a college scholarship.
  10. Find a charity & support it financially long term.

CAREER/CREATIVE

  1. Own my own business.
  2. Redesign all my blogs.
  3. Have something written published.
  4. Complete the 365 project.
  5. Have a photo published.
  6. Take a photography class to learn more.
  7. Learn to sew and sew an outfit.