It is a work in progress. Some things I may accomplish in a year, some in 40, some maybe never. And I'll probably continually add things as I age and change and grow.
You'll notice I left some important life things off. There are several mucho important things that I absolutely want in this life, but are not necessarily within my control and more up to the will of the universe or whatever. I don't want to include anything on here that will make me feel like an utter loser if it doesn't happen. SO: only things I potentially have control over.
- Visit one new place a year
- Climb Machu Picchu
- Re-learn French and find a human avec qui je peux parler en Français on a regular basis
- Go on safari
- Embrace my white skin for at least one summer
- Start dancing again, doesn't matter what style
- Learn a new dance style (maybe Belly Dancing or Capoeira or Tango, par example)
- More actively pursue a career (or part-time career) in writing
- Expand my exploration of photography (maybe with classes, new camera(s), lenses, processing, editing programs, or even just challenging myself to see the world in new ways)
- Learn to sew (not cross stitch, not knit. SEW.)
- Track down the international friends I made in Paris. Bei Bei, Vivi, Paula, Mikael, Latifa: où êtes vous maintenent?
- Drive the west coast of the US
- Tour Greece, Cypress, and Turkey in one trip
- Find out my family medical history
- Face my fear of cooking meat
- Skydive
- Swim in the Mediterranean
- Take my future child(ren) to Paris and share my favorite places and foods (or someone else's children if that's the path life takes me)
- Learn to bake
- Buy a house (but I'd settle for renting) and NEST. (paint, garden, decorate. that baby will be gorgeous!)
- And in that house, have a library. With a comfy reading chair and a rolly ladder, fireplace optional.
- Go sailing. Even only once. I don't even care where. As long as it's on water. And there's wind.
- Teach a child to swim
- Get my bike fixed and actually ride it places (or get a cruiser and look adorable as I ride it everywhere)
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Go on one of those amazing photo expeditions
- Jump off a cliff into the ocean, maybe in Mexico, Greece, or Hawaii
- Go river rafting again
- Read my poetry in public
- Find an excuse to wear a fantastically extravagent gown (and it better not be a high school prom)
- Try 25 (new to me) international cuisines
- Write a book. I have no clue about what, except that it will be non-fiction. Maybe travel writing or tales of retail survival or who knows what? The goal is just to write something. When that happens, we'll think about publishing.
- Bungee jump
- Read 50 classic novels I've never read before
Aaaaand this is where I ran out of ideas. I've been working on this for a week and couldn't get to 35. Clearly there are way more things I want to do than this. So at this point, I beg for your help, Internet.
Help me make my Life List! What things would you put on your list? Give me ideas! Okay, so I might nix some. It is MY list, after all. But share yours anyway. Please please please PLEASE? Tell me.
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Well, guilt brought me here, but I'm not sure what I can add without knowing you better. It's sorta hard to know what you should do when you haven't done it yet, I guess, but imagine how disappointing it would be if a good chunk of the things everyone told you to do wound up making you feel like you wasted your time :)
One thing I'll say for certain is that WHEN You accomplish these things, especially overcoming your fears (you're not the only person afraid of cooking meat... *cough*) you'll sorta know what sorts of things might come next. It's like climbing a tree to see over the jungle canopy: you have to start at the bottom to get to the top, no matter which branches you choose.
Like, relearning French, traveling-- heck, even family medical history could open up doors you never knew were there. 35's a big list for anyone, anyway.
Sorry if this was worthless, but it's the best I can do under so much pressure!!
Sorry for the guilt! Or am I? :) That was actually great advice. 35 is a great place to start. And I'm feeling like I'll leave it at 35 maybe and I can add more when I check some off.
THANKS!
Honey, as a fellow pale skinned woman... Embrace that whiteness. I don't even bother to try and tan. I've gone to many a tropical island and returned just as white as when I left. I coat myself in 100SPF. I don't even care if nothing over 30 really works, I will always buy the highest available SPF for extended sun exposure! Honestly, I would love to be tan but I love not dying of skin cancer more;)
I will help you with 3, 15, 19 and 23 :) someone needs to teach my kid to swim!! In exchnage I'll teach you to cook meat and bake! And I too wish to parle Francias avec d'autres.
DONE! woot! love you, Kriss!!
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