Another one of the assignments we did in Karen’s Pathfinder class was to put together a Life List. I’d seen this on Karen’s blog before and on Mighty Girl’s too and for some reason I was never tempted to create one.
Not even during the class.
But remember how I said I am a good student and I do my homework.
So I did it.
I came up with a list of 75 items so far and they are not in any order:
- Ride a hot air balloon
- Photograph all public parks and beaches in California
- Photograph top ten beaches in the world
- Visit the Galapagos
- Visit Antarctica
- Have one of my books for sale on Amazon
- Learn Hebrew
- Learn Russian
- Rent a house in Italy for a month
- Have an art show in a gallery
- Have my art in a book
- Visit New Zealand
- Get a Ph.D.
- Learn to make stop motion movies
- Learn to grow tulips
- Make bread from scratch
- Write 1,000 thank-you letters
- Throw a big birthday party for Jake
- Take a surprise trip
- Learn to sail
- Complete a marathon
- Attend the Oscar Ceremonies
- Go back to Seychelles with Jake
- Drink 500 blends of tea
- Visit all 50 states
- Photograph the Northern Lights
- See the fjords in Norway
- Learn to change a tire by myself
- Learn about all the planets + stars
- Visit the Sagrada Familia
- Visit Easter Island
- Renovate an old house
- Hire a professional clothing (stylist?)
- Get a small tattoo
- Rent a house over a lake for a month
- Experience zero gravity
- Go on a Safari in Africa
- Attend Feast of St. Francis of Assisi (http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/st-francis-assisi-feast)
- Learn to ride a bike
- Be conversational in 9 languages
- Taste 1,000 fruits
- Attend the lantern festival in Thailand
- Give a talk to more than 500 people
- Take a memorable trip with just David and me
- Take a memorable trip with just Nathaniel and me
- Visit all the National Parks in the US
- Photograph 250 species of butterflies
- Read 5 greatest novels of British, French, Russian, Italian literature
- Visit the Uffizi Gallery in Italy
- Read all of Shakespeare’s works
- Read 2,000 books to my kids
- Rent an RV
- Go to burning man
- Jump out of a plane
- Eat a super-fancy meal with Jake
- Donate one paycheck to a nonprofit
- Sell a piece of art I created
- Take 5 physics classes
- Cut my hair super-short
- Pull an all-nighter with Jake
- Work on a farm for a day
- Plant and grow a small fruit tree
- Learn to read music
- Learn to start a fire without matches
- Quilt a blanket for me
- Take the Eurorail across Europe
- Own a bookstore
- Start a nonprofit
- write a book
- learn to paint my nails and toes properly
- stay at the ten best hotels in the US
- Volunteer to hold babies at the hospital
- Read Modern Library’s top 100 books
- Read the Modern Library’s readers top 100 books
- Read Radcliffe’s top 100 books
- Drive comfortably on the freeway
I even made a list of my list items that are lists so I could check them off as I went along.
I don’t look at this as a bucket list or even a list that must get done at any moment. Just a list of fun things that bring me joy. So the idea of having them in one list makes me happy. The items might change over time. I will likely add more. I might remove some. And I might alter some. I borrowed some items from all the different lists I browsed in case any of them look familiar to you.
But for now, I consider this assignment done and I am actually glad I did it.
Do you have a list too?
I love your list. It makes me dream. I’d love to have better use of foreign languages! I know I have a knack for them. After high school, I spent 2 years in Israel, and my family sent me to ulpan with all of the immigrants to learn basic Hebrew. I LOVED it. I was learning the Hebrew alphabet with my 10 year old cousin learning the English one :c)
Lots of other things on your list I wish I could but wouldn’t dream of putting on mine :c) Love it.
why not? that’s the whole point of the list!! 🙂
i used to speak hebrew when i was 5 or so but forgot all of it 🙂
Cool list, I don’t have one (yet)
and about number 7 – I can teach you Hebrew 🙂
Shir, from Israel…
i would love that 🙂 it’s quite hard for me 🙂
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