Life Is Awesome

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.  This is not my first list, I’ve already crossed off quite a few items from the original.

CAREER/CREATIVE

• Get my writing published.
• Enter a writing contest.
• Blog every single day for a month.
• Complete nanowrimo.
• Own my own business.
• Complete the 365 project.
• Have a photo published.
• Have a photo in an art gallery.

EXPERIENCES

• Get a tattoo.
• Go skydiving.
• Go bungee jumping.
• Attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.
• Attend the World Cup.
• Attend a Broadway show.
• Have a spa weekend.
• Take a photo with a celebrity.
• Watch a sunrise at the beach.
• Go on a hot air balloon ride.
• Eat only local food for a month.
• Cook all my meals for a month.
• Live near the ocean.
• Live on my own.
• Live abroad.
• Learn to play violin.

FAMILY/RELATIONSHIPS

• Fall in love.
• Get married.
• Have or adopt a child.
• Be a foster parent.
• Own a dog, or two.

FINANCIAL

• Pay it forward.
• Pay off my student loans.
• Pay off my credit cards.
• Become debt-free.
• Buy a house.
• Buy my mom something she wouldn’t buy herself.

PHYSICAL

• Run a 5k.
• Complete a triathlon.
• Go on a multi-day biking trip.
• Go snowshoeing.
• Go snorkeling.
• Snowboard in 10 different mountain ranges.
• Go kayaking in New Zealand, Alaska, an ocean.
• Do a cartwheel.
• Do a proper pushup.
• Do a handstand.
• Do crow pose in yoga.
• Find my happy weight.

TRAVEL

• Fill my passport.
• Visit every continent.
• Take my mom on a vacation.
• Drive across the US, coast to coast.
• Set foot in all 50 states.
• Visit London and explore the UK.
• Visit New Zealand and kiwi out.
• Go on a cruise.
• Drive to Iowa to buy some corn.
• Gamble in Las Vegas.
• Visit CUBA.
• Visit New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
• Visit New York City.
• Visit Japan.
• Revisit Franklin, TN & my childhood memories.
• Take a vacation by myself.
• Take a yearly trip with a girlfriend.