Life List
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.







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