(Image from Google, Karen Boyes. I don’t own it-it was just cute.)
I have a hundred things on my mind right now, but that means that the best thing I could do is write down my bucket list. Not only had I mentioned I would earlier, but I most of the stuff on my mind has to do with that, so why not!
Now, I’m not sure any of you need the definition of a bucket list, but for sanity’s sake-A bucket list is a list of things that the individual would like to accomplish before they “kick the bucket” (die). And here’s mine.
- Whale watching
- Cliff Diving
- Learn to ice skate
- Learn to surf
- Swim in a waterfall
- Slow dance in the rain
- Witness a miracle
- Visit Canada
- Save a life
- Visit Ireland
- Visit England
- Visit Scotland
- Help turtles hatch and reach the ocean
- Be the starfish girl
- Eat pasta in Italy
- Eat bread in France
- See the Great Barrier Reef
- See Stonehenge
- Venetian gondola ride
- Get published
- Learn guitar
- Stand in the Sistine Chapel
- See the Mona Lisa in person
- Have lunch with a famous person
- See the Northern Lights
- Stand in a phone booth
- See Platform 9 ¾
- Visit Forks, WA
- Ride in Hot Air Balloon
- Zorbing
- Kiss under Mistletoe
- Live by the ocean
- Learn to scuba
- Make the perfect cup of coffee
- Learn how to make latte art
- Be fearless
- Own a 1967 Chevy Impala
- Make epic, award worthy cosplay
- Perfect cat eye
- Go fire walking
- Read a book in something other than English
- Visit every museum and zoo in the state I live in
- Visit Cueva de los Manos
- Leave a note in Juliet’s Wall
- Make someone smile more often than cry
- Be invited to a PowWow
- Stop worrying
- Stop micromanaging
- New Orleans Mardi Gras
- Swim with dolphins
- See Heaven’s Trail
- Give Christmas to a children’s hospital
- Replace my wardrobe with clothes I actually like
- Repay all the kindnesses
- Change the world
I know there are more-I’m just not entirely sure I could remember anything else. (Clearly haven’t mastered that perfect coffee haha!) But I think this is a pretty solid list-and I’m going to get started on it right away.
I’ll let you in on a secret.
I’m tired of people telling me what I do and do not know, what I need to do to know things, how much I’m allowed to know. I’ve spent the last two decades being told I can never know everything, but being held accountable for everything regardless, only to find that every year or so, what I know is obsolete information. I may never meet the standards of knowing. But I’m ready for something else. If after 20 years knowing things doesn’t make me happy, I’ve got to change things. So these next twenty years aren’t going to be “knowing” years-they’re going to be “experience” years. I’m gonna do things, see things, live things. So that when I get to the next fork in the road, the only thing I’ll know is myself.
To Be an Equal 