Sunday, June 17, 2012

Welcome Back! Bucket List

It's been a couple of years since I've written in here and I'm still in the midst of figuring things out. I'm nowhere near where I would like to be but I keep on trying. Since, as a friend says, I'm "still unsettled and in limbo" I decided to finally sit down and write my bucket list. My goal is going to be to try and knock off one a month (if possible). Bucket List (in no specific order): 1. Live abroad 2. Teach ESL to adults 3. See Niagara Falls 4. Attend a Broadway show (yay, knocked off!) 5. Get married again 6. Have children 7. Own a house again 8. Finish writing a book 9. See Iguazu Falls 10. Visit Machu Pachu 11. Backpack around Europe 12. Learn to surf (yay, already did) 13. Visit all 50 states 14. Join a competitive bowling league 15. Catch two balls in a kickball game 16. Kick a homerun in a kickball game 17. Run a 5k 18. Get back to being fluent in Spanish 19. Learn Chinese 20. Learn Arabic 21. Learn a little Norweigan 22. Become a vegetarian 23. Ski the mountains in Colorado (again) 24. Go curling at least once 25. Take a trip to Puerto Rico 26. Study abroad 27. Earn a PhD 28. Be a part of a neighborhood play 29. Learn Karate 30. Learn how to salsa 31. Re-learn how to swing dance 32. Take a trip abroad with a family member 33. Take a pole dance class 34. Take belly dance lessons (already did!) 35. Improve my salary someday :) 36. Swim with the dolphins 37. Camp at Yosemite 38. Go to the Boundary Waters 39. Learn to paint 40. Learn how to make pottery 41. Learn how to draw 42. Learn how to sew 43. Learn how to make my own necklaces 44. Learn how to knit 45. Watch the top 100 most romantic movies 46. Read every fiction book that has won a Pulitzer prize 47. Read Don Quixote in Spanish 48. Take a road trip out East 49. Take a rood trip out West 50. Watch the American Film Institute’s (AFI) 100 Funniest Movies. 51. Learn not to take what others do or say personally 52. Stop worrying so much 53. Learn how to speak up 54. Become a better public speaker by joining Toastmasters 55. Learn how to say no without feeling guilty 56. Lose 22 pounds and keep it off 57. Meet at least one new person a week 58. Participate in activities that are out of my comfort zone 59. Start my own tutoring business 60. Volunteer at a homeless shelter 61. Join a Big Brothers/Big Sister Organization 62. Volunteer with the elderly 63. Donate plasma 64. Sign up for "Be the Match.org" 65. Sleep in a castle 66. Learn how to play the guitar 67. Own a MacBook 68. Sing at karoake 69. Learn to kayak (yay, already did!) 70. Learn to cross-country ski (yay, already did!)

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