Not long after I divorced my therapist asked me what I wanted to do with my life.
He challanged me to come up with a list of things I wanted to do, to see,
to experience with this new part of my life.
The movie "The Bucket List" hadn't come out yet so I hadn't heard the term before.
It took me a while to start my list because it just seemed so silly. I then found a website called "43 Things" and that was just the motivation I needed to start working on my list.
Being a person with Wanderlust many of the things on my list have to do with travel. You will also notice a lot of baseball games...I like baseball!
I also have some basic life experiences and then some challanges.
Over the last few years some things on the list have changed or taken on a new direction.
Unfortunatly I haven't had to chance to complete too many of them....I think I set my bar too high with all the travel destinations!!!
I'm hoping by blogging about it will be a constant reminder
of where I wanted to be and how far I have come.
43 Things:
1. Go sky diving and keep my eyes
open Zip line down Freemont Street in Vegas
Skydiving is no longer on my list....have you seen the youtube video of the Grandma Skydiving??? Watch it and you will know why this isn't on my list anymore...
2. Plan a family reunion for my
WHOLE family
3. Learn to eat with chopsticks
4. Own an original piece of Art
5. Swim with Dolphins
6. Have a dinner party for 10
people and cook the entire meal by myself
7. Buy a New York Times Newspaper
in NY
9. Drink a bottle of wine older
than me
My wonderful husband got me a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon
that was a year older than me.
We opened it and it was the nastiest thing we ever drank...
but it fullfilled something off my list
10. See Jimmy Buffet in concert
almost had this one but ended up having knee surgery instead.
I still have the tickets to at least prove I was going
11. Complete the hardest running
program on my treadmill
12. Go to New Zealand
13. Get a picture with all six of my siblings
This was a lot harder then you think it was.
One of my brothers lives in China and only makes it stateside
once a year. I am so happy we were able to get this picture.
14. Stay in the best Suite in a 5
star Hotel
15. See the aurora borealis
16. Go to Red Sox spring training
17. Fly first class
DONE - - and it was everything I thought it would be and better!
18. See a show on Broadway
19. Go to an NFL game
20. Have a daughter
21. Scuba Dive
22. See my name on the Jumbotron
at a ballpark
23. Take an Alaskan cruise
24. Go to a Yankees/Red Sox game
at Fenway
25. Go to a day game at Wrigley
26. Go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
27. See Paris from the Eiffel Tower
28. Attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics
29. Go on a vacation by myself
I have actually taken a few but this was my most recent one.
I got to spend a few days in Seattle by myself.
It was a wonderful weekend!!!
30. Go to New Orleans
31. Drive on the wrong side of
the road in England
32. Attend a San Francisco and Oakland A's baseball game all in the same day.
33. Walk on the Great
Wall of China
34. Drive a car faster than 100
mph
I have tried this one....I got up to 95 and chickened out!!!
and look at this road?!?!? I couldn't have found a better place to do it.
35. Get a photo published
36. Attend an Avs/Kings Hockey
Game
37. Step foot on all 7 Continents
38. See the Sistine Chapel
39. Get married for the last time
40. Potty train a dog
DONE!!!
I was surprised but it only took Stella a few days for potty traing.
It was a long few days but once she understood she has been great!
41. Watch 3 movies at the theater
in one day
42. Take a cooking class
43. Go to a NASCAR race
So what is on your list? What have you checked off?
Please share!!!
4 comments:
Neat list - cool idea.
Great list, I'm a firm believer that writing things down helps you realize your dreams - way to go!
You are a very cool list. One on my list is similar to yours is the Yankee/Redsocks only at Yankee Stadium. BTW Fenway is a fun small field to see a game. Good Luck on finishing the list someday. I also took a peek at the previous post what great photos of your boys and what an awesome idea for photos of the children.
that is a fun list...believe it or not I have completed several that are on your list. think I need to make one for myself.
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