Bucket list

I am a list maker. Obviously, it would make sense that I would make a list of things that I want to do in my lifetime. And so, I present my bucket list.

The following are all quotes that validate my belief in bucket lists. If you don't subscribe to the term 'bucket list', figure out a different one for what ever you call your list of things you want to do.

"I don't dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living." -Steven Spielberg

"Goals that are not written down are just wishes." -unknown

"The future you see is the future you get." -Robert Allen

“Every man dies, not every man really lives.” -William Wallace

"If you don't have a bucket list, you're doing it wrong!" -Jasmine

"JAS YOU KEEP GOING YOU LEARN MORE IN LIFE." -GRANDPA DALE 

 I couldn't resist. source: imgur.com

This song embodies the soundtrack to a bucket list, so play (you'll have to click to open it via YouTube) and continue scrolling. You know you've always wondered what your life would be like with a soundtrack. Wait, that's just me? Well anyway, this also doubles as my shameless attempt to introduce you to Eric Hutchinson. =]

A few of these I have completed, but will make note of it later, as it was during travel. The ones that I have done and are not associated with travel will be noted below.

-----------[Just Because]-------------

• Be able to say “Quick, follow that car!”
• Work as a Disney Princess.. obviously I've got a head start.
• Get a henna tattoo
• Get a pebble to skip at least 4 times
• Be in a food fight
• Build a tree house
• Get a turkey in bowling
• Go to a midnight showing
• Grow a bonsai tree
• Stand under falling confetti
• Talk to someone who thinks they’ve been abducted by aliens
• Throw a surprise party
• Own a hammock
• Own an animal that isn’t common
• Play in the mud and get covered
• Ride down a laundry chute
• Make and drink butterbeer (yes I'm also a Harry Potter nerd)
• Put together a time capsule
• Solve a crime
• Get defined abs and guns
• Get rid of everything I don’t use
• Have a foreign pen pal
• Have a revelatory dream
• Learn martial arts
• Learn sign language
• Learn to drive in Lincoln- done!
• Learn to play the guitar- in progress
• Learn to speak French- in progress
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  source: statigr.am
• Live to be 100- in progress: 26/100!
• Speak fluent Spanish- in progress
• Touch a squirrel- in progress
• Build an awesome fort with pillows and blankets
• Fast for at least 24 hours
• Be a vegetarian for 1 week
• Run a half-marathon- Fremont, NE // March 2012 and December 2012
• Complete a triathlon- Ogallala, NE // July 23, 2011

• 

  Jess and I after a 500 meter swim, 16 mile bike ride, and a 5k run.

• Go to a Husker game

---------[On a More Serious Note]--------

¤         Change someone’s life

¤         Conquer a fear- in progress.. public speaking: getting better but still kind of freaks me out

¤         Donate an organ, while still alive- I've donated blood and platelets

¤         Graduate from college

¤         Participate in “Pay it Forward”

¤         Save someone’s life
¤ Become a Registered Nurse
¤ Start a non-profit
¤ Witness a miracle

--------------[Destinations]-----------

"GREAT JAS YOU KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND TRAVEL." -GRANDPA DALE 

¤         Go to Australia

¤         Go water zorbing
¤ Backpack across Europe

¤         Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef

¤         See a platypus

¤         See the Sydney Opera House
¤ Go for a run in Central Park
¤ Throw a dart on a map and travel to wherever it lands

¤         Send a message in a bottle

¤         Watch a sunset at a beach

¤         Swim in the ocean

¤         Shower in a waterfall

¤         Go to Niagra Falls

¤         Go to Roswell, NM and search for UFOs

¤         Go see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade

¤         Go to the Olympics (preferably summer)

¤         Ice skate at the Rockefeller Center

¤         Drive down Route 66

¤         Experience zero gravity

¤         See a show on Broadway

¤         See Old Faithful

¤         See something that is “the world’s largest”

¤         Visit a movie/tv set

¤         Visit all 50 states, and get a picture with each sign

¤         Visit four corners

¤         Visit the Grand Canyon

¤         Visit the Smithsonian

¤         Visit the Statue of Liberty

¤         Go on a road trip

¤         Get backstage at a concert

¤         Meet someone famous

¤         Island hop in the Caribbean

¤         Go on a cruise

¤         Visit the Galapagos Islands

¤         Go hiking in a rainforest
¤ Go on a safari

¤         Go to Africa

¤         Visit Morocco

¤         Meet my family in Morocco

¤         See the Pyramids

¤         Ride a camel

¤         Learn to surf

¤         Search for Nessy!

¤         Meet an Eskimo and visit their igloo

¤         Ride an elephant

¤         Climb all 1,710 stairs up the Eiffel Tower (wasn't able to the first time, because my mom thought my 5 year old legs would get tired.. I have to avenge my honor and all that I stand for.)

¤         Eat Chinese food in China

¤         Walk/ run a mile of the Great Wall of China

¤         Eat Indian food in India

¤         See the Taj Mahal

¤         Eat Italian food in Italy

¤         Ride a gondola in Venice

¤         Eat Mexican food in Mexico

¤         See the Aurora Borealis

¤         Swim with dolphins

¤         Visit Auschwitz

¤         Visit every continent
¤ Visit over 75% of the world. This means I need to visit 147+/195 countries in the world.

Comment and share:

• what is on your bucket list?
• what items from my list are going/already on your list?