Life List, Bucket List, Whatever You Want to Call It
I've decided that I need to be more positive about my life.
Between working a job that one wouldn't call exciting and being (for all intents and purposes) broke, the downward spiral into a boredom-induced stupor has been swift. I whine. I fuss. I watch a lot of TV. And since I can't seem to get serious about doing any one thing, I decided to write down all the things I feel would make my life better. I included things I can do within the confines of my every day life as well as things that require a little more courage and financial planning. Stuff to learn, stuff to make, places to see, items to acquire, etc. etc.
Now, compiling my life list didn't do anything earth-shattering for me. I haven't found Jesus or made a medical discovery. But it makes me happy to look at it and think that someday I really will do this stuff. So, hooray!
Here's my list. I'd love to see what other people put on their life lists, so please do share.
My List:
Take a dance class
Go on an Irish pub crawl (in Ireland)
Send my mom on a long vacation
Have a tire swing
Visit every continent
Commit to some type of volunteer work long-term
Write every day
Take a road trip from one U.S. coast to the other
Donate a significant amount of money to a cause I am passionate about
Set up a scholarship for a person paying their own way through college
Work on my relationship with my brother
Get to know my mom's side of the family
Own a home on the Mississippi River
Be politically informed
Adopt senior dogs and cats and give them a loving home
Raise a newborn puppy or kitten that's been orphaned
Teach my kids to perform random acts of kindness
Perform random acts of kindness myself
Join a volleyball team
Be less judgmental
Keep my house clean for more than two days at a time
Throw away/Donate stuff I don't use (clear out the clutter)
Send hand-written letters to people
Maintain a consistent exercise regimen
Be able to sing on-key in front of an audience
Take guitar lessons
Take piano lessons
Live as a vegan for a month
See all 50 states legalize gay marriage
Be a patient and level-headed mother
Learn how to sew
Have a successful vegetable & herb garden
Learn my way around a new place within two weeks of moving there
Be excited about something in my life every day
Spend a month touring wineries in Napa Valley
Visit Charlottesville again one day
Be more involved in the lives of my half-siblings
Perform grand loving gestures
Be considered an expert at something
Spend an entire year traveling
Learn Spanish
Help solve a crime
Go kayaking
Tour as many Chicago Blues bars as possibleBetween working a job that one wouldn't call exciting and being (for all intents and purposes) broke, the downward spiral into a boredom-induced stupor has been swift. I whine. I fuss. I watch a lot of TV. And since I can't seem to get serious about doing any one thing, I decided to write down all the things I feel would make my life better. I included things I can do within the confines of my every day life as well as things that require a little more courage and financial planning. Stuff to learn, stuff to make, places to see, items to acquire, etc. etc.
Now, compiling my life list didn't do anything earth-shattering for me. I haven't found Jesus or made a medical discovery. But it makes me happy to look at it and think that someday I really will do this stuff. So, hooray!
Here's my list. I'd love to see what other people put on their life lists, so please do share.
My List:
Take a dance class
Go on an Irish pub crawl (in Ireland)
Send my mom on a long vacation
Have a tire swing
Visit every continent
Commit to some type of volunteer work long-term
Write every day
Take a road trip from one U.S. coast to the other
Donate a significant amount of money to a cause I am passionate about
Set up a scholarship for a person paying their own way through college
Work on my relationship with my brother
Get to know my mom's side of the family
Own a home on the Mississippi River
Be politically informed
Adopt senior dogs and cats and give them a loving home
Raise a newborn puppy or kitten that's been orphaned
Teach my kids to perform random acts of kindness
Perform random acts of kindness myself
Join a volleyball team
Be less judgmental
Keep my house clean for more than two days at a time
Throw away/Donate stuff I don't use (clear out the clutter)
Send hand-written letters to people
Maintain a consistent exercise regimen
Be able to sing on-key in front of an audience
Take guitar lessons
Take piano lessons
Live as a vegan for a month
See all 50 states legalize gay marriage
Be a patient and level-headed mother
Learn how to sew
Have a successful vegetable & herb garden
Learn my way around a new place within two weeks of moving there
Be excited about something in my life every day
Spend a month touring wineries in Napa Valley
Visit Charlottesville again one day
Be more involved in the lives of my half-siblings
Perform grand loving gestures
Be considered an expert at something
Spend an entire year traveling
Learn Spanish
Help solve a crime
Go kayaking
Go whitewater rafting
Visit the elephant sanctuary in Kenya
Run a marathon
Get a whole-body spa treatment
Go away on a girls-only vacation
Go on a long, romantic vacation with my husband
Create a book list and complete it
Live a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle
Make someone a crafty and creative gift
Get published somewhere other than my own blog(s)
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