I am about to enter my 24th year on this planet and I need it to be good. Sometimes I forget how young I am. I'm not ready to peak in life, but I sure am ready to live a life I can look back on in 15 years and think, "Wow, that was great." I want to experience more.
Up until a couple of years ago I spent my life thinking vegetables made me gag and coffee was gross. Little did I know that once I tried, I would really enjoy them. Now I would rather try something before I diss it, or for the sole reason to be able to say, "I did that." (I also like to write things I do on a daily basis just so I can cross them out.)
There are some things my heart desires to do but are just unrealistic - financially, physically, or... just not possible. I have tried to make this list as obtainable as possible. It was actually a lot harder than I thought. These are not goals that will excel my career or make me more money. They will give me experiences and stories that I will have forever.
This is not a list of new year resolutions or a bucket list. I just wanted to give myself things to look forward to, enjoy, and remember. Some of them are silly and I'm sure there will people who disagree with some of them..... It's not your list; it's not your life. But let me know if you would like to share the opportunity with me! I will need help with some because I just do not know how! Plus, it's always nice to have a hand to hold, be a light in each other's lives, and share a laugh with.
- Skydive
- Visit the Grand Canyon
- Learn how to knit, knit something, and give it away
- Solve a Rubik cube
- Have a regular pen pal, actual in an envelope with a stamp kind of pen pal
- Surf more, even in a wetsuit
- Relearn how to ride a horse
- Catch a fish (by any means), learn how to clean it, and eat it
- Volunteer at a hospital
- Spend the day at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington
- Learn how to snowboard
- Spend the night on a beach
- Drink wine in Napa
- Sell one of my paintings for more than $100
- Get an edgy haircut/color
- Spend a day in Venice Beach handing out stickers
- Have a Rocky marathon
- Hike to the Hollywood sign
- Ask someone out on a date and pay for them
- Race Na Wahine o Ke Kai
- Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
- Spend a week "unplugged" - not completely since my job requires me to be on the phone and internet, but no personal texting, facebook, twitter, blogging, or instagram
- Go to a professional ballet
- Buy a random person's meal
- Record myself singing & playing a song on the guitar
- Eat a hamburger from a vendor on the Mexican border
- Take a trip by train
- Stand in a forest of sequoias
So, who's in?
