50 things.
What would you recommend that I put on my bucket list?
Edit: The final product.
1. Accept and embrace my body for what it is.
2. Have a positive impact on the lives of others.
3. Be totally financially self-sufficient.
4. Volunteer on Thanksgiving and/or Christmas as a homeless shelter.
5. Visit the birthplace of one of my ancestors.
6. See all of the major cultural points of Europe.
7. Get my masters' degree.
8. Go whale watching (again!)
9. See the aurora borealis.
10. See a Broadway show.
11. Celebrate New Years Eve in Times Square.
12. Learn more about my heritage.
13. Swim with dolphins.
14. Go rock climbing.
15. Make a snowman!
16. Stand before all four oceans.
17. Visit the Grand Canyon.
18. Enjoy a really luxurious dessert from another culture's cuisine.
19. Have a karaoke night.
20. Ride in a hot air balloon.
21. Fall deeply and madly in love with someone :)
22. See a prestigious orchestra perform.
23. Re-learn how to play violin.
24. Stand at the North or South Pole.
25. Go camping on the beach.
26. Watch the sunrise on Florida's east coast, and the sunset on the west coast :)
27. Compete in a triathlon.
28. Go skiing.
29. Get another tattoo.
30. Go to Alaska.
31. Visit all seven continents.
32. Go skinny-dipping at the beach.
33. Get a piercing.
34. Go to a movie alone.
35. Speak at Carolina House.
36. Sponsor someone through treatment.
37. See Incubus perform live. (8/15/09- and hopefully more to come!)
38. Smash a scale. (preferably with a sledgehammer)
39. Be able to say, "I am RECOVERED". Not, "I'm struggling", or "I'm in recovery". RECOVERED.
40. Donate to Locks of Love.
41. Adopt a kitten from a shelter.
42. Go to Easter Island and see the Moai.
43. Be able to pick out different constellations in the sky.
44. Go to a planetarium.
45. Go to all four Disney parks.
46. Write an opinion piece for a newspaper/magazine.
47. Go deep-sea fishing.
48. Teach myself an art from scratch.
49. Have a big, formal dinner party for all of my friends.
50. At the end of the day, and of my time here, be able to look back at my life and be satisfied with how I lived it.
And you know what? I could keep going on and on. There are so many things I want to do with my life.
Edit: The final product.
1. Accept and embrace my body for what it is.
2. Have a positive impact on the lives of others.
3. Be totally financially self-sufficient.
4. Volunteer on Thanksgiving and/or Christmas as a homeless shelter.
5. Visit the birthplace of one of my ancestors.
6. See all of the major cultural points of Europe.
7. Get my masters' degree.
8. Go whale watching (again!)
9. See the aurora borealis.
10. See a Broadway show.
11. Celebrate New Years Eve in Times Square.
12. Learn more about my heritage.
13. Swim with dolphins.
14. Go rock climbing.
15. Make a snowman!
16. Stand before all four oceans.
17. Visit the Grand Canyon.
18. Enjoy a really luxurious dessert from another culture's cuisine.
19. Have a karaoke night.
20. Ride in a hot air balloon.
21. Fall deeply and madly in love with someone :)
22. See a prestigious orchestra perform.
23. Re-learn how to play violin.
24. Stand at the North or South Pole.
25. Go camping on the beach.
26. Watch the sunrise on Florida's east coast, and the sunset on the west coast :)
27. Compete in a triathlon.
28. Go skiing.
29. Get another tattoo.
30. Go to Alaska.
31. Visit all seven continents.
32. Go skinny-dipping at the beach.
33. Get a piercing.
34. Go to a movie alone.
35. Speak at Carolina House.
36. Sponsor someone through treatment.
37. See Incubus perform live. (8/15/09- and hopefully more to come!)
38. Smash a scale. (preferably with a sledgehammer)
39. Be able to say, "I am RECOVERED". Not, "I'm struggling", or "I'm in recovery". RECOVERED.
40. Donate to Locks of Love.
41. Adopt a kitten from a shelter.
42. Go to Easter Island and see the Moai.
43. Be able to pick out different constellations in the sky.
44. Go to a planetarium.
45. Go to all four Disney parks.
46. Write an opinion piece for a newspaper/magazine.
47. Go deep-sea fishing.
48. Teach myself an art from scratch.
49. Have a big, formal dinner party for all of my friends.
50. At the end of the day, and of my time here, be able to look back at my life and be satisfied with how I lived it.
And you know what? I could keep going on and on. There are so many things I want to do with my life.