Everyone should have a list they keep of things they want to do in their lifetime. The Jack Nicholson/Morgan Freeman flick The Bucket List last year really brought this idea to the top of mind for people, and I’ve seen plenty of lists out there with some really inspirational goals.
I often talk about my magic “list”, things I’ve done, things I’ve added along the way, but I’ve never sat down to write it out. I’m going to attempt a good list, I’m sure I’ll forget plenty and they’ll be added on as I go. Consider it a work in progress. So here goes my Bucket List….
- Learn how to play the guitar and break it out with friends and drinks for good times
- Finish my degree and maybe even learn another trade
- Learn to fly a plane and get my pilot’s license
- Dance until the sun comes up in Ibiza, Spain
- Sit on the beaches in Cuba and experience life the way it was… and the way it still is now (learning about the part of me that I don’t know anything about)
- Drive the length of the US1 coastline in a drop top Mustang (preferably with a turbo on it)
- Run a marathon (or two, or three)
- Drive a Fuel Dragster or Funny Car
- Dance on the Bar at Coyote Ugly Las Vegas, 6/2008
- Be a bartender at a cool pub and invent a drink they name after me when I’m gone
- Hang out with Jesse James over a beer and talk shop
- Become a cool Mom to a talented and empowered daughter
- Take Ju Jitsu and be strong enough to kick some serious butt, but mentally above it all
- Own a pair of seriously rediculous heels from a too expensive designer
- Drive on the Autobahn in something worthy of my lead foot
- Backpack through Europe with no itinerary and just submerge in the culture
- Be in Times Square for the Apple Drop on NYE
- Snowboard down a slope like I’m not from FL and know what I’m doing
- Write a book that gets published
- Travel to Alaska and visit Bus 142 outside of Fairbanks (Christopher McCandless’ last dwelling)
- To not settle for someone I can live with, but find the someone I can’t live without
- Get married barefoot on a beach in a white bikini dress
- To assemble a brain-trust and start my own successful business
- To overcome claustrophobia
- Own and live in a log cabin on the bluff and want for nothing else
- Learn to belly-dance Shakira style
- Own a Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer! Huntsville, 1/2008
- Take a ride in a military fighter jet with Papi’s picture so he can be with me and achieve both our dreams together
- Swim under a waterfall La Mina, Puerto Rico 12/2000
- Quit chickening out and get my first tattoo
- Win the Championship in a professional class racing (Pro Mod, fuel, whatever.)
- Make someones dream come true… anonymously…. and watch them enjoy it without ever knowing who it came from.
- Have my own office… no more cube! QuStream 11/2007
Upgraded: Have a corner window office on mahogany row with a nice view! - Chase a tornado Twister-style across the county and stand in awe at its power
- Visit Pearl Harbor and all the other big WWII memorials and museums and learn about the great heros of that era, especially the flying aces
- Learn to spin from a good DJ mentor and play a set in my hometown (Orlando)
- Build an old skool chopper… myself.
- Help my BFF with her dream of her own Bar & Grill, “Eleven”, because I believe in her so much and want to see her do it.
- Put bright Atomic Pink highlights in my hair
- Ride a bright pink Vespa with a old skool helmet and googles to Bike Week in Daytona
- Attend Burning Man
- Leave this world knowing I stood for something….
I’m looking forward to crossing some off this list as I go. I don’t expect that I’ll ever get to some of them, but others are well within my reach, and I intend to do something about it.
What does your Bucket List look like?
Leave me a comment with yours!
