Wish List
Dreams put to paper for a life fully led…
Explore the Museum of Natural History.
Visit the Smithsonian.
Spend a day at the zoo.
See the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall and go ice skating at Rockefeller Center.
Ride a waverunner and go parasailing.
Swim with dolphins.
Learn to surf.
Send a message in a bottle out to sea.
Learn to snowboard and ski.
Spend a night on a boat.
Ride a horse through a meadow.
Camp-out on a beach, complete with a fire for roasting hot dogs and making s’mores.
Pick apples from an orchard.
Grow a lemon tree.
Grow a butterfly garden.
Have a sanctuary full of blossoming wildflowers and a bench for writing and reading.
Kiss in the summer rain.
Dance under the stars.
Lounge in a hammock.
Picnic in the park with sushi or Chinese food, then lay out on a blanket beneath the stars.
Learn to play the violin and guitar.
Re-learn the piano.
Rock out on drums.
Experience an outdoor symphony, play, or an old movie in the park.
Drive the audubon (or through the desert at top speed).
Ride a trolley in San Francisco
Chase a sunset.
Ride a motorcycle or drive a Vespa.
Go on a ghost hunt in Gettysburg.
Visit Colonial Williamsburg.
Hula in Hawaii.
Go on a book tour: visiting the settings of favorite books (Narnia, Hogwarts, and Tarebithia not exempt).
Pray in a European monastery.
See the Winter Palace in Russia.
Visit the Taj Mahal.
See the pyramids of Egypt and answer riddles near the Sphinx of Giza (a la The Neverending Story).
Debate philosophy. In Greece.
Study architecture in Rome and ride a gondola through Venice.
Drink beer at a pub in Ireland.
Spend an afternoon writing at an outdoor cafe in France (Poodle and beret not necessary).
Help paint a mural.
Build a house for Habitat for Humanity.
Visit an animal sanctuary.
Own lots of acreage and be a foster parent for dogs.
Learn to speak Italian, Spanish, and Russian.
Take a cake-decorating class.
Learn how to restore an old car.
Haggle at an open-air market.
Play paintball.
Go to a World Series, Stanley Cup, or World Cup game.
Own a bookstore or have a library in my house.
Finish and publish a novel and collection of short stories.
Find courage.
Seek happiness.
Love deeply.
Live fully.
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I want to do some many things on that list as well. Let’s make it happen!!!!
A beautiful list, btw.
Definitely! Beginning with “learn to snowboard and ski.” Bunny hill, here we come
I could teach you the basics. With snowboarding you have to be prepared to fall a lot in the beginning. And by a lot, I mean every 5 seconds. But seeing as how you’re close to the ground to begin with, it wouldn’t be too bad.
Bret: Teaching me snowboarding like you taught me how to play the guitar? Remember how that turned out? Exactly. It didn’t. =P
And not having too far to fall means it’s easier to get back up again. Ohhh! Metaphor!
Best Bucket List I’ve ever read. I’ll have to write mine now, thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks, Steve! I like to think this is just the beginning of everything I want to experience
I hope your own “wish list” comes true.
In my 20′s I had a great bucket list: star on a TV show, learn to skydive, scuba dive with sharks, be on a soap opera, become an auctioneer, anchor the news, hula in Hawaii, have a baby…I did all those things and much more. Then, I got busy with life and didn’t update my list. Now, at 50, I’m picking up my pen and making a new list – this time around I hope to “grow myself” by helping others. I also find time to take short classes just to try stuff – like recently I took a welding class (much harder than it looks) and I’m currently learning how to make balloon animals! Who’s going to be the fun grandma now?! lol
I’m happy you have a bucket list – I hope you don’t ever let it run dry!
Cheers!
Thank you, Skye! I haven’t put a timeline on these…but I think that’s the point — not to accomplish each of these the fastest — just because, but to savor them, to put into writing some of my wishes in the hopes of making them one day come true.
I love that you say all of the things you’ve wanted to do (including having baby! A family of my own isn’t up there, but it’s my greatest wish and I’m thinking it’s part of the last four
and now you’re adding to it! Wonderful!
A fun Grandma absolutely
Thanks for writing, Skye — best of luck and, more importantly, lots of fun!