My Life List
Also called a Bucket List, but I prefer Life List. Less morbid. And as I said here, I don’t think my life is incomplete if I don’t do all these things… I’m already exorbitantly blessed beyond belief.
I’ll cross things off as I accomplish them. Written in random order.
Get a book publishedGet another book publshed- Write a young adult fiction novel
- Meet J.K. Rowling
- Set foot on all 7 continents
- Set foot on all 196(ish) countries
Live in a different country for awhileGet marriedHave childrenLive near the mountainsLive near the beach- Take a cooking class
Visit Paris- Spend at least a month in Paris
- Learn French
- Live in France
Visit HawaiiVisit TuscanyVisit the British IslesVisit New ZealandVisit Australia- Visit Iceland
- Visit Alaska
- Build a house from scratch
See the Great Wall of China- See the Pyramids
- Become a good gardener
Visit ThailandGet a tattooSee a play on Broadway- Spend at least a month in New York City
- Attend a film festival
- Learn how to sail
- Sail around the world with Kyle
- Backpack through Europe with Tate
- Take each of my kids on a one-on-one trip
- See each of my children grow up confident in who God made them to be
Visit Ireland- Spend at least a month in Ireland
- Take a cross-country family road trip and visit all 50 U.S. states
Go to Yellowstone- See Mt. Everest (notice I said see, not climb)
Spend time on a Greek island- Save up enough for a quality retirement
- Teach my kids financial responsibility
- Take each of my kids to visit their Compassion sponsored child – almost!
Go SCUBA divingSee the Great Barrier Reef- Eat the most delicious piece of chocolate in the world
- Drink the most delicious wine in the world
- Spend at least a month in London
- Become a good photographer
- Take a photo every day for a year
- Swim with dolphins
- Ride in a hot-air balloon
- See the Northern lights
- Go on a big vacation with my entire extended family
Be part of a Flash Mob- Go on a really long bike ride
- Become a runner
- Fly on a Concorde jet
- Attend a TED Conference
- Learn how to knit
- Run a guest house
Go on an African safari- Significantly help a charity I’m passionate about
- Have a wraparound porch
- Be a grandparent that my grandkids want to be around
- Get 8 hours of sleep every night for one month.
Stand on Red SquareVisit Israel- Open a Swiss bank account (just to say I have a Swiss bank account)
- Whisk Kyle away on a completely surprising trip
Visit The Eagle and the The ChildSee Loy Krathong, the sky lantern festival in Thailand- Learn how to make good tortillas
See Andrew Bird in concert- Learn how to whistle
- See Arcade Fire in concert
See U2 in concert- See U2 in concert… again
- Have a big anniversary party with Kyle
- Teach all my kids to read – almost!
- Remodel a house – in progress!
Take the kids to the spot on the dirt road in Kosovo where Kyle and I metBecome debt-freeLeave a $100 tip for a waitress- Go ice skating in Rockefeller Center at Christmastime
- Ski the Alps
- Drive on the Autobahn
Go to SmithsoniansVisit Colonial WilliamsburgSwim in the Mediterranean