Wednesday, December 8, 2010

My "Before I Kick the Bucket" List

I’m sure many of you have seen the movie “The Bucket List” and now you're thinking you know exactly what direction this post is going to take, and you’re absolutely right. I made a “bucket list” when I was in tenth grade (it was my “Things to do Before I Die” list) and I encourage all of you to do the same. I am a firm believer in setting goals whether they are in your career, your education, your relationships, traveling, or bettering yourself. Let’s face it, we are all going to “kick the bucket” one day (unless you were raised in Florida and drank from the Fountain of Youth) and we might as well start living the life we often set aside for “some day” right now. We don’t know when our time is going to be up and whether you believe in a higher power or not, that, my dear friends is a universal truth. So take the time to make a bucket list and do the things you’ve always dreamed of doing! I’ll share my list with you, not in any particular order and put an [x] by the things I’ve accomplished so far. Some have been added in recent years.

  1. Go to college [x]
  2. Go to graduate school
  3. Fall in love [x]
  4. Move out of Florida
  5. Travel the world [London (x)]
  6. Start a non-profit organization
  7. Get married
  8. Have and adopt children
  9. Show my children the world
  10. Get a tattoo [x]
  11. Go to Times Square for New Year’s [Almost x!!]
  12. Go on as many mission trips as I can possible go on
  13. Create meaningful relationships [x] –this one never ends!
  14. Forgive someone that seems unworthy of forgiveness [x]
  15. Shoot a gun (a big one)
  16. Take a self-defense class
  17. Learn how to drive a stick shift
  18. Grow my hair for Locks of Love [x]
  19. Volunteer [x]
  20. Invest in the stock market [x…]
  21. Drive across the country (United States)
  22. Attempt to defeat a challenge at one of those restaurants that require you to consume ridiculous amounts of food. (Attempt being the operative word)
I'm sure my list will continue to grow as I continue to grow and I am more than happy with that. Never stop setting goals, once you've reached one, set another but remember to always appreciate the success of the first. We often try to out-do ourselves because we're afraid of never being as good as "we once were" but if you live with that mentality you will never learn to live in the present, and enjoy life as it is.

"With the past I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now"
Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to
continue that counts."
Winston Churchill

Here is a link to the synopsis of "The Bucket List" 

If you have a traveling soul, check out this book; "1000 Places to See Before You Die"

2 comments:

  1. I LOVE IT!! I have many of the same things to do before I die, and many Ive already done (X) in the box LoL....Keep it going, this is never going to get old! I love u Tia!!

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  2. I absolutely love this. You're kind of inspiring me to start one of these here blogs. :) please add 23. Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras with Stormi before we're 25. :D We do all the dangerous things together.. Travel to Miami with no where to stay.. Spend New Years in Times Square... And soon we'll go to New Orleans.. Hell I suppose u can add playing power rangers off my dads truck to that list... Cuz well I proved it to be pretty dangerous haha I <3 u dearly.

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