When I was seventeen, I almost died of a rare stomach disorder. In wanting to remain optimistic about my death diagnosis, I decided to create a bucket list (BL)--a list of all the things I would want to accomplish in my lifetime should I be given a second chance (...and seeing how I'm still here, I'm going to go ahead and say that the big man upstairs indeed gave me that second chance. Hallelujah!).
Anyways, the other day I was going through some old paperwork and came across my BL. I have to admit, it was pretty fun to look over my old list and see what it was I wanted for my life back then in comparison to how I live my life now. Good stuff. That said, after reading over my old BL, I decided it would be fun to create a new BL...a BL I could share with all of you! In fact, I got so into this whole bucket list idea that I decided to create a bucket list page here on TQIW. But more on that in a second. First of all, let me tell you why I think it's so important to have a bucket list. Actually, I'll let Mark Houlahan tell you. He's much more "poetic" about the whole thing.
Anyways, the other day I was going through some old paperwork and came across my BL. I have to admit, it was pretty fun to look over my old list and see what it was I wanted for my life back then in comparison to how I live my life now. Good stuff. That said, after reading over my old BL, I decided it would be fun to create a new BL...a BL I could share with all of you! In fact, I got so into this whole bucket list idea that I decided to create a bucket list page here on TQIW. But more on that in a second. First of all, let me tell you why I think it's so important to have a bucket list. Actually, I'll let Mark Houlahan tell you. He's much more "poetic" about the whole thing.
"If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page."
-Mark Houlahan
-Mark Houlahan
And onto my bucket list...
- Write and publish a book
- Meet Oprah
- Go sjydiving
- Be featured in a mainstream magazine
- Be on a radio show
- Be on the Today Show
- Learn a foreign language
- Create a self-esteem summit for women
- Live in NYC, again... but this time on my terms
- Meet the President of the United States
- Give a TED talk
- Solve the rubiks cube
- Get married
- Buy a house
- Be a mom
- Save a life
- Invent a card game
- Learn to love my natural hair color
- Take a hot air balloon ride
- Go to the superbowl
- Research my family tree
- Visit every continent
- Start my own charity
- Make a deserving person's dreams come true
- Find a four leaf clover
There's definitely more than just the above 25 items that I would love to accomplish in my lifetime, but I must tell you, it's much harder to come up with said items then you might think. But I want to know, what's on your bucket list?
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