Things to do before I kick the bucket

Family & Friends

1. Find my ultimate companion, and marry the shit out of him
2. Have a healthy, happy family
3. Buy a trampoline for my kids
4. Make sure everyone knows just how much I love them
5. Raise my family to be compassionate, adaptive, driven, and kind-hearted
6. Write letters to my high school & college friends, especially ones I lost touch with
7. Forgive whoever I haven’t already
8. Make enough money to take care of everyone forever
9. Create trusts for my family members

Business

1. Create my own cosmetics line
2. Create and run a charity to help veterans & their families readjust to civilian life
3. Create and run a charity to provide needs-based scholarships to study abroad
4. Pursue psychology and/or relationship counseling in some way
5. Speak at a conference, seminar, or expo of some sort

Travel

1. Live in NYC
2. Climb the Statue of Liberty
3. Germany – Oktoberfest
4. Germany – visit grandparent’s house in Sandhausen
5. Live abroad, alone, for at least a year
6. Float in the Dead Sea
7. Road trip coast-to-coast across USA
8. Ride the Transsiberian Railway
9. Hike/canyoneer in Colorado
10. See the Northern Lights
11. Walk part of the Great Wall of China

Adventures

1. Go tree canopy camping
2. Successfully waterski or wakeboard
3. Learn how to surf
4. Get scuba diving license
5. Skydiving – get license and go solo

Stuff and Possessions

1. Own private airplane
2. Have a backyard swimming pool
3. Have a good garden that grows fresh herbs & vegetables
4. Pool table
5. Have a wine cellar
6. Have a library with thousands of books
7. Own a boat

Personal & Miscellaneous

1. Take a year off from life to do whatever I want
2. Get a Masters
3. Graduate college
4. Become an early riser
5. Sing at a bar or club/put on an open mic
6. Write a fiction novel
7. Publish said novel; self-publish if necessary
8. Run a half marathon
9. Overhaul or refurb a car
10. Foster homeless dogs
11. Take swing dancing classes
12. Take pole dancing classes
13. Do hot yoga
14. Learn how to sail
15. Join an intramural or adult league volleyball team
16. Become fluent in Spanish
17. Read every book that has won a Pulitzer Price for the Fiction Category
18. Shop on Rodeo Drive
19. Donate marrow
20. Start a blog and make it big