I wrote this bucket list like 5 years ago...had the guts to put it on social media about three years ago. (And I think this list would be slightly different if I wrote it today) Firstly, what have I managed to cross off, and second, what am I really doing with my life?
I honestly don't know what it was but this last trip to Texas I took changed the way I saw a lot of things for some inexplicable reason, so I'm reshuffling my cards.
Anyways.
(color=newly crossed off items)
What do I wanna do before I die?
1. Ride a rollercoaster.
2. Live in new york city. ( (been there done that, like a boss. best risk/choice EVER)
3. Write an album.
4. Strike up conversation with a stranger.(thanks NYC, i did this way too many times late at night coming home from work on the train)
5. Perform a duet with Jon Foreman. Or anyone awesome like that.
6. See Coldplay in concert. (Thanks Ian!)
7. Go to India’s red light district in efforts to reduce human trafficking.
8. Swim freely in the open ocean.
9. See the northern lights.
10. Make the most baller sandwich ever.(Too bad I didn't photograph it!)
11. Fall in love or be happily alone.
12. Get over my fear of heights. (Thanks apartment rooftop! It's getting better.)
13. Help build a house.
14. Get a college degree.
15. Donate blood.
16. Be in a protest.(That one time I protested for Trayvon Martin in Union Square in NYC)
17. Give a stranger a substantial amount of money.
18. Host a charity event instead of an birthday party.
19. Live in nature for a week.
20. Climb a mountain.(Thank Appalachian mountains!)
21. Tour with a good band.
22. Give my parents a month’s worth of rent.
23. Adopt a child.
24. See a sunset on the west coast.
25. Volunteer my holidays at a soup kitchen.
26. House a homeless person.(My family did this sometime last year and BOY was it eye opening.)
27. Be on Ellen!
28. Start a non profit organization.
29. Run a marathon…maybe shorter than.
30. Throw a surprise birthday party for someone.
31. Float in the dead sea.
32. Go scuba diving in a pacific island.
33. Live in australiaaa!
34. Write an important article for an important place.
35. Have a deep conversation with a stranger.(Kinda like #4, but that one time I sat on the sidewalk on the corner of W51 and 6th with a 20 some homeless girl and her dog. One of the best chats I've ever had.)
36. Meet a holocaust survivor.
37. Become friends with an autistic kid. (My cousin, who was recently diagnosed. He is AWESOME)
38. Volunteer at a nursing home. (This was heartbreaking. This lady literally said "thanks for remembering us". I cried the whole ride home that day and swore I'd never put my parents in one.)
39. Have the guts to ask the best guy ever out. Whoever that will be.
40. Sing the national anthem at a major game.
41. Learn to breakdance.
42. Visit a prison.
43. Trade places with someone.
44. Literally weave a basket underwater.
45. See a concentration camp firsthand.
46. Own a Martin guitar.
47. Direct a children’s choir.
48. See a surgery being performed. (That one time I had knee surgery)
49. See many saved by the amazing love of Jesus! (:
50. Bring the Cowboys Chicken Club back.
51. Tell someone exactly how I feel about them- good or bad.(Had to really do it once. Haters gonna hate.)
52. Play a Steinway grand piano…a black one.(The people at my local piano retailer literally called me to let me know they had gotten one in. I didn't wanna leave.)
53. Host a walk for a cause.
54. Be nominated for a major award.
55. Write a book.
56. Start the #1 trending twitter topic.
57. Go to New York fashion week.
58. Be in two places at once.
59. Swim the ocean while its raining/storming.
60. Attend a Super Bowl
61. Have coffee with Jon Foreman.
62. Perform at Carnegie Hall. Or maybe just watch a performance there.(Pink Martini. 12/14/12. Thanks Ian!)
63. Break a world record.
64. Be a telemarketer for a day.
65. Write a song that someone else wishes they wrote.
66. Dye my hair a different color. (Funny, my hairs been red for almost 3 years now)
67. Donate an organ.
68. Learn to surf.
69. Help deliver a baby. (One of the babies at my church. It was shocking, but a reminder of what a MIRACLE life is)
70. Run a small business.
71. Throw a huge, crazy party.(I think my Cinco de Mayo fest last year counts. Lots of random people showed up, laughs were had, way too many drinks were had, and my apartment looked like 13 hurricanes and 4 wars had been fought. Yeah.)
72. Choreograph a dance with a large amount of people.
73. Party with a rockstar.
74. Drive a tractor through a city.
75. Host a conference on simple living, against mindless cosumption.
76. Do something that someone says I can’t.
77. Invite an atheist to church.(A coworker of mine in NYC. Twas interesting.)
78. Scream really loud in a library.
79. Pretend to be a hobo.
80. Organize a flash mob.
81. Sing in a subway station. (59th and Lex, NQR train platform. Started singing along with the violinist playing there.)
82. Audition for a Broadway Musical.
83. Attend the inauguration of a president.
84. Be a zookeeper for a day.
85. Experience exotic cultures.(I lived in NYC. I saw everyone and everything.)
86. Ride an elephant.
87. Live on a ranch.
88. Fulfill someone’s final wish.
89. Pay for someone’s groceries.
90. Go to an Olympic opening ceremony.
91. Walk the road to Calvary in Jerusalem.
92. Find
a couple that’s had cheating issues and say something about it at their
wedding when the priest says “speak now or forever hold your peace.”
93. Learn a third language.
94. Do missionary work wherever.
95. Have something named after me.
96. Take a kid on a toy shopping spree.
97. Skydive.
98. Help solve a crime.
99. Own an exotic pet.
100. Change someone’s life.
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