My Bucket List/Life Wish List

I believe I was 14 or 15 years old when I decided I needed to create my own bucket list-- a list of things I wanted to do before I die. Well, I didn't EXACTLY think of it that way. For me, it was just a list of all the things I would want to do if money and time and other people's opinions weren't an issue. These were things that I really wanted to do, but maybe couldn't at the time. I looked at my list a lot when I was younger. As I got older, I still had it, tucked away into a folder. But I didn't look at it very often. I was too caught up in college classes and working.

During my final year of college, I was thinking a LOT about what the heck I wanted to do with the rest of my life. People kept asking me, and I didn't really have a good answer for them. I had some ideas about what I wanted, but nothing in particular.

Or, so I thought. I went to look for the bucket list I'd made nearly a decade earlier. I had quite a few things written down, quite enough to draw upon. I found that some of the things I'd listed I'd already done, which was kind of a neat revelation. I've already voted in two elections, I've learned sign language, and I went to Bermuda last summer.

And then, of course, there were some things I'd listed that I no longer wanted to do. That's when I decided I would refresh my bucket list at least once or twice a year, mostly adding goals that hadn't been there before, but sometimes removing goals that no longer fit me or that I'd already accomplished.

I also thought the BEST way to do this would be to put it somewhere online where I can see it, but also share it with others. I've been depressed about my current situation (which is NO job), and so I'm hoping this will eventually become more of a list of things I should strive toward. But right now it just seems to be a reminder of what I can't do and what I'm missing out on.

At any rate, I hope you'll get more out of this list than I'm getting at the moment. And I also plan to write/create a new lens about each thing I cross off of this list if  and when I'm ever blessed with the opportunity to do so (of course, with the way the economy is, that may be a very long time from now). Everything will be hyperlinked, so you can just come back here to see my updates (for those of you who are fans, I'll simply Squidcast you).

So here I go with my bucket list! I've broken my list of goals down into sections for you (and for me- easier to think about a list of any kind when you break it down this way)...