...of the things they want to accomplish before they die. I made one several years ago, in my freshman or sophomore year of college. But some time later, I threw it away. I don't know if I just got discouraged and thought those things would never happen, or got distracted and thought I'd changed my mind. I went searching for the list before I moved to Texas, but i couldn't find it.
So last night I sat down, first with pen and paper, then with Jorge, and prattled out a list of 50+ items. This is just my "I could think of these things," list. I'm certain it could be immeasurably longer. Let's just chalk it up to a work in process.
1. Spend a year (or longer!) living in one location overseas.
2. Run a marathon. Just to prove I can.
3. Become conversational in 2-3 languages; fluent in at least one (other than English).
4. See the northern lights.
5. Get married.
6. Have five (or more) children – at least three of which are adopted.
7. Climb a mountain.
8. Take a self-guided bicycle tour all around the British Isles.
9. Grow out, and donate my hair.
10. Flip and sell a house.
11. Sky dive.
12. Fall in love.
13. Read 100 books in one year.
14. Read through the entire Bible in depth, multiple times.
15. Write a letter a week to friends, family, or my significant other.
16. Learn to swim (doggy paddling is lame).
17. Write and publish a book.
18. Walk along the Great Wall of China.
19. Play hooky from work – for fun.
20. Go horseback riding.
21. Visit two thirds of the major battlegrounds from the Civil War.
22. Visit Australia, and go out into the bush.
23. Go on a wine tour.
24. Cast a pot on a wheel – and center it without help.
25. Eat a croissant in Paris, and then have a French bread sword fight.
26. Ride an elephant again (the last time, I was about seven years old).
27. Spend at least a month in India.
28. Live on the West Coast.
29. Go sailing.
30. Live and work in Africa.
31. Start and run a non-profit organization.
32. Save a life.
33. Slow dance outside in the rain (preferably with the same person involved in #12).
34. Read all 100 of The Modern Library’s Top Novels.
35. Finish the things I start.
36. Read C.S. Lewis’ entire anthology of writings.
37. Spend a day with an otherwise-stranger.
38. Visit the six inhabitable continents (I saw enough snow in Michigan…I don’t need to go to Antarctica).
39. Open a coffee shop.
40. Earn a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Administration.
41. Take a tour of Mammoth Cave.
42. Be debt-free.
43. Take seminary or Bible college courses.
44. Build a profitable, creative, and fun business.
45. Sing in front of hundreds.
46. Paint a mural.
47. Work from home
48. Visit some of the major concentration camps of Europe.
49. Keep a pet fish alive for at least six months.
50. Be healthy – eat well and be active.
51. Plan and host a large dinner party.
52. Be confident (but not combative) in my faith.
53. Learn how to ballroom dance.
54. Be confident in myself.
55. Tour Jerusalem.
56. Attend my 10, 20 & 30-year class reunions.
57. Buy a house.
58. Have a place in my home available to lend out rent-free to someone who needs it.
59. Canoe the Mississippi River.
60. Kiss the Blarney stone (help is optional).
61. Take surf lessons.
62. Hike in the Rocky Mountains.
63. Take a child to Disney World and watch them light up.
64. Go on a cruise.
65. Learn how to solve a Rubik’s cube.
66. Live happy.
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