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LIFE LIST…

I do not believe that one should set low expectations for themselves. Don’t limit yourself! I believe in challenging ones self. So every year I pick a couple of new things and place then on my to-do list. I try to check at least one off every year… but that doesn’t happen. I try not to set deadlines for most things. I want to live a life this is full. I may never accomplish half of the things on this list. I may fail while trying a great many of them. But the point is not to worry whether or not I fail… the point to to try. And try. And try again. Some of the things I place on this list are silly. I also believe that becoming too serious about life can suck the energy right out of you! The mind is a powerful thing… if you can keep it young then you will have less wrinkles, healthier chemical flow and people wont find you half as crabby. So these are my life goals! Next week another page in my life will turn and I will add a couple of new goals to my list. This is my list. The list that I build from every year… since I was about 15. It will grow every year on my birthday 🙂 Any ideas? I am currently pondering! The X’s are the items on the list that I have been able to complete… as you can see I still have a very long way to go! I encourage everyone… no matter how young, no matter how old to write out a life list. Challenge yourself. Even place things on there that you think are unrealistic. Don’t set deadlines. Just throw the idea out there.

_ Write a book
_ Publish a book
_ Swim with turtles
X Graduate high school
X Go to at least one dance
X Learn to play an instrument
X Take an advanced course
_ Watch a play in NYC
X Dance at a Powwow
_ Go horseback riding on the beach
X Climb a mountain
_ Skydive
X Ride a Harley
_ Watch a thunderstorm in the south
_ See the northern lights
_ Spend a night trying to count the stars
X Learn how to use a gun
X Take a Self Defense course
_ Go rock climbing
X Learn to swing dance
X Learn to play the drums
_ Learn to play the piano
_ Learn to play the guitar
X Learn to play the native flute
X Play a bamboo flute
X Learn to paint
X Get the lead in a play
X Direct a play
X Write a play
X Learn how to sketch
X Sing a solo in front of a crowd
X See the cougars at the zoo
X Pet a tiger
X Go to college
X Graduate college
X Go to graduate school
X Get my masters
_ Meet my grandparents
_ Get Married somewhere beautiful
_ Fly a plane
X Get a tattoo
X Learn to drive

_ Get my drivers License
_ Read a Tale of Two Cities
X Give an inspirational speech
_ Change someones life for the better
_ Hold a baby in a third world country
_ See a giraffe outside the zoo
X Get 7 piercings
X Send 100 letters to people I have never met
_ See the Red Sox play in Fenway
X Hold an office
X Plant a tree
_ Develop my own film
_ Learn Spanish
_ Learn Korean
_ Learn Japanese
_ Learn Potawatomi
_ Learn Sign Language
X Learn to cook
X Live in Portland, OR for a little while
_ See all 50 States
X Visit San Francisco
X Visit Seattle
_ Visit Boston, MA
_ Visit Hollywood, CA
_ Visit Colorado Springs, CO
_ Visit Potawatomi Reservation
_ Visit Reno, NV
_ Visit Las Vegas, NV
X Visit Mexico
X Visit Canada
_ Visit Venice
_ Visit Zurich
_ Visit Rome
_ Visit Sydney
_ Visit Manila
_ Visit Japan
_ Visit Korea
_ See the Great Wall
_ Visit Ethiopia
_ Visit Peru
_ Visit Prague
_ Visit Cairo
_ See the Museum of Cairo
_ Visit Brazil
X Go Sailing
X Go on a roadtrip
X Sing Karaoke at least once
X See the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland
X Start a drama group
X See a palm-tree in California
X See Yellowstone
_ See Yosemite
_ See the Redwoods
X See Red Rock
X See the ocean
X Go Snowboarding
X Go Puddle Jumping
X Go Long boarding
_ Windsurf
_ Have a candle light dinner under the stars
X Swim in the ocean (not just wade)
X Go Backpacking
X Experience Love
X Do an independent research project
_ Go Surfing
X Go white water rafting
X Call my FP’s
_ Ride an elephant
_Ride a Camel in the desert
_ Take horseback riding lessons
_ Own a horse
X Color my hair
X Go to at least one reunion
X Take a million photographs
X Meet someone famous
_ Learn to read music
X See more than 50 concerts
X See my mother again before she dies
X See an Opera
_ See a ballet
X See a Broadway show
X Dance in the rain
X Write a song
_  Do one thing that scares me everyday
X Drive a Jeep
X Own a Business
X  Be my own boss
_  Get into a doctoral program
_  Get a doctorate
_ Learn to Sail
_ Own A Sailboat