Today, I am loving...
Big Dreams
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There are a lot of things I have seen, done and enjoyed in my 24 years. I am fortunate to have had so many adventures thus far...but that doesn't mean there isn't more I want to do! So I decided to create a bucket list, which is something I have never done before. I am going to keep this list handy and mark things off as I complete them. By posting my goals (and eventually turning this list into a tab on my blog), I am using you (the reader) as a witness to my impending adventures and want you to keep me accountable for making my dreams a reality. Ready, set, go!
100 THINGS LEFT TO DO BEFORE I DIE
1. Become legally ordained
2. Take a bikram yoga class
![Bikram Yoga 60 day challenge emilymrockcamp](http://media-cache4.pinterest.com/upload/4433299603314452_VP0YmkbA_b.jpg)
3. Ask out a complete stranger
4. Visit Machu Picchu
![Machu Picchu](http://media-cache8.pinterest.com/upload/213709944787049468_IhfHJGaQ_b.jpg)
5. Watch both a sunrise and sunset in the same day
6. Witness the Aurora Borealis
![Northern lights in Alaska](http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/156570524515465949_WZbLRD6F_b.jpg)
7. Knock down a wall with a sledgehammer
8. Shoot a gun
![Fire a gun at a shooting range](http://media-cache2.pinterest.com/upload/241013017527993257_fczZ9AF4_b.jpg)
9. Spend Thanksgiving Day volunteering at a soup kitchen
10. Learn how to bake my own bread
![Easy to make homeade bread.](http://media-cache9.pinterest.com/upload/217509856972693610_1iKIUS8P_b.jpg)
11. Go parasailing
12. Volunteer at an animal shelter
![As animal lovers, it's hard to go to an animal shelter without wanting to adopt every single animal in there! Unfortunately, that's not feasible...](http://media-cache4.pinterest.com/upload/210965563764739197_ZFnnp9MD_b.jpg)
13. Buy a road bike
14. Take a nap in a hammock
![hammock nap. love.](http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/242631498644065366_0BJvOQaQ_b.jpg)
15. Adopt an animal of my own
16. Go skinny dipping
![skinny dipping](http://media-cache2.pinterest.com/upload/48343395970206243_JQca19Cb_b.jpg)
17. Try out white water rafting
18. Build a house with Habitat for Humanity
![Habitat For Humanity](http://media-cache3.pinterest.com/upload/98938523033312727_g89gTUvx_b.jpg)
19. Knit a scarf
20. Write my memoirs
![Journal writing prompts {trying to get better at journaling}](http://media-cache6.pinterest.com/upload/78250112245091526_MNfjJCvu_b.jpg)
21. Bury a time capsule
22. Have a date night at the opera
![Old opera house...](http://media-cache9.pinterest.com/upload/121104677449954123_Ge93elO2_b.jpg)
23. Go horseback riding on the beach
24. Send a message in a bottle
![7. Send a message in a bottle.](http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/67835538107383864_2nYWbNgK_b.jpg)
25. Spend the day saying “YES” to everything
26. Take a helicopter ride
![10 minute helicopter ride for a bird's eye view if the 12 Apostles.](http://media-cache9.pinterest.com/upload/2462974766400450_fek54J2z_b.jpg)
27. Ride a Camel
28. Hike a volcano
![Spectacular lava flows near Mauna Loa, and the volcano Kilauea.](http://media-cache3.pinterest.com/upload/69735494200154464_FLJWMdfE_b.jpg)
29. Read an entire (lengthy) book in one day
30. Participate in a protest
![Be a part of a Protest](http://media-cache9.pinterest.com/upload/1337074859529201_FSTYh0vh_b.jpg)
31. Visit the Wailing Wall
32. Soak in a natural hot spring
![m & i stayed at these hot springs in mt. princeton, co while on a roadtrip. there was something magical about sitting in a natural hot spring during a gentle snow fall.](http://media-cache9.pinterest.com/upload/118289927682721484_3qlnd2hw_b.jpg)
33. Be someone’s mentor
34. Master and successfully perform a magic trick
![Magic trick.](http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/180847741256092328_PHMt70wn_b.jpg)
35. Create my own signature fragrance
36. Ride on a motorcycle
![Ride on the back of a motorcycle with a hot guy](http://media-cache1.pinterest.com/upload/238972323947455084_gbyJ2iwr_b.jpg)
37. Learn how to belly dance
38. Walk part of the Great Wall of China
![Great Wall of China](http://media-cache6.pinterest.com/upload/42080577738347403_gc70eXzn_b.jpg)
39. Ride on a tandem bike
40. Go fishing
![fishing.](http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/220254237996190212_p0Helkim_b.jpg)
41. Partake in an African safari
42. Plant a vegetable garden
![Would like a fence around the vegetable garden eventually to keep critters out, also wanted to show you a new amazing weight loss product sponsored by Pinterest! It worked for me and I didnt even change my diet! I lost like 16 pounds. Here is where I got it from cutsix.com](http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/227220743669780567_YRjRXFhy_b.jpg)
43. Race a car on a race track
44. Explore a rainforest
![I wanted to show you how I have already lost 24 pounds from a new natural weight loss product and want others to benefit aswell. - Coolest thing I've ever done: ziplining through the canopy in the Costa Rican rainforest / Monteverde, Costa Rica #fitness #weight #fat #health #beauty](http://media-cache4.pinterest.com/upload/248190629434797913_FOjw6U4d_b.jpg)
45. Try all the flavors at Baskin Robbins
46. Ride an elephant
![one day i will ride an elephant...in thailand.](http://media-cache1.pinterest.com/upload/185562447116013752_wBveRTYy_b.jpg)
47. Go to Munich for Oktoberfest
48. Be a part of the Dia de Los Muertos festival
![Dia de los muertos](http://media-cache7.pinterest.com/upload/41799102761023371_SmCk2v1h_b.jpg)
49. Get married
50. Swim with dolphins
![Swim with dolphins :)](http://media-cache9.pinterest.com/upload/134122895122693714_CUsa1PKN_b.jpg)
51. Be in the audience on one of my favorite talk shows
52. Visit the Great Barrier Reef
![Great Barrier Reef](http://media-cache3.pinterest.com/upload/269653096408888355_NHEe04d8_b.jpg)
53. Learn Origami
54. Pay for the car behind me at the toll booth
![Philip Gendreau, Toll Booth](http://media-cache0.pinterest.com/upload/26458716530316512_fa4sdafc_b.jpg)
55. Make a career out of something I love
56. Take a self-defense class
![Take a self defense class.](http://media-cache0.pinterest.com/upload/82894449360791424_PPXC4xxx_b.jpg)
57. Complete an entire coloring book in one sitting
58. Become a mother
![A mother and her child](http://media-cache7.pinterest.com/upload/259168153526479549_rcEqcB6w_b.jpg)
59. Make a quilt
60. Sign over a full paycheck to a charity
![We are an independent #charity. We support UK communities and enable people to give information anonymously about crime. We are not part of the police.](http://media-cache7.pinterest.com/upload/19351473368946140_Vigx03L6_b.jpg)
61. Go to an airport and buy a ticket for the next available flight to…anywhere
62. Get stung by a bee
![White Tailed Bumble Bee](http://media-cache8.pinterest.com/upload/167407311118172209_xsUV5lQv_b.jpg)
63. Learn how to develop film in a black room
64. Participate in a flash mob
![flash mob](http://media-cache8.pinterest.com/upload/11399805276846229_h2FAhZLZ_b.jpg)
65. Go to a high school reunion for a high school I did not actually attend
66. Steal a road sign
![Gandalf Road Sign, New Zealand](http://media-cache0.pinterest.com/upload/51439620713386215_VbjkzHbT_b.jpg)
67. Save someone’s life
68. Buy a house
![I want a house with a porch. Who wants to buy this house for me?](http://media-cache3.pinterest.com/upload/284078688964709352_UWsDlRlP_b.jpg)
69. Take a vow of silence for one day
70. Create a photo on canvas
![Make Your Own Canvas Print by abeautifulmess #Canvas_Print #DIY #abeautifulmess](http://media-cache6.pinterest.com/upload/214835844694490353_1mh5xTMW_b.jpg)
71. Put change in someone’s expired parking meter
72. Visit Tokyo
![Tokyo](http://media-cache0.pinterest.com/upload/118782508892053013_yZOkJJcZ_b.jpg)
73. Write my own will
74. Learn to (fearlessly) ice skate
![...ice skate at Central Park on my 33rd birthday.](http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/243335186086452345_tR2vNANh_b.jpg)
75. Eat Moroccan food
76. Go skydiving
![Go skydiving!](http://media-cache1.pinterest.com/upload/190980840418265467_S54ArCCF_b.jpg)
77. Sit on a jury
78. Forgive those that have hurt me most...and myself
![This is probably the best definition of forgiveness i've ever heard.](http://media-cache7.pinterest.com/upload/282671314081710837_n1nU2hwe_b.jpg)
79. Write a fan letter to Elton John
80. See the Taj Mahal
![I wanted to show you how I have already lost 24 pounds from a new natural weight loss product and want others to benefit aswell. - Taj Mahal, India #fitness #weight #fat #health #beauty](http://media-cache3.pinterest.com/upload/220535712972920096_qPaVeV4w_b.jpg)
81. Learn how to bartend
82. Get a tattoo
![tattoo feather, also wanted to show you a new amazing weight loss product sponsored by Pinterest! It worked for me and I didnt even change my diet! I lost like 16 pounds. Here is where I got it from cutsix.com](http://media-cache8.pinterest.com/upload/88312842663145092_AgVitvMH_b.jpg)
83. Sit in a split
84. Eat fried green tomatoes
![Fried green tomatoes - #earthbalance](http://media-cache7.pinterest.com/upload/92605336057955760_HrRCYMfF_b.jpg)
85. Go on a cross-country road trip
86. Experience Rio Carnival
![Rio de Janeiro, Carnival](http://media-cache7.pinterest.com/upload/264093965618906098_WLN5LE77_b.jpg)
87. Help make someone's dream come true
88. Swing on a trapeze
![Flying Trapeze for Two](http://media-cache0.pinterest.com/upload/159455643026084591_o5iKOEWw_b.jpg)
89. Make my own pasta noodles
90. Learn how to throw a boomerang properly
![06/03 Vice Presidential candidate Henry A. Wallace throws a boomerang in a field in January 1940. Wallace, who was vice president during FDR' second term and served as the secretary of both Commerce and Agriculture, was relatively famous for his prowess with the boomerang, and could occasionally be seen in the early morning near the Lincoln Memorial in the 1940s, hurling the curved, lethal-looking pieces of wood and catching them as they returned.](http://media-cache1.pinterest.com/upload/118430665171218700_4BwNejrY_b.jpg)
91. Spend a whole day out in my pajamas
92. Go golfing
![Go golfing in Vancouver.](http://media-cache2.pinterest.com/upload/115967759124835632_l3np1mGX_b.jpg)
93. Meet my sponsor child, Hirusha
94. Learn to play the harmonica
![at midnight on a saturday, i was learning how to play the harmonica.](http://media-cache6.pinterest.com/upload/129548926750588455_FW9JJqWw_b.jpg)
95. Visit the Grand Ole Opry
96. Partake in a couples dancing lesson
![Dancing couples](http://media-cache2.pinterest.com/upload/210472982555462420_qj9sRSU1_b.jpg)
97. Go bungee jumping
98. Ride a mechanical bull
![TRY to ride a mechanical bull](http://media-cache9.pinterest.com/upload/2392606021529615_xfGDNmkl_b.jpg)
99. Visit Victoria Falls
100. Fall in love, for the last time...
![Super cute! Engagement photo inspiration](http://media-cache8.pinterest.com/upload/46021227411670771_0OvMhz28_b.jpg)
Why do I want to do these things?
Because I now know that it isn't death I'm afraid of...
Because I now know that it isn't death I'm afraid of...
...I'm afraid of not living a full life the way I see fit.
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I love this post so much, I have a bucket list. I completely agree, I want to live my life to the fullest, and that is best fit for me!
ReplyDeleteI found you on 20sb.net by the way!
I've done number 5,6, 17, 40, 56, 59, 62 (by two different bees in the same day, on the same spot on my hand, ouch!), 75, 83, and 89. I like your bucket list; it isn't full of cliche things, especially get stung by a bee, never seen that on anyone's bucket list. I have one too, but it's shorter than yours: http://happeningsfromanundisclosedlocation.blogspot.com/p/bucket-list.html I keep adding more things though.
ReplyDeleteLove your sense of adventure and compassion all wrapped up in this wonderful journey called life. So happy that I have the honor to watch you accomplish this list and so much more! I love you, Mom
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