Goals are Good!

It’s not like I’m dying.  I’m not going through a 1/3 life crisis. A bucket list is just something I’ve wanted to compile for some time, but I’m a procrastinator.  That should actually be on the list.  “Stop being a procrastinator.”  I’ll add that one later.

The truth is none of us really know how long we have here.  That’s not being morbid, just realistic.  So below is a list of things I want to accomplish, places I want to go, skills I want to develop, before my time is up.  I have managed to complete some things on this list.  Some are works in progress.  

1.   Visit every province and territory in Canada. I have the three territories, British Columbia,  Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland left.

2.   Learn Italian (This one is TOUGH!!!  My dad should have taught me when I was a kid.   Thanks a lot, Dad.)

3.   Participate in La Tomatina in Spain

4.   Go to Florence and see David

5.   Go for a helicopter ride through the Rockies

6.   Write a book

7.   Learn to play the guitar (I’ve started this one, but need to pick it up again)

8.   Write a song

9.   Drive a race car

10. Ride a mechanical bull

11. See the Northern Lights from a Scandinavian country

12. Eat a pineapple moments after it’s been picked

13. Learn to make pottery

14. Finish reading any Jane Austin novel

15. Meet someone famous

16. Invent something

17. Make a video, post it on YouTube and have it get at least 100 000 hits

18. Drive a zamboni

19. Go to a play on Broadway

20. Take a dance class

21. Go zorbing! (I think I’m too old to do this one now.  Can’t spin in circles like I used to.)

22. Go whale watching in Atlantic Canada (I already tried this one once, but all we saw was a seal.)

23. Go to The Seychelles

24. Walk up the CN Tower

25. Adopt a child

26. Go back to school for…something…

27. Learn to drive a standard car

28. Bake a loaf of bread from scratch (with flour and yeast and measuring cups!)

29. Start a business

30. Conquer a fear (I’m working on this one!)

31. Pull a fire alarm

32. Solve a Rubik’s cube

33. Be an extra in a movie or TV show

34. Visit my relatives in Australia

35. Visit a medieval castle

36. Visit my nonna (Twice so far!)

37. Try authentic British fish and chips

38. Sleep in a tent (and now I NEVER have to do that again)

39. Ride in a gondola in Venice

40. See the Rockies

41. Paddle a canoe in Lake Louise

42. Step foot in an ocean

43. Shop at Harrod’s

44. Start a blog

45. Ride a segway

46. Eat haggis in Scotland

47. Spend Canada Day in Ottawa

48. See the Riace Bronzes in Reggio Calabria

49. Go to the Calgary Stampede

50. Sing karaoke in a seedy bar

What is on your list?