Writing that blog post last week sent me down a rabbit hole and well, I think I'm back! It felt good to be banging out words again. Even if no one reads them, it's just nice to have my thoughts documented, especially since my memory isn't so great these days and I don't anticipate it getting better as I get older.
I stumbled upon my 30 by 30 posts and realized it's about time to start working on a 40 by 40 list (EEK! How is that possible?!). This got me thinking about a list I made many moons ago of 101 things I want to do in my life (what can I say, I like lists) and I was sure it was lost forever on an old computer, not backed up or stored on a cloud like we do with things these days but, thankfully, I had shared it here on my blog and I found the post and well, it was eye opening. For one, I'm a very different person than I was 15 years ago when I made that original list and so many of the things I listed there are obsolete or just flat out don't interest me at all! (I thought I wanted to skydive??? NOPE!!) I think I added things to my list that you're "supposed" to do but my days of doing things just because you're supposed to are long gone. And, second, it made me so incredibly thankful for the life I've lived! When I wrote that post 10 years ago I never imagined that just a few years later I would have over 60 of the 101 things checked off already! Like, whaaat? It's mind blowing! Also, I was not a very detailed goal setter back then and so many things on my list are so astonishingly vague that they needed some tweaking. "Learn about spices and herbs" whatever was I referring to?
I decided to update the list and share it here again. In hopes that I can look back in 10 years and be reminded again of how extraordinary a life I've lived. And probably wonder what I was thinking when I sat here making this list. I admit, I added some "bucket list" items that weren't on this list when I made it but I felt deserve the honor, even though I've already done them. I've also extended the list and will probably continue to add to it as the years go on.

I stumbled upon my 30 by 30 posts and realized it's about time to start working on a 40 by 40 list (EEK! How is that possible?!). This got me thinking about a list I made many moons ago of 101 things I want to do in my life (what can I say, I like lists) and I was sure it was lost forever on an old computer, not backed up or stored on a cloud like we do with things these days but, thankfully, I had shared it here on my blog and I found the post and well, it was eye opening. For one, I'm a very different person than I was 15 years ago when I made that original list and so many of the things I listed there are obsolete or just flat out don't interest me at all! (I thought I wanted to skydive??? NOPE!!) I think I added things to my list that you're "supposed" to do but my days of doing things just because you're supposed to are long gone. And, second, it made me so incredibly thankful for the life I've lived! When I wrote that post 10 years ago I never imagined that just a few years later I would have over 60 of the 101 things checked off already! Like, whaaat? It's mind blowing! Also, I was not a very detailed goal setter back then and so many things on my list are so astonishingly vague that they needed some tweaking. "Learn about spices and herbs" whatever was I referring to?
I decided to update the list and share it here again. In hopes that I can look back in 10 years and be reminded again of how extraordinary a life I've lived. And probably wonder what I was thinking when I sat here making this list. I admit, I added some "bucket list" items that weren't on this list when I made it but I felt deserve the honor, even though I've already done them. I've also extended the list and will probably continue to add to it as the years go on.
1. visit every continent
*2. watch a sunrise and sunset in
the same day
*3. travel to China
4. become a mother Learn to
French braid my own hair
*5. travel in Europe
*6. spend a week in a national park
*7. buy a polaroid or two before
it’s too late
*8. go to a major league sports
all-star game (NHL 08)
9. read the entire Bible
Experience Holi in India
10. ride a mechanical bull
Get a Henna tattoo
11. learn to play a musical
instrument Float in the Dead Sea
*12. go skydiving Road trip across
Canada
*13. get out of debt
*14. get married
*15. exercise regularly
*16. lead a group
*17. donate to a charity
*18. attend a group exercise class
*19. read about something going on in
another country regularly
20. ride bathe an elephant
*21. send a care package to someone
who is NOT deployed
22. talk to my sister once a week
Take a trip with my sister(s)
*23. drive across the country (California
to Ohio counts)
*24. learn to be more
resourceful/handy/creative
25. become fluent learn 50
words in ASL
*26. make time for more DIY projects
27. travel to every state in the US
(only 11 2 left)
*28. graduate college
29. keep up with my scrapbooks
Prepare a will
*30. pay for the next person in line
31. organize personal photos
*32. take a photography class
*33. meet Jason’s extended family
(I LOVE THEM!)
34. visit the Grand Canyon
*35. go on a service trip out of
the country
36. complete Project365 Take
a trip with my mom
*37. donate hair
*38. organize my iTunes library
*39. not be addicted to Coke
40. learn to speak a foreign
language fluently
41. learn to sew (other than a
button)
*42. read 50 books in a year
43. learn a dance See the
Northern Lights
*44. incorporate more organic food
into my daily meals
*45. create a meal from scratch
46. learn about spices and herbs
Run a sub 10-minute mile
*47. make a meal using only
ingredients I grew myself
*48. do some kind of mission work (whether
in town or not) every year
49. save up enough money to buy
Jason a motorcycle with cash Learn to stop on ice skates
*50. have my photo taken with the
Stanley Cup
*51. donate time and or money to a
natural disaster
*52. grow my own produce
*53. go to a Super Bowl game
Figure out what I want to do when I “grow up”
*54. do something nice for someone
I don’t know
*55. get in good shape
56. learn more about investing and
invest more money
57. spend time with God every day
attend a Kentucky Derby
*58. find out my blood type
*59. take a cooking class
*60. back up all old photos onto
external hard drive
*61. keep up with bills/receipts once
a week
*62. get a facial
63. be a mentor
64. contribute to the savings
account every pay day Save $20k
*65. document my life via photos
and journaling
66. volunteer somewhere other
than church on a regular basis Make pasta from scratch
*67. take a yoga class
*68. set up a recycling system in
my home
*69. no unnecessary purchases for
one month
*70. go on a real vacation (not
just a weekend trip)
*71. eat 5 fruits and veggies every
day
72. learn to shoot a gun (again,
it’s been a while) Throw a dart at a map and go!
73. go on a safari in Africa
74. photograph Go to an Olympic
event
*75. learn to surf (at least try
to) Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
76. design clothing and have it
made and sold (or make it and sell it myself) Learn brush lettering
77. blow the whistle on a train
Pass the APFT
*78. meet the president (I shook
George W’s hand at WP in 02, that counts!)
*79. organize and order wedding
photos (in the process of doing it this weekend)
80. go whale watching
*81. visit Disney World
82. see all 7 modern wonders of the
world
*83. own a house
*84. complete a 5K
*85. spend time with Jason in the
“city of love” AKA Paris
86. become a millionaire
*87. be paid for a photo
88. pray at the Wailing Wall
Go to the hot air balloon festival in Albuquerque
89. visit Cuba
*90. spend Oktoberfest in Munich
91. own a convertible
92. watch all the movies on the top
100 of all time list
93. go to a rodeo
*94. learn to box
95. be in NYC to see the ball drop
*96. get CPR certified
97. experience Mardi Gras in NOLA
*98. be on the front page of a
newspaper
99. learn to drive a stick
*100. create a blog and update it
every week
101. donate $10 for each number
accomplished
*102. Attend a Cincinnati Reds
Opening Day
*103. Climb Mt Fuji
*104. Sleep in an overwater
bungalow
*105. Swim with sharks
60/101

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