- Ride a bull (a real one, not that mechanical bull nonsense)
- Skydive with my friend, Julie
- Ride horses with my sister on the Oregon Coast
- Watch a Broadway show in New York
- Spend time alone in the wilderness
- Be a TOTAL tourist in Rome… the whole kit and caboodle. I need to see EVERYTHING
- Throw a penny off the Golden Gate Bridge
- Kiss the Blarney Stone
- Go through the Louvre
- Learn to dance several styles, but primarily Ballroom and Salsa
- Sail a pirate ship
- Jump off a cliff into the ocean
- Parasail
- Spend the night in a real castle
- Observe a moment of silence while at Auschwitz or Dachau
- Sing the Team America theme song in front of Mt. Rushmore
- Visit every major island in the Caribbean
- Trace my lineage back to my ancestors’ immigration to America
- Go to the Metropolitan Opera
- Get ridiculously dressed up and just run everyday errands
- Ride an elephant
- Be the Master of Ceremonies for an event
- Shave my head
- Hike into and out of the Grand Canyon
- Plan an extravagant party for someone special
- Speak fluent French
- Learn to surf
- Learn to shoot a handgun
- Lean to accurately shoot a bow
- Read the most influential books and novels of all time… it’s a really long list
- Snowboard down a Double Black Diamond without going most of the way on my butt
- Go on a Mediterranean cruise
- Leave a $100 tip
- Shake hands with a President of the US (preferably Barack Obama)
- Volunteer at an animal shelter
- Serve the homeless at a soup kitchen
- See Stonehenge
- Go whale-watching
- Pay my parents back for college… and all of the other things that they’ve paid for
- Have a tea party in a garden
- Grow an amazing flower garden
- Spend the night in a tree
- Visit Avonlea on Prince Edward Island and imagine I’m Anne Shirley
- Go on a historical tour of the East Coast
- Visit Gettysburg
- Send postcards to myself from all fifty states
- Go to Disney World
- Shop at Mall of America
- Learn to perform a burlesque dance number
- Swim with Manatees
- Swim with Sea Turtles
- Find a hidden treasure
- Bet on a horse race at Churchhill Downs
- Ride in a gondola in Venice
- Run a half marathon
- Run a full marathon (Or the Caldera Triple…)
- Complete a Coast to Coast road trip across America
- Make a pilgrimage
- Hire a personal shopper
- Plan to meet someone at the top of the Empire State Building a la An Affair to Remember
- Participate in a flash mob
- Become a mother
- Go prospecting for gold/other precious metals
- Find a creative way to leave my mark on the destinations I’ve traveled
- Four words that few but those who know me will understand: Smash ALL the pennies!
- Learn fluent American Sign Language
- Sleep in an overnight train
- Go to Carnival in Rio
- Spend a week at a 5-star spa
- Write and publish a book
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