Life List

I finally decided to post my life list here for all to read.  I have always had ideas in my head or dreams you could call them.  Just a mental list of things I knew I wanted to accomplish in my life time.  Some are rather small and some are larger tasks.  I believe finally putting them down in ink (or virtual in this case) to track and work towards will help make sure they are done.  I think we all get so busy caught up in life that we forget to stop and think about what it truly is that we wanted to accomplish.  Even the small things that we believe we’ll get to one day, we have a tendency to push off until maybe it’s too late.  My goal is to work on these items and blog my progress.  Share my life experiences with you and how easy or hard some of the things may be to accomplish.  Some of these items are on my Vision Board that I wrote about in the past and some are items that are long term goals or dreams.

I have been working on putting this list in print for months now and was hoping to have a full list of 100 things to do in my lifetime.  However I ran out of ideas or at least I’ve forgotten some of my previous ideas.  I thought instead of continuing to wait I would go ahead and publish the list and add to it later on.  My goal is to accomplish at least 30 things on the list by the time I’m 30 years old.  I turned 28 this past February so that gives me a little less than two years.  Once I’m 30 I figured I would re-evaluate the list and try to knock out 40 more items by the time I’m 40.  Of course that is if the list is longer by then.

1. Interact with White Tigers
2. Own a monkey
3. Sponsor a child’s wish through the Make-a-Wish Foundation
4. Mother/Daughter trip to Paris
5. Take a photography class/workshop
6. Visit The Ellen Show
7. Publish my memoir
8. Have Oprah read, mention or even think about my memoir
9. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
10. Take ballroom dancing with partner
11. Take hip-hop dance class
12. Learn some form of martial arts
13. Learn to meditate
14. Visit all 50 states
15. Learn French
16. Foster a child
17. Sit on the beach in Hawaii and watch the sun set and rise
18. Speak to a gymnasium full of high school students
19. Complete a 5K at a continuous steady jog
20. Row a boat
21. See wild dolphins in the ocean from a boat
22. Go skiing
23. Hike up a mountain, stop to camp and hike back down
24. Once #15 is complete, write a full blog post in French
25. Once #15 is complete, share a conversation speaking French, in France
26. Take a helicopter tour
27. Host a themed costume party
28. Stomp grapes to make wine at a festival
29. Attend and bet on the horse races – (completed 4/30/2010)
30. Photograph exotic animals & insects in a rain forest
31. Ring in the New Year in Times Square
32. Celebrate my B-day at Mardi Gras in New Orleans
33. Zip line with Gabby at her yearly camp – (completed 4/10/2010)
34. Host an adult only black-tie affair ~ Blast from the past prom event
35. Complete a full body cleanse and eat better
36. Go on vacation with Brandy and our kids for the first time
37. Host a charity fundraiser & raise funds by allowing participants to beat a car
38. Inspire my children to write a life list
39. Be part of an inspirational photo shoot
40. Experience/provide at least one life list wish on each of my children’s lists
41. Own a house with my own private office/study
42. Spend the Summer living in another country
43. Spend one year traveling to other countries to work and live in order to experience different culture
44. Complete my own Happiness Project
45. Complete my college degree
46. Attend the Kentucky Derby
47. Zip Line through a rainforest
48. Stand on a glacier in Alaska
49. Climb a water fall in Jamaica and then relax on the beach
50. Go dog sledding

Do you have a life list?  I would love to read it so feel free to share the link in the comments below.  Want to help me grow my list to 100 things?  Have a fabulous idea that you think I’d enjoy in my lifetime?  I am open for any suggestions.