Bucket List
I am all up in my feels, which is what usually inspires me to write.– A strike of passion that runs through my heart and soul. I have been reflective lately, with a lot of rest and a break from my normal day to day life. Thank you Semana Santa. I am dreaming and planning and envisioning things in my life and it reminded me of my love of writing and making lists. Holy moly, making lists is such a fun and accomplishing thing for me. I love writing things, checking them off AND writing something because I already did it and then check it off, haha! So, I thought of my ongoing bucket list! They are so fun and help you think of what you want to do! Amazing.
An all time favourite quote from Shane Claiborne from his book, The Irresistible Revolution, is…
“ALL AROUND YOU, PEOPLE WILL BE TIPTOEING THROUGH LIFE, JUST TO ARRIVE AT DEATH SAFELY. BUT DEAR CHILDREN, DO NOT TIPTOE. RUN, HOP, SKIP, OR DANCE, JUST DON’T TIPTOE.”
Can I get an AMEN???!
I remember, when I was a high school teacher in the States, some of the greatest times, and how one of the things we did in my Communication Applications class was make a bucket list. I was astonished that many of my kids had never heard of a bucket list before and when I explained it to them, a lot of them couldn’t think of what to put on their lists. I realised that many of my kids haven’t been encouraged or even given the opportunity to dream. My heart was obviously broken. I remember one of my kids put on his bucket list, something along the lines of, “be in the cold concrete box and stare at the bars”. It was something kinda poetic and I asked what it meant and he explained to me that he probably would just end up in jail. He said that is what everyone thinks of him and so why not. I am crying right now, classic. There is so much more for him. And I believe in hope and purpose for everyone. We thought of what he was good at and what he would want to do. I hope he thinks of these things now. I know everyone doesn’t have the same life, path, purpose, passions, talents and so on. But that is the beauty about everyone creating their own bucket list.
I don’t know. I just want people to know they are worthy of love and are valued and that they can set goals and dreams for themselves. And I hope there are loving people in their lives to encourage them and maybe me a resource to help them achieve such things.
Well, here is my bucket list:
Life Goals:
Sky dive
Be a high school teacher
Ride a bull
Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
Backpacking in Europe
Crash a wedding
Hang-glide in the Swiss Alps
Pierce 2nd hole in my ear
Get my cartilage pierced
Ride my bicycle across America
Become fluent in Spanish
Learn to snowboard
Go throughout Africa, in villages to know, be amongst and love the people
Live and be a teacher in a Spanish speaking country
Live in Europe
Live/ work with orphans in Central America (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua)
Live in Argentina
Base Jumping
Bungee Jumping off an effin tall bridge
Be a travel agent or a writer of travels
Cliff Jumping
Get a motorcycle license
Sing/ play an instrument on the streets of Europe and get donations
Weekend mom and daughter trip in Paris
Get married to a goofy, Godly, hilarious guy with facial hair lol
Ride a moped in Europe
Extended road trip on a moped
See a freakin awesome waterfall
Have my dog give birth to puppies
Adopt a kid
Live/ work in a ski town
Have a blog
Visit every state in America
Plan and pay for an international trip for my parents
Attend a college class at a random university
Go to Japan
Live in a van/ tiny home thing
Go down a river on a Bamboo raft
Have foreign exchange students stay with my fam and I
Learn a martial art
Learn to play the guitar
Learn the piano
Sing in front of crowd
Be in NYC for New Years
Visit all the USA National parks
Go to Niagara Falls
Meet a famous person that I love
Try modeling
Have my own coffee shop that inspires people, is homey and where I partner with a coffee farm in Central America that I feel drawn to
Live in a big city in the USA (DC, NYC)
Try surfing
Visit every YL camp in America
Do something YL abroad
Roadtrip through Europe
Extended road trip throughout Europe
Be a wakeboarding pro
Write and illustrate a children’s book
Go hunting and kill something (preferably a bird)
Hike and stay in a rain forest/ jungle
Go to Portugal with Grandma and Grandpa
Wilderness trip with my dad
Embrace a llama
Travel all through Asia by bike
Deep sea fishing
Be proposed to on top of a mountain
Be in a flash mob
Meet a President
International trip with my college roomies!
International trip with the FAM
Restore a village/ city/ town
Be on TV
Go to England and convince everyone I have an English accent
Visit a concentration camp
Go to Octoberfest in Germany
Go to india!!
Run with the bulls in Spain
Make a spear, stab a fish and eat it
Make a fire with sticks
See the Grand Canyon
Witnessing Grandma Grace becoming a believer
Perform an absolutely brilliant prank
See the Great Wall of China
Go to Patagonia, Argentina
Go to the Chilean Patagonia side
Go scuba diving
Go to a nude beach
Sleep on a beach
Ride a camel in Morocco
Get a tat
Learn to drive stick shift
Go to Machu Picchu in Peru
Take all my kids on a mission trip
Ride in a hot air balloon/ go to the New Mexico Hot Air Balloon festival
Live in California
Perform in a play
Attend an all-black church
Ride a horse bareback
Get the middle splits
Learn to skateboard
Go to Greece
Go to grad school to get my masters degree in international business
Have a home that is open to be a home to everyone!
Live in a studio apartment at some point of life
AHHHH I have so much more to do and I think that is exciting!! But seriously, YOLO. I always say this because it is hilarious and cliche, but seriously. Just live! I have some quotes:)
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. ” –Michael Jordan. Be like Mike. Lol.
By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. –Mark Victore Hansen (IDK who this is haha, I just googles bucket list quotes. Legendary.)
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss, but that it is too low and we reach it. —Michelangelo
So many inspiration quotes. (https://bucketlistjourney.net/57-quotes-that-will-inspire-you/ )
What you think is what you say, what you say is what you do and what you do is what you become. So who are you and who do you want to become? Design your life by who you want to be!
