My Bucket List

You know what a bucket list is, right? It's a list of things you want to do in your lifetime...before you kick the bucket. The term was made more popular by the 2007 movie called The Bucket List. I created a short life's to-do list about 15 years ago and have been refining it ever since then. I've added items here and there and even deleted a couple. I have checked off an item roughly once a year.

I maintain the list using a website called My 50. You can view the list here, including pictures of me completing some of the items. Currently, there are 27 items on my list. Twelve have been accomplished and fifteen remain to be completed. I checked three items off my list within the last six months. This is my list of accomplishments:

1. Scuba dive
2. See the Northern Lights
3. Visit Carlsbad Caverns
4. Visit Hawaii
5. Go whale watching
6. Become a parent
7. Hike Kings Peak
8. Own a rental property
9. Go to an NFL game
10. Watch a solar eclipse
11. Hike the Narrows in Zion
12. Hike Mount Kilimanjaro

The last three items are the ones I most recently accomplished. I've done all twelve items with immediate or extended family.

This is my list of to-do items:

1. Visit Machu Picchu
2. Visit Europe with Rita
3. Qualify for the Boston Marathon
4. Start a successful business
5. Get completely out of debt
6. Visit the Galapagos Islands
7. Write a book
8. Patent an invention
9. Visit Yosemite National Park
10. Go to an NCAA tournament game
11. Go to an NHL game
12. Retire early
13. Leave a large inheritance
14. Mountain bike in Moab
15. Write my life history

 I don't really have any of these items in my sights right now. Do you see one that you think I should do next? Are there any that you would like to do with me??

If you have a bucket list I'd love for you to share it.