Bucket List

Places to Visit:

Countries: France (with Nora and Lydia), UK (Scotland, Northern Ireland, England), IrelandSweden (visit my brother and his family), Iceland, Greenland, Spain (because Hemingway), Germany, Hungary (visit David), Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Chili, Ecuador (visit Cristal), China (again to visit friends), Ethiopia, Indonesia (visit Mitha), Australia, New Zealand, Mexico (visit Daniel), Brazil, Canada, Russia, Ukraine (visit Anya), Lithuania (with J-Dugs), Nigeria (With Flo), Puerto Rico, Cuba (because cigars), Denmark (because “The Prince and I”), Austria (with Kayla), South Africa, Tibet, Greece, Italy, Japan, South Korea (visit Alex), Thailand, India, Sri Lanka

The Seven Wonders of the World (The Great Wall of China, Christ the Redeemer Statue, Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, The Roman Colosseum, Taj Majal, Petra), and the Pyramids of Giza

The Seven Natural Wonders of the World (The Great Barrier Reef, The Aurora Borealis, harbor of Rio De Janeiro, The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest, Paricutin, The Victoria Falls)

All of the States of America (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming) and Washington D.C.

 

Things to Do:

Skydive, scuba-dive, bungee jump, publish a novel, Peace Corps, Grad School, get my PhD, get out of student loan debt, get into politics, volunteer with voting, work on a grant project, live in Europe, go on a cruise, be published in a newspaper, be published online, be published in a major newspaper or magazine, have a published poem, write a memoir, volunteer for an NGO (that isn’t a church), be financially independent, have an “adult” job, learn to play the guitar/piano (master), learn to speak two/three/four/five languages at least survival level, own a large library with a roller ladder, work a desk job (temporarily), reserve a (fancy) restaurant for a party, live in one/two/three/four cities, live in a high-rise, camp out in/on a tree/cave/beach/fort