At heart I'm adventurer. In reality I'm a procrastinator. There are so many things I want to do and places I'd like to visit. But, I get comfortable with the status quo. As someone reminded me the other day: "You know, you're middle-aged." (I am? How did that happen?) I just don't want to let the years pass and watch the door close on "someday."
Luckily, according to this arbitrary list I'm doing OK. (My "yes" answers are in green.) But there are still so many adventures to be had.
- Started your own blog
- Slept under the stars
- Played in a band
- Visited Hawaii
- Watched a meteor shower
- Given more than you can afford to charity
- Been to Disneyland
- Climbed a mountain
- Held a praying mantis
- Sang a solo (If I count singing to my kids.)
- Bungee jumped
- Visited Paris
- Watched a lightning storm at sea
- Taught yourself an art from scratch
- Adopted a child
- Had food poisoning
- Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty (I don't think you can do this anymore.)
- Grown your own vegetables
- Seen the Mona Lisa in France
- Slept on an overnight train
- Had a pillow fight
- Hitch hiked
- Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
- Built a snow fort
- Held a lamb
- Gone skinny dipping
- Run a marathon (...No, but I did the equivalent on a bike)
- Ridden in a gondola in Venice (...I saw them in Venice, but we were poor college students at the time and couldn't afford it.)
- Seen a total eclipse
- Watched a sunrise or sunset (...Most recently at the Grand Canyon)
- Hit a home run (...and a grand slam!)
- Been on a cruise
- Seen Niagara Falls in person (One of our favorite family vacations)
- Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
- Seen an Amish community
- Taught yourself a new language
- Had enough money to be truly satisfied
- Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
- Gone rock climbing
- Seen Michelangelo’s David
- Sung karaoke (Enough of the music questions!!)
- Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
- Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
- Visited Africa
- Walked on a beach by moonlight
- Been transported in an ambulance (For my kids, but never for myself)
- Had your portrait painted
- Gone deep sea fishing (Way to succeptible to seasickness!)
- Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
- Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
- Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
- Kissed in the rain
- Played in the mud (Cleanliness is way overrated!)
- Gone to a drive-in theater
- Been in a movie
- Visited the Great Wall of China
- Started a business
- Taken a martial arts class
- Visited Russia
- Served at a soup kitchen
- Sold Girl Scout Cookies
- Gone whale watching (Sort of... We saw a whale while hiking in Canada)
- Got flowers for no reason
- Donated blood, platelets or plasma
- Gone sky diving (Used to be a dream. Not anymore!)
- Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
- Bounced a check
- Flown in a helicopter
- Saved a favorite childhood toy
- Visited the Lincoln Memorial
- Eaten Caviar (...Thought it was gross!)
- Pieced a quilt
- Stood in Times Square
- Toured the Everglades
- Been fired from a job
- Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
- Broken a bone
- Been on a speeding motorcycle (...and a scooter!)
- Seen the Grand Canyon in person
- Published a book (...not yet)
- Visited the Vatican
- Bought a brand new car
- Walked in Jerusalem (...This is a dream!)
- Had your picture in the newspaper
- Read the entire Bible
- Visited the White House
- Killed and prepared an animal for eating (...GROSS! I gag putting a worm on a hook.)
- Had chickenpox
- Saved someone’s life
- Sat on a jury
- Met someone famous
- Joined a book club
- Lost a loved one
- Had a baby
- Seen the Alamo in person
- Swam in the Great Salt Lake
- Been involved in a law suit
- Owned an iPod
- Been stung by a bee
How' did you do? What one thing do you want to do or see in the next ten years?
8 comments:
Kelli, I think you did better than me. Glad to see that I'm not the only one who has bounced a check :) The first and only check I've bounced was the first one I wrote to our church after we moved here. Talk about embarassing! Chalk it up to my amazing math skills. I had added the amount of our house payment rather than deducted it so had no idea I was bouncing our check to the church. Good grief :)
This was great!!! Loved it!
In the next ten years, I hope to see the Grand Canyon! That's more feasible than going to Afrcia or the Holy Lands--both dreams!! The good Lord willing....maybe one day!
You've accomplished so many of these!! Wow...and you're only middle aged (hee hee!!)! By the time you're 80, there's no telling what you will have accomplished with God's blessings! I do Know this...in His timing, you WILL publish a book! And, I'm going to buy a copy and get you to autograph it!!
Love ya,
Susan
Hi Kelli! This is an awesome list! And it looks to me like you're doing pretty well . . .
Love your blog. Plan to visit often!
--Renae
Cool list. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a busy day ahead of me...just now leaving the house on my way to making a quilt while skydiving off the Eiffel Tower in the rain...which will no doubt lead to donating blood or plasma. -Dan
wow! you did a great list! lol and i hear ya, there is so much more i'd love to do on there!
This was fun.....
You are doing great, I can answer 58 things I've done. You have a lot of years to catch up, however,and that makes it terrific on your part.
The book part , I have the same thoughts as runner mom, only with the autograph I want a not from you on the first page.
Lvoe you , and am looking foward to Thursday afternoon.
Blessings and Love.....Peggy
Kelli,
Your first paragraph describes me all-too-well. I overcame this adventurer-procrastinator dynamic recently in running a marathon. I reached a point where I said to myself, "You're not getting any younger. There is never a perfectly convenient time to do any major life-goal. There is no time like the present. You must make it happen!"
Great blog entry!
I love this list! Sounds like you and I have travelled to some of the same places! Paris, Grand Canyon, Washington:))
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I will read more of yours! I am from PA too!! And there is lots more after middle age:)) I keep my bucket list and one thing I want to do is ride a scooter!
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