So I’ve been thinking about this ever since Geoff Livingston published his list of 101 things he wants to do before he dies. Then Jayme Soulati published a list of 20 things and Gini Dietrich published a list of 10. Well, I’m somewhere in the middle – sort of. I thought I’d come up with a list of 100. So here we go.
1. Get a puppy (hypo-allergenic please)
2. Get a house (hypo-allergenic please)
3. See London
4. See Paris
5. See Rome
6. Tour Italy in general – I’d love to see Florence, Venice..all of those ancient cities
7. See Eddie Izzard live – before he gets too old or senile
8. See Louis CK live – my brother has done this 4 times now I think. I should get one roll, right?
9. See Neil Young live
10. See Elvis Costello live
11. Run a marathon (even still)
12. Adopt a kid or 3
13. Learn French
14. Brush up on my Spanish
15. Learn some new language – Chinese maybe
16. Attend a rally of great magnitude for a cause in which I believe
17. Start an NPO
18. Learn how to quilt
19. Write a book about something historical
20. Travel the Lewis & Clark trail
21. Visit the Shiloh Battlefield
22. Meet you in person if I haven’t already
23. See a Broadway show
24. Start my stand-up comedian career (I have the name already – Yes I’m Really Standing)
25. Tour Scandinavia
26. Take a cruise – just so I can say I did. A trip around the Bahamas would be ok.
27. Visit New Zealand and take a hobbit tour
28. Visit Australia – as much of it as possible
29. Tour Scotland
30. Try to find my ancestral home in Ireland
31. Try to find my ancestors in Russia
32. Buy a whole new wardrobe
33. Knit a sweater (so scary)
34. Speak at a conference that is big and illustrious
35. Meet Johnny Depp
36. Meet Paul Rudd
37. Go to California, specifically San Francisco
38. See the Grand Canyon
39. Visit the Black Hills
40. Try to track down my Cherokee ancestors
41. Visit Savannah, Georgia
42. Get a seaside condo – somewhere. And post as many pictures as I can
43. Learn how to cook lamb chops – really. This intimidates the heck out of me
44. Learn how to make sushi (see above)
45. Achieve my goal weight of 80 pounds (hopefully this happens long before I cease to exist. I’d like to enjoy it.
46. Swim in the Mediterranean
47. Swim in the Caribbean
48. Learn how to use a sewing machine without breaking it (major hurdle)
49. Visit the Alamo
50. Visit New York City – the outskirts mainly
51. Visit Montreal (so close and yet so far)
52. Visit Kauai
53. Hike part of the Appalachian Trail
54. Camp on a Civil War battlefield
55. Watch a Civil War reenactment (hi – dork)
56. Get an article published based on my Master’s thesis – I still believe in Phillis Wheatley
57. Earn my doctorate in history
58. Earn an MBA
59. Boost our company into worldwide reknown
60. Get a tattoo – not sure of what or where
61. Become an efficient bicyclist
62. Watch Wimbledon live and in person
63. Find my second grade love and reconnect
64. Go on an African safari (Before the animals all are gone)
65. Visit the rainforest
66. See the remains of the Incas in Peru
67. Do a Yoga handstand thingy – (one could add – learn the name of it)
68. Visit Mozart in Austria
69. Tour the Vatican
70. Tour Israel (if things ever calm down there)
71. See Mozart’s Requiem performed live
72. Sing in a choir that does gospel music
73. Go to the Rhinebeck Yarn & Fiber festival
74. Learn how to spin yarn properly
75. Grow my own food (Plant matter – not sure I could kill and prep an animal. I know my limits)
76. Learn how to make bread
77. Make a great big Thanksgiving turkey dinner rivaling my mom & grandma
78. Learn how to make pies
79. See a concert at Carnegie Hall
80. Visit the Holocaust Museum in DC – it will be difficult but it must be done
81. See Ground Zero in NYC – see above
82. See the Jon Stewart & Steve Colbert shows live
83. Have a giant party where I get to enjoy as many of my friends and family as possible
84. Find that super special dude who wants to put up with me for the rest of his life
85. Visit Spain – Barcelona, Madrid, Salamanca
86. Visit Anne Frank’s House and the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam
87. See Hamburg and Berlin
88. Go on a huge canoe trip (hopefully someone else wants to do most of the rowing)
89. Visit Seattle
90. Make a life-changing impact for the better on a person
91. Travel with Doctors Without Borders to help in a catastrophe
92. Encourage other women to join the business world
93. Travel cross-country on a train
94. See the Laura Ingalls Wilder museum in Missouri (I think)
95. Visit Monticello
96. See Oxford and Cambridge for myself
97. Tour Athens
98. Read all of Shelby Foote’s books
99. Guest teach a class or five
100. Help someone else’s big wish come true
Now it’s your turn 🙂
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