After this article came out from Brave New Traveler I considered making my own list, but kept forgetting to sit down and do it. This morning when I checked my Google Reader and saw that Dirtbag Writer took the plunge and wrote hers, I decided to do it now. Here’s what I came up with:
Run a 4:30 (or faster) marathon – Lead 5.13 – Climb V8 – Be a certified yoga instructor – Be considered a professional freelance writer – Be an editor at an online magazine – Be a regular contributor to a print magazine/paper – Be published in National Geographic – Boulder in Font, the Rocklands, & Albarracin – Backpack Europe by riding the EuroRail and Couchsurfing – Complete a ½ Ironman tri – Volunteer in Africa & South America – Visit Moscow – Hike Macchu Picchu – Float down the Amazon River – Visit my uncle in Germany – Live in the present – Explore Cuba – Walk through the ruins in Turkey – See the pyramids in Egypt – Get married – Write a book – Go skydiving – Face my irrational fear of icebergs up close and personal – Stand next to a giant Redwood – Hike the Grand Canyon – Stay in a sphere on Vancouver Island – Watch the Olympics in person – Positively impact another’s life everyday – Hike to the Everest base camp – Hang out on a Greek Island – Learn another language – Start a non-profit – Get another Master’s degree – Go on a yoga/meditation retreat in India – Visit a Tibetan monastery – Walk the streets of Tokyo at night – Get LASIK – Participate in National Novel Writing Month – Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity – Volunteer at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary – Run the Safaricom marathon in Kenya – Run a 50 mile race – Learn to surf and actually ride a wave – Live debt-free – Own a house – Master social media
This is sure to be an ever-growing list, so I will have to update it as new things come up…
The Erechtheion at the Acropolis in Athens
Visiting the ruins in Greece was on my previous (informal, unpublished) life list!
Photo Credit: Eric Lang
12 responses so far ↓
1 Amiee // Nov 22, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Yay – isn’t that so much fun! Let me know if you need a partner for a Machu Picchu trip. Icebergs?!? Oooooh I want to add Cuba to my list now.
2 Nancy // Nov 23, 2009 at 6:07 am
This is so great Abbie! You and Amiee have inspired me to create my own. You and I have share some goals: be an editor for an online magazine, go on a yoga/meditation retreat in India, write a book, visit a Tibetan monastery…What great goals.
3 Cathey // Nov 23, 2009 at 9:41 am
Great list. I share many of the same goals as well (learn another language, explore Cuba, stay in a sphere..) and made my own “bucket list” on my blog too a while ago — now I need to update it.
Have you heard of 43 things? It’s a social networking website where you share your goals with others, track which ones are accomplished, share stories about the journey. I haven’t done it but it sounds pretty interesting.
4 Abbie Mood // Nov 23, 2009 at 10:01 am
@Amiee – I will definitely let you know if I need a hiking partner
@Nancy – I would love to read your list, get it up!
@Cathey – you’re my 100th comment – yay! I’ve noticed that several of us “travel people” share the same kinds of goals
5 Candice // Nov 23, 2009 at 11:53 am
As someone who just had Lasik done…DO IT! Love the list. I did a similar one awhile ago but titled it “20 Before 30.”
6 meg // Nov 25, 2009 at 6:36 am
Hey, I just stumbled upon your blog. I love the idea of this list…I need to write one of my own. There are so many things on here I want to do to. Especially volunteering at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary…I’m hoping to go there next spring.
anyway, great blog!
7 Abbie Mood // Nov 25, 2009 at 9:40 am
@meg – I’m glad you found my blog! You should totally do a list
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9 JoAnna // Nov 25, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Great list … lots of fun outdoor stuff I’d love to do someday. Let me know if you ever want pointers on hiking to Machu Picchu!
(Side note: Turns out I left a comment on someone else’s life list, not yours. So I’m doing it now. Great hanging with you this evening!)
10 AdventureRob // Nov 27, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Nice list Abbie
I really need to polish mine and make it public
11 neha // Nov 28, 2009 at 5:38 am
Great list Abbie! There are so many things here that made me go ‘me too!’
12 Abbie Mood // Nov 29, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Thanks for the comments, guys! @Rob – if you make it public the internet world can hold you accountable for it
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