Bucket List

I made a bucket list a few months ago when I was listless and spending most of my time daydreaming about all the things I want to do in the future. It's always tough, saying "someday". It's cliché, but you always regret the things you never got around to doing. Here's my bucket list, or a reminder of my hopes, no matter how out-there they may seem.

1) Walk the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
2) Take a self-defense class
3) Run a marathon
4) See Petra (Jordan)
5) Get a PhD
6) Teach
7) See the Great Pyramids
8) Explore every inch of the Louvre
9) Learn a second (or third) language fluently
10) Participate in a volunteer program abroad
11) Learn to scuba dive
12) Maintain a strong relationship with my siblings/parents
13) Ride a mule into the Grand Canyon
14) Go to a nude beach
15) Learn to drive a motorcycle
16) Be able to quote from Star Wars
17) Learn to tango
18) Participate in Burning Man
19) Photography
20) Go camping on Assateague Island
21) Read all of Vonnegut's works
22) Live in NYC
23) Be a journalist
24) Go horseback riding
25) Read the newspaper (or parts of it) every day
26) Keep a daily journal
27) Be comfortable with who I am
28) Publish a book
29) Be someone's mentor
30) Go back to playing the violin
31) Camp in Yellowstone
32) Drive across the U.S. (and back)
33) Visit the Forbidden City (Beijing)
34) Visit the Winchester Mystery House
35) Learn to sew my own clothes
36) Volunteer regularly at a nursing home
37) Drink wine along the Seine
38) See the ball drop in Times Square
39) Explore a ghost town
40) Visit the Catacombs of Sicily
41) Have boudoir photos taken
42) Visit a (renowned) psychic
43) Take a gourmet cooking class
44) Only patronize local restaurants when traveling
45) Participate in a historical reenactment
46) Go skinny dipping in a gorge
47) Go spelunking
48) See the Northern Lights
49) Visit the Red Fort in India
50) Backpack around southeast Asia

The list is harder to make than one may think.