Bucket List

I once had a teacher ask me to write my own obituary.  My natural reaction was, "That's weird."  Then I thought about it more and found it to be really motivating.  Where did I want my life to go?  What kind of impact did I want to have on others?  How did I want them to remember me?

Those simple questions inspired me to write a bucket list.  I've entitled my list "100 Things to Do Before I Die."  There are currently 61 things on it.  The rest are what I like to call "goals of the subconscious mind."  You know all those times when you do something really neat and you say, "I've always wanted to do this!" but really it hadn't consciously crossed your mind before?  Yep, well, I decided that I can still put those on my Bucket List even after and then write about them...thus allowing myself to continue filling the last 39 spaces...and more if I want.

I have all sorts of things on my Bucket List!  Everything from the very serious (receive my endowments) to the very superfluous (milk a cow, get in a food fight).  I've got goals for places I want to go (Greece, Disneyworld, etc), things I want to see (a play on Broadway, the 7 wonders of the new world), and people I want to meet (Mia Hamm).  I have selfish goals (be pictured in the Ensign) and selfless ones (donate $2000 to a charity, be a foster mom).  There are things I want to experience (zero gravity, the Olympics live), do (be a street musician for a day, write a book),  and learn (pottery, swing dancing).  Someone once asked me what my most important goal is on my Bucket List.  Well, I can't disclose my #1 goal until I die :) but I can share some other high priorities.  I'd love to be a motivational speaker for something and pay for somebody's mission.  They have nothing to do with eating ice cream atop the Eiffel Tower or seeing a sumo wrestling match in Japan, but of all my 61 goals written down (on a powerpoint, no less...yes, I'm a nerd :) ), those are very important to me. 

I saw these guys on the Today Show the other day and loved it!  They wrote a book about their experiences and it's called What Do You Want to De Before You Die?  Check out this video: 

So, what do YOU want to do before you die?