Bucket List

Well I’ve been thinking and we all have bucket list, whether we write them out or not. One for what you want to do this year, or one for what you want to accomplish during your career or even places you want to go. But I keep hearing that if you make a goal public and have people to hold you accountable, you are much more likely to accomplish your goals.  Well these are things that I plan on accomplishing, so this is how I plan to hold myself accountable.   For as long as I live I expect this list to be a work in progress, but it will always give me something to strive for.  Now, without further adieu:

 

-ADVENTURE & TRAVEL-

1.   Visit the following “Wonders of the World”

        Great Pyramid of Giza and the Sphinx

        Stonehenge

Colosseum

Great Wall of China

Old City of Jerusalem

Chichen Itza and the Mayan ruins

Iguazu Falls

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Taj Mahal

The Acropolis

Christ the Redeemer

Petra

Easter Island Statues

Machu Picchu

Eiffel Tower

Mount Everest

2.   See the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights

3.   Hike in the Grand Canyon

4.   Take Road Trip across the US

5.   Visit the Holocaust Museum

6.   Explore the Caribbean on a Katamaran or Yacht

7.   Visit Auschwitz Concentration Camp

8.   Visit the Hague

9.   Camp on a west coast beach with a beach bonfire

10.   Go to Denmark

-Extreme Adventure Sports-

11.   Surf in Hawaii (July 2011 Oahu)

12.   Go Kayaking in 5 amazing locations

13. Go Ultra Gliding in a super scenic area

14. Go Windsurfing

15. Go Paragliding

-Unique Experiences IN THE AIR-

16.   Preform in an Airshow

17.   Fly a Glider in the Swiss Alps

18.   Fly a Glider in Hawaii

19.   Experience going Mach 1 (July 2008 Edwards AFB CA)

20.   Cloud Chase in a fighter (July 2010 Shaw AFB SC)

21.   Experience going Mach 2

22.   Preform a Barrel Roll in a Fighter (July 2008 Edwards AFB CA)

23.   Experience Nine Gs and not blackout (July 2008 Edwards AFB CA)

24.   Ride in a Hot Air Balloon

25. Ride in a Helicopter

26.   Skydive from a Hot Air Balloon

27.   Experience a ZERO G Flight

28.   Fly a Private Jet

29.   Be a Thunderbird Pilot

-Unique Travel Experiences -

30.   Jump from the cliff rocks

31.   Experience Mardi Gras in New Orleans

32.   Ride 5 of the biggest & fastest roller coasters in the USA

33.   Go a Winter and a Summer Olympic Games

34.   Experience Oktoberfest in Germany

35.   Experience Time Square in New York for New Years

36.   Go on a Cruise in the Mediterranean

37.   Go Dog Sledding        

38.   Swim with Dolphins

39.   Swim with Great White Sharks

40.   Go sailing on a massive sailing boat

-Unique Experiences -

41.   Set a Guinness Book of World Records in ‘something” (Largest Dodge ball Game May 2011 USAFA CO)

42.   Be in a movie

43.   Be in a commercial

44.   Whiteness a Hole in One in “real” Golfing

45.   Go Zip Lining

46.   Budgie Jump

47.   Race a Sports Car on a Track

48.   Marry the Man of my Dreams (June 2011 Carmel CA)

49.   Raise Wonderful Children with that Man

50.   Celebrate a 50 year Wedding Anniversary

51.   Experience My Perfect Day

52.   Witness Something Truly Amazing Like I’ve Never Seen Before

53.   Achieve the Rank of General

54.   Invent Something Useful & Cool that people will use

55.   Preform a Miracle

56.   Save a Life

57.   Stay up for 48 hours straight

58.   Live near the Ocean

59.   Own a Business

60.   Write a Book and get it Published

61.   Have “something” named after Me

62.   Make a Difference in thousands of people’s lives

63.   Do something in Memory of my Father

64.   Do something in Memory of my Cousin

-Hobbies & Learning Projects-

65.   Learn how to Slalom Water Ski and how to make a Roster Tail

66.   Learn how to Kiteboard (June/July 2011 SF Bay)

67.   Learn how to Surf like a Local

68.   Learn how to do a flip and few tricks on my wakeboard

69.   Learn how to do a few tricks on my snowboard

70.   Learn how to do a handstand and then do one!

71.   Learn how to do a cartwheel

72.   Take up Kiteboarding as a hobby and board regularly

73.   Learn how to Golf well and hold my own on a major golf course

74.   Learn how to indoor rock climb well and join a club

75.   Get Sky Dive Certified

76.   Get my Private Gliders License

77.   Get really good at crud

78.   Finish my Grandma’s Doll House

79.   Learn the origins of my family tree and history of my family

80.   Learn that grass is not always greener on the other side

81.   Learn to Release feelings of Inadequacy

82.   Learn to act within my sphere of influence and stop worrying about things which are not within my control

83.   Learn to Maintain a Positive Attitude

84.   Discover my life's purpose

85.   Read the Bible Cover to Cover

86.   Grow and maintain my relationship with God

-Health & Fitness-

87.   Get a 6 pack and keep a 6 pack or flat stomach for life

88.   Stay Fit for Life

89.   Run a 5 k race in 25 minutes or less

90.   Run a 10 k race in 50 minutes or less

91.   Run a Half Marathon

92.   Run a Marathon

93.   Complete a Triathlon

94.   Run across the Golden Gate

95.   Go for a run in downtown San Francisco

96.   Do 11 Pull Ups (not chin-ups) in one set

-Money & Contributions-

97.   Give away over 25% of what I earn in one year to charities

98.   Retire with over a Million in savings

99.   Hand out a $20 bill to people that look like it could make a difference in their day

100.  Start a Scholarship Fund