Tasks to accomplish before I kick the bucket:
- Experience weightlessness
- Meet President Obama
- Swim with dolphins
- Visit the Neuschwanstein castle in Germany
- Maintain a compost pile
- Tour the White House
- Show the boy around my neighborhood in Rome
- Work for a women’s rights organization
- Have dinner with someone famous that I admire
- Visit Greece
- Perfect a variety of granola recipes
- Go on a cruise
- Play the leading lady in a musical, even if it’s just a community theatre
- Manage my own business
- Become that person who knows everyone
- Have a cherry tree in my yard
- Pay off my student loan debt
- Become an expert in something
- Go to a taping of my favorite show
- Ride on AirForce One
- Record a CD
- Dedicate one room to books and coffee
- Own a great camera and learn how to use it
- Visit Sagrada Familia in Barcelona after it is complete
- Visit all 50 states and 20 countries (Current Tally: 23 states, 10 countries)
- See a Banksy in person
- Enjoy a mint julep at the Kentucky Derby
- Shoot a gun
- Learn to play golf
- Have my fortune told
- Dye my hair an unnatural color
- Save someone’s life
- Learn to play a song on a guitar
- Go fishing wearing waders
- Stick my toes in all five Great Lakes
(Michigan [childhood], Huron [August 2010], Superior [August 2010]) - Eat a Ju(i)cy Lucy at Matt’s Bar or the 5-8 Club in Minneapolis
- Attend a game of every professional Chicago sports team (
Bears,Cubs) - Play with a tiger cub or lion cub
- Learn how to code
Accomplished tasks:
- Get my degree (B.A. in Women’s Studies and Communication Studies, May 2008 )
- Donate my hair to Locks of Love (June 2007 & January 2010)
- Read a book in one sitting (The Secret Life of Bees, January 2009)
- Go to a concert where I know all the words (Josh Groban, June 2004)
- Get a massage (May 2008 )
- Backpack across Europe (April 2006)
- See the chandelier in the Paris Opera House as featured in The Phantom of the Opera (April 2006)
- Visit a country where I can communicate in the mother tongue (Italy, January-May 2006)
- Visit Spain (Barcelona, February 2006)
- See Billy Joel in concert (Wrigley Field, July 2009)
- Get married (August 8, 2009)
- Get paid to write something (January 2010)
- Grow my own herbs and vegetables (peppers, tomatoes, mint, dill, thyme, basil, chives, & catnip; Summer 2010)
- Tour the Leinenkugel’s brewery (August 2010)
Take an improv class at a famous Chicago improv studio(Second City Adult Immersion program, January 2011)Drink a bloody mary(January 2011)Go to a movie by myself(Hanna, April 2011)Get my Masters degree in… anything(M.A. in Communications, May 2012)
Accomplished tasks that weren’t on the initial list but totally should have been because I’m really proud of them:
- Drive in a Presidential motorcade (March 2008 )
- Meet Jon Stewart (May 2005)
- Become a godmother (September 2006)
- Make Deans List (Spring 2007, Fall 2007, & Spring 2008 )
- Be interviewed on television (February 2008 )
- Cook better than my mother-in-law (her words, December 2009)
- Graduate with a 4.0 GPA (May 2012)
Belle Renee 
The fact that you have a BA in women’s studies just made you my new favorite person.
I got here from 20sb and thought I’d leave a comment and say hello.
I can help you with the castle visit in Germany 🙂
I got to visit Neuschwanstein on my honeymoon, it was absolutely breathtaking. The area around the castle is simply enchanted. We never wanted to leave!
Awesome list! A few of my things are on here and a few of yours I may think about and add to mine!
I believe everyone should experience a cruise. I loved it! Mine was Monday evening to Friday morning to Ensenada, Mexico. We also stopped at Catalina Island.
Next year I’m planning on going to an Alaskan cruise! I also heard a cruise to Hawaii is nice because they take you to all the different islands.
I’ve been wanting to write a blog for some time now and am finally trying to gather my thoughts. I stumbled across yours and am glad! Many things similar to my bucket list, good luck with the rest of yours!