My Life List

This year a I saw a movie that prehaps many of you saw, "The Bucket List". In it one of the characters has a list of things he always wanted to do before he died. His new rich friend who is also at the end of his life decides that they are going to do these things. I thought it was an interesting idea to actually write down all of the things you want to do in your life. I think that writing down your goals and dreams helps to make them a reality. I heard a quote once that went something like "a goal not written down is only a wish". Although somethings on what is my "bucket list" my seem like a wish all of them are possible and all of them will enrich my life or the life of others in some way. Some may seem silly but sometimes we need silly. Well months after seeing the movie i was reading an article in Self magazine about creating life lists. They gave advice on how to make your life list something that can help you acheive goals and dreams. So i decided it was time i started writing all these things down, and see how many i can achieve. I thought how better to keep myself motivated than to put it somewhere i will see it often. So i am sharing it with you all. I find this process motivating, and hope that i will be able to keep myself focused by following this list. The list is a living document, able to grow and change as i grow and change. Maybe some of you will want to try this too!

(As a disclaimer these are not written in any particular order. so please do not judge my priorities based on the number they have on my list.)

My life list

1. go to wimbledon
2. find the perfect hair cut.
3. make a difference every day at work in a patient’s life.
4. backpack through Europe
5. own a dog (an English Bulldog to be exact)
6. buy a BMW X5
7. Learn Spanish
8. Go to Africa on a humanitarian trip
9. serve a mission as a couple missionary
10. read the classics
11. learn to truly appreciate Shakespeare
12. know the candidates and vote in each presidential election
13. develop my own retirement fund
14. write a children’s book (even if no one else reads it)
15. make my bed everyday for a month
16. learn to scuba dive
17. swim with dolphins
18. visit the sacred grove
19. finally learn to enjoy running
20. make the perfect exercise playlist
21. live in North Carolina
22. live in New York
23. go to the temple in Japan
24. keep a journal faithfully for 1 year
25. go on a yoga vacay
26. have a perfect day
27. adopt at least one child from a third world country
28. go to graduate school
29. learn to knit
30. go to Greece
31. do temple work for on of my ancestors
32. see the 7 wonders of the world ( I did the research, there are many more but I have pared it down for myself. The Great Wall, the Pyramids, the Tajmahal, the Colosseum, Stonehenge, the Eiffel Tower, and the Tower of Piz
33. See Mt. Fuji
34. finish my cross stitch project
35. own my own home
36. Read Jesus The Christ
37. Raise a family
38. Be sealed in the temple
39. learn to stick to a budget
40. learn kanji
41. learn Japanese calligraphy
42. find the joy in each day
43. work on not procrastinating
44. create my own lasting, meaningful traditions with my own family.
45. share my testimony with a friend
46. help my children to develop strong, abiding testimonies
47. more to come……