Writer's Workshop: Bucket List

Write a list of 100 things you want to do before you turn 100. Otherwise known as a “bucket list”.





I actually already had a bucket list so this was pretty easy. 


I started it in 2008 when I first thought I might be pregnant (but before I saw the 2 pink lines that made it official). I was having a mental freakout and thinking of all the things I wanted to do before settling down and having babies. Well, surprise! Life happened and those plans changed - but I wouldn't have it any other way.


Without further ado...


1. Kiss my hubby underwater
2. Spend an entire day at a spa
3. Attend the Kentucky Derby & participate in the Hat Parade
4. Visit Napa Valley
5. Learn to juggle
6. Ride a horse along the beach
7. Go Green
8. Volunteer in my community & contribute to making it a better place
9. Sleep under the stars
10. Shower in a waterfall
11. See the Northern Lights
12. Become a good cook
13. Take a hot-air balloon ride
14. Learn to shoot a gun
15. Experience weightlessness
16. Visit all 50 states
17. Sing on Broadway
18. Go on a trip with my girlfriends
19. Read at least 2 books a month
20. Overcome a fear
21. Visit the Twin Towers memorial
22. Have boudoir pictures taken, just for me
23. Cry in the rain
24. Get a henna tattoo
25. Make a wish on a shooting star
26. Learn how to drive a stick shift
27. Make my own bread
28. Catch fireflies on a summer night
29. Find a four leaf clover
30. Request a song to be played on the radio
31. Learn how to change a tire
32. Join a book club
33. Watch the sun rise on the East coast and set on the West coast
34. Walk in the rain
35. Write a book
36. Spend a whole day in bed
37. Go skydiving
38. Learn to drive in the snow
39. Go back to school
40. Learn to speak French
41. Take ballroom dancing classes
42. Take a cross-country road trip with friends
43. Run a marathon
44. Re-learn to play the piano
45. Test drive a ridiculously expensive car
46. Take a cake decorating class


OK, so I didn't make it to 100 - but kudos to you if you made it all the way through the first 47! Looking back on this list now I'm actually finding some things that have changed...in two years though none of been crossed off :( My big deadline though is 30. Hopefully I'll get some of them done by then!