The Bucket List

"Have you found joy in your life?

Has your life brought joy to others?"

- Carter Chambers (the two questions asked of the dead by the gods at the entrance to heaven),

The Bucket List

I've recently realized that I want to do more in life, be more spontaneous in the things I do.  I will, on occasion, find something that I've highly interested in and research it, but never follow through on the project, trip, adventure.  Everyone has a bucket list, or at least should, and while I hope to live a long life, I know that God has his own plans. Below is my compiled bucket list that I've been working on for about a year:

1. Go to Times Square for New Years Eve
2. Go to Santorini, Greece
3. Go to Bruges, Belgium
4. Go to a National Championship game (football and/or baseball)
5. Go to Easter Island
6. Go to Mardi Gras
7. Go on a cruise
8. Go to the World Cup
9. Go on an annual camping trip (other than the trip to Mexico)
10. Visit all 7 continents
11. Visit all 50 states (17 left)
12. Visit the White House
13. Visit the Louvre
14. Visit Pike Place Market
15. Meet Robin Williams
16. Meet John Mayer
17. Meet Gerard Butler
18. Meet Aaron Sorkin
19. Fund a home in Mexico
20. Completely organize my iTunes
21. Run a marathon
22. Read a book in less than a week
23. Read the Bible in its entirety
24. Read all of Nicholas Sparks books
25. Learn photography
26. Learn Greek
27. Learn how to play the guitar
28. Learn to knit or crochet
29. Learn to surf
30. Learn kick boxing
31. Learn to say "No" without feeling guilty
32. Cook a meal with Tom Colicchio, Bobby Flay, or Mario Batali
33. Jump off a cliff into deep water
34. Solve a Rubik's Cube
35. Get a cake from Charm City Cakes
36. Build a Habitat for Humanity home
37. Design my own home
38. Own my dream car (BMW 328i Hardtop Convertible)
39. Start my own business
40. Bowl a perfect game (...or at least get turkey)
41. Work for ESPN
42. Create a new family tradition
43. Have a brick at Westcott Fountain
44. Experience Paint-A-Pot at FSU