I am starting this journal to tell the stories I have about accomplishing my life goals.
{For those of you who don't know, I have an extensive list of Life Goals. This list began when I was 10 years old with the goal to live in Hawaii one day. (Check) And it grew from there. This is a list that I am constantly looking at and making plans for. Life is so beautiful and full of chances to really live. To me, my life is my canvas and these goals help me to paint it. My greatest passion is to be alive and have adventure, no matter how big or how small. To me it is all lovely.}
248 Life Goals
Life Goals I’ve completed as of today- August 10 2010:
1) Spend one month without a car or T.V. or modern conveniences
2) Learn a second language
3) Parasail
4) Learn to play an instrument (piano, ukulele)
5) Cross-country road trip
6) Visit a mosque
7) Fast for three days
8) Swim with dolphins
9) Go on a mission and finish it
10) Go to a planetarium
11) Walk in the rain
12) Kiss in the rain
13) Vote
14) Plant a tree
15) Go to a drive in movie
16) Skinny dip in the ocean
17) Take flying lessons
18) Sleep on satin sheets
19) Sleep on sun-dried sheets
20) Finger paint
21) Fish
22) Over tip the waiter
23) See a rodeo
24) Get a professional massage
25) Live in Hawaii
26) Go to London
27) Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
28) Go a day without talking
29) Make a secret hiding book
30) Have my portrait painted in oils
31) Get dessert as an appetizer
32) Learn the ukulele
33) Send random postcards
34) Hike the Grand Canyon
35) Learn to fence
36) Pan for gold
37) Learn to skip rocks
38) Get to the center of a tootsie pop and find out how many licks (1,352 licks)
39) Go out on the town in a little black dress
40) Learn to tie a bowline, clove hitch, square knot, etc
41) Kiss on both cheeks
42) Camp out at a movie theater
43) Mud wrestle
44) Read a banned book
45) Learn pottery
46) Win an amateur photography contest (*Honorable mention)
47) Live as a minority
48) Sit in on the Senate/House of Representatives
49) Immerse in culture after culture
50) Get exactly 8 hours of sleep every night for a week
51) Put flowers on the untended grave of a stranger
52) Own a kooky umbrella
53) Play bingo
54) Hang mistletoe in August and in car
55) Be a pioneer
56) See the Nutcracker ballet
57) Play spin the bottle
58) Take a self defense class
59) Learn to blow glass
60) Get a strike bowling
61) Meet one of the 12 apostles (check and check)
62) Chop down a tree
63) Have a secret
64) Kiss a former Elder from the mission (and marry one…?)
65) Splurge on my wedding dress and have breakfast foods at reception
Upcoming Goals:
1) Get married (August 21, 2010)
2) Hot air balloon ride (not sure but Buck said he would for my left leg)
3) Attend the Olympics (2012 London)
4) Learn the constellations (I have the book now)
5) Compose a steamy love letter (as soon as I’m married J)
Goals in route:
1) Go to every state (only six more to go!)
2) Go to different cultures weddings and funerals (I’ll be doing this my whole life)
3) Buy presents for no reason at all (I’ll be doing this my whole life)
4) Have my hand kissed frequently (My whole life)
5) Collect random plates instead of just having china (I’ve begun but tons to go)
6) Visit and touch every continent (So far: N. & S. America, Asia, and Europe- 3 more!)
7) Go to the temple at least once of month for rest of my life (so far so good- minus mission time)
8) Family Home Evening every week (Going well!)
9) Finish learning Fur Elise (Almost there, I’m learning it by sound only)
Goals to retire:
1) Ask a stranger out (well, marriage killed this goal. But I’m happy to retire it)
2) Experience Brazilian Carnival (went to Brazil. If I would of stayed one more week I could of done this goal. But they said that really it’s just a dangerous time for tourists. Just a bunch of drunk parties. Not my scene.)
3) Kiss someone I don’t understand i.e. can’t speak English or Armenian (well, marriage will kill this goal too.)
