Bucket List 2.0

When I wrote my bucket for the first time in 2010, I had no idea what kind of goals I wanted to have. In the past two and half years, I have made several major changes to my life and I know have a much clearer picture of what I want to do before I die. For that reason, I am updating my bucket list to more clearly reflect me.

I am keeping some of my original bucket list…mostly the ones I already completed (hey, no need wasting progress!) but I’ve cut down about half of the list. Many of those things on my list weren’t things I necessarily wanted to do, but they were things I saw other lists that I thought sounded like good ideas.

I now have one major goal for the remainder of my life and that is to visit each of 26 countries where Compassion International has a presence. It’s a very lofty goal, but something I am passionate about and ready to take on! As a matter of fact, if I can only visit one country in each of the four areas they work in (Central America/Caribbean, South America, Africa, Asia), I would be ecstatic! I’m adding those countries to the bottom of my bucket list and I’ll go from there!

My Bucket List

1. Run a 5k (coming 5/12/2012) completed 5/12/12
2. Lose 10 pounds after 7/22/2010completed January 2012
3. Lose 15 pounds after 7/22/2010completed March 2012
4. Lose 20 pounds after 7/22/2010completed May 2012
5. Lose 25 pounds after 7/22/2010 completed July 2012
6. Bring my cholesterol down to “normal” levelscompleted March 2012
7. Get back into a size 6
8. Sing karaoke
9. Take a cake decorating classcompleted June 2011
10. Take a cooking class
11. Take a self-defense class
12. Visit another country complete September 2012
13. Visit Disney World
14. Visit Waikiki Beach completed 2005
15. Take a real family vacation completed July 2011
16. Read the entire Bible
17. Participate in a Habitat for Humanity project
18. Volunteer at a soup kitchen
19. Adopt a pet from a shelter completed April 2010
20. Start my own business completed June 2011 (lasted a few months)
21. Teach a class (any class)
22. Get married
23. Have a baby
24. Have two babies
25. Pass on a family heirloom to my children
26. Own a home
27. Attend a professional football game
28. Attend a professional baseball game
29. Attend a professional basketball game
30. See a Broadway Play
31. Renew my vows to the love of my life
32. [Compassion] Visit Dominican Republic
33. [Compassion] Visit El Salvador
34. [Compassion] Visit Guatemala
35. [Compassion] Visit Haiti
36. [Compassion] Visit Honduras
37. [Compassion] Visit Mexico
38. [Compassion] Visit Nicaragua
39. [Compassion] Visit Bolivia
40. [Compassion] Visit Brazil
41. [Compassion] Visit Colombia
42. [Compassion] Visit Ecuador
43. [Compassion] Visit Peru
44. [Compassion] Visit Burkina Faso
45. [Compassion] Visit Ethiopia
46. [Compassion] Visit Ghana
47. [Compassion] Visit Kenya
48. [Compassion] Visit Rwanda
49. [Compassion] Visit Tanzania
50. [Compassion] Visit Togo
51. [Compassion] Visit Uganda
52. [Compassion] Visit Bangladesh
53. [Compassion] Visit India
54. [Compassion] Visit Indonesia
55. [Compassion] Visit Philippines
56. [Compassion] Visit Sri Lanka
57. [Compassion] Visit Thailand

Now, when is the last time you looked at your bucket list and made sure it still aligns with you life’s goals? Just because you wrote it down, doesn’t mean your goals can’t change!

Share with me either a link to your bucket list (if you have one published) or your greatest goal in life in the comments below!

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