Bucket List

Hey all. Life can be pretty heavy sometimes, wouldn't you agree? It seems like lately, natural disasters are having such extreme affects on people all over. So let's take a moment to send good wishes to everyone who is being affected by the hurricane in the Philippines these past few days. Especially some love to Leia and Jason, who have family there. I can only imagine the distress of this situation and hope that it ends soon. 

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On the other side of things...Life is full of lots of good stuff. And I think a bucket list is such a fun way to keep track of these things. It's really inspiring to me to read over mine and imagine all the possibilities. So I'm sharing it here today. I also have a reverse bucket list over here if you want to see some things I've accomplished. 


My Bucket List

1. Take part in a flash mob 

2. Ride a camel in the Sahara desert

3. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge

4.  Get a tattoo

5.  Learn an instrument

6. Study abroad

7. Go to the airport and purchase a ticket to a random destination

8. Cross-country US roadtrip and visit national parks

9. Cave des Roches, France (Mushroom caves)

10. Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (part of #8)

11. Angkor Wat in Cambodia

12. The Tunnel of Love in Ukraine

13. Nara Dreamland in Japan

14. Visit all continents (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australia)

15. Learn a 3rd language (at least conversationally)

16. Walk the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Spain 

17. Raise kids

18. Get married

19. Open a café

20. Earn money from blog

21.  Ride an elephant

22. Geocache

23. Write a kid’s book

24. Stay in a tree house for a few days

25. Make cottage cheese

26. Do a juice cleanse

27. Plan and do a random act of kindness

28. Sky dive

29. Learn to rock climb

30. Ride in hot air balloon

31. Be a burner (aka finally go to Burning Man)

32. See the Northern Lights

33. Live in a jungle

34. Walk along the Great Wall of China

35. Learn to crochet

36. Create a home

37. Visit Joshua Tree, CA (preferably attend music festival there)

38. Volunteer at music festival

39. Make a legit time capsule

40. Attend a sweat lodge ceremony

41. Attend a TED talk

42. Learn a lot about herbs and natural remedies

43. Grow Bonsai tree

44. Take a photo a day for a month

45. Eat sushi in Japan

46. Live in South America

47. WWOOF in Asia

48. Host Couchsurfers
49. Take a hot yoga class
50. Sleep under the stars
51. Visit lavender fields
52. Visit sunflower fields
53. Learn canning

If you have a bucket list, I'd love to check it out. You can share in the comments :)

Reverse Bucket List

Good evening folks :) Hoping you had a nice weekend. We did over here. It involved lots of cooking on my part (pizza, cookies, and broccoli and eggplant over rice), relaxing, a fun community event that I helped out, and seeing a friend from Cusco. It was good to get out a bit and see some things. 

Now, onto a sweet thing I found over at Chimerikal the other day...it's called a Reverse Bucket List. Essentially instead of things you must do, the things on this lists are things you've already done or achieved. Neat idea, right? Thanks Erika :) 

Reverse Bucket List
1. study abroad for a year in Granada, Spain
2. teach 4th grade in Peru
3. start own jewelry-making business (Thneedles)
4. drive stick shift in Costa Rica
5. see a double rainbow
6. silent meditation retreat (10 days)
7. sleep under the stars
8. eat gelatto in Rome
9. meet people from other places and travel together
10. start this here blog

Ok, so this picture is from a car because I don't have pictures from walking.

4th grade on a field trip to visit the llamas!

11. zipline in Costa Rica
12. roadtrip internationally in Europe
13. dance like crazy all night with good friends
14. lead a troop of 1st graders at summer camp
15. walk the Golden Gate Bridge
16. travel sola
17. skinny dip
18. 5 day trek Choquequirao in Peru
19. fly in a private jet (a long story)
20. roadtrip across several US states

Way too many photo opts on the way to Choquequirao.

Just leave all your worries in the pineapple patch (WWOOFing)

21. have a beer in some Irish pubs
22. listen to bagpipes in Scotland
23. stand next to a condor in Peru
24. own a car
25. WWOOF on a beautiful farm in Cosa Rica
26. gawk at Sagrada Familia and Park Guell in Barcelona
27. mountain bike through waterfalls
28. go cayoning
29. build a fire
30. hitchhike

Amazing creatures resting for some days after big journeys. 

Me and mi gato <3

31. go parasailing
32. snorkel
33. learn to make tortillas
34. graduate college
35. see sea turtle up close in Hawaii
36. meet and hung out with a famous band (Mars Volta)
37. go on a cruise
38. help to build several houses
39. go skiing
40. find tarantula in shoe
41. get married (AND in a foreign country - read more Wedding Wednesday) 
42. free hugs in Dublin, Ireland
43. participate in CouchSurfing 
44. celebrate Huatia 
45. learn to make crepes
46. taste Pliny the Younger 

Wow, I feel so incredibly grateful for all these experiences I've had! Share something you would put on your list!