I’ve decided to keep a running list of some of the things I’d like to get accomplished in the next few years, a sort of “bucket list”. I’m a list keeper by nature, and these vary from the crucial, life-changing and immediate to the more frivolous in nature that don’t have as urgent a time table attached to them. Keep in mind that my interests are teasingly diverse and I believe that broadening ones horizons and taking risks keeps you an interesting person. 
Sigh. Here goes:
- I would like to move away. Once I’m officially done with school I want to try my hand at living alone. As in actually alone, not having mom and dad an hour’s drive away. I’m by nature a homebody but I think it would be an amazing growing experience to move out of easy driving distance. I think maybe Florida. I’ve always wanted to live there and they have enough performing arts complexes for me to market for, I’d have a lot to choose from. At least I’ve always enjoyed making new friends.
- Have a pen pal. The art of the written word is a dying art and communication is becoming increasingly chilly in nature. There are few things like the simple joy of receiving an actual letter in the mail, and it’s something I view as important. Maybe when I move to Florida. Who wants to be pen pals?
- I want to cage dive with sharks. This is a part of a separate list entirely of ways to experience adventure and to learn to pull strength and perspective from fear. I include in this bullet point skydiving (not bungee jumping, I’m not crazy after all!), learning to fly, and maybe a safari among other things.
- This one is multiple goals clumped together. I want to make a hope chest for when I get married and have kids. I’m into dying arts (read: pen pals) and this is an important, sort of romantic notion. I want to learn to knit, embroider, and crochet and then fill my hope chest with baby clothes, embroidered dining napkins, quilts, and anything else that seems appropriate. It was something that all women did up until a few generations ago and, at least as far as I’m concerned, it won’t die.
- Within 2 years I want to run a marathon. Actually run not run/walk. I’ve got disastrously low blood pressure among some other issues that make it almost impossible for me to really do cardio. Thank god for a fast metabolism, right? It would be a huge accomplishment as far as my fitness goals go.
- Drive a yellow car. Don’t ask, it’s been on my list for awhile. I would prefer and Xterra so I can throw my dog in the back and go camping but I’d drive just about anything for awhile providing it is the right color. I feel like it would provide something I’ve been missing, don’t you agree? It would suit my personality quite nicely.
- I’ve had a goal for a long time of becoming fluent in Danish. It’’s vitally important for me to be able to speak Danish to my kids. There exists no inherent sense of respect for ancestry and heritage in today’s day and age and I will be damned if I forget where I am from and why I am who I am. My dad used to speak a little German and Danish to my brother and I when we were kids and it was something special that we shared. I took French in high school so I still can’t speak German with my dad but I still understand things like “Hurry up!” and “Mom, where are you?”.
- Have a house or apartment that looks like it’s straight from the pages of “Better Homes and Gardens”. I really enjoy the idea of having a beautiful and cozy home in which to relax or entertain. This may be one that not many people can understand but it’s something I’ve always dreamed of having.
- I’d really like to learn to juggle. I know so many people who can and it’s not really something that’s applicable in any way to my life but I feel as though it would be a good skill to have. How impressive!
- I would like to learn (well, not just passably) how to golf, ski, and play tennis. I have a natural inclination to all of these, aside from my poor balance making skiing a constant adventure.
This list is constantly changing but those are some choice goals for the moment. Wish me luck!
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