Life is short, we all know that. We all have goals, aspirations, adventures that we want to accomplish before we die. I’m no different. There are tons of things I want to do and see in my lifetime. I know that I won’t do all of them, maybe I won’t even get to do the majority of these things, but it gives me hope. My life list serves as a focus point for me when it feels like I’m not going anywhere in life. It gives me hope and gives me a sense of accountability. Maybe by writing them down and sharing it with you, I will be more likely to seek out these adventures rather than retreat to the introvert that I am.

So here it is, my Life List. It’s not a list set in stone, it has changed so many times but here it is now. I think I’ll actually attach this to my About page and come back to it every now and then to cross things off or add to it.

1. Watch the Sunrise and Sunset in the same day
2. Ride a Hot Air Balloon
3. Have no credit card debt
4. See a Broadway Musical
5. Go Whale-Watching
6. Be a mom
7. Go to Paris
8. Have a coffee at a cafe by the Eiffel tower
9. Visit Disneyland Paris
10. Visit Disneyland (California)
11. Visit Disneyland Tokyo
12. Visit Disneyland Hong Kong
13. Visit Disneyland Shanghai
14. Go on a Disney Cruise
15. See the Northern Lights
16. Visit every continent
17. Run a Marathon
18. Run a half-marathon
19. Run a 10k
20. Run a 5k
21. Practice yoga 5 times per week
22. Do a headstand
23. Go on a Yoga Retreat
24. Visit Germany
25. Visit Vimy Ridge memorial in France
26. Visit all the provinces in Canada
27. Shoot a gun
28. Go dog sledding
29. Stand on the Great Wall of China
30. Start my own successful business
31. Zip line over the Amazon
32. Solve a Rubik’s cube
33. Celebrate 50 years of marriage
34. Have at least 3 children (1 down, 2 to go)
35. Experience natural childbirth
36. Attend ComicCon in San Diego
37. Attend WonderCon
38. Write a children’s book
39. Open a bakery
40. Have a meatless Monday each week
41. Join Crossfit
42. Reach 15,000 step each day for a year
43. Watch a live taping of a Late Night show
44. Read a book a month for a full year (4 down)
45. Take a sewing class
46. Go on a carriage ride through Central Park
47. Buy a Tesla
48. Learn ASL
49. Sew a dress for myself
50. Open an Etsy shop
51. Take my Grandmother to Walt Disney World
52. Be a keynote speaker
53. Keep a daily journal with photos for each of children’s first year
54. Host a large Christmas dinner for our families
55. Give all homemade gifts for Christmas
56. Take part in a dance flash mob
57. Complete the Whole 100
58. Take a photography course
59. Attend a blog conference (Type-A Parent, October 2016)
60. Build my Youtube channel
61. Get my Master’s degree
62. Go to Bora Bora
63. Make my own wine
64. Do yoga in the park
65. Start a Podcast
66. Stay at all the Disney property resorts
67. Become a DVC member
68. Take a self-portrait each day for one year
69. Swim with dolphins
70. Ride a water taxi in Venice
71. Visit the Hollywood walk of fame
72. Sleep in a real castle
73. See Heaven’s Trail in Ireland
74. Walk behind a waterfall
75. Go skydiving
76. Ride a horse on a beach
77. Visit London, England (May 2016)
78. Learn to really play the piano
79. Have a library with a secret passageway
80. Go on a girls only vacation
81. Have a pen pal
82. Camp out in the back of a truck in the middle of nowhere
83. Design my own dream house
84. Go beach camping
85. Work my dream job
86. Grow old with Chris
87. Cook through an entire cookbook
88. Have an influential blog
89. Go Canoeing
90. Watch movies under a blanket fort
91. Grow a plant from seed without killing it
92. Rent a beach house for a whole summer and just enjoy the peacefulness
93. If I ever win the lottery, donate half to Toronto Sick Kids Hospital
94. Learn to ski
95. Be able to do 100 push-ups
96. Learn how to do a backflip
97. Take belly dancing classes
98. Take pole dancing classes
99. Have a whole crafts room
100. Discover my purpose

So there it is, my Life List or as some might call it my Bucket List. Whatever you want to call it’s mine and it’s filled with hope and adventure.

Do you have a Life List? What’s on it?