Carrie's Bucket List

One thing I like to do in the fall is to make lists.  I’ve had fun over the past couple of weeks working on a list of 101 things to do before I die.  I started this list years ago but only got it about ½ of the way done.  This time it was easy for me to come up with 101 things and more.  I believe that this is an evolving list.  Just because it is on my list today doesn’t mean it will be a dream later, but I feel that the biggest problem with people achieving their dreams is that they don’t even know what they want.   Working on this list has prompted me to rethink our family vacations and plans for the next six years.  We only have six more spring breaks until Caleb graduates from high school.  There are so many things on the list that I want to do with my children.  Knowing what I want does help me to focus on achieving it!!

You will notice I’ve included many dreams that I’ve already accomplished.  I've bolded the items I still need to do.  I can’t have a bucket list without acknowledging all of the dreams in my life that have already been achieved. 

1. Get Married in the Temple

2. Have Five Children

3. Live in a nurturing, intimate relationship

4. Serve a full-time mission

5. Help bring someone to Christ through baptism

6. Learn another language

7. Graduate from College

8. Have $10,000/month passive income

9. Sail the virgin islands on a catamaran

10. Raft the Colorado through the Grand Canyon

11. Go to Havasupai

12. Go on a Hawaiian Cruise

13. Go to Samoa, Tonga and Fiji

14. Go to Tahiti

15. Go to the Holy Land (Israel)

16. Take my family to Disney World

17. Go to the Temple with each of my Children

18. Have my children go on missions

19. Travel across the country in an RV

20. Write my own life history

21. Sail in Greece

22. Vacation in Paris

23. Travel in Italy

24. Go to the Miss America Pageant live

25. See Wicked on Broadway

26. Take each of my children on a humanitarian experience

27. Have my boys become eagle scouts

28. Have my girls receive their young womanhood recognition

29. Receive a music (oboe) scholarship
30. Write an article for a magazine

31. Nurse my own baby

32. Have natural child birth

33. Write a book 

34. Create a family recipe book

35. Do temple work for an ancestor I found

36. Teach school

37. Tour the Book of Mormon lands  of Guatemala 

38. Sight see in Alaska

39. Build a new house

40. Participate in a musical

41. Stay at a Disney hotel

42. Be an Academy for Girls Counselor

43. Be an EFY Counselor

44. Be an EFY Speaker

45. Have a season ski pass

46. Ride in a hot air balloon

47. Ride in a helicopter

48. Ski in the Swiss Alps

49. See Mt. Rushmore

50. Go on an airboat ride to spot Alligators

51. Stand at Ground 0 in NYC

52. Go to the Price is Right

53. Drive through Hollywood

54. Stand on the Great Wall of China

55. Buy a brand new car  

56. See a dolphin in the wild

57. See a whale in the wild

58. See a bear in the wild

59. See an alligator in the wild

60. Get a masters degree

61. Invest in Real Estate

62. Go Sky Diving

63. Live in another country

64. Watch an Olympic competition live

65. See the Redwoods

66. Camp on a beach

67. Spend time on the Oregon Coast

68. Sleep in a house boat

69. Teach my children appreciation of music and fine arts

70. Teach my children to cook

71. Plan retreats for women/moms

72. Shake hands with the prophet

73. Hike through a rainforest

74. Teach a college class

75. Own a business

76. Sell a business

77. Go on a family cruise

78. Hold my own grand baby

79. Sing a solo

80. Play the drums in a band

81. Participate in an orchestra

82. Learn the ukulele or guitar

83. Travel in a convertible

84. Participate in the pageant in Nauvoo as a family

85. Take my children to the sacred grove

86. Take my children to the handcart pioneer sites

87. Volunteer in a homeless shelter

88. Take my children to Washington DC

89. Pay off my house

90. Be completely debt free

91. Walk the Streets of London

92. Explore Machu Picchu

93. Have a cleaning lady

94. Stay at an all inclusive resort

95. Stand on the rim of the Grand Canyon

96. Play at a Black Sand Beach

97. Pick wild mangos

98. Hike Angels Landing

99. Influence 1000’s to live a better life

100. Live without regret

101. Make a difference to humanity