Tonight is book club night. I just finished reading this month's book called 2001 Things to Do Before You Die. The host for this evening also told us to bring a list of 5-10 things that we want to do with our lives.
I enjoyed this book for some reasons, but the person who wrote it had a distinctly different world view from me. I therefore felt that some of the things on his list I would rather die than do. But reading this book did get me thinking about my mental list of things I want to do before I die. Some of them I've accomplished, some of them I am working on, some of them are distant goals, and yet others are near impossibilities. Here is a sample:
- Become a published author
- Make my own pasta from scratch
- Live on the East Coast long enough to receive mail there
- See Michelangelo's Pieta
- Live outside of the U.S.
- Work in a press office
- Design and sew a wedding dress that someone wears in an actual wedding
- Visit the Taj Mahal
- Raise kind children
- Learn to make the perfect soufflé
- Learn how to install a toilet, a ceiling fan, and hardwood floors
- Reupholster a chair
- Live in a house with secret passageways and a hidden room
- Enjoy opera
- Get a pilot's license
- Finally become conversant in Spanish
- Get a Master's Degree...in anything
- Go on a cruise
- Own a Dyson vacuum
- Build a tree-house
- Grow a lush garden
- Become a certified rock climber
What's on your list?
5 comments:
I love the list. I would love to help you accomplish your first one on the list. I really need to do this. It can not be put off any longer. Call me.
Um, i feel we need to work on some of these together! I definitely want the Spanish help and I want to reupholster a chair. So I figure we can do both at the same time!
Queires retapizar conmigo? (so horrible how i'm almost 99% certain that's wrong)
Also on my list is to construct a wooden dining table- preferably out of recycles teak.
that is an awesome list. you have inspired me to make one of my own. there's a girl in my parent's ward who makes home made ravioli from scratch and it is divine. so i may just steal "make pasta from scratch" from you.
I have 4 more suggestions for your list. Play in the surf on the beach in Hawaii. Hike the Grand Canyon. Marry the perfect man for you. Become a disciple of Christ.
You have already done the first 3, and are doing well on the last one even though it is something that will really take a lifetime to do completely.
I love you - you have a great list!
Love your list! Becky told me about your book idea. I will definitely buy a copy! On my list: grow a vegetable garden that we actually eat from, be debt free, run a marathon, stay at a 4 Seasons. I'll have to give this more thought. :)
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