In high school, one of my teachers gave us a writing assignment. We were to write a list of 100 things we wanted to accomplish during our lives. I was inspired and still am. My list has gone through several revisions and will probably continue to be revised, but here it is as of today . . .
Work Skills
- Teach children
- Begin writing my family’s stories
- Learn to use photo editing software really well
- Write books
- Publish my books
- Become A+ certified?
- Learn how to create and maintain a database?
- Learn how to set-up and maintain a computer network?
- Learn how to create my own computer programs?
General
- Create a meditation garden with water and rock features
- Own a telescope
- Own a heavy bag
- Write my last will and testament and keep it up to date
- Learn to give really great massages and give them
- Grow flowers without killing them
- Write haiku poetry
- Learn to appreciate and describe wine
- Learn about Western astrology
- Be able to interpret western astrological birth charts
- Learn about Vedic astrology
- Speak French
- Speak German
- Speak and write Japanese
- Play chess well
- Learn sign language
- Own and be proficient with professional camera equipment (video and still)
- Make a kite that flies well
- Sew my own clothing and costumes for the SCA
- Learn to cook perogies the way my mother did
- Sing my favourite songs
- Memorize and recite my favourite poems
- Ballroom dance
- Belly dance (taking lessons October-November 2008)
- Tap dance
- Learn to draw
- Learn Calligraphy
- Play the guitar
- Operate and regularly update a useful website
- Learn to snowboard
- Learn to serve volleyball overhand
- Read Dante’s The Inferno
- Read Joyce’s Ulysses
Travel
- Visit Hiroshima (May 7 & 8, 2008)
- Tour wineries of Italy
- Tour wineries of BC
- Go whale watching
- See the Northern Lights
- Visit the Coliseum
- Visit the Parthenon
- Walk the Great Wall of China
- Tour the Forbidden Palace
- Tour the Legislature in Ottawa
- Visit the Red Rocks in Colorado
- Visit the Statue of Liberty in New York City with my sister
- Visit the Pyramids of Egypt
- Visit Hawaii
- Visit the Eiffel Tower
- Visit PEI – specifically the inspiration for Anne of Green Gables
- Visit L’anse Aux Meadows
- Visit Germany
- Visit Stonehenge
- Visit Westminster Abbey
- Visit the MacLachlan Castle
- Visit Ayers Rock
- Visit the Taj Mahal
- Visit the Dead Sea
- Visit historic battle sights, viking settlements, and religious ruins in the United Kingdom
- Visit Barkerville
- Visit the Rocky Mountains
- Visit the Grand Canyon
- Visit Niagara Falls
- Go on a Cruise
- Visit Japan (May 5-24, 2008)
- Visit Tibet
One Time Experiences
- Ride an elephant
- Ride a camel
- Live to be 100 years old
- Be part of a book club
- Be part of a film/movie club
- Take an art class
- Beat Lance at a video game
- Attend an Opera
- Attend a Broadway show (in NYC)
- Go sky diving
- Go scuba diving in the ocean
Zombie Survival Skills
- Carve my body into a state of fabulous
- Financially support myself
- Remember better
- Drive a motorcycle
- Own a canoe
- Be a millionaire
- Have children?
- Learn to identify the major constellations where we live
- Learn to identify the major types of plants of the lower mainland
- Safely and accurately operate a firearm
- Safely and accurately operate a bow and arrow
- Learn to safely administer first aid and CPR
- Learn martial arts
- Make my own armour for the SCA
- Make my own wine
- Make my own mead
- Fix minor problems with my car
- Fix minor household problems
- Learn to kayak
- Learn swordsmanship
- Learn to ride a horse
- Accurately and safely throw knives
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