My Incomplete List

So, this is the list I have been working on for awhile. It is nowhere near completion, but again, I doubt it will ever be deemed "complete." These are some things that I can think of off the top of my head that I really want to do before I die. =0)


1. Write a script for a TV show and mail it to someone in Hollywood…regardless of whether or not I think it will go anywhere.
2. Write a children's book and attempt to publish it
3. Ride a gondola in Venice
4. Visit a Renaissance fair
5. Run a half marathon
6. Learn how to shoot all these types of guns (rifle, shotgun, semi automatic pistol, machine gun, bb gun, nerf gun, revolver, black powder rifle, potato gun) -- in blue -- already done.
7. Learn archery.
8. Learn to play golf and play 18 holes.
9. Go on a ski trip.
10. Master ballroom dancing
11. Go canoeing or kayaking.
12. Ice skate in front of Rockefeller Center
13. Learn to water ski
14. Go deep sea fishing
15. Learn to say "hello" in 50 languages.
16. Learn sign language.
17. Go on a helicopter ride
18. Go scuba diving
19. Swim with sharks
20. Ride a mechanical bull
21. Fire walk
22. Go white water rafting
23. Go Zorbing
24. See The Grand Canyon
25. See The Great Barrier Reef
26. See The Northern Lights (the Aurora Borealis)
27. See Times Square on New Year's Day
28. See The Statues of Easter Island, Chile
29. See Stonehenge, United Kingdom
30. See The Sydney Opera House, Australia
31. See the Houses of Parliament, London, England
32. The Great Wall of China
33. Go to Disney World
34. See the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
35. Renew wedding vows in Central Park - 5th Anniversary
36. See Mount Rushmore
37. Visit SeaWorld Florida, Orlando
38. Visit All 50 States
39. Go on a cruise
40. Learn to play chess.
41. Learn to play bridge.
42. Make a Quilt.
43. Perform a kind deed to 5 strangers, expecting nothing in return. (1. Leave a $100 tip for a waitress, 2. buy someones groceries that are behind me, without them knowing...not sure about the others)
44. Pack my bags and leave. Go on a vacation with no itinerary planned.
45. Finish my Masters Degree
46. Donate a $1,000 to a charity of my choice anonymously.
47. Volunteer at a Homeless Shelter.
48. Donate clothes to a battered women's shelter.
49. Audition for a Broadway play
50. 100 books I want to read (different list altogether)
51. 100 movies I want to see (different list altogether)
52. Swim with dolphins
53. Go whale-watching with my husband
54. Milk a cow
55. Watch Turtles hatch and run for the ocean
56. Go see a professional game for: Football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer.
57. See a session of the US Supreme Court
58. TED Talks: an annual conference in California which brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).
59. Become a Collector of something
60. See the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
61. Go to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
62. Adopt a child or Help A Child Get Adopted
63. Foster A Child or Sibling Group.
64. Send my parents on their dream vacation.
65. Take a picture every day for a year to document life
66. Do the 3 day walk for breast cancer
67. Flash Paris from the Eiffel Tower
68. Spend the night in a haunted house
69. Own a motorcycle
70. Own a piece of Tiffany’s jewelry
71. Zipline down a mountain
72. Take a day to pamper myself at a high class spa
73. Go on a safari
74. Ride the Orient Express
75. Take a long nap in a field of heather in Ireland
76. Own a vacation home.
77. Create a book of photography and try to get it published
78. Own a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes!
79. Stop doing what everyone else does
80. Stop being so indecisive

-- In the future, I will try to post a blog each time I am working on a list item.

Thank you & good day!

Working On The List

I have been working my tail off to create this list and part of me feels like I am really putting too much pressure on myself. I keep telling myself that the longer I drag it out the less I am going to accomplish on it...but, news flash self, you won't even be 25 for another three weeks, cool it! I guess there is that perfectionist part of me that feels like I can't start working on it until I have a final draft. But, honestly, it may not be drafted the way I want for a long time.

I think I keep jumping back to the number 100 because from what I can see, most bucket lists are 100 things to do before you die. My husband, the darling that he is, very simply put it to me as "you follow way too many rules." You know what? I do. I am going to have to add that to my list!  #79. Stop Doing What Everyone Else Does.

For that reason, I am going at this like Earl Hickey in "My Name Is Earl." For those of you that have never seen the show a.) shame on you, go watch it! b.) Earl creates a list of bad things he has done to others and tries to right those wrongs for karmic reasons. No, my bucket list has nothing to do with karma, but in the show his list grows on a regular basis, depending on the situation or what piece of information he can remember. I am going to do what I can on my list when I can and if I find, along the way, that I want to add to it, I will! So far, I have about 78...make that 79 items on my list.

I am trying to decide if I should post my list in its current state or if I should wait and post when I am working on or have completed an item. Maybe both...#80. Stop Being So Indecisive.

Thank You & Good Day!

Well, here goes nothing.

Hello All (or should I say, anyone at all...just one, maybe?)

My name is Nichole and I have been doing a really deep search in myself of what it is I truly want out of this life. I don't know about anyone else, but it's actually a really daunting task! I am finding it to be pretty hard to really pinpoint what it is I want. For that reason, I decided to start writing down some things that I want to accomplish in life. Things that I want to be able to tell my grandchildren one day (and no, I don't have any of my own kids yet...but I like to plan ahead), things that they will want to eventually tell their grandchildren (a bit much, yeah?)

I just feel that I am a normal, every day plain Jane and it is not as if I am ever going to have a building, bridge or stretch of highway named after me...so I would like for my family to at least want to remember me years from now as someone who did what she planned to do. I want them to know that if they put their minds to something, they can do it...because I am going to do it and set a good example for them (I hope!!!)

I think the whole point of making a list...which I have found is called a "Bucket List" (thank you Justin Zackham), is a way for me to lay it all out there and have something tangible there. Maybe this blog is my next step. I have already given my wonderful husband the duty to kick me in the pants when I start slacking on my list. I think this is a way to be held even more accountable for it. I want to believe that if many, many, many people (overconfidence in my writing? perhaps) read this and help me stay on target...I'll get it done. It takes a village, people! Keep on me, please!

I am still working on my list...they say a bucket list should be 100 items. Well, I have about 80 or so right now and I keep editing and adding and removing and I am afraid that if I continue to change it, I am never going to do it!!! I will try and post my list today or sometime soon.

Thank you and Good Day!