The Listing Hop hosted by Bish Denham

Today is the blog hop hosted by the delightful Bish Denham, all about lists! Making lists is one of my favorite things to do, so of course I had to sign up. You can check out Bish's blog and the hop here!

I make lists every single day. Thank heavens for Google Tasks, because they help me out a ton. And often I also end up with scraps of paper with lists on them scattered around. Few things make me happier than to cross one of those lists off as complete :) But, that's not the only kind of lists I make (just as my students--I have lists of terms for them to study regularly!). For the hop, I thought I'd list out a few things I have down on my long-term to-do, the biggies I hope to accomplish in the next 5-10 years (my Bucket List, if I may, at least in short form). This seems like the perfect excuse to think about this kind of thing anyhow, and I might as well post it to keep myself accountable :)

In no particular order:

Visit Africa. I've come close to getting to this continent, but have yet to set foot there. I'd love to visit some of the awesome early human sites that I talk about in my courses!Make tenure. I can't apply for this for a couple of more years, but the work is already beginning with that as the end goal. No rest for the weary!Get an agent for my books. I've managed it before, but would love to have someone help represent my work.Write a book that makes it to a best-seller list. I'm not terribly picky which one. I can dream, right? ;)Travel more, especially out of the country. Ties in nicely with #1, and my wanderlust is insatiable.Make more friends. I'm naturally very shy, so moving to Montana was really hard on me and it's taken me years to feel like I have a group of friends. I'd really like to find more people, too.Be a better sister/daughter. Moving far from my family has made this a little more difficult than I'd like, and it's something I want to work on.I know there are many more, but these are my top ones for the moment, and things I hope to work on overall as the months roll on. What are some of your bigger goals?