Things You'd Like To Do/Accomplish In This Lifetime

[Lisarenee]

Okay, this actually is book related. Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture talked about how he accomplished his top 10 things he wanted to achieve or do in his lifetime. Do you have a list? Have you done or accomplished any of them?

[Lisarenee]

This may take some time but I'll keep adding to it as I think of things:

1) Write a book even if no one else ever reads it.
2) Travel to many different countries (Australia, England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, etc)
3) Own a business.
4) Learn to speak another language fluently.
5) Learn to give a speech without turning white as a ghost. (Funny thing is if I was sitting down I'd probably do just fine. It's something about standing and speaking to a crowd that throws me.)
6) Learn to play the violin or flute.

[Sans]

Hm, good question. I can think of a few right now but I'll definitely add to the list. (These are in no particular order)

1. Move to Scotland
2. Get my degree
3. Become a writer (hopefully successful but as long as I'm happy it won't matter)
4. Fall in love
5. Learn to play the cello (tried earlier this year but I couldn't keep up with the rental and lesson fees!)
6. Feel truly content about something
7. Get down to my medically advised BMI. ~_~

[Sashana]

Great post, Lisarenee, I really have to think this one through. I’m posting them in order that I want to do them.
1) Go to college
2) Figure out what I want to do with my life career wise (I don’t want to spend 30 years in a job that I hate!)
3) Graduate from College
4) Move out of Florida!
5) Take a trip to Southeastern Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, India)
6) Learn how to cook mouth watering dishes
7) Buy my own house
8) Take a Trip to Europe (many many countries included)
9) Go to the Summer Olympics
10) Take another trip somewhere! :)

[Lisarenee]

Sounds like a good start so far Sans.

Sashana, I like the Summer Olympics idea. That would be fun.

[Sans]

Just updated my list.

[Lauren]

I really like this post... I am very self-reliant and reflective. I spend a lot of time thinking back and thinking about other people. I'm very intra & interpersonal.

1) I'd like to become a psychologist... help out with things like eat disorders and depression.
2) Getting a Ph.D. is one of my dreams
3) Someday I would like a little girl, Lacey; named after a teacher who has inspired me, and two boys, Brody and Westley. A family just seems so great.
4) A pretty house, something that's surrounded by vines... a cottage-feeling home. Cute litte courtyard out back and lovely sidewalks.
5) A husband who's a sweetheart. Someone who will make me feel happy -- someone that I'll always be able to talk to.

I'll update it again later, but for now, I am going to sleep!

[Angela]

This I would like to accomplish in my lifetime:


1) I want to get better. I've been in bed since January 2010 and I'm really tired of being sick.
2) I want to travel with my husband to Australia and New Zealand (I live in Canada).
3) I want to overcome my fear of public speaking.
4) I want to buy a house and grow old in it.
5) I want my family to know they're loved, every moment of everyday.

oh, one more: I want to spend a week at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

[Sashana]

Love your number 5 and 1, Angie.

[Lauren]

I really like all of these Angie. You can do it if you set your mind to it!

[Angela]

Thanks Sashana and Lauren.

[Samantha]

1) Visit every country
2) Live abroad for a least 1 year
3) Have children
4) Get something published
5) Discover what I want to do with my life

[Lisarenee]

I like your list Samantha.

[Lauren]

I like #5 :)

[Emespre]

Great idea :), really makes you think about what you want in life.

1. Write a book (I like your ‘even if no one else ever reads it’ comment Lisarenee)
2. Travel overseas (Europe, particularly the UK and France, plus Jordan and Israel)
3. Fall in love and get married
4. Have/adopt and raise two (or three or four or at even five) children
5. Learn to fence
6. Find a career that I love
7. Become stronger in my faith
8. Become fluent in French

I love your list Angie. And a week at the wizarding world would be so much fun :D.

[Angela]

Thanks Emespre, I like yours too.

[Carolyn F.]

My list is pretty short, just to:

1. Find a good church to go to for the whole family.

2. Travel throughout Europe.

That's about it.

[Chelly]

1. Get a full ride scholarship to college
2. Travel all around the world (live for a bit in Spain and Britain)
3. Visit the Harry Potter theme park and Universal Studios in Orlando
4. Build/Design my own house
5. Get married, 3-4 kids
6. Finish my book!!...and hopefully get it published (unlike Lisarenee and Emespre I do care if people like it :})
7. Extreme Sports: skydive, bungee jump, white water raft, canoo, snowboard, ski(water and snow), paintball, etc

[Carolyn F.]

Ooh Chelsea, I didn't realize they have a Harry Potter theme park at Universal Studios. I wonder if the one in LA has it? We're going to Disneyland in July.

[Angela]

Hey Carolyn F - The Park is only in Florida. Good Excuse to Travel to the East Coast...

[Carolyn F.]

Darn it! I've been to Florida but only the airport. Someday!!!!

[Marla]

I think I can come up with 10.

1. Get my interpreting license/certificate
2. Get my teaching license
3. Take a cruise
4. Visit Italy
5. Visit France
6. Complete my Christian counseling program
7. Lose at least 70 pounds

I have to think of more

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There's alot of stuff I've been meaning to do in my life. My life is all about checklists, so I can come up with a pretty extensive one.

1. Travel all the major countries in every continent. I've been working towards this all throughout high school, but I have like 50 countries still left. Or something like that.

2. Get married. And laid. Self explanatory.

3. Earn my doctorate in psychiatry, and help people through actual counsoling, not just drugs. And get my phD in psychology.

4. Adopt a few munchkins. Ages 4-5, who can sleep through the night without waking me up.

5. Complete my physical therapy without dying.

6. Get a healthier diet. This is a must.

7. Working on myself as a person by not loosing my temper so much.

8. Volunteer in Peace Corps.

[Marla]

Marla wrote: "I think I can come up with 10.

1. Get my interpreting license/certificate
2. Get my teaching license
3. Take a cruise
4. Visit Italy
5. Visit France
6. Complete my Christian counseling prog..."

7. Go on mission work
8. Write book (novel/memoirs/childrens books)
9. get my credit score back up
10.

Have to take more time to come up with a really meaningful one.

[Lisarenee]

Angie, I will get to Harry Potter at Universal sooner rather than later since I live an hour and a half away from it. My kids want to go, so who knows maybe we'll go this summer. I'll have to let you guys know how it is.

[Marla]

Marla wrote: "I think I can come up with 10.

1. Get my interpreting license/certificate
2. Get my teaching license
3. Take a cruise
4. Visit Italy
5. Visit France
6. Complete my Christian counseling prog..."

7. Go on mission work
8. Write book (novel/memoirs/childrens books)
9. get my credit score back up

10.Take a long vacation to the Holy Land.

[Sashana]

What's a interpreting license/certificate, Marla?

[Marla]

Sashana wrote: "What's a interpreting license/certificate, Marla?"

sorry it has taken me so long to answer.

I graduated college with a BS in sign language interpreting. I do work with the deaf in a high school setting but I don't have my sign lg. interpreting license or certificate. It costs over $300 to take the test but after I am certified I can make bank by interpreting. If I want to interpret now, I can actually sign up with a business called "We Interpret". Since I don't have a certificate I would need a supervisor/mentor to go with me. However, even without a certificate, I would still get paid $25 an hour. So you can imagine how much I would get paid if I was certified.
anyway, that is making a short story long-lol

[Sashana]

Thanks for explaining. Good luck with getting the license :)