I made this list in a period of my life lacking inspiration, so I had to create my own… The past year and a couple months have been nothing but inspiration from all sides, so I haven’t really felt the need to look at it or dream of far-away lands and exotic experiences. For some reason, I felt compelled to open the document this morning. Although my current job is inspiration-ful, re-reading it managed to inject even more inspiration into my much-needed daily dose.
So, without further ado, here is my list, in it’s totality:
1. Do Tai Chi in a park in China
2. Attend a wedding, in India
3. Become fluent in a third foreign language, preferably Arabic
4. Ride a camel in Egypt
5. Take a cooking class in Tuscany
6. Publish a book
7. Own a Vespa (lavender)
8. Visit the Temple of Baalbek
9. Ride a gondola in Venice
10. Set foot on all the continents, Antarctica pending….
11. Go on an African safari
12. Sail the Greek isles
13. Eat sashimi in Japan
14. Get my nose re-pierced
15. Own a Kelly bag
16. Write for a travel publication
17. Ice skate at Rockefeller Center during Christmas
18. Visit the Grand Canyon
19. Go scuba diving
20. Live in another foreign country (other than la belle France) for an extended period of time…
21. Go to a World Series baseball game
22. Go to a World Cup football match
23. Make a mean espresso, and the perfectly frothed milk to match
24. Host regularly fabulous dinner parties
25. Read the classics, Western and Eastern
26. Read the French classics, in French
27. Finish my d@$n scrapbooks
28. Go hang gliding in Switzerland
29. Celebrate Christmas in Scandinavia
30. Go to the Christmas fairs in Strasbourg and Nuremburg
31. Eat lots more Spanish frozen yogurt
32. Adopt a Bernese Mountain dog and Westie Terrier. Name them Penny and Lenny
33. Go ice skating at Christmastime in front of the Hôtel de Ville. Remember to wear a cute hat
34. Learn to make strawberry rhubarb pie
35. Go on an Alaskan cruise
36. Visit Haiti
37. Finish painting my room at my mom’s house
38. Go to a premiere of some sort
39. Do the Peace Corps, or another service program
40. Become adept at Yoga and Pilates
41. Witness the Northern Lights
42. Catch a fish
43. Visit the Egyptian pyramids
44. Ride on a dog sled
45. Spectate at the British Open
46. Go to an haute couture show, preferably Christian Lacroix*
*Sadly, since I first wrote this list in the fall of 2006, Christian Lacroix has stopped making haute couture. But just because something you had wished for can’t come to pass in exactly the way you had hoped, it doesn’t mean another, even more interesting experience can’t replace it. Usually it ends up even better.
If you don’t already have one, create your own list! It’s fun! And if nothing else, a great way to spend a couple minutes with your head in the clouds. A worthy activity at any time.
P.S.: Any readers that have good ideas about how to accomplish some of the more difficult experiences on my list, please contact me … !
