Ultimate Bucket List

  1. Education and Career
  2. Get a Bachelor’s Degree  May 18, 2014
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  3. Get a Master’s Degree  June 12, 2016
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  4. Get a Full-time Job  Starting October 24, 2016
  5. Watch my name scroll by in the credits of a Feature film October 2018
  6. Start a business
  7. Be the Sound Designer of a Live-action Feature
  8. Be a part of a film that wins an award at a film festival
  9. Hold an Oscar…or win one…
  10. Finish my Duolingo Spanish Tree
  11. Learn Sign Language
  12. Give an important speech
  13. Find my magnificent obsession
  14. Become an expert in something
  15. Start a Podcast or YouTube Channel
  16. Adult Life
  17. Live in Chicago  August 2014 – August 2016
  18. Get my own apartment  May 24, 2015
  19. Finally get a horizontal driver’s license  July 29,2015
  20. Live somewhere where it doesn’t snow
  21. Buy a house
  22. Buy a car  October 19, 2016
  23. Own a Player Piano
  24. Have a library in my home
  25. Have a properly calibrated home theater and surround sound system
  26. Buy an entirely new wardrobe
  27. Own a record player
  28. Reach ideal bedroom organization
  29. Plant a tree and watch it grow
  30. Go to my high school reunion
  31. Get a Tattoo March 7, 2019
  32. Become a regular somewhere
  33. Volunteer at PAWS
  34. Volunteer at a 5k race  July 25,2015                                                  
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  35. Leave a 100% tip
  36. Invest January 2018 – Check out Stash!
  37. Be able to go to a fancy dinner with family and friends, grab the check and say, “It’s on me”
  38. Vote for the President
  39. Random Personal Goals
  40. Be the President of a club Women in Technology at Purdue 2013
  41. Be a Bridesmaid  October 5, 2013 and April 25, 2015
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  42. Do something I am afraid to do
  43. Find a whole sand dollar
  44. Find a Starfish  January 2014
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  45. Give myself a fake name for a restaurant or hotel reservation
  46. Sleep in a hammock
  47. Build a Sand Castle
  48. Finish a crossword puzzle
  49. Be something really extravagant for Halloween
  50. Donate Blood  2010
  51. Learn to Juggle
  52. Getting Crafty
  53. Make a shadow box for my shells
  54. Finish my son’s First Year scrapbook
  55. Finish my wedding scrapbook
  56. Make art out of old cables
  57. Have an Etsy shop
  58. Sell something on Society6
  59. Try Woodburning
  60. Try Leather/Metal stamping
  61. Try Beading
  62. Travel
  63. Go to Europe May 22, 2014 – June 4, 2014
  64. Go to Europe with my family
  65. Live in another country
  66. Ride in a Gondola
  67. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower  June 3, 2014 
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  68. Go to Vatican City
  69. Witness the Pope’s Blessing
  70. Throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain
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  71. Kiss the Blarney Stone
  72. Spend St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
  73. See and photograph St. Patrick’s Cathedral
  74. Go to Hawaii–
  75. Visit my Grandma Fran in Waimea Valley
  76. Go to Hollywood/L.A.
  77. Go to Oktoberfest in Germany
  78. Go to Harry Potter world
  79. See the Mona Lisa
  80. See the Northern Lights
  81. Fly first class
  82. Visit all 50 of the United States
  83. Explore a rainforest
  84. Go on Safari in Tanzania
  85. Visit Hobbiton in New Zealand
  86. Swim in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland
  87. Go to Disney World and Universal Studios as an adult
  88. Go to Las Vegas
  89. See the Grand Canyon
  90. Drive around Yellow Stone Park
  91. See Mount Rushmore
  92. Spend the night in a Jungle Lodge
  93. Movies, Music, and Arts
  94. Start a blog  April 9, 2014
  95. Post a blog post every day for a year
  96. Write a feature-length screenplay
  97. Be in a Talent show  2010
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  98. Be in a Play  2009, 2010
  99. Sing in front of an audience of over one thousand
  100. Perform a monologue
  101. Sing on the street/Street Perform
  102. Make something awesome with my movie ticket collection
  103. Make a film about my family
  104. Make a Documentary
  105. Watch all of Tim Burton’s films
  106. Watch all of the Best Picture Winners
  107. See The Breakfast Club in the theater  March 26, 2015
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  108. Sing in a church choir
  109. Record a song in a studio   November 30, 2015
  110. Record an album
  111. Photograph 100 churches
  112. Volunteer at the Ann Arbor Film Festival  March 20-24, 2018
  113. Volunteer at the Chicago Film Festival
  114. Entertainment and Events
  115. Go to all three days of Lollapalooza
  116. Go to the Opera
  117. See the Musical Wicked in NYC
  118. Attend a Tigers game
  119. Attend a Red Sox game  Summer 2013
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  120. Attend a Yankees game
  121. Attend a Cubs game
  122. Attend a White Sox game
  123. Attend a World Series game
  124. Attend a Red Wings game January 6, 2019
  125. Host an elaborate Oscars Party
  126. Throw a surprise party
  127. See a concert at Carnegie Hall
  128. See Lifehouse in concert   July 30, 2017
  129. See Lake Street Dive in concert March 1, 2017
  130. See Coheed and Cambria in concert February 26, 2016
  131. See Lady Gaga in concert
  132. Attend a concert at the House of Blues
  133. Be part of a flash mob
  134. Get VIP passes to a show
  135. Attend a luau
  136. Experience New Year’s Eve in NYC
  137. Food/Drink
  138. Make Thanksgiving dinner
  139. Eat oysters  Summer 2013
  140. Eat calamari   Summer 2012
  141. Eat frog legs
  142. Eat escargot
  143. Make Fresh Pasta
  144. Host a dinner party
  145. Track down all of my family recipes, especially Stewghetti
  146. Have a signature dish
  147. Order room service
  148. Catch, Cook & Eat a Fish
  149. Eat Breakfast in Bed
  150. Be a vegetarian for a month
  151. No Dairy for a month
  152. Reach 100 days of logging my food on myfitnesspal
  153. Have a Drink at an Ice Bar
  154. Health, Fitness, and Fashion
  155. Run a 5K
  156. Walk for Breast Cancer  October 22, 2016, October 27,2019
  157. Participate in a Color Run
  158. Take a Ballroom dance class
  159. Teach an exercise class
  160. Achieve my ideal body weight
  161. Be proud to wear a bikini
  162. Try Krav Maga
  163. Complete a Fitness Challenge or Program
  164. Have a Personal Trainer  – 2016
  165. Try Chiropractics   May – July 2016
  166. Try acupuncture
  167. Wear colored contacts
  168. Family and Relationships
  169. Start a tradition
  170. Adopt a dog; perhaps a Goldendoodle
  171. Fall in Love
  172. Get Married – August 26, 2019 <3
  173. Have a child – November 19, 2019 <3
  174. Fold 100 origami cranes and give them to someone special
  175. Send someone an unexpected gift
  176. Reunite the Fab Five  December 22, 2016
  177. Sports and Adventure
  178. Go whitewater rafting June 2014
  179. Go skinny dipping Summer 2012
  180. Run through a Waterfall
  181. Ride in a Chicago Water Taxi
  182. Go on a road trip across the country
  183. Ride an Elephant
  184. Go Camping
  185. Go cross country skiing
  186. Ride a Segway
  187. Climb an Indoor Rock Wall
  188. Shoot a gun at a shooting range
  189. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
  190. Kayaking
  191. Canopy Climbing
  192. Hit a bulls-eye in Darts
  193. Reading
  194. Read all of the Harry Potter books
  195. Read all of the Lord of the Rings books
  196. Read a book in one day
  197. Read the Bible
  198. Record an Audiobook
  199. Join a book club
  200. Teach someone how to read
  201. Read all of the books I own
  202. Skills
  203. Learn to make a quilt
  204. Take a self-defense class
  205. Learn to say “hello” in 50 languages
  206. Learn to say “I love you” in 50 languages
  207. Learn CPR
  208. Learn how to sew
  209. Learn to drive a car with manual transmission 
  210. Learn to jump-start a car  October 2016
  211. Learn a Bartending Trick