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. Watch all of Tim Burton’s films
  105. Watch all of the Best Picture Winners
  106. See The Breakfast Club in the theater  March 26, 2015
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  107. Sing in a church choir
  108. Record a song in a studio   November 30, 2015
  109. Record an album
  110. Photograph 100 churches
  111. Volunteer at the Ann Arbor Film Festival  March 20-24, 2018
  112. Volunteer at the Chicago Film Festival
  113. Entertainment and Events
  114. Go to all three days of Lollapalooza
  115. Go to the Opera
  116. See the Musical Wicked in NYC
  117. Attend a Tigers game
  118. Attend a Red Sox game  Summer 2013
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  119. Attend a Yankees game
  120. Attend a Cubs game
  121. Attend a White Sox game
  122. Attend a World Series game
  123. Attend a Red Wings game January 6, 2019
  124. Host an elaborate Oscars Party
  125. Throw a surprise party
  126. See a concert at Carnegie Hall
  127. See Lifehouse in concert   July 30, 2017
  128. See Lake Street Dive in concert March 1, 2017
  129. See Coheed and Cambria in concert February 26, 2016
  130. See Lady Gaga in concert
  131. Attend a concert at the House of Blues
  132. Be part of a flash mob
  133. Get VIP passes to a show
  134. Attend a luau
  135. Experience New Year’s Eve in NYC
  136. Food/Drink
  137. Make Thanksgiving dinner
  138. Eat oysters  Summer 2013
  139. Eat calamari   Summer 2012
  140. Eat frog legs
  141. Eat escargot
  142. Make Fresh Pasta
  143. Host a dinner party
  144. Track down all of my family recipes, especially Stewghetti
  145. Have a signature dish
  146. Order room service
  147. Catch, Cook & Eat a Fish
  148. Eat Breakfast in Bed
  149. Be a vegetarian for a month
  150. No Dairy for a month
  151. Reach 100 days of logging my food on myfitnesspal
  152. Have a Drink at an Ice Bar
  153. Health, Fitness, and Fashion
  154. Run a 5K
  155. Walk for Breast Cancer  October 22, 2016, October 27,2019
  156. Participate in a Color Run
  157. Take a Ballroom dance class
  158. Teach an exercise class
  159. Achieve my ideal body weight
  160. Be proud to wear a bikini
  161. Try Krav Maga
  162. Complete a Fitness Challenge or Program
  163. Have a Personal Trainer  – 2016
  164. Try Chiropractics   May – July 2016
  165. Try acupuncture
  166. Wear colored contacts
  167. Family and Relationships
  168. Start a tradition
  169. Adopt a dog; perhaps a Goldendoodle
  170. Fall in Love
  171. Get Married – August 26, 2019 <3
  172. Have a child – November 19, 2019 <3
  173. Fold 100 origami cranes and give them to someone special
  174. Send someone an unexpected gift
  175. Reunite the Fab Five  December 22, 2016
  176. Sports and Adventure
  177. Go whitewater rafting June 2014
  178. Go skinny dipping Summer 2012
  179. Run through a Waterfall
  180. Ride in a Chicago Water Taxi
  181. Go on a road trip across the country
  182. Ride an Elephant
  183. Go Camping
  184. Go cross country skiing
  185. Ride a Segway
  186. Climb an Indoor Rock Wall
  187. Shoot a gun at a shooting range
  188. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
  189. Kayaking
  190. Canopy Climbing
  191. Hit a bulls-eye in Darts
  192. Reading
  193. Read all of the Harry Potter books
  194. Read all of the Lord of the Rings books
  195. Read a book in one day
  196. Read the Bible
  197. Record an Audiobook
  198. Join a book club
  199. Teach someone how to read
  200. Read all of the books I own
  201. Skills
  202. Learn how to play the piano
  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