My Bucket List

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activities, bucket list, inspiration

I came across someone’s blog recently and they had a bucket list and crossed things off that they had done and that really inspired me to make my own list and try to accomplish it in the present and future. This list is currently in progress and I will add more things as I go along. Wish me luck!

1. Read all of the classic literature (in progress)
2. Read all of Shakespeare’s plays (in progress)
3. Go on a road trip
4. learn to fly a plane (take a private pilots lesson and get a license)
5. Drive a truck
6. write a poem and a song
7. Learn to play the piano and guitar (electric and acoustic)
8. Compose a song
9. Learn to ice skate
10. Volunteer/work abroad
11. Make my own recipe book
12. design and make a dress
13. Go to an awards show
14. climb a tree
15. ride on a helicopter
    
16. kiss underwater
17. write something and publish it
18. Go bungee jumping
19. go zip lining
20. go sailing
21. swim with and ride a dolphin
22. drive a jet ski
23. ride a mechanical bull
24. play laser tag
25. play paintball
26. go rock climbing
27. take an archery class
28. go caving
29. go para-sailing
    
30. go scuba diving
31. dance on a table in a bar
32. ride a motorcycle/scooter OR ride with someone
33. skydive
34. go white water rafting
35. ride in a hot air balloon
36. go kayaking
37. go canoeing and have a picnic in the water
38. drive a race car
39. meet someone famous
40. go to a spa
41. attend a wine tasting
42. crush grapes in a vineyard
43. take many dance classes (Argentine tango, salsa, ballroom, pole-dancing etc)
44. participate in a marathon
45. go to the Ellen Degeneres Show
46. Go to an outdoor music festival
47. be an extra in a movie
48. have a garage sale
49. go to a themed party/dinner
50. go horseback riding
51. Be able to do the splits by the time I am 25
52. Sing Karaoke in a bar
53. skinny dip
54. watch a meteor shower
55. put a message in a bottle and throw it in the ocean
56. go para-gliding
57. go hand-gliding
58. go to a nude beach
59. ride an elephant or camel
60. go skiing
61. attach notes to balloons and release them
62. Travel the world (see the 7 wonders etc..) (in progress)
63. Don’t be afraid to meet new people and trust them, learn to socialize and make good friends (in progress)

I’m Broke And Have A Degree To Prove It

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business, economy, education, employment, government, jobs, life, unemployment, work

If you’re unemployed, it’s not because there isn’t any work. Just look around: A housing shortage, crime, pollution; we need better schools and parks. Whatever our needs, they all require work. And as long as we have unsatisfied needs, there’s work to be done. So ask yourself, what kind of world has work but no jobs? It’s a world where work is not related to satisfying our needs, a world where work is only related to satisfying the profit needs of business. This country was not built by the huge corporations or government bureaucracies. It was built by people who work. And, it is working people who should control the work to be done. Yet, as long as employment is tied to somebody else’s profits, the work won’t get done.

I still manage to smile

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Relationships

Sometimes you think you know a person when in fact they prove you wrong. I thought I meant something to someone but I guess they turned around and proved me wrong. Seriously, why do so many people say one thing and then do another? And people wonder why I don’t trust easily. I tried opening up and letting you into my life, but I don’t think it mattered to you. I won’t be opening up to anyone anymore. Once I start to like someone, they betray me. I swear, sometimes, I need to step back to truly see what I was falling for. You made me feel like you really liked me. And then you just left like nothing ever mattered.

You were honestly the biggest trophy I ever won. I gave up on you not because I don’t care but because you don’t. I’m not going to stress over you anymore. It isn’t worth it. I tried to work something out, but you just ignored it. You made me feel like a fool! A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.

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Potential Gift

I have been wanting to buy a book of aphorisms. I enjoy reading aphorisms. If anyone that knows me is reading this, I would really appreciate getting this as a birthday gift.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don’t treat me right, shame on you.
Louis Armstrong

Two things I cannot understand: myself and others.
Erkki J. Jyrkkanen