
ONE WILD LIFE (BUCKET LIST)
A BUCKET LIST FULL OF THINGS I WANT TO DO WHILE I'M STILL AROUND
Visit Sydney, London, Paris, Rome, Venice, Athens, Hong Kong, Beijing, Honolulu, Geneva, Tokyo, Edinburgh, Berlin, Cairo, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Barcelona, Dublin, Belfast, Moscow |Ā Live in a beach houseĀ | Finish novel two, novel three, novel four, novel fiveĀ | Do a residency at Hedgebrook | Ask myself every day what Iām going to do with my one wild & precious lifeĀ |Ā Win the National Book AwardĀ |Ā Own a motorcycleĀ |Ā Get a tattoo |Ā Learn to shoot a gunĀ |Ā Write a self-help book | Organize my pictures | Ride on a camel & on an elephant | Write a literary zombie novel | Take a cruise | Ride horses on the beach in the surfĀ |Ā Visit Hawaii & AlaskaĀ |Ā Take an RV trip across the USA |Ā Listen to that still small voice every single time | Learn patience |Ā Learn a martial art | Donate a million bucks to charity | Support myself through my writing | Pay attention, be amazed, blog about it | Learn to scuba dive & to surf | Have my own YouTube channel | Go on an overnight backpacking hike | Be part of a war reenactment | Go on safari in Africa | Be on the cover of a magazine | Sleep on a sailboat | Relearn French & visit my friends in France | Act in a play |Ā Write a playĀ |Ā Run a successful corporationĀ |Ā Ride in a helicopterĀ |Ā Be a zombie in a TV/movie/play/productionĀ |Ā Have a career that makes me feel like homeĀ |Ā Learn how to make gourmet browniesĀ |Ā Write a bestsellerĀ |Ā Go to a Panthers/Steelers gameĀ | Try 7 new foods |Ā Choose faith, not fear | Learn to throw pottery on a wheel | Remember some of the best things in life are cheap or free | Win the Nobel Prize for Literature | Wake up every day excited about my life | See some of the wonders of the world (Pyramids, Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal, Colosseum, Stonehenge, Machu Picchu, Aurora Borealis, Great Barrier Reef) | Write an article for Oprah magazine | Be part of a giant snowball fight | Always look for the window thatās open if the door is closed | Go on a boat ride in Venice | See a Shakespeare play in Greece | Wear a size 6 | Learn how a movie is made | Inspire myself and others to live boldly | Design a fragrance | Never lose hope |Ā Design jewelry |Ā Learn how to do a podcastĀ |Ā Win a Pulitzer Prize for FictionĀ |Ā Get paid what Iām worthĀ |Ā Go parasailing & hang glidingĀ |Ā Spend a week being pampered at a spaĀ |Ā Learn to take pictures like a proĀ | Have an online school |Ā Learn to shoot pool like a proĀ |Ā Create an app |Ā Write a songĀ |Ā Always remember the wrong question is why? and the right question is what?Ā | Get a pug | Watch a foal being born | Take a hot-air balloon ride | Learn how to do a webinar | Go on a tour of old churches in Europe, including the Sistine chapel | Have one of my novels picked for Oprah's Book Club | Do a little something every day that scares me | Learn to play poker like a pro | Be part of a giant paintball fight | Swim with dolphins | Write every single day like no oneās reading | Make my own rules | See the Earth from outer space | Be debt-free | Surrender all | Clean my attic and donate all the money to charity | Be a millionaire | Say yes to 7 new things: 1. Learn how to box and be a fighter | Design a greeting card | Write a ghost story | Hike the Grand Canyon | Be a modelĀ |Ā Listen to my heart every single timeĀ |Ā Write a horror novelĀ |Ā Invent somethingĀ |Ā Create my life the way I want it to beĀ |Ā Write a book of essaysĀ |Ā Come up with 25 new crock-pot recipes: 1. Decadent Homemade Hot ChocolateĀ 2. Hearty Bean & Ham SoupĀ 3. Homestyle Mac & CheeseĀ 4. Salted Caramel Latte Love PotionĀ 5. The. Best. Chicken. Noodle. Soup. Ever. Period.Ā 6. Kickin' Carolina Cheesesteak | Buy a little black dress | Live in an old apartment in Europe | Save $20,000 in one year | Learn how to make a wedding cake | Zipline through a canopy | Own a coffee shop | Remember itās never too late & never give up | Keep adding to my One Wild Life bucket list to create a life I love