Why Everyone Needs a Bucket List
I never thought I’d have accomplished as many of my hopes and dreams at such a young age, but I have been very blessed to have had the opportunities to do so many of the things I always wanted to do!!!
Below you will find a list of things I have always wanted to do, some I have done, others are down the line – still to come on the journey.
Take note: I was born and raise in South Africa, so some of the places I dreamed of travelling didn’t seem like it would be in the realm of possibility for me.
And yet…
Dreams & Goals achieved
- *** Write songs
- ***Learn to play the guitar
- ***Record my own demo CD
- ***Take a surfing lessong (Thailand July, 2014)
- Write a book
- See Celine Dion in concert in Vegas
- Start a business – work for myself
- Swim with dolphins in the Ocean (Hawaii)
- Live in Hawaii (more pic here, and here, and here)
- Go to Kuala Lumpur and take a tour up on the skydeck of the Petronas Towers (more here)
- Watch the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra live in concert
- Visit & live in the United States of America (USA)
- ***Go to Disneyland
- Go to Las Vegas, NV and walk on the strip (I even stayed at Caesars Palace)
- Go to CALIFORNIA Los Angeles, San Francisco and Newport beach, CA
- See Wicked: The Musical (Chicago)
- See Les Miserable (London)
- Spend time downtown Chicago & take a river boat trip
- Cycle up Lakeshort drive to downtown Chicago
- See a professional baseball, football and basketball game
- Sing on a BIG stage
- ***Stay in London
- Meet and hug Danielle LaPorte
- Take a long distance train – The Chunnel across the UK & France
- ***Visit Paris & go up the Eiffel Tower
- Go to the Netherlands & eat real Dutch cheese
- Visit New York City & see Central Park, Statue of Liberty & ride the subway
- Bungee jump
- Learn to Stand Up Paddle Board
- Drive around the entire Big Island of Hawaii
- Learn to ride a motorcycle – confidently!
- Visit my ancestral home town in Central France
- Spend time in England and Scotland
- Visit Anne Frank’s House in the Netherlands
- Speak Afrikaans with a Dutch person
- Make out in an elevator
- Kiss in the rain 😉
- Go to the Sundance Film Festival
- ***Meet Mariah Cary (I didn’t officially meet her, but I stood 2 feet from her at Sundance)
- Graduate from college with a Bachelors
- Run a 5km
- Build a website (built MANY now, like this one!)
- Sing on the street
- Fly a helicopter (I didn’t do it for TOO long, but I did it :))
- Live in Thailand
In Progress/Planning
- 2012 goal: Spend my birthday in a new place EVERY year from now on!
- *** Visit all SEVEN continents (been to 5 so far)
- *** Sing a song for a big Disney movie
- *** Go to Egypt and see the pyramids and the Sphinx
- Write a screenplay
- Take stunt car driving lessons (NEED FOR SPEED)
- Go to Disney World & Ebcot in Florida
- Visit Maui & Kauai
- *** Act in a movie
- *** Take a road trip across America (coast to coast)
- Go to Mexico and visit friends in Cancun
- Go to Russia and see a ballet
- Attend a songwriting conference in Nashville, TN and sing at some gigs
Note: Dreams with *** preceding are dreams older than 10 years old.