Kemkem:
50 by 50
Some might call this the bucket list, but l don’t see it as things l want to do before l die. More like things l would like to do. It all started after college. I had a list of places l wanted to visit and things l wanted to learn or do (the usual suspects..London, Paris, etc). I must admit, l have been lucky, but it was planned luck. I was able to visit my favourite places after college. I was single, making good money and knew l wanted to be child free. It was by design you could say. Some of these things l have done, some l have not, but look forward to doing. Some l’m pretty sure are not going to happen (like swimming!). I will update the list as l think of more things l would like to do. Either way, it’s fun to look at my list and cross off the ones done! So here goes:
1) Be Jessie’s girl (told you it was old!)
2) Sing on stage with Billy Idol
3) Learn to ride a motorcycle – Done! It was a gift to myself for my 30th, and l rode for 10 years before selling my motorcycles
4) Go to France – Done, done, done and will do again
5) Visit Spain – Done, done, and doing it right now
6) Visit Portugal – Done
7) Move to Europe – Done
8) Visit Berlin – Done
9) Visit Prague
10) Write a book – Done
11) Learn Yoga
12) Learn to cook some Thai food (does watching Chasing the Yum count?)
13) Visit Japan – Done
14) Watch the Lakers play – Done!
15) Watch the Celtics play – Done!
16) See Paul Simon in concert – Done!
17) Visit Brussels – Done!
18) Visit Switzerland – I keep this one on here from a long time ago, but truthfully don’t care much now
19) Volunteer -I’ve done little things, but l mean major stuff like building a school for a village.
20) Learn Graphic Design – done!
21) Grow my hair – it ain’t gonna happen :o(( !!!
22) Crash a wedding – I crashed a party, close enough
23) Go on an African Safari – Done
24) Make unique beaded jewelry – Done
25) Write my Dad’s life story
26) Learn Italian – in progress
27) Learn Spanish – in progress
28) Learn HTML – in progress, going really reaalllly slow
29) Learn S.E.O – in progress
30) Learn to play the piano
31) Actually use kickboxing moves on a thief, knocking him out with a right hook, not just practicing on a bag
32) Visit London – Done,done,done,done,done,done,done..and too many more done to count, but l love it and l’m going to do it again..and again..
33) Visit Thailand – this keeps moving up and down…currently undecided. DONE!
34) Visit Taiwan
35) Visit Budapest – Done!
36) Visit the Great Wall of China – another one l’m ambivalent about..kinda over it.
37)Visit Amsterdam – Done
38)Learn to crochet – in progress
39)Visit Marrakesh – Done!
40)Visit the Maldives – Done!
41) Visit Poland – Done!
42) Visit Scotland – Done!
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50) Retire early and take my nextbiteoflife – I’m doing it 🙂
That’s a pretty ambitious list! I started a bucket list somewhere but never put much thought into it. It would probably look similar to yours – visit a lot of places, learn some new things, etc.
I’ve already checked off “learn to cook Thai food”. Marrying into a Thai family certainly helped!
I am jealous of your cooking skills. I could trade you with my italian cooking skills if you want ;0) and yep..I’m pretty sure once you have the travel bug, there’s no turning back so l am sure the list would be similar.
Nice list! I think that I could easily come up with 50 travel destinations in no time flat. Life is too short!
I know! So could l..lol.. I just didn’t want to seem too greedy.. :o). I did leave a few spaces so l could sneak them in every so often. For sure, there will be no climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro or any of that death wish stuff, Life is short, l certainly don’t want to give it a slap on the bottom!
Enjoyed reading your list and have to approve of your clear love for London. I’ll be 50 next month and have so many places and things I’d like to see and do. Maybe I should write a 60 before 60 wish list.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting Kat! I turned 50 last August and l clearly did not make it.. 🙂 . Maybe l should change by to 60 by 60 as well. If London weren’t so bloody expensive, l would be there in a New York minute..me and even more millions..lol! I love your photography and blog, and you have clearly been to a lot of places as well. Happy New Year!!!
No no don’t be ambivalent about Switzerland – think… choooooclate!! Yum chocolate. Go for the chocolate! And remember 60 is just a number. Take care of your health and yourself for the next 10 years, and you’ll be as energetic, young, and feel the same as you do now inside, having plenty of time to fill in those blanks. We used to think 50 was old. Now we know better!! You’re just twenty-thirty if anyone asks. Or twenty-five-twenty-five. My friend taught me that when she turned 40. She’d tell people, “I’m just thirty-ten, and you?”
There’s always room for chocolate :-). Seriously, it doesn’t bother me getting old. I feel young..lol. When l am asked my age, l always have to think about it :-). My sister who hates getting old always says she is 10 past 6 (62) etc..now, l am forty-11. I like it 🙂
I have a similar list 🙂
It’s always fun to have goals right? and even better when one gets ticked off. I will be checking yours out.. 🙂
I’ve never written out a formal list of all the things I want to learn, do and see but I looked through your list saying “Done” and “Must Do.” I know that the more I travel, the longer my list of places I want to travel to gets! Anita
That’s why l have blank lines. The list keeps getting longer and longer 🙂 . You guys have been to so many places already though judging from your posts which is pretty cool. We will catch up.. 🙂 🙂 🙂