The following are things that I would like to do (and will do) sometime in this life.
Travel:
- Visit Victoria Falls, Iguazu Falls, Niagara Falls (Dec 2011)
See Machu Picchu(April 2009)- Relax in Fiji and Bora Bora
Walk on the Great Wall(Nov 2010)Cruise the Danube(May 2006), Nile, Yangtze, and Amazon Rivers- See the Great Barrier Reef
Travel the Trans-Siberian Railroad before I’m 30(Sept – Oct 2010, age 25/26)See the Berlin Wall(April 2006)- Visit the Galapagos Islands
Horseback ride in Mongolia(Oct 2010, Gobi Desert)- See Petra
- Hike around Chichen-Itza and
Tikal(Jan 2013) - Visit Ayres Rock
Circumnavigate the globe(Sept – Nov 2010)- Swim in the
Adriatic(June 2006), Aegean, Caspian,Andaman(October 2007), Dead, South China and Black Seas. - See the Panama Canal
- Wander the streets of Istanbul
- Visit Aswan and the Pyramids
- See the Grand Canyon (Feb 2011)
Go toPrague(July 2006)Spend time in the Gobi Desert(Oct 2010)- Show up at the airport and buy a ticket anywhere
- Go to a church service in Rome
- See the Kimberly mines
Stand in Red Square(Sept 2010)and Tiananmen Square(Nov 2010)- Visit Kathmandu and Lhasa
- Visit all 50 states (33 + DC & Puerto Rico down, 17 to go)
- Visit every continent (North America, South America, Australia, Asia, Europe done)
- Tour the Serengeti
Go to the DMZ(Nov 2010, set foot in North Korea!)Take perspective shots at Salar de Uyuni(April 2009)Stand at the base of Mt. Fuji(Nov 2010)- Go to Easter Island
- Visit Nicaragua
- Spend a weekend exploring the towns of CA wine country
- Wander the medinas of Morocco
- Hike Kilimanjaro
Knowledge, Experiences & Skills:
- Scuba certification
- Read War & Peace and Anna Karenina (2012)
Skydive(Swiss Alps Aug 2006, Eugene, OR June 2007)Run a 1/2 marathon(May 2009, Oct 2009)Run a marathon(MCM Oct 2012)Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb(Nov 2009)Get a tattoo in honor of Bridget & HaydenTake cooking classes(Jan-June 2010, 12 classes)- Learn to sail
- Go heli-skiing
- Drive a Smart Car
- Bungee jump
- Learn to surf
Ride the Tube in London(April 2006)Live in a big citySpend Easter abroad(Poland 2006, Bolivia 2009)- Spend Christmas abroad (Canada 2011)
- Spend Thanksgiving abroad (Australia 2009)
Spend by birthday abroad(Thailand 2007)Live abroad(Denmark Feb-July 2006)- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Build a website from scratch
- Go to a beer festival
See the Russian Ballet(Oct 2010, Bolshoi Theater)Observe penguins in the wild(Chilean coast, Nov 2001)- See a show on Broadway
Hike Half Dome(July 2010)- Hold a koala, wombat and
joey roo(Seymour, Australia 2007) Go on an air boat rideSee the Eiffel Tower at night(Aug 2006)- Watch the Tour de France in person
Ride a camel(Oct 2010, Gobi Desert)and elephant(Thailand 2007)- Learn to play guitar
See NYC from the top of the Empire State Building at night(Sept 2009)- Eat a feast in Goa
Do yoga in the park(July 2010, Yosemite National Park, Top of Half Dome)Learn to make red velvet cake(June 2010)- Run a Half Marathon abroad
Sing on stage(July 2011)- Learn another language fluently
Career & Finance:
- Volunteer for a global nonprofit
Have an article published(March 2012, ZipSetGo)- Write a book
Sell something on Etsy(July 2008)- Purchase a piece of art
- Start my own business
- Max out my IRA 5 years in a row (3 years down)
- Own a home outright
- Pay off my student loans
- Send my parents to Ireland for their anniversary one year
- Teach English in Ukraine (or any Eastern European nation)
- Teach a class for a group of 30 or more people
- Grad school
Invest in a Startup(April 2010, Alliance180)
I’m a travel addicted twenty-something trying to figure out how to balance making a living with the desire to pack up and globe trot. To do lists keep me sane and I get abnormally giddy about research and budgets. My interests are many and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.
