Bucket list writing 101

There are a few things to consider when writing a bucket list. First of all, for those of you who don't know, a bucket list is a list of all the amazing things you want to see and do before you die. (Or while you are alive!! As I like to think of it.)

Here are some basic rules when writing one:

1) Don't think of the "how" and "when"! Just write it. Don't ever not put something on your list because you think it's unattainable. I firmly believe that once you set out to do something, the stars somehow align and make it possible.

2) Add everything, even if it scares you. My sister once told me, "If it scares you, do it!" I have followed her advice ever since that day and my life has changed! The only way to grow is to break away from your comfort zone and challenge yourself.

3) Make it fun and crazy! Imagine what your life would be like at the end, if you crossed everything off your list.

4) DO NOT worry about what other people think of your list. You don't ever have to show anyone if you don't want to.

5) Don't finish it. You can always add to it.

So for fun, I thought I would share with you, my bucket list. Keep in mind, some of these have been crossed off already. ;)

• Go skinny dipping
• Run the April Fools Run
• Raise $100 000.00 for charity
• Go to Paris and kiss under the tower
• See New York at Christmas time
• Go zip lining
• Go Kayaking 
• Take a Yoga class
• Become a successful, published author
• Go to Disneyland at Christmas
• Meet a celebrity
• Be on TV. A real show, not the news
• See a real fashion show
• Watch the Northern lights with my family
• Have lunch with Bryan Adams
• Be on the cover of a magazine
• Go to Nashville and wear cowboy boots
• Eat lobster on the East Coast
• Landscape my yard
• Become a millionaire
• Do the West Coast Trail
• Have a girls only camping weekend
• Judge a food contest
• Win a huge jackpot at a casino
• Take my family on the East Coast cruise
• Hold hands with my husband on our 50th wedding anniversary
• Go indoor rock climbing
• Run a successful business
• Start a charity
• Swim in an infinity pool
• swim with dolphins
• Own a new, white Mustang with pink metal flake racing stripes
• Finish my degree
• Compete in a fitness competition
• Renew my wedding vow in a cheese Vegas chapel
• Dance in a burlesque show
• Camp on the beaches of the Oregon coast
• Kiss under a waterfall
• Go river rafting
• Have a pen pal
• Ride on a steam train
• See the Klamath basin
• Experience the Calgary Stampede
• Participate in a bike race
• Organize a charity run
• See my boys be successful
• Walk through a foreign village in the middle of winter, see the street lights glow through the snow
• Hold my grandchildren   
• Change someones life
• Eat Kobe beef

That is all....for now anyway. Have fun writing!!