What's on your bucket list?

Do you have a bucket list?  It's one of those things you think about doing or maybe have even talked to a friend about but you probably never actually composed one.  Why make a bucket list?  You never know how long we have left to live our lives to the fullest.  A bucket list will help you visualize and manifest the things you'd like to do before you die.

I got the idea years ago and started my list but lost it somewhere along the way.  And each year I write a list of goals which contains some of the items on my bucket list.  Still, it's not the same thing.

Last year I was watching an episode of Oprah entitled "Step Out of Your Box" in which actress/comedienne Ali Wentworth challenged women to step outside their box by completing tasks that were the very things they feared.  She supported the women while simultaneously facing her own fears by participating in each challenge.   Some of those challenges included sky diving (on my to-do list), skinny dipping at the beach, becoming a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader (wearing the skimpy outfit and all) and doing the routine in front of thousands at the Texas State Fair, and joining a roller derby team.  Watching this take place invigorated me.

Recently MTV began airing a new reality show "The Buried Life: What do you want to do before you die?" about four 20-something Canadian guys who travel the globe in a tour bus while knocking off things on their "100 things to do before you die" list and inspiring and helping others to do the same.  This gave me an idea: write my own list and challenge myself to complete them.  Some have already been checked off and others have remained unattempted but all are dreams of mine in some way or another.  You'll see an underlying theme of fear of heights and water in many items on my list.  Others are simply dreams I've had since I was a little girl.

My bucket list:

1. Visit my cousins in NYC (I haven't seen over in ten years)
2. Sky dive
3. Be in a recording studio while artist/band is recording (Ignacio Peña and Bletzung)
4. Travel to Europe
5. Go to Puerto Rico (I've been 4 times)
6. Drive cross country
7. See Canada
8. Model for a photo shoot
9. Help someone achieve one of their bucket list items
10. Win the lotto
11. Hit the road traveling with a rock band
12. Write and publish a book
13. Receive Associate's degrees
14. Receive Bachelor's degrees
15. Get my Master's degree
16. Have a child
17. Get married
18. Ride in a glider
19. Fall in love (I've been in love but I'm ready to fall all over again)
20. See the Ellen DeGeneres Show and meet Ellen
21. Meet the rock band The Fray (met 3 times)
22. Visit Bermuda
23. Be a mentor to someone
24. Visit all 50 states (I've only been to 12)
25. Hike in a rainforest
26. Visit a major record label (Been to Universal Music in Santa Monica and Universal Music distribution in Miami Beach)
27. Learn to play the guitar
28. Hold a Grammy award in my hand (Done in 2005 in Miami)
29. Lose 20 lbs. (Lost 23 lbs. in 2009)
30. Learn to surf
31. Ride in a KC-135 as it refuels a fighter jet
32. Move to Los Angeles
33. Compose lyrics to a song (Did as a little girl and co-wrote song with singer)
34. See Graceland in Memphis
35. Go to ACL (Austin City Limits)
36. Go to Lollapalooza
37. Interview musicians/artists at Billboard Music Awards
38. See John Mayer perform live
39. Get an article published in a magazine
40. Learn to snowboard
41. Interview Latin singer Luis Fonsi (published on web site PuroRock.com)
42. Run naked on a beach
43. Work at a radio station
44. Ride on a zip line
45. Meet Menudo / Ricky Martin
46. Visit Costa Rica
47. Learn to speak Italian
48. Be on TV (LATV Live, Dr. Phil and Jimmy Kimmel Live)
49. Participate in SXSW Music Conference
50. Live by the beach (lived in Santa Monica for 3 years)
51. Attend taping of TV show (LATV Live, Dr. Phil Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Geraldo, The Farm Club and The Price is Right)
52. Take a dance class
53. Meet Jon Secada
54. Visit New York City
55. Go on a Mediterranean cruise
56. Visit a military base (Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California)
57. Meet Diane Keaton
58. Go backstage at a concert (Been inside Ricky Martin's tour bus and underneath stage and backstage of his tour in 1999)
59. Work on a music video (Was a production assistant on The Donnas "Skintight" video)
60. Publish a blog (You're reading it)
61. Go horseback riding
62. Throw a surprise party
63. Meet Dr. Mehmet Oz
64. Go to a Super Bowl
65. Get a tattoo (got the Kanji symbol for Happiness, Hope, Love on my lower back)
66. Learn to fly a plane
67. Help someone build a house
68. Pay for someone else's groceries
69. Get my photo in a newspaper (San Jose Mercury News in 2005)
70. Go on a blind date
71. Meditate at an Ashram
72. Go on a sailboat (Guatemala and Cancun, MX)
73. Go snorkeling
74. Go to Tikal in Guatemala
75. Go to Mexico
76. Swim with dolphins
77. Run a marathon
78. Swim under a waterfall
79. Ride an ATV
80. Ride a motocross dirt bike
81. Go for a motorcycle ride
82. Visit a volcano
83. Ice skate
84. Get pink streaks in my hair
85. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
86. Climb a pyramid or ancient ruins (passed up the opportunity in both Cancun and Guatemala)
87. Buy a house
88. Buy my own car
89. Sit in on a live radio interview
90. Take a yoga class
91. Sit at a news desk
92. Drive across a bridge (Golden Gate and Bay Bridge)
93. Ride a Gondola in Venice
94. Ride on a jet ski
95. Swim in a lake
96. Ride in a fighter jet
97. Ride in a helicopter (Done in Kauai)
98. Go on an African safari
99. Indoor rock climbing
100. Take a mud bath

In writing my list, I've discovered how much I've already completed.  WOW, that feels good.  I've lived a lot.  I feel lucky and privileged to be able to have accomplished so many goals I've dreamed up.  But I do want to complete as many of the items on my list as possible.

If you have something on your bucket list that you'd like to accomplish feel free to share it here.  I welcome you to "borrow" from my list as well.  And if you'd like to help me out to complete mine, thoughts, ideas, suggestions and/or monetary donations are welcome.  Click below to donate to the cause:

Thanks for all your support of my endeavors.  I wish you the best in yours.  Keep on keepin' on.

Muzik Girl