This list began in 2017, some of the items I’ve accomplished already, some are yet to be. This list is always evolving and changing both as I complete things and as I explore both the world and myself.

Travel: Continents, Countries & States

Visit Antarctica
Visit Africa
Visit Iceland
Visit Japan
Visit New Zealand
Visit Canada
Visit South Pacific Island
Visit Greece
Visit Bermuda – completed 2019
Bahamas – 2023
Costa Rica -2023
Aruba – 2023
Grand Cayman – 2023
Curacao – 2023
Columbia – 2023
Panama – 2023
United Kingdom – 2025
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
California
Colorado -2017
Connecticut
Florida- 2022
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts – 2024
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana – 2018
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina – 2017
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Vermont – April 2024
Virginia – 2022
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Washington D.C. – 2018

Travel: Sights to See & Things to Do

See the Statue of Liberty – May 2019
Stonehenge – Feb. 2025
Petroglyphs or other ancient art – Aug. 2024
Go to the Met Museum of Art (NYC)
Go on a wine tour
See Mayan or Aztec ruins
Stomp on grapes
Four corners (be multiple places at once)
See a horse race
Go to a Comic-Con
Attend a circus
See pyramids
Machu Picchu
Red Sea
Disney World – 2022
Visit botanical gardens – 2021
Visit a butterfly garden – 2022
See Centralia – 2018
Gettysburg Battlefield – 2018
Saw an actual Neanderthal skeleton – 2018
See the Star Trek Enterprise – 2018
See the Rocky Mountains – completed 2017
Detroit Institute of Arts – 2021

Experience: Epic Nature

Swim in Great Lakes
See Lake Superior 2023
Pink beach (Bermuda) – 2019
Upper Peninsula in Michigan 2023
Tahquamenon Falls 2023
Arches
Stargaze under clear skies – cruise 2023
Rappel
Visit Yosemite National Park
See the Sequoias or Redwoods
Visit Yellowstone (old faithful)
Visit Canada
Visit Utah
Visit Glacier National Park
Solar Eclipse – completed 2017
Total Solar Eclipse 2024
See a lunar eclipse – 2019/2025
Kayak – 2024
Swim on the west coast
Rock climbing
See the Northern Lights – Oct. 2024
Whale Watching
Float in the Dead Sea
See Bioluminescent bloom
See Niagra Falls
Jump off a waterfall
Climb a volcano
Hike on a mountain – 2017
Summit a mountain
Go on Safari Africa
Snorkel in a Reef (cruise) – May 2019
Go on a Tropical Cruise – May 2019, 2023
Ethically swim with dolphins – May 2019
Swim in the ocean- childhood
Visit caves with lake 2019 & 2021
Rainforest Hike with waterfall – 2023
Travel through rainforest canopy – 2023
Jungle river cruise – 2023 (canals – saw monkeys, sloths, lizards, iguanas)
See wildlife in rainforest – 2023 (monkey)
Wade with sea turtles and pet them – 2023
Feed and hold exotic birds – 2023 cruise
Swim with pigs – 2023 cruise
Watch sunrise and sunset on same day – cruise 2023
Touched a piece of Mars – 2018
Touch a piece of the Moon – 2018
Sunflower Fields – 2021
Cherry Blossoms – 2025
Tulip Fields – 2025

Experiences: Adventure

Ride a horse – April 2024
Snowshoeing
Paragliding or parasailing
Do a labyrinth – 2024
Hot air balloon ride
Ghost hunt –
Skiing or snowboarding
Stay at an ice hotel –
Tubing down a river – 2024
Go geocaching
Attempt surfing
Ice Skate – Feb. 2023
Aerial yoga –
Dog Sledding
Weightlessness
Road Trip
Fly in a helicopter or small plane
Bungee jump
Zorbing
Sky Dive –
Zip-line – May 2019
Ropes course – May 2019
Snorkeled over a shipwreck – May 2019
Go sailing – July 2020
Steered sailboat and hoisted mainsail – July 2020
Ghost Tour – Oct. 2021
Train Ride across Panama – 2023
See Panama canal locks in action – 2023
Soo Locks Michigan 2023
See Pacific ocean – 2023
Submarine to 130 feet to the ocean floor on a Reef- 2023

Experiences: Crafts & Skills:

Falconry Experience – 2020
Grow my own food – 2018
Cook a five course meal
Learn to sew
Learn a signature dish from a chef
Martial arts
Make my own wine
Knit a scarf
Learn to fish
Ballroom Dance Lesson
Built shed – 2017
Built patio – 2020
Learn to preserve fruit in different ways: drying, shrubs, preserve lemons in salt and lemon juice
Learn to make bread – 2020
Learn to preserve cheese in wax – 2020
Glassblowing – 2020
Forge my own weapon – 2019 (Drunken smithy axe)
Land a bullseye axe throwing – 2022
Origami Crane – 2023
Learning Spanish & French – began 2023 (ongoing)
Eco-dying fabric – 2024

Experiences: Wellness & Self-improvement

Yoga – 30 Day Challenge June 2021
Bathe in chocolate – Hershey Spa
Hot springs
Meditate – 30 day challenge June 2021
Grow muscles
30 inch waist
Do 2 min plank
Do a split
Read Entire Bible – Oct. 2021
Do a backbend
Get a facial – July 2021
Be able to do 10 push ups
Master the pull up
Bench press 60% of body weight
Bicep curl 50 lbs
Hot stone massage – 2018
Full Spa treatment –
Sauna 2019
Salt bath 2019
Sanarium 2019
Steam room 2019
Sauna 2019
Steam Room – 2019
Salt Bath – 2019
Conquer fear of spiders
Conquer fear of public speaking – 2019
Be grateful for a year – completed 2017 – 2018

Experiences Food & Wine

Taste a truffle (mushroom) – $50
Beluga Caviar – Soup 2022
Rooftop Dinner – Tellus 360, Orion’s Roof 2022
Japanese Tea Ceremony – 2022
Learned to cook – childhood
Hosted a Holiday Dinner – 2017
Made an entire Thanksgiving Dinner – 2017
Mystery Dinner – completed 2017
Visit a traditional tea house – 2017 (Denver)
Dine in former lagering cellar of Brewery (catacombs) – 2019
Ate with chopsticks
Eat at a 4 Diamond Restaurant – Hershey Hotel 2019
Ate Conch – 2018
Ate escargot 2019
Tried Raw Oyster – 2018
Ate at Beauty and the Beast Castle in Disney – 2022
Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto – 2022
Go to a fish market, get live lobster and cook it – 2024
Wine and Cheese Tasting on a Historic Train – 2021
Tea Festival – 2023/24

Life Milestones and Life Experiences

Own my home – 2020
Pay off college debt
Become financially literate
Be Debt Free
Have 6 month of income in savings account
Have a credit score of 800 – April 2023
Obtain LCSW – 2023
Own a car – completed 2016
Have a positive net worth – 2020
Invest money in the stock market -2020
Start Retirement fund -2021
Invest in the stock market – 2020
Have truly flexible schedule
Get married
Raise a child

Experiences: Music & Art

Sing in a Bar – 2023
Drum Tao – 2024
Win art at art auction 2019
Buy high art 2019
Immersive Art Expensive (Van Gogh)- 2022
Art Gallery Opening – 2021
Paint night – 2017
See Joshua Bell in concert – 2024

Just for Fun

Drive in movie theater
Create a family Tree
Out on a limb tree walk in Philadelphia
Participate in an archeology dig – 2024
Watch a rocket launch, live
Drive a tank (maybe crush a car)
Firewalk
Try ⅙ gravity moonwalk chair
Sip and paint
Learn to pole dance
Learn to belly dance
Experience z-gravity
Disconnect for a week – cruise 2023
Get my DNA tested
Attend a masquerade
Attend a Sci Fi con 2019
Light a floating Lantern – completed 2017 and 2018
Be on a podcast – 2018
Interview a minor celebrity – 2019
Anime Convention – 2019
Get a book signed by an author – 2010
Attend a Rave – 2007
Attend Ren Faire – childhood
Waterpark – childhood
Attend Street Fair – childhood, Ephrata (largest Street Fair in PA)
Pick out and cut down Christmas tree at Christmas Tree farm – childhood
Attend an auction – 2015 Hope for Haiti Auction
Escape Room – 2019
Balanced a quarter on its side – 2020
Corn maze – 2020
Private movie theater showing – 2022, Belle (by accident)
Become a “lady”- Dec 2021
Da Vinci Invention Exhibit – 2022
Read First Book of Top 20 Fantasy Series List – 2022
Won Trivia night – 2023
Water Lantern Fest – 2023
Be an extra in a TV pilot – 2023
Koziar’s christmas village – 2023
Visit one of the Top Bookstores in US, Baldwin’s Book Barn – 2023
Ducktour Boston – 2024
German Christmas Market – 2024
Blind Date with a Book – 2025
House of Oddities – 2025
Firebird Festival – 2025

Leaving the World a Better place

Meet with a Senator or Congressman
Help baby turtles hatch
Ran a homeless shelter 2019-24
5k for Charity – completed Nov. 2020
Send anonymous letters with words of encouragement – 2022
Pay for someone else’s coffee/toll in line
Hand out small gifts at a fair or event