The Reverse Bucket List

Below is the Reverse Bucket List that I started to compile back in 2017. This list is everything that I did prior to 2017 and my Bucket List is everything I’ve done afterward and the things I’d like to do.

Travel: Continents, Countries & States

  1. Visit Germany – completed 2009
  2. Visit Italy – completed 2009
  3. Visit France – completed 2009
  4. Visit Ireland – completed 2009
  5. Visit Austria – completed 2009
  6. Visit Haiti – completed 2014
  7. Arizona – 2010
  8. Delaware – childhood, 2016
  9. Florida – 2005
  10. Maryland – childhood
  11. Michigan – 2010
  12. New Jersey – childhood
  13. New York – 2005, 2006
  14. North Carolina – childhood
  15. Pennsylvania – grew up here
  16. Tennessee – 2008 – 2010 
  17. Virginia – childhood
  18. Washington D.C. – childhood

Travel: Sights to See & Things to Do 

  1. Grew up in Amish Country – childhood
  2. Impulse travel – went to Paris 2009
  3. Visit a HUGE beautiful Library – Trinity College Library
  4. Cultural Festival: Cherry Blossom Festival Washington D.C. – 2010
  5. Disney World – completed 2005
  6. See Roman Ruins – completed 2009
  7. Visit botanical gardens – childhood
  8. See King Tut Exhibit – 2007
  9. See Russian Tsar Exhibit – 1997
  10. Visit the Prater, Vienna – 2009 
  11. Make a wish at Trevi Fountain – 2009
  12. Swim in the Mediterranean Sea – 2009
  13. Drink Guinness in Ireland – 2009 
  14. Go to a Beer Tent and drink a stein – 2009
  15. Visit Bavaria – 2009 
  16. Climb the Eiffel Tower – 2009
  17. See the Notre Dam -2009
  18. See Unicorn Tapestries – 2009
  19. See the Book of the Kells – 2009
  20. Have wine on a plane – 2009 
  21. Saw an actual Neanderthal skeleton – 2018 
  22. Watch a joust – childhood through adulthood at Ren Faire
  23. Colosseum – 2009
  24. Mona Lisa – 2009
  25. Louver – 2009
  26. Sistine Chapel – 2009
  27. Sainte Chapelle, Paris – 2009
  28. See Monet’s Water lilies – completed 2009
  29. Swam in the Lahn River in Marburg – 2009 
  30. Took a row boat down the river – Marburg – 2009
  31. Go to an  European Easter Market – 2009 
  32. Williamsburg – 1990’s
  33. Tour historic ship – 1990’s
  34. Outer Banks – 1990’s
  35. Watched The British Shakespeare Company Perform Midsummer’s Night Dream – 2009
  36. See a play in Austria – 2009
  37. Spanish Riding School morning exercises in Vienna – 2009
  38. Visit Vatican – completed 2009
  39. Get past a bouncer in Paris – 2009 
  40. Prater: Wine on a Ferris Wheel – 2009
  41. Berlin Wall – 2009
  42. CheckPoint Charlie – 2009
  43. Seat of German Government: Reichstag – 2009
  44. Visit the Smithsonian – completed in 1999, 2018
  45. Visit a (legit) castle – 2009
  46. NYC Museum of science Darwin exhibit – 2006
  47. Detroit Institute of Arts – 2021
  48. Ride a bullet train – 2009 Germany to France

Experience: Epic Nature

  1. Swim under the stars – completed High school 
  2. Slept under the stars – childhood
  3. I’ve seen snow and experienced all 4 seasons – childhood
  4. Watch shooting stars (free)
  5. See a lunar eclipse – college
  6. Kayak – childhood
  7. Visit the Grand Canyon – completed 2010
  8. Watch a bioluminescent display (fireflies) – childhood
  9. Visit a cave – 2013
  10. Stayed in a tent for a week – completed as a child
  11. Get up close with wolves – 2007
  12. Swim in the ocean- childhood
  13. Watch a sunset – many times
  14. Watch a sunrise from a plane – 2017 
  15. Touched Sting Rays – 1997
  16. Hold a snake around my neck – Elementary School
  17. Sit out in a thunderstorm – college 2007

Experiences: Adventure

  1. Discovered buried treasure – 2010 (college Laura’s geocaching) 
  2. Live in a foreign country – completed 2009
  3. Got lost in Paris (but found our way) – 2009
  4. Plan and successfully execute travel in foreign country on my own – 2009

Experiences: Crafts & Skills:

  1. Crocheted a hat – 2010’s
  2. Grew my own food – 2018
  3. Take photography – 2008
  4. Archery – 2004
  5. Make my own jam – 2016
  6. Make my own hand thrown ceramics – 2006 
  7. Learn to swim – childhood
  8. Learn how to Play Magic the Gathering – 2010
  9. Learn how to Play DnD – 2010
  10. Took acting class – 2010
  11. Act in a play – Elementary School 
  12. Built my own computer – 2011
  13. Fire a gun – 2007
  14. Learn another Language – obtained conversational 2010
  15. Fencing – 2009 
  16. Irish Step Dance – 2006-2008
  17. Learned swing dancing – 2006 
  18. Learned to cook – childhood

Experiences: Wellness & Self-improvement

  1. Run an 8:30 mile – 2004 
  2. Be grateful for a year – completed 2016  
  3. CPR and First Aid Certified – 2005, 2010-onwards
  4. Participate in and be successful during Lent – completed 2015

Experiences Food & Wine

  1. Try exotic fruits – 2014 
  2. Eat in a rotating restaurant in the sky – 2009
  3. Try Absinthe – 2009
  4. Try exotic meat – completed (Kangaroo) 
  5. Chocolate walk – 2016
  6. Buy an expensive bottle of wine – completed 2016 
  7. Pig Roast – completed as child
  8. Eat Gelato Italy – 2009
  9. Dinner Theater – completed mid 2000’s
  10. High Tea – 2005
  11. Tour a distillery, Jack Daniels in TN – 2007
  12. Tour a brewery – 2010
  13. Bar hop – 2010
  14. Drank from coconut – 2015 
  15. Farmer’s Market – childhood, Marburg, Lancaster Farmer’s Market
  16. Have a pasta dinner in Italy – 2009

Life Milestones and Life Experiences

  1. Become a follower of Christ – childhood
  2. Graduate high school – 2006
  3. Obtain LSW – completed 2016 
  4. Own a car – completed 2016
  5. Obtain Advanced Degree – completed 2010/2016
  6. Graduated cum laude from college – 2010/2016 
  7. Be in a wedding – completed 2010
  8. Throw a bachelorette party – 2010 
  9. Host a party – 2006
  10. Co-president of a social club – 2009 – 2010
  11. Adopt a pet – childhood (2012)

Experiences: Music & Art

  1. Perform at Disney in Orchestra/Choir – 2005
  2. Learn an instrument – completed as child (violin & flute)
  3. See a live opera – completed 2006
  4. See a live ballet – completed 2001
  5. See a live Symphony – completed as a child
  6. Attend a “rock” concert – completed 2010
  7. See a Broadway Production – completed 2006,
  8. Blue Man Group – 2005
  9. Own original one of a kind art – 2009 
  10. Visit an art gallery – 2004
  11. See a live play – completed as a child

Just for Fun  

  1. Go to a cultural festival – completed 2010 (Japan)
  2. Read 20+ classics (from childhood to adulthood and continuing)
  3. Go to a midnight showing opening night – completed 2010
  4. Skinny Dip – 2008
  5. Participate in a zombie walk – 2007
  6. Fireworks over a castle – 2009
  7. Fireworks Disney – 2005
  8. Dance to a street performer – completed 2009  
  9. Attend a “White Party” – 2016
  10. Danced in the rain – 2009
  11. Participate in a play – 2003 – 06 
  12. Buy designer clothes – 2015 
  13. Picnic indoors – childhood
  14. Girl’s Boxer Run – 2006
  15. Have a garage sale – childhood
  16. Be in a parade – high school 
  17. Get past a bouncer – 2009 
  18. Have a poem published in a book – 2004
  19. Have shopped on Black Friday -never again!
  20. Get a book signed by an author – 2010 
  21. Attend high school reunion – 2016
  22. Attend a Rave – 2007
  23. Attend Ren Faire – childhood
  24. Waterpark – childhood
  25. Attend Street Fair – childhood, Ephrata (largest Street Fair in PA) 
  26. Pick out and cut down Christmas tree at Christmas Tree farm – childhood
  27. Attend an auction – 2015 Hope for Haiti Auction
  28. Body Surf – childhood
  29. Stay up past midnight on New Year’s Eve – completed as a child
  30. Wine Tasting Festival – 2011
  31. Swim in a pool with my clothes on – 2004
  32. Private movie theater showing – 2022, Belle (by accident) 
  33. Baltimore Aquarium – 1997
  34. Max level in WoW – 2009
  35. Challenge Mode Armor -2014
  36. Laser tag – childhood
  37. Got a strike in bowling – childhood
  38. Become a lady- Dec 2021 
  39. Cross suspension bridge (Messiah College) – 2006 
  40. Help hatch chickens – Elementary School
  41. Have my palm read – 2006 Ren Faire
  42. Have my cards read – 2010 
  43. LARP – 2010
  44. Fly a kite – college 
  45. Impromptu photo shoot – 2009 Rome

Leaving the World a Better place

  1. Do a mission trip – completed 2014
  2. Attend a protest – 2010
  3. Host an exchange student – 2002
  4. Give blood – completed 2006
  5. Volunteer at a nursing home – 2007 
  6. Volunteer at a special Olympics – 2007 
  7. Write to the president – completed 2014
  8. Participate in a fundraiser for charity -completed 2014/15
  9. Adopt a cat – 4! 2012
  10. Interned at a homeless shelter – 2016
  11. Walked for charity – 1998
  12. Plant a Tree – childhood
  13. Kept families together, prevented suicides as Family Based Therapist 2016
  14. Sign a petition – completed 2013