Friday, November 2, 2012

Bucket List

Someone recently asked me what is on my bucket list. I didn't know what to say. I'm familiar the concept of such list but it always seemed to me more as a device to set aside things we want to do. When I feel strongly about something I can't help but to feel a sense of immediacy, a feeling that if something was to happen it was either now or never. To put that on a list would simply be a waste of time.

A burning desire is like an obsession. The adjective that goes with such compulsion is fixation, not forgetfulness in such way that it must be inventoried onto a list.

So here my lukewarm desire list:


  • ·         Join a running group (Now)
  • ·         Achieve 15% body fat
  • ·         Be able to do 3 pull ups
  • ·         Have a six-pack abs
  • ·         Run a half marathon (April 2013)
  • ·         Run a full marathon (Sept 2013)
  • ·         Learn to swim (June 2013)
  • ·         Take a trapeze class (Summer 2013)
  • ·         Go skydiving (Summer 2013)
  • ·         Take horseback riding lessons (Summer 2013)
  • ·         Go zip lining (Summer 2013)
  • ·         Play paintball (Summer 2013)
  • ·         Camp out in the wild (Summer 2013)
  • ·         Get hypnotized
  • ·         Get a henna tattoo
  • ·         Go horseback riding on the beach
  • ·         See an opera at the Met
  • ·         Learn salsa
  • ·         Climb Mt. Whitney
  • ·         Hike Inca Trail
  • ·         Hike to EBC
  • ·         Be a vegetarian for 6 months
  • ·         Ride a unicycle
  • ·         Ride a tandem bike
  • ·         Learn to joggle
  • ·         Take a self-defense class
  • ·         See penguins in Cape Town
  • ·         See Kremlin in Russia
  • ·         See the Coliseum in Rome
  • ·         Visit the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia
  • ·         Visit the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
  • ·         Stay at a B&B in Vermont
  • ·         Vote in a presidential election (2016)
  • ·         Travel to a foreign country with a lover
  • ·         Move to a place I actually like (Fall 2013)
  • ·         Have kids (<2018 span="">
  • ·         Write a book
  • ·         Own a waterfront residence (40th birthday?)

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