I'm sitting here wondering what to do. I've just finished the last two items in my bucket list. One was to read War and Peace. The very last was to write a novel. Now, I've finished up the list of things that I wanted to do with my life. It had been several pages long just a few years ago. And now, it's done.... or maybe the novel's sequel could be added. But, other than GRS, what's in your bucket list? I need to figure out what to do with the rest of my life... I suppose that's the first item to go on to the first page of my new bucket list.
So, give me your ideas.
I must say thats pretty impressive. I've got tons on my list still, but I've got plenty of time (i hope lol). Most of it involves travelling (india, japan, ireland, scotland, germany, italy, ect.. Anywhere really) and museums across the world. I love history and art so those propel me to travel (eventually, when I've got the money :3). I'm also fascinated by space, so thats on my bucket list too, though probably unfeasable. It's my ultimate item though.
I got so tired of travelling when I was consulting .... I have no desire to go anywhere! I have been to a few foreign countries. I lived in Chile for a couple years. I taught some classes in GB and France for a while. I loved Paris! The museums are fabulous!
Cindi
Get my degree in Veterinary Technology, which I am working on.
Go to England to live permanently.
Adopt a couple of ferrets.
I want to try to sky dive. I would love to take my son traveling. Not just around the states but some of the world. I want mostly to make a differance to people I react with. I want to show my son there is good in this world.
Getting an IGSA world ranking in women's down hill skateboarding would do for a start. After I manage that I can see about making an attempt on the world series. Would probably help to be sponsored to do that though.
Quote from: Gravity's Child on August 19, 2011, 07:22:35 PM
Getting an IGSA world ranking in women's down hill skateboarding would do for a start. After I manage that I can see about making an attempt on the world series. Would probably help to be sponsored to do that though.
http://www.maloofmoneycup.com/skateboarding/ (http://www.maloofmoneycup.com/skateboarding/)
Try these guys. Joe Maloof, in particular, is a fun guy to talk to (I have a PT job selling stuff for their basketball team).
I'd have to do a euro tour off my own back at the very minimum I think before I could even think about sponsorship. The really amusing thing is how small the world of women's DH is in the UK...there are literally 5 of us now I'm actively racing I know all of them and three of us skate in the same crew.
I've set a definite goal not to kick any stray buckets I find along the road to where ever. You never know what might crawl out from underneath and bite me in the not nearly broad enough butt.
Slightly more seriously - surgery is almost three months ago and I've been working on some sort of list, but there is absolutely so much to do I might cry over what gets left off or prioritized out of feasibility. It's maybe better to say, "What do I do next?" Otherwise you get things like 20 years ago saying "Go to Cape Canaveral and watch a shuttle launch." I once saw one from Orlando rocketing skyward (what's that, 50-75 miles? Up close would be nice. Also impossible now.
Susan Kay
Quote from: Susan Kay on August 19, 2011, 08:26:10 PM
I've set a definite goal not to kick any stray buckets I find along the road to where ever. You never know what might crawl out from underneath and bite me in the not nearly broad enough butt.
Slightly more seriously - surgery is almost three months ago and I've been working on some sort of list, but there is absolutely so much to do I might cry over what gets left off or prioritized out of feasibility. It's maybe better to say, "What do I do next?" Otherwise you get things like 20 years ago saying "Go to Cape Canaveral and watch a shuttle launch." I once saw one from Orlando rocketing skyward (what's that, 50-75 miles? Up close would be nice. Also impossible now.
Susan Kay
http://www.spacex.com/ (http://www.spacex.com/)
This company plans to launch an unmanned craft from Canaveral with NASA's assistance (I believe they will eventually carry astronauts) sometime next year, I believe. Don't give up hope!
Got plans? I'll try to help you achieve them here, free! /pitch (lol)
All I want, all I REALLY want, is to get an agent. I write novels, memoirs and screenplays but it's impossible to sell anything without an agent. And it's impossible to get an agent without having sold something (catch 22 that drives me NUTS!!!)
There's so many things on my bucket list, acting, writing, music, politics, charity, ect ect I have an endless list of things I want to do, most all of which truly require confidence to do (transitioning). Other than transitioning in a physical manner, there's nothing holding me back.
survive, so far, so good.
afford to make some physical corrections.
I'll worry about more later.
Quote from: LordKAT on September 17, 2011, 12:13:15 PM
survive, so far, so good.
afford to make some physical corrections.
I'll worry about more later.
AMEN.
Publish a graphic novel; several, actually. Right now, I'm still trying to work out my drawing style. Phase one of the whole plan is to make one into a webcomic.
Also to finish a video game. I've started several, but never finished them. I'm terrible at scripting and spriting, and I can never complete projects. I'd love to finish one and have people enjoy it.
Those are really my two huge "side projects", unrelated to surgery/academic/career goals.
1. Have sex with someone I actually love
2. Visit England, Ireland, France, Germany, Scotland, California, Poland, and Israel.
3. Graduate High School
4. Get married
Quote from: Kentrie on September 17, 2011, 07:10:31 PM
1. Have sex with someone I actually love
2. Visit England, Ireland, France, Germany, Scotland, California, Poland, and Israel.
3. Graduate High School
4. Get married
done 3 out the 4,, I will never do 3 nor 4 ever again.
@LordKAT: Is being married that bad?
Is being married that bad?
The old joke about divorce among guys is: Do you know why divorce is so expensive? Because it's worth it.
Quote from: tekla on September 17, 2011, 10:43:20 PM
Is being married that bad?
The old joke about divorce among guys is: Do you know why divorce is so expensive? Because it's worth it.
lmfao. I feel bad laughing about this because i'm a die hard romantic, but after being married once, eh.......
Quote from: Kentrie on September 17, 2011, 07:34:34 PM
@LordKAT: Is being married that bad?
Tried it 3 times and it isn't that bad, it's worse!! Tekla has it right.
It doesn't seem like marraige works out for that many people any more. But it does have many financial incentives if you can make it work.
Cindi
1. Finish my transition.
2. Get married and stay with that person the rest of my life.
3. Have a nice home with a garden in the backyard that I can tend to.
What else even matters? If I have those things I will be happy forever.
Other than transition related goals, I'd like to:
-Travel all over the place. I've been to several parts of China and Australia, so far. Once I'm out of school and done transitioning this is where most of our disposable income is going.
-Run a marathon. I've only gone as far as 10 miles before, but I'd really like to finish an entire marathon at some point.
-Learn to cook. Anything more than my current basic knowledge is an improvement.
-Learn Japanese and Spanish.
-Join a bowling league. I love bowling, but my schedule doesn't allow for something scheduled like that at the moment.
You know, I'm really too young to have a bucket list, but I haven't yet come up with a name for a less morbid version of that. But that's basically what my bucket list is.
These are in no particular order--I've never written the list down before so I'm just going to write them as they come to me.
1. Travel (my top two countries that I want to visit are Japan and Wales)
2. Skydiving
3. Space/the Moon (if it's possible for civilians to go before I die)
4. Write a fiction novel
5. Transition
6. Get a job as an animator for video games, and be a major contributor (like a director, or something) for at least one game
7. Read 1,000 books (I've read about 200 in my life so far)
8. Go to a 3 Doors Down concert, and meet the band members
9. Go to a Metallica concert
10. Meet my favorite authors (Anne Rice, Andrew Clements, Heather Brewer, J.K. Rowling, etc.)
11. Meet Miyazaki Hayao, Nomura Tetsuya, and Kando Tatsuya
12. Have a library in my house that contains all the books I've ever read + more (with a digital catalog)
13. Have a similar music library of CDs (also with a digital catalog) & a library of movies
14. Go to a masquerade
15. Learn Japanese and Latin, and possibly Welsh, Russian, or French
16. Play all the video games I've ever wanted to play
17. Finish all the anime and tv shows I've ever wanted to see
18. Finish all the manga and books I've ever wanted to read
19. Learn how to draw people that don't look like crap.
20. Learn how to cook "fancy" meals
21. Meet Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd
22. Go to E3 and Tokyo Game Show
23. Learn parkour
24. Learn capoeira or some other martial art
24. Host a real-life rendition of the Reaper's Game from TWEWY
Sorry, that ended up being kinda long for a forum post. :embarrassed: Anyway, that's part of my less-than-morbid bucket list.
I don't have a list. I don't know how long my life will be or where it will take me. I just try to do the best that I can with every day, every week - do my job to the best of my ability, try new things, learn new things, be kind to people, make new things and share them with people, appreciate the people I know and the place where I live, see the humor in everything. I figure if I can keep that up for the rest of my life, I'll be doing pretty well.
1. Live to be over 500 years old
2. Add more items when I hit 500 years old
You know, this being "the future" and all that, it couldn't be too far off :)
After SRS,
1. Finish learning fluent French.
2. Live in France for a while.
3. Ride motorcycle to North Cape in Norway to see Northern Lights.
4. And just because I like the sound of it , visit Svalbard. Even if I run the risk of being eaten by a polar bear.
That's all folks. Karen.
Do yourself a favor. Don't meet your heroes or idols.
Dave Warner of the 70's band "Dave Warner from the Suburbs summed that up pretty well in the song "Wimbeldon."
"Most of the stars are charlatans,
The rest are dead."
Karen.
Quote from: tekla on September 29, 2011, 02:16:45 AM
Do yourself a favor. Don't meet your heroes or idols.
If you want to still have heroes and idols.
Personally, I think I'm better off without them.
Don't be so hard on marriage, it's a beautiful thing if done with the right person. After being married for ten years, I long to see her at night.
When it is over, I will still love her, and always miss her.
Why do I say "when"? Because being a geneticist XY=male and I do not think that crack will ever be repaired.
Other than that, it has been incredible and the happiest time of my life, she is my true soul mate.
As for a bucket list.
I had one then I was spiraling down, deeper into a even darker place.
I completed them all, most of witch dealt with a few last gifts to my wife.
My list is now very simple.
Love myself as I am and enjoy the rest of life as who I am.