Before I Die I Want To…

Family & Friends

  •  Have a marriage more beautiful than my wedding.
  • Have two (or more) children.
  • Dance in the rain with someone I love.
  • Make a difference in someone’s life.
  • Be a maid of honour.
  • Set up a lemonade stand with my children.
  • Help plan someone else’s wedding.
  • Have fun family photo shoots with my husband and kids.
  • Successfully throw a surprise party for a friend.
  • Attach a lock to a love bridge with my husband.
  • Adopt a child.
  • Keep up a pen pal correspondence.
  • Get henna tattoos with a friend.
  • Be kissed in the pouring rain.
  • Build something at Build-a-Bear workshop with my kids.

Travel

  • Set foot on all seven continents.
  • See the ball drop in New York.
  • Fly first class.
  • Get completely lost in a foreign country.
  • Live in a different province or country for at least a year.
  • Throw a dart at a map and travel where it lands.
  • Go inside a castle.
  • Ride a gondola in Venice.
  • Watch the sun rise & set in Hawaii.
  • Ride every ride in Disneyworld.
  • Go on a spontaneous road trip.
  • Make a wish at the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
  • Swim in every ocean.
  • Visit the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota.
  • Eat sushi in Japan
  • Watch a major surfing competition.
  • Float in the Dead Sea.
  • Write on the “Before I Die” wall in New Orleans.
  • “Hold up” the leaning tower of Pisa.
  • Go on a safari in Africa.
  • Walk on the Great Wall of China.
  • Spend a night in the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
  • See the 7 Wonders of the World.
  • Visit Exchange Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • Enjoy a snow-free winter.

Education & Career

  • Love my job.
  • Ace a class.
  • Edit a novel before it’s published.

Animals

  • Ride an elephant.
  • Swim with dolphins.
  • Watch turtles hatch on the beach.
  • Cuddle a koala bear.
  • Own a saltwater aquarium.
  • Catch a jar of fireflies.
  • Volunteer at the zoo.
  • Hold a monkey.
  • Go horseback riding.

Adventure

  • Go bungee jumping.
  • Surprise myself.
  • Go on a hot air balloon ride.
  • Go sky diving.
  • Stay up all night watching the stars.
  • Watch a meteor shower.
  • Let go of a floating lantern.
  • Sleep in a bouncy castle.
  • Spend a night on the beach.
  • Find and go on the largest rollercoaster in the world.
  • Be in two places at once.
  • Ride in a submarine.
  • Have a late night picnic.

Fame

  • Have coffee with someone famous.
  • Attend a famous awards show.
  • Meet and hug Adam Young.
  • Go to the Ellen Degeneres show.
  • Ride in a limo.
  • Meet Robin Jones Gunn.
  • Walk a red carpet.
  • Visit a TV/Film set.
  • Spend a day people-watching in Hollywood.

Hobbies & Lifestyle

  • Be completely debt free.
  • Take a photography class.
  • Take up scrapbooking.
  • Own multiple pairs of TOMS shoes.
  • Read the entire Bible.
  • Conquer my nail-biting habit.
  • Learn how to knit.
  • Get fit.
  • Try every flavour of bubble tea.
  • Read every Nicholas Sparks novel.
  • Complete a Project365 photography project.
  • Own an SLR camera.
  • Go an entire day without using any technology.
  • Own a Claddagh ring.
  • Get a tattoo.
  • Go to a spa.
  • Go a day without speaking.
  • Be the change I wish to see in the world.
  • Donate blood.
  • Say “Yes” to everything for an entire day.
  • Retire somewhere warm.

Miscellaneous

  • Send a message in a bottle.
  • Pay a stranger’s tab at a restaurant.
  • Sleep on a water bed.
  • Drop a water balloon off a tall building.
  • Put a secret in a balloon and let it fly away.