I like to think of it as my own little version of 1000 things to do before I die.

I don’t yet have 1,000 things on my list so I will have to make it a point to keep adding. But, in order to share my experiences and thoughts on travel, I also feel it important that you know a little about me. I think sharing a life list is possibly a good way to start!

“What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it!” ~Hugh Mulligan

• Teach a seminar
• Teach a class (accomplished)
• Work (in a capacity other than volunteer) for or own a non-profit
• Give a training class in another language (accomplished)
• Listen to a grammar podcast everyday for a year
• Listen to a language learning podcast everyday for a year
• Attend a language club once a month for a year (accomplished)
• Buy and operate a food cart with my partner in crime and buy a plane ticket to Paris
• Hike Machupicchu (accomplished)
• Hike and take a photo at the top of Mt. Everest and Mt. Kilimanjaro
• Dance at Carnival in Brazil
• Have a picnic under the Eiffel Tower
• Float down the waterways in Italy
• Take a trapeze class (accomplished)
• Skydive
• Visit Valle del Luna (Moon Valley) in Chile (accomplished)
• Sail the Patagonia
• Play pool with a movie star (Lou Diamond Phillips from La Bamba!) (accomplished)
• Visit wine valleys in South America (accomplished)
• Visit California wine valleys (accomplished)
• Visit wine valley in France
• Visit wine valleys in Italy
• Volunteer/Work at a vineyard
• Visit the Salar de Uyuni in Boivia (accomplished)
• Live Abroad (accomplished)
• Go on a trip alone (accomplished)
• Run a half marathon/marathon
• Go on a cruise (accomplished)
• Zipline through the rainforest (accomplished)
• Visit all 7 continents
• Visit all 50 states within the US
• Visit every country in central/south America
• Own a turquoise VW Van for my US road trip
• Get a palm reading
• Explore a jungle (accomplished)
• Learn to surf (accomplished)
• Paraglide (accomplished)
• Milk a cow (accomplished)
• Take one photograph everyday for a year
• Ride an elephant (accomplished)
• Ride a camel
• Ride a horse (accomplished)
• Watch the sunrise on the beach (accomplished)
• Watch the sunset on the beach (accomplished)
• Spend 6 months visiting the most world’s beautiful beaches
• Live on the water (accomplished)
• Tour the White House (accomplished)
• Attend Bollywood Film Festival
• Go to Coachella, Burning Man, and The Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain
• Attend Germanfest in Germany
• Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
• Help Build s School
• Dine in the Dark (accomplished)
• Go on a silent retreat
• Go on a couples retreat
• Write a personal letter to everyone that has influenced me
• Go white water rafting (accomplished)
• Swim with Dolphins (accomplished)
• Swim with sharks (accomplished)
• Climb a volcano (accomplished – Ecuador 2011)
• Live in a desert (accomplished – The Atacama in Chile)
• Visit a tribal village
• Ride the Trans-Siberian across Asia
• Forgive someone who has broken my heart (hard but done)
• Sleep under the stars
• Jump off a cliff into the water
• Go on a RTW Trip (currently in process)
• Visit New Zealand
• Raft the Nile
• Teach English in South America (accomplished)
• Sail a sailboat (Hawaii – accomplished)
• Eat bugs (thailand) (accomplished)
• Visit Ciudad del Mundo (The middle of the world Quito, Ecuador) – (Accomplished – Ecuador 2011 with wonderful friends)
• Visit Ushuaia in Argentina (known to be the southern most city in the world)
• Write a song
• Keep a book of poems
• Learn to play the harmonica (accomplished)
• Learn to play guitar (accomplished but need to improve!)
• Be able to talk extensively about Texas History (it’s my roots!)
• Visit the Pyramids in Egypt
• Go to the Great Wall of China
• Stand on the Bridge over River Kwai (accomplished 2004)
• Attend the Berlin love parade
• Learn the History of Buddhism (accomplished 2004)
• Become conversationalist in another language (accomplished 2008-2011)
• Become fluent in another language
• Eat with Monks (accomplished – Thailand 2004)
• Paint a picture (accomplished – 2011)
• pick a friend up off the ground (accomplished)
• Help someone to love (accomplished)
• Float the river market in Thailand (accomplished 2004)
• Read at a poetry slam
• Memorize names of every country
• Read the basic texts of the major world religions
• Read 10 classic novels I haven’t read
• Remember every single persons name at a small gathering (accomplished – 2011 Cali, Colombia at the river with a couchsurfing friend’s family)
• Tell someone exactly how I feel the moment I feel it (accomplished)
• Volunteer in the poorest country in the world
• Eat breakfast, lunch, dinner out alone (accomplished)
• Attend a concert alone (accomplished)
• Get a meaningful tattoo (accomplished. 2011 Banos, Ecuador)
• Take the Euro rail
• Spend the New Year in another country
• Travel to Prague
• Sell cards of my photography (accomplished. SWP fundraiser July 2011)
• Speak in front of a large amount of people on a topic I am passionate about (accomplished)
• Write a book
• Work in another country (Chile 2008. accomplished)
• Sit on the board of a non-profit
• Lead a team
• Know I’ve made a difference (accomplished)