"There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind." - C. S. Lewis
It can be hard to not look back. But if there are exciting things ahead, the temptation to turn around might not be so great.
Ride an Elephant in Thailand | Learn to sail | Own a pair of Christian Louboutains | Plan a
perfect wedding | Visit the Middle East | Commit random (and anonymous) acts of
kindness | Safari in Africa | Ride a camel in the desert | See the pyramids at
sunset | See Cuba | Have a croissant at a French cafe | Take a road trip across
the U.S. | Have an exceptional time in Greece | Drink whiskey at a pub in Ireland | Open a Swiss bank account | Make
a (pretty) cake from scratch | Own my own business | Grow vegetables | Write a
novel | Be conversational in four languages: 1. English 2. Spanish 3. French 4.
Italian | Set foot on all seven continents | Set foot in all fifty states |
Stand atop the Great Wall of China | Stand inside the Taj Mahal | Host a party in
a vineyard | Do two pull ups | Go berry picking | Meet a president | Take dancing lessons | Ride through the Panama Canal | Go
glamping | Live in a high rise | Institute chocolate and champagne Wednesdays | Be published in
Vogue | Wear a large hat at the Kentucky Derby | Taste 1,000
Fruits | Celebrate Christmas on a snowy mountain | Get in the habit
of grand loving gestures | Live in a house with a screened-in porch | Learn to
surf | Attend services at Notre Dame and the Vatican | Change my own oil | Use
my work to improve lives | Form a workplace with people and things I love | Participate in a giant food fight | Know New York like the
back of my hand | Pretend we've had a power outage | Go a day without speaking |
Write a book | Write thank you notes to my to those who inspire me | Own land |
Throw a party like Jay Gatsby | Remove money as a concern | Write a million dollar check
to a charity | Take a two-week vacation without computers or phones | Drink lemonade on a front porch swing, on a warm summer night | Buy a
stock on my own | Make a quilt of old concert Ts | Christen a boat | Have professional photos of myself taken | Live in another
country for a year | Wear a sequin bikini to Carnival. | Go on a night swim on
a secluded beach| Make a font | Spend the night in a department store | Sleep
in a treehouse | Host 100 parties | Live in a space with a view of the ocean |
Start an annual event | Movie night on the deck | Do a two-finger whistle for a
cab | Do something big you thought you'd never do (climb a mountain, compete in
a triathalon) | Take a child to Disneyland
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." Here it goes.
