Well, I haven’t taken a hard look at my 50X50 status since 2017…so I knew that it was time to remedy that.  I need to change some things, add in some completed items and well, just tidy that thing all the way up. It’s been neglected far too long.

So join me, won’t you?  Let’s see what awesomeness we have done, or I’m changing, or what is staying the same level of awesomeness.

Color Code:

Newly Done (past 2 years)
Previously Done
New
Updated

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50 X 50

1. Take a real vacation. (Not to Buffalo, not w/ the kids) (Done 4/23/12)
2. Take my kids to Disney World. (Done, thanks to Make-A-Wish 10/28/14, and again 10/28/15, and again on our own dime 12/22/2017)
3. See my name in print (get published, e-zine, paper-zine). (Done 6/24/12 – Sirens Call June 2012 Issue)
4. Have a novel published. (Done 2/8/13 – Changing Tracks & 17 more times [so far] by 7/18/15)
5. Get my Dominion Falls books series in front of a producer.
6. Complete every item on my Disney Bucket Lists (there are 3-easy, long-term, difficult).
7. Take a photography class (or 2 or 3)
8. Perform on stage again (done 12/4/15 – Violet Grey in A Charlie Brown Christmas)
9. Learn to snorkel
10. See Colorado
11. See Yellowstone
12. Go skydiving. [Yes, I feel slightly insane here]
13. Go to a blogger’s conference. (done 4/23/12)
14. Sit at a book signing. (Done March 2018 at a conference in Nashville!)
15. Get on a regular exercise regime & stay on it for more than 3 months. (I did this in 2018, then fell off the wagon at peak of fitness. My goal is to achieve again in 2019 and stick with it)
16. Hand craft (knit, sew) 1 item for ME for a change. (DONE 4/1/12)
17. Watch the baby turtles hatching
18. Get some crazy color in my hair (purple, blue, pink highlites/streaks) Done 2/11/12
19. Read the Harry Potter series aloud to my girls. (2/3 of the way through by 8/4/17)
20. Sing Karaoke (Done April 2018 – much to my embarrassment.)
21. Get up close with the wolves & photograph them at Wolf Park. (odds of getting this done before I leave Indiana – now nil. Hoping there’s something similar in FL)
22. Move to Florida.
23. Pay off debt. (Making progress on this for the first time ever. Maybe it will get done!)
24. Get a car that is less than 2 years old (Done March 2018 –  my 2017 Honda Accord Sport)
25. Run a 5k. Done 9/22/12
26. Do something daring (paragliding, zipline, etc.) Done 7/14/12
27. See the butterflies at the Indy Zoo (Done 3/19/13)
28. Learn sign language.
29. Go on a road trip with a girlfriend (Done Sept. 2018)
30. Go on a hot air balloon ride
31. See Cirque du Soleil (Done 6/27/2012)
32. Ride a horse – not a trail horse. A real ride on a horse.
33. Volunteer (Done 12/2017 at Give Kids the World & in 2018 – Became a Make A Wish Volunteer)
34. Stop drinking pop. (Again – sooo close in 2018. I would still have the occasional, but I was almost there and crashed. Attempting again now)
35. Visit Disneyland (Done 5/2/17)
36. Get a tattoo (Done 7/16/11)
37. Go on a Cruise [preferably Alaskan, but I’m not picky]
38. Go on a wine tasting (Done 10/16/10)
39. Get a Henna tattoo
40. Take my husband to swim with sharks
41. Fly first class
42. Read at least 50 of the PBS 100 Great American Reads. (In total I have read 26/50 at this point)
43. Have a real spa day (Done, thanks to Hubs, 7/2014)
44. Visit a real haunted location (Done 7/16/16)
45. Sell a photo
46. Visit Salem, MA
47. Visit both US based Disney Parks in one year. (Done in 2017 – Disneyland in May, Disney World in Sept & Dec)
48. See a solar eclipse. (Done 8/21/2017)
49. Renew vows with a hand-fasting ceremony on the beach.
50. Go through a sweat lodge ceremony.
51. BONUS: Run a full Disney Marathon (I couldn’t find anything to remove, and this is a goal for me for sure)

It’s so much fun to update the list…and to learn that in the past 2 years I have crossed of EIGHT items! That’s craziness in the best of ways!!

As you can see, many of my updates have to do with our upcoming move to Florida, more geared to things I can/will do down there.  I’ve also removed a few items that hadn’t seen progress in a few years, and updated some that needed to be changed (the books site I mentioned previous was different, and the PBS list seemed more attainable).

So what’s on your bucket list?  Do you make an effort to knock out at least one a year? 

I do…and sometimes I don’t even realize I’d done more until I look at my list!

Once you start, it’s hard to stop tackling those dreams!!