While cleaning up my old suitcase, I found a list I had written about 5 years ago. It was at a turning point in my life, and I decided to write 43 things that I'd like to do by the age of 43. I turned 30 this year and when I found the list, I laughed. Here goes:
1. Go bungee-jumping/ sky-diving/ roller-coasting
2. Get a Brazilian
3. Start my own spa/travel agency business
4. Get married
5. Have 2 kids
6. Live in California/San Diego at least 6 months
7. Work a stint at the WHO
8. Sport an afro
9. Watch the Olympics track and field event live and direct
10. Donate to my high school and college
11. Tell my family, one by one, face to face, that I love them for specific reasons I should be able to list.
12. Get really born-again
13. Write a book/article detailing my trials
14. Consider authoring a monthly column in a paper/magazine
15. Get laser hair removal done/electrolysis
16. Get Lasik eye surgery
17. Keep fit
18. Come to terms with, and accept, what I want to do with Medicine
19. Reach the top of said ambition
20. Always remember that no one is perfect – not family or friends – but everyone has an opinion to ‘help’ you. Do your own things, go with your gut.
21. Rather be alone than with someone and unhappy.
22. Learn a new craft, or language, read a new book every month or other.
23. Expect adequate service and ensure your rights and wishes are respected.
24. Drive my own BMW
25. Visit exotic places, they broaden your imagination
26. Forgive, forget
27. Teach someone something new
28. Pole-dance
29. Kick a guy in the crotch. See if its really painful
30. Delve in to politics
31. Own investment stocks/bonds
32. Fess up to the resume lies
33. See the two houses I grew up in again
34. Take a natural picture
35. Boss a group of residents and medical students around
36. Keep my medical knowledge finely tuned
37. Visit a spa
38. Buy at least one designer/couture item at full price
39. Find two charities to donate to regularly
40. Love God, then trust Him as unconditionally as humanly possible
41. Get second earholes/tattoo
I actually only wrote up to 41, and I just added 42 and 43 today.
42. Make new friends
43. Keep joy and happiness in my soul and spirit
1, 4, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 26, 29, 31, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39 and 41 have been achieved ;) Don't ask! ;)
