Yearly Bucket List

I had the coolest idea the other night. You know how people have bucket lists or just cool things that they want to do? I was wondering, how many people actually make those things happen?

I lived in Italy for 18 months as an LDS missionary (which was awesome!) and I've been back to visit once. Oh, and I speak Italian. When I tell people that I've lived in Italy and that I speak Italian, most of them tell me that they've always wanted to go there. Just today, I probably heard it from four different people. (Just FYI, I don't normally walk around telling people about Italy. I met a bunch of new people, and it just kind of came up).

I know that a lot of the people I encounter are young 20-something college students who have no money, but sometimes they're older. I was thinking last night, why don't more people just do it? If you want to do something, why not just go for it? This may be a side-effect of my moving to NYC. Sometimes it's a terrifying thought, but mostly I just get excited. 

Last night, I thought to myself, what if I made a goal to do something epic/awesome every year of my life? It's fun to think about living in Italy and all of the cool experiences I had. Then I think about moving to NYC, and I wonder about everything that I'll experience. It's bound to be epic and difficult, yet likely rewarding.

It doesn't have to be expensive, like traveling to Italy. It could be something that's mostly incredible to you. But I thought, what if I could do something like that every year? I could do more than one! I guess it's just the idea of living your bucket list while you've still got the strength in your legs to do it--make it exciting to live your own life.

And I also remembered that I still have not been to Harry Potter World. It's going on the list!