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"100 Things To Do Before I Die"
Caroline's List of Life Goals
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1.
Walk on the Acropolis |
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2.
Retrace Odysseus’ voyage
around the Greek Islands
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3.
Be up-to-date on family
scrapbooks
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4.
Create a
family foundation and have my children
involved in its mission and administration
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5.
Host a
radio show
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6.
Become a
certified yoga teacher |
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7.
Get a
passport |
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8.
Find a
career that I love and that helps people |
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9. Own a beach
house with a porch and rocking chairs on the
ocean (any ocean, any country) |
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10. Lead a
workshop at Omega or Kripalu, or both, on
goal-setting and its relationship to
Positive Psychology |
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11. Give birth
to a healthy son |
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12.
Give birth
to a healthy daughter |
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13. Get a
black
belt in a martial art |
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14.
Get a
graduate degree in a subject that I’m
passionate about |
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15.
Visit
England and see one of my best friends in
her own native country |
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16.
Volunteer
regularly in my own community in schools,
non-profits or recreational activities |
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17. Visit
Macchu Picchu |
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18. Attend an
event at the Winter Olympics in 2010 in
Vancouver |
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19. Attend the
swimming finals at a Summer Olympics |
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20. Visit the
Stockholm, Sweden Olympic stadium where my
great uncles won gold and silver medals in
the 1912 Olympics |
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21. Play one
song in public on the piano at Nordstrom
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22.
Take a funky dance class |
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23.
Become accomplished in some
type of unusual dance, like the bolero or
the salsa |
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24. Appear on
“Oprah” |
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25.
Write a book that makes The
New York Times bestseller list
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26. Do a
meditation retreat with the Dalai Lama
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27. Develop a
regular, serious meditation practice |
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28. Have a
clean, uncluttered garage |
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29. See all of
my children graduate from college, and
graduate school, if they choose, without
having them incur any personal debt |
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30. Publish a
book that I co-author with my daughter
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31. Take a
scenic overnight train ride somewhere in the
U.S. |
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32. Walk up to
Masada |
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33. Publish a
bi-monthly inspirational magazine on goal
accomplishment |
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34. Help a
needy family educate their children at
college |
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35. Help build
a house through Habitat for Humanity or
Christmas in April |
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36. Own a
snazzy convertible |
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37. Have one
room at my home completely devoted to scrap books, where people can feel free to
come by anytime and work on their family
memories, too |
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38. Learn Chi
Gong |
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39.
Sell
something on Ebay |
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40. Rollerblade
through Holland in the fall |
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41. See the
Tour de France in person |
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42.
Make
something and wear it |
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43. Get up from
a backbend |
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44. Have a
beautiful perennial garden that I know how
to care for |
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45. Ride the
entire C & O Canal on a bike with my husband
to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary in
2008 |
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46. Have dinner
at the White House |
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47.
Go on a
mother-daughter retreat every year |
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48.
Become a
certified scuba diver |
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49.
Have zero
credit card debt |
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50. Help teach
an illiterate adult how to read |
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51.
Join a
Bible Study group |
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52. Give a
commencement speech at a university |
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53.
Publish a
book that makes a difference in the world |
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54.
Stay in
touch with my college friends |
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55. Take a
cooking class |
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56. Learn how
to shoot a gun |
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57.
Complete
all dental work resulting from damage from
bulimia |
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58.
Compete as
an adult in a
Masters swim meet |
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59. Start and
fund a library in an area that doesn’t have
one |
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60. Visit
Hawaii |
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61. Attend a
writer’s retreat in a beautiful place |
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62. Have a lap
pool in my backyard |
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63. Have
someone else pick out all of my clothes for
public appearances |
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64. Visit
Jerusalem & the Wailing Wall |
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65. Speak
French in France |
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66. Snorkel at
the Great Barrier Reef |
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67. Participate
in an underwater archaeological dig |
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68. Be an
active grandmom who is involved in her
grandchildren’s lives in a supportive way |
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69. Receive an
honorary degree |
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70. Drive down
the Amalfi coast in Italy in a convertible |
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71.
Wear the
mascot’s outfit – like Screech of the
Washington Nationals -- at a sporting event
and have my picture taken with lots of
little kids |
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72. Make a
decorative footlocker for each of my three
children for their college years and future
storage |
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73. Have my
closest friends at a major blowout party
when I turn fifty |
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74. Do a
Gratitude Visit in person with someone who
has changed my life |
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75. Ride on a
motorcycle |
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76. See my
children marry happily and find their
callings in life |
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77.
Do the
“Three Blessings” exercise every single
night |
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78. Return
every phone call I receive within 48 hours |
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79. Coach a
group of underprivileged, neglected or
abused children about how to set and achieve
goals to create optimistic, hopeful futures
for themselves |
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80. Try to
leave everyone I interact with every day
feeling a little bit better, or put a smile
on their face |
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81.
Go away
once a year, by myself, to plot my own
direction for the coming year |
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82.
Start a
website that allows people to send
gratitude
e-cards to people they want to thank |
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83.
Get a dog |
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84. Sit down
and watch a movie with my family once a
month
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85. Always make
time to go out and spend a day or evening
with my girlfriends |
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86. Maintain a
terrific relationship with my siblings and
their children for the rest of my life |
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87. Laugh every
day, do something outrageous to maintain
zest, and never act like everyone else just
because it is easier to follow the crowd
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88. Always
stand up for my beliefs
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89.
Learn how
to fix a major appliance in the house so I
don’t have to always rely upon repair people |
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90.
Learn which
supplements and vitamins are essential, and
take them every day |
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91.
Get a bone
density scan to determine if I have any
damage from my bulimia in my younger life |
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92. Never tell
my children I’m too busy to listen to them
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93. Call a
friend once a week, no matter how busy I am,
to find out how they are |
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94. Go to at
least one friend’s graduation from a Masters
or PhD program |
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95. Be on “60
Minutes” |
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96.
Coach a
very famous person who has heard that I’m a
terrific coach, and help them achieve their
goals |
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97. Learn how
to use Excel really well for financial
tracking |
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98. Create a
Board of Directors who meet with me four
times a year on the phone to help me be the
best person I can be, personally and
professionally |
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99. Get a
spiritual director to deepen my faith and
understanding of my own spirituality |
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100. Do my own
“Herding Sheep” form every single night
before I leave my office |
