My Bucket List

I have always had the same goals and dreams, and have been working on each ever since, though ever so slowly, but they’ve also been evolving. I’ve always told people that I have a mental bucket list, but after talking to my friend Hanna Salla, I realized it was a brilliant idea to help keep me going and keep me motivated. So I finally wrote it all down. Some inspired by her list, but rings true to me too, just like her I invite everyone – let’s help each other conquer our bucket lists!

Last Updated: April 27, 2017
Current # of items crossed out: 11

1. Start the company of my dreams | grafikGiraffe est. 2016
2. Have my own website | 2017
3. Watch Coldplay live| Singapore 2017
4. Join or visit a Dinosaur Excavation!
5. Become cinematographer of a movie and/or write a screenplay
6. Learn conversational French and/or Swahili
7. Get a Welsh Corgi
8. Write and publish a book or coffee table book of best photos
9. Create and publish own magazine even if just one issue is made
10. Meet and greet a favorite artist
11. Be a barista | Kape Komunidad October 2015
12. Own a duel-ready lightsaber
13. Dye my hair unnatural colors | red, purple, purple and silver, blonde
14. Shave my head and donate hair | 2014
15. Paint a mural
16. Get my driver’s license
17. Get Open Water Dive License
18. Have my photos published in a magazine or exclusively displayed in an exhibit
19. Start a support group, help battle mental health stigma
20. Work for an NGO | World Activity Philippines, Smokey Tours 2014
21. Attend a music festival | Malasimbo Music Festival 2014 and 2015, Summer Siren 2015 and 2017
22. Go on a EuroTrip | 2013
23. Travel around Japan and Europe with Brian
24. Live abroad for a number of months and volunteer somewhere
25. Experience Hobbiton in New Zealand
26. Experience the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal Studios
27. Visit the Holy Land and swim in the Dead Sea
28. Experience Snow
29. Solo travel out of the country at least once
30. Climb a local mountain | Mt. Pulag 2011, Batad 2014, Mt. Daraitan 2017
31. Explore my dream continent Africa (a safari in Kenya or Botswana at least)
32. See the Northern Lights
33. Swim with Humpback Whales
34. Visit Easter Island to check out the Moai
35. Meet, commune and bathe with elephants in Thailand
36. Visit the swimming pigs of Staniel Cay
37. Walk with the Galapagos Tortoises
38. Explore Morocco and Turkey
39. Go Skydiving
40. Learn to surf on my own
41. Interact with Penguins and/or Pandas
42. Spend New Year’s Eve/watch fireworks in a different country with Brian
43. Invest in real estate to rent out for extra income
44. Get married to the love of my life
45. Get fit and keep a healthy lifestyle
46. Own my own farm or garden
47. Have kids
48. Make a Home
49. Travel with my dog
50. Travel with Brian and our kids