Sometimes I'll be searching Pinterest looking for things to inspire me, and see things I've already gotten to do. When I think about it, so far I've had a pretty amazing life. It just made me think: why do we spend so much time on what we want to do before we die? What about the things we've already done? I came up with this concept of an "un" bucket list. The things that, if I died tomorrow, would be some of the greatest moments of my life, and some of the things I'm the most thankful for in my life. Some day, at my funeral, I want them to read this list and know that my life, though difficult, was definitely worth it.
I have...
Lived in Los Angeles
Driven a convertible down PCH and on the Santa Monica pier
Visited the Hollywood Walk-of-Fame
Explored the Mammoth caves in Kentucky
Caught fireflies in Kentucky
Thrown someone a surprise party
Had a surprise party thrown for men
Prank called people
Seen the Red Hot Chili Peppers live
Seen Taylor Swift live
Owned my dream car
Jumped off a cliff
Rode on the back of a motorcycle
Made my parents proud (not consistently, okay)
Been to Hawaii with my whole family (multiple islands, multiple times)
Swam with a dolphin
Swam with a sea turtle
Been on a whale watching cruise
Grown my hair really long
Been to 5 European countries with my family
Traveled to Italy with my family
Found our long-lost relatives in Italy
Seen the leaning tower of Pisa
Eaten pizza in Italy
Had homemade pasta in Italy
Cruised down the canals of Venice
Been to mass at the Vatican
Made a wish at the Trevi fountain in Rome (and returned to do it again!)
Snuck a pic of the Sistine Chapel
Skied (boarded) in the Swiss Alps (literally the matterhorn) with my family
Had chocolate in Switzerland
Rode a gondola in the Swiss Alps
Walked in the passage from the Swiss mountains to the Italian border
Been to Germany with my family
Visited a German biergarten
Graduated college
Kissed in the rain
Had a beach bonfire surrounded by friends
Slept on the beach under the stars
Woken up to a beach sunrise
Visited a trampoline park
Carved my initials with the one I loved into a rock
Got a tattoo at the shop I wanted to go to since I was 11 (Kat Von D's 'High Voltage')
Poured a drink on somebody
Picked apples, had fresh apple cider, apple donuts, applesauce, you name it.
Been on a sunset gondola ride with the one I love
Been to Paris with the love of my life
Kissed the one I love while the Eiffel tower lit up at night
Snuck pommes frites into the Eiffel tower
Sipped champagne while seeing a show at the Moulin Rouge
Eaten crepes in Paris
Had McDonald's in two continents
Earned a Master's degree
Gotten to attend my dream school
Gone skinny dipping
Walked in the footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr.
Had biscuits and gravy in the South
Seen a performance at the Ryman Auditorium & Grand Ole Opry
Been on a cross-country road trip
Heard 'Dixieland Delight' played from inside Bryant-Denny Stadium
Heard Lynyrd Skynyrd perform "Sweet Home Alabama", "Free Bird", and "Simple Man" live.
Gone to a celebrity's house party
Seen Blondie live
Gone stargazing on a date
Serenaded someone outside their window with roses
Done a thousand things that terrify me
Learned my own strength
I'm going to keep adding- so tell me: what's on your un-bucket list?! And what else needs to be on mine?!