My Bucket List

Why Everyone Needs a Bucket List

I never thought I’d have accomplished as many of my hopes and dreams at such a young age, but I have been very blessed to have had the opportunities to do so many of the things I always wanted to do!!!

Below you will find a list of things I have always wanted to do, some I have done, others are down the line – still to come on the journey.

Take note: I was born and raise in South Africa, so some of the places I dreamed of travelling didn’t seem like it would be in the realm of possibility for me.
And yet…

Dreams & Goals achieved

    • See Celine Dion in concert in Vegas
    • Start a business – work for myself
    • Swim with dolphins in the Ocean (Hawaii)
    • Live in Hawaii (more pic here, and here, and here)
    • Go to Kuala Lumpur and take a tour up on the skydeck of the Petronas Towers (more here)
    • Watch the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra live in concert
    • Visit & live in the United States of America (USA)
    • ***Go to Disneyland
    • Go to Las Vegas, NV and walk on the strip (I even stayed at Caesars Palace)
    • Go to CALIFORNIA Los Angeles, San Francisco and Newport beach, CA
    • See Wicked: The Musical (Chicago)
    • See Les Miserable (London)
    • Spend time downtown Chicago & take a river boat trip
    • Cycle up Lakeshort drive to downtown Chicago
    • See a professional baseball, football and basketball game
    • Sing on a BIG stage
    • ***Stay in London
    • Meet and hug Danielle LaPorte
    • Take a long distance train – The Chunnel across the UK & France
    • ***Visit Paris & go up the Eiffel Tower
    • Go to the Netherlands & eat real Dutch cheese
    • Visit New York City & see Central Park, Statue of Liberty & ride the subway
    • Bungee jump
    • Learn to Stand Up Paddle Board
    • Drive around the entire Big Island of Hawaii
    • Learn to ride a motorcycle – confidently!
    • Visit my ancestral home town in Central France
    • Spend time in England and Scotland
    • Visit Anne Frank’s House in the Netherlands
    • Speak Afrikaans with a Dutch person
    • Make out in an elevator
    • Kiss in the rain 😉
    • Go to the Sundance Film Festival
    • ***Meet Mariah Cary (I didn’t officially meet her, but I stood 2 feet from her at Sundance)
    • Graduate from college with a Bachelors
    • Run a 5km
    • Build a website (built MANY now, like this one!)
    • Sing on the street
    • Fly a helicopter (I didn’t do it for TOO long, but I did it :))
    • Live in Thailand

In Progress/Planning

  • 2012 goal: Spend my birthday in a new place EVERY year from now on!
  • *** Visit all SEVEN continents (been to 5 so far)
  • *** Sing a song for a big Disney movie
  • *** Go to Egypt and see the pyramids and the Sphinx
  • Write a screenplay
  • Take stunt car driving lessons (NEED FOR SPEED)
  • Go to Disney World & Ebcot in Florida
  • Visit Maui & Kauai
  • *** Act in a movie
  • *** Take a road trip across America (coast to coast)
  • Go to Mexico and visit friends in Cancun
  • Go to Russia and see a ballet
  • Attend a songwriting conference in Nashville, TN and sing at some gigs

Note: Dreams with *** preceding are dreams older than 10 years old.