The Schmucket List

Death never scared me. What I’m afraid of is leaving this world without getting the chance to do the things that can make me happy. The small things which may seem insignificant for others, the big , brave or selfish decisions, the odd choices, whatever they may be as long as I think it would mean happiness for me, I’ll do it. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to do everything written on this list but I will try my best to cross out at least 80%.  Maybe I’ll even add new things as I go along.

  • Get a tattoo commemorating your heart surgery.
  • Sing in front of a crowd of strangers.
  • Kiss under the rain.
  • Jump off a cliff.
  • Watch a horror flick inside a movie house.
  • Sleep under the stars.
  • Learn French and/or Italian.
  • Bake a cake. (Cupcakes count)
  • Watch a Coldplay concert.
  • Travel abroad.
  • Travel alone.
  • Make sushi.
  • Skinny dip.
  • Talk to at least five strangers and get to know one random detail about them. Document this.
  • Do yoga.
  • Run, 1 mile minimum.
  • Ride a roller-coaster.
  • Play tennis.
  • Get in touch with an old friend.
  • Scream like crazy in public.
  • Make peace with an enemy.
  • Fall in love.
  • Collect movie posters.
  • Reach a mountain’s summit.
  • Experience getting dead drunk. (Do not repeat)
  • See the Eiffel Tower.
  • Buy your FIRST pair of high-heeled shoes/wedges. 
  • Make a snow man.
  • Spend a whole day in isolation. Pray.
  • Own up to a mistake.
  • Go surfing.
  • Eat something relatively exotic.
  • Create a blog.
  • Do a Google research on Machu Picchu. (Because it sounds interesting)
  • Conquer fear of public speaking.
  • Make a random person happy.
  • Swim a mile.

“You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?'” 

– George Bernard Shaw

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