I made this list a few years ago and it's been sitting as a blog draft ever since. At first, I thought it should be much longer, which is why I never posted it, but then I decided the number of items can match my age, and I will add something to the list every time I celebrate a birthday.   Most of the items on this list are just for fun. It's seriously not the end of the world if they don't happen, but they represent lighthearted goals and dreams I've had for a long time. When I first made the list, I was sure to include past items I had already accomplished, such as being the editor-in-chief of my high school paper. I don't want to ignore the goals I had in my youth that helped shape me into the person I am today. So here is my "life list," but I post this while meditating on this passage from James 4: "Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” I hope the things on the list below happen, but I trust that my days are already ordained for God's glory. 1:: Make a photo book with Scripture from each of the Psalms2:: Watch the TCU Horned Frogs in a bowl game at a stadium {not on TV}3:: Publish a book4:: Birth a baby {or two}5:: Get my PhD6:: Read the whole Bible7:: Memorize a whole book of the Bible {even if it's tiny like Titus}8:: Decorate a home to the point where I can say I like every room9:: Meet Candace Cameron OR Lauren Graham {since the odds of meeting both are slim}10:: Own an old typewriter11:: Own a record player12:: Be editor-in-chief of my high school newspaper13:: Run a half marathon14:: Do a sprint triathlon15:: Hear my grown children all together laughing in my kitchen16:: Play tennis when I'm old {60+}17:: RE-read all the Harry Potter books out loud to my children18:: Own a DSLR camera19:: Go to a TCU Homecoming20:: Donate money to my alma mater21:: Relearn how to use photoshop22:: Go to the Summer Olympics23:: Play in a doubles tennis tournament with Micah24:: See Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift, Alica Keys, Mariah Carey and Amy Grant in concert25:: Visit the following places: London, Paris, Norway, Australia, Brazil, Thailand, Washington D.C., New York City, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Savannah, Nashville, Hawaii, San Diego, San Francisco, New Orleans26:: Revisit Boston, NYC, Miami, and Hawaii27:: Go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park28:: Read all the Harry Potter books29:: Present at an academic conference30:: Publish an academic paper31:: Win a blog giveaway {I never win}32:: Have a colored front door33: Go out-of-state for college34: Dye my hair platinum blonde and strawberry blonde like my sister's ... Read more