Reflections...

What's Your Dream has always been about my adventures in checking things off of my bucket list.  Three years ago, when I moved to Qatar to live, I started the list of 25 things below.  Immediately I was able to check off 1 thing so I thought I was off to a pretty good start.  And in 3 years I have checked off 8 items - all of them travel related.  I have been to Greece, and Italy and so I saw the Acropolis, Mt Vesuvius and Pompeii; rode a camel and an elephant.  And, of course, the one that started it all - live in a foreign country.  Some of this has been documented, perhaps humorously, on past editions of this blog.  The rest is a work in progress.  As I look back at the original list, I know some of these will be easy to check off and others will take a lot of courage and hard work.  But then I suppose that is the purpose of this project isn't it?  To expand my horizons and to face my fears.

THE ORIGINAL LIST

• live in a foreign country
• ride a camel
• ride an elephant
• go parasailing
• take a no commitment vacation (i.e. no special occasions or obligations to visit people)
• shoot a rifle
• shoot a handgun
• go skinnydipping (sorry Dad; Mom...you can't say anything about that one!)
• audition for a movie or play
• write a book
• get published
• get a wild and crazy haircut  (something that isn't a shoulder length straight bob/pageboy)
• take singing lessons
• sing in front of an audience
• travel to Greece
• travel to Australia
• travel to Russia
• travel to Egypt
• travel to Italy
• back pack through Europe
• get my motorcycle license
• visit Stonehenge
• visit the Acropolis
• go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
• visit Mt Vesuvius & Pompeii

THE NEW ADDITIONS TO THE LIST

• travel to Holland (this was missed in the original list but was always in 
• travel to China
• learn to surf
• learn to speak French fluently (halfway there I think)
• learn to speak other languages (other than French) conversationally
• learn to run (this may in turn lead to the addition of other running related goals or not)

I'm always open to suggestions, so if you have any...send them along.