Years ago I wrote a dream list of things I wanted to accomplish in my life, journeys I wanted to take, places I wanted to visit, things I wanted to learn and people I wanted to meet. I didn’t start living my dream list until July 26, 2008. Click here for the story.
Do you have a dream list? If not, let’s connect! I’d love coach you through the process and help you start living your dreams!
Dream | Accomplished |
See Aerosmith in Concert | Best live concert-Run DMC came out for Walk This Way! |
Go to a Super Bowl game | |
Go to a World Series game | |
See Duke Basketball team win a National Championship | Amazing-They beat Bulter. |
Visit Duke University’s, Cameron Stadium | Snuck in through an open door:) |
Start my own business | Two! |
Take kayaking lessons | Yes and now I own one! |
Visit Ground Zero | Heartbreaking. |
Visit Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, PA | Heartbreaking. |
Go rafting in South Bend | |
Complete the XYZ running series | |
Become a sworn police officer | 2007 |
Meet Duke University’s Basketball Coach K | Fumble my words but did chat with him! |
Climb Mt. Laconte | |
Driving trip out West with my dad | |
Travel to all 50 states (4 to go!) | |
Run a marathon with my mom | Chicago! |
Become a certified scuba diver | |
Go to an Oprah Show | LA Academy Awards episode |
Pay off house by 40 | 100% Debt Free |
Attend a live UFC Fight with my hubby | Chicago |
Publish a book | The Giving Challenge! |
Publish a book a year starting in 2017 | Hopeful! |
Meet Leigh Anne Tuohy of the Blindside | Yes! At the Women’s Tea. |
Own a kayak | Yep! |
Cook something new every week for a year | |
See the Red Sox play at Fenway Park | My favorite ballpark. And they won! |
Take my father on a trip to Washington DC during police week | Incredible trip I’ll never forget. |
Be an extra in a movie | |
Be a part of a world record | Leap Frog at Taylor |
Girls Trip-Portland (Dream Givers Inn) and run the Steve Prefontaine 10k | Maybe my hardest race. |
Attend an Olympics | |
Learn how to Surf | Yes! And I have a video to prove it. |
Volunteer 100 hours in one year | 2011 |
Plant a Garden | My green thumb is questionable. |
Swim with Dolphins | I could have stayed in the water with them all day! |
See Daughtry in concert | Love his voice. |
Attend a NCAA Basketball National Championship game | Yep and Duke won! |
Audition for a TLC TV Show | NYC for Discovery-Didn’t get the role:( |
Meet Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice | Did this and helped a friend Live her List. |
Take a hot air balloon ride | |
Walk 60 miles for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day with my mom | Maybe the toughest thing I’ve ever done. Walked all 60 miles and finished in the top 10%. |
Start Master Program | I started two! |
Attend Albuquerque International Balloon Fest | |
Create a workout room in my home | It’s done! |
Learn how to knit | Not very well, but I took a class. |
Knit a scarf | |
Take a Rock Climbing Class | So fun! |
See Garth Brooks in concert | Amazing! |
See Pink in concert | Strongest women I know! |
Weekend Trip to Navy Pier | Surprise from my hubby for my birthday. |
Go dogsledding | |
Give 10% of income to charity | This and then some! |
Take Dance Lessons | |
Learn American History-Read Summer of 1787 or John Adams | |
Travel to Normandy | |
Convert Dad’s Negatives to video/pictures | |
Give a gift every day for a year | 2011 |
Interview Adam Shoenfeld | He’s amazing! |
Take an Alaskan Cruise | |
Visit Niagara Falls | I got soaked! |
Swim with sharks | Terrifying |
Float down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon | |
Be near an active volcano | It smelled. |
Zip-line in another country | I survived. |
Take my Pappy to a Cubs vs. Reds game at Wrigley Field | One of my best memories. |
See a Michigan Game at the Big House | So loud! |
Become a Michigan Football Season Ticket holders | |
Learn to can | Salsa, BBQ sauce, jalapenos, and applesauce |
Travel to Ireland with my husband | |
Learn to decorate cupcakes | Thanks Toni! |
Graduate Financial Peace University | Dave endorsed The Giving Challenge! |
Snorkel in Mexico caves | A bat flew in my hair! |
Become a Certified Life Coach | Yes! I love my clients. |
Run a 1/2 trail marathon with my mom | Hurdled 48 downed trees. |
Participate in Toastmasters for a year | |
Spend a month living in a villa in Tuscany | |
Speak on a national stage | |
Visit Australia and New Zealand | |
Become an adjunct professor | |
Help my husband accomplish 10 things on his bucket list | |
Write a children’s book with niece | |
Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro | |
Go on a safari at Serengeti National Park | |
Take my nephew to a country concert | |
Quit my day job and read, write and travel | |
Attend the Tulip Festival in Holland Michigan | Took my girls. |
Stay at a 5-Star Resort | I didn’t want to come back home. |
Hear Billy Graham Speak | Powerful |
Research Stenger Ancestry | |
Meet Marcus Lutrell-Lone Survivor | He asked my husband permission to hug me. True gentleman. |
See Taylor Swift Concert | I may have been the only one over 40. |
Meet Taya Kyle-American Wife | What a fighter. |
Volunteer for the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation | |
Hear a sitting President speak | Yes, George W. Bush |
Sit in the Survivor Live audience with my Dad | |
Make a documentary | |
Go Paragliding | |
Go to the Telluride Film Festival | |
Go to the Sundance Film Festival | |
See the Silver Dollar City: Light Display |