What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?

Since I am now "middle-aged", I've been thinking about this subject. It's a by-product of considering one's mortality.

Unfortunately, my money and time are not unlimited. It would be fabulous to visit the moon, or even just go into space, but without vast quantities of money, it's not going to happen. Also there is the aspect of choice. Yes, someone could choose to quit their job and take a tour of the world - but that wouldn't be my choice.

"Things To Do Before You Die" don't need to be large things.

Here are a few of mine, in no particular order. I am working on the ones in red.

Visit every State in the U.S. I am up to 14 so far. After our Alaska vacation it will be 15. Farthest East - Louisiana. Farthest West - Hawaii. In particular I would like to visit Niagara Falls, New York, Washington DC, South Carolina and Maine.

After I visit every state, visit the Canadian Provinces, and Mexico.

Other countries I would like to visit - England, Australia, Italy, Spain, France, Netherlands, Greenland, Egypt, New Zealand, Guam.

Visit Medicine Hat, the town in Alberta Canada where my mom's family lived after they emigrated from England.

Get back into shape; fitness, weight and every other way as well.

Visit the Historic Colonial cemetery in Massachusetts where my many-times great grandfather is buried.

Publish at least one of my novels or stories.

Learn how to play guitar.

Work part time instead of full-time.

Get the flower beds in shape, and landscape the yard.

Have a 50th Wedding anniversary - no party, just the anniversary. With today's life expectancies, who knows, we might even make 75. I'd only be 95, and TS would be 93.

There are, of course, many other experiences I'd like to have as well.

I just wish I'd started working on some of these things earlier. I wasted a lot of time when I was young.

What do you want to do before you die?