Journal Entries

Three/Quarters of Life Left To Do!

Bucket List

  • Graduate from the OTA program
  • Get my license for OTA
  • Get my driver’s license
  • Get a car
  • Be financially independent
  • Be trained and certified in lots of specific and interesting therapeutic techniques
  • Be a traveling OTA
  • Publish a psychology research study
  • Get a master’s degree
  • Be an entrepreneur in OT/Psychology, maybe start my own practice or start practicing in areas where there aren’t practictioners
  • Start a non-profit for young adults with disabilities to express themselves and travel
  • Be fluent in Portuguese (ASL and Spanish would also be a plus)
  • Be able to say “I can cook anything”
  • Juice amazing drinks
  • Choregraph a song
  • Make up a new dance genre
  • Be a dance instructor
  • Learn 5 more hula hooping tricks
  • Make a CD of electronic pop songs
  • Be fluent in composing and reading music
  • Be able to jam with other musicians
  • Be able to sing and play an instrument at the same time
  • Be able to coordinate my hands when playing the piano
  • Sing and play original songs at a cafe
  • Write a fictional novel
  • Write reviews on books, movies, art, songs
  • Make a stop motion film with original music in the background
  • Make children’s book with complimentary stuff animal characters from the books
  • Make an Etsy account
  • Sell crafts at a craft fair
  • Make a comic book
  • Master perspective and hand-eye coordination
  • Road trip across the united states write short stories about people’s lives
  • Go to all the hiking trails, mountains, forests, national parks in California
  • Go to Sedona
  • Go to the Grand Canyon
  • See Carnival
  • See the Amazon
  • Go to New Zealand
  • Backpack across Europe with a friend
  • Backpack across South Pacific
  • Experience a variety of forests
  • Zipline
  • Surf
  • Go kayaking
  • Go river rafting
  • Hang out in a tube on a river
  • Not be scared of my bike
  • Take a martial art class (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Tai Chi, Capoiera) and kick butt!
  • Run two miles in 6 minutes
  • Run and train for a marathon (but not hurt my knees!)
  • Perform in an improv show
  • Swing on a rope swing and jump into a river
  • Slide down a hill in cardboard box
  • Play paintball
  • Be part of a flash-mob
  • Play urban tag/capture the flag
  • Learn parkour
  • Perform street theater
  • Be in a limo
  • Drive a vespa
  • Have a real food fight with hundreds of people
  • Participate in celebrating Holi, the Indian festival of colors
  • Make up a holiday and have everyone I know join in and inform the curious observers
  • Ride in a hot air balloon
  • Make a mural
  • See the Northern Lights
  • Go couch-surfing
  • Watch a drive-in movie
  • Go sledding
  • Memorize origami folds for dollar bills to leave tips
  • Know a good magic trick
  • Go on a mediation retreat
  • Have a box in a public spot for people to anonymous drop written wishes in and then draw a street mural of all their wishes