"The List" 2014

Below is my “list” for 2014. What’s the list? Well it’s my combination of New Year’s Resolutions and A Bucket List. I have changed it a little bit this year. Last year had too many things I needed someone’s help to complete (I wasn’t going on a cruise alone!)They teach us in RE classes that when setting goals they should be measurable and attainable. I could make the usual resolutions (lose weight, save money etc ) but who doesn’t want those things. I could go for the high stakes- create world peace, fall in love! I want those things but they are both in God’s hands and out of my control. This list has more attainable goals of things I want to do but haven’t got around to until this year. There are a few things I didn’t get done in 2013 that I have moved to 2014. It contains projects I plan to do as well as business and personal goals. I started the list as a project for my 40th birthday and have continued it since. I started the doing of “REAL” things several years ago after a friends health scare made me reevaluate my own life. We’ve all seen the movie and know the premise of a bucket list. I believe that you shouldn’t wait to do the things you want. If you decide to start living only when you know you are dying, you are wasting not only the time you have left but also the time you have been given …..So follow me as I complete the list and write about it. 1. PIN less- DO MORE 2. Make a difference in the life of a complete stranger 3. Have my picture made at top of Empire State Building 4. Learn to make a perfect pancake 5. Get me PMN designation 6. Visit 10 Tennessee Wineries on my list 7. Donate 20 filled stockings to Charity 8. Visit 52 new places ( restaurants, cities, etc- Avg 1per week) 9. Personally Donate 1000 items to the Food Bank ( that’s only 83 per month) 10. Hike 5 new parks in Tennessee 11. Increase my Business Production by 40% 12. Get my CRS Designation 13. Learn to cook scallops 14. Add 100 new “REAL” contacts to my database 15. Eat Less Processed foods 16. Convert Garage to an office 17. READ MORE 18. Start up Tuesday movie days again 19. Increase my RPAC contribution 20. Pay mortgage down to ½ 21. Give up Diet Coke 22. Workout at least 30 minutes a day 23. Be more selfish ( that sounds bad but it something I need to do ) 24. Entertain more 25. READ THE DANG WARREN BUFFETT BOOK! (been on the list 3 years) 26. Visit the Holocaust museum in DC 27. Buy and wear a pair of red stillettos ( haven’t found any in 2 years that fit!) 28. Go to the Country Music Hall of Fame 29. Take a foreign language class- French and Italian are options 30. Go to Paris TN 31. Get my carry permit 32. Use my passport before it expires 33. See the sunset from Clingmans Dome 34. Sleep under the stars 35. Spend an entire day doing absolutely nothing but reading or watching movies 36. Throw a dart at a Tennessee Map and go there for a day 37. Sip wine next to a campfire 38. Work on tracing my family history 39. Go on a getaway “Kelly” Night 40. Learn to accept a compliment 41. Host a Christmas Cookie Exchange 42. See every movie that’s ever won Best Picture 43. Spend an entire day at beach without my phone.