I’ve been obsessed with the idea of a Bucket List even before Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman became on-screen friends in their 2007 film.  I’ve done some pretty awesome things in my quarter century here on this earth and I thought that I would document some of my experiences.  Creating and maintaining this blog, for example, is on my list.  It’s something that takes discipline and allows me to use my major outside of an academic setting….but overall, it’s FREE!  While most of the bullets on my Bucket List are expensive to experience, some are not.  In fact, some of the listings actually require me to make financial decisions that will lead me to a debt free future.  Below is only a small portion of my Bucket List. 

FINANCIAL GOALS

• Pay Student Loans Off Before I Get Married
• Eliminate Credit Card Debt
• Replenish My Emergency Fund 6 or More Months

 COMPLETED/IN PROGRESS GOALS

• Polar Bear Plunge- COMPLETED- FREE
• Buy a House- COMPLETED
• Perform at Carnegie Hall- COMPLETED
• Create and Maintain a Blog- In progress- FREE
• Bikini Ready Body- In Progress

 THINGS LEFT TO ACCOMPLISH IN 2011

• Get Into an Awesome Masters Program (Johns Hopkins, Emory, Ga State, Vandy)
• Become a member of the Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders
• Complete the Peachtree Road Race
• Raise money for a worthy cause (The American Heart Association, Habitat for Humanity, ASPCA)
• Sky Dive
• Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
• Learn to Dive Into Water

 THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH…WHENEVER THEY HAPPEN

• Go Surfing in Fiji
• Zip Line
• Witness a Birth
• To be nicer to Aaron Sneed …lol

Stay tuned to see how I plan to fund some of these things on a tight budget.   

What’s on YOUR Bucket List?  How do you plan on funding your Bucket List experiences? Please share in the comment section!