Awhile back I started a list of "Things I Want To Do Before I Die", kind of my own personal "Bucket List" (which is a great movie, by the way). The goal is to reach 100, and I currently have 66. This list consists of things such as, skydiving, running (and finishing) a marathon, going to the Olympics (as a spectator, not an athlete), hiking in the Grand Canyon, horseback riding on the beach, attending a Broadway play, buying a house and traveling to various places around the world. Also included on this list is hiking the entire Appalachian Trail, and I have found a great blog that describes one couples trek from Georgia to Maine http://walkingtomaine.blogspot.com/ that has completely inspired me.
After reading their blog and coming in contact with people recently who are truly living out their dreams everyday, I am more motivated then ever to stop simply dreaming and start really living. I am my own worst enemy and can have a very self-defeating attitude, but I know that if I really want to attain my dreams, travel, experience life fully it is now or never. I don't want to be writing a post ten years from now, saying now it's time for me to start living and not have accomplished anything on my "Before I Die" list. Life is a gift, an adventure, and any accomplishment or dream fulfilled is always worth whatever risk or sacrifice that is involved. Now I just have to decide what I want to do first....
P.S. I woke up this morning feeling happier and more like me :)
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