Things that I desire to do before I die. Inspired by Huyen Chip. 

Progress as of Jan 6, 2025: 15/60

  1. Explore Alnwick Castle (Scotland) and the filming locations of the Harry Potter movie.
  2. Write a book
  3. Get one of my books sold out and republished.
  4. Have a salad from my own garden.
  5. Learn painting (again)
  6. Have my own camera
  7. Live in another country
  8. Fluent German
  9. Learn Korea
  10. Learn Chinese
  11. Get married to someone I love
  12. Take my family to visit Europe
  13. Watch snowfall
  14. Capture the northern lights
  15. Get a driving licence
  16. Go on a road trip for at least 3 months with my own family (with my children)
  17. Learn to ski
  18. Surf in Hawaii
  19. Visit the North Pole or the South Pole
  20. Visit Iceland
  21. Sleep outside on the beach, under the sky
  22. Discover some of America’s most famous national parks
  23. Visit Portugal’s Algarve (Alte village)
  24. Attend Spain’s Pamplona bull run (July)
  25. Visit Mozambique Island.
  26. Visit Israel (Jerusalem).
  27. Explore Egypt: Red Sea, Nile River excursion, Alexandria port, Great Pyramid of Giza (claim)
  28. Learn to play the violin (ukulele; tried a few times)
  29. Visit the Leonardo da Vinci Museum (Florence, Milan?)
  30. Climb the Great Wall, China
  31. Visit China: Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Shanghai.
  32. Visit Sicily
  33. Attend carnival in Brazil
  34. Visit Cuba or Venezuela.
  35. Attend one course in Mai Village.
  36. Try saunas in Finland
  37. Learn Swimming
  38. Go to the Songkran Water Festival in Thailand
  39. Go to the Taylor Swift live concert
  40. Go to the Ed Sheeran concert
  41. Visit a hot spring in Italy
  42. Watch an ice-hocky match
  43. Bake a birthday cake for my children, and grandchildren 😉
  44. Being an actress in one play for the public
  45. Sing karaoke in front of strangers
  46. Have yearly skiing holiday
  47. Roadtrip Tuscany
  48. Roadtrip miền Nam nước Pháp
  49. Visit Florence
  50. Visit Rome & Vatican (not Vatican Museum)
  51. Visit salt sea in Bolivia
  52. Working the job that I do not want to retire
  53. Retire before 60
  54. Build (at least) a school system for girls in Viet Nam where they can learn what they want: writing, fashion, cooking, psychology, journalism, media …
  55. Eat the as many as possible sasimi salmon
  56. Work for an international well-known newsroom (even just one month)
  57. Have my own blog site
  58. Riding a horse
  59. Decorate Christmas stuff for my own house
  60. Go for a trip with just a small backpack