Bucket List 2023 Update

April 25, 2023

While I'm in Riviera Maya, Mexico

Have been making some changes in my life and prioritizing my life again.  A lot has happened, my mom passed in 2019, and people in my life have made changes too where it's time for me to do what Shannon needs and wants now...I love my role as kohkom ekwa nikawiy; however, I'm not everyone appreciates how much I honour it.  Therefore, I need to focus on me and make my life shine!

Therefore, adding to my Bucket List and also checking some items off and maybe deleting some...

I was reviewing my Bucket List I wrote in 2010 & one of my initial posts back then and there are many things I would like to change as I've changed.  

Here is the original post but I want to add to it & some I might delete...

 ORIGINAL 2010 BUCKET LIST POST

Bucket List

I have a Bucket List & add to it as I go along.  Last year after attending Choices I decided to have a Bucket List because I want to live life to the fullest & follow my hopes & dreams.  Not that I plan to go anywhere soon, not even close, I just wanted to get my list going & add to it as I continue to achieve and accomplish my list.  In the movie, Bucket List, they had an old crumpled list ~ well my list is virtual on this Blog site.  I hope this encourages all of you to create a list ~ if anything, it keeps life interesting, keeps me focused, & gives me something to look forward to...

SHANNON'S BUCKET LIST:

1. Sky Dive - planned for May 9, 2010 (Mother's Day) with my son on his 24th Birthday.  I'm not letting my baby jump alone. 
2. Learn to fly a plane or helicopter
3. Sponsor 10 people to Choices
4. Be a Choices coach
5. Marry for "love" in front of all our loved ones ~ welcome each other into each other's family - debating on deleting this 
6. Travel to Australia for pleasure
7. Travel to Egypt 
1. See the Giza Pyramid
2. Walk in the Arabian Dessert
8. Go on a cruise
9. Own a communications & socializing business - the plans saved in my head for safe keeping!
10. Travel to a Tropical location with history - Completed May 2014 Hawaii Islands during WIPCE (World Indigenous People’s Conference on Education)
11. Swim with Dolphins - COMPLETED April 28 2023 while on my trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico at the Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya Resort with my bestie Janice Makokis
12. Complete my second Degree in Education - Completed June 15, 2012 & convocate November 20, 2012
13. See my Technological Invention a reality ~ benefits children & classrooms all over.
14. Have a home totally Environmentally Friendly
15. Influence a life to go after their DREAM
16. Get my Master's degree - In progress from Sept 2016 - June 2019 at UNBQ in Master’s of Arts in Indigenous Languages
17. Cave Exploring
18. Swim in a Cenote - completed April 23 2023 with by bestie Janice Makokis in Yucatan, Mexico.  It was the largest cenote in Mexico of all the 1100 in Mexico. We repelled into it and we swam and zip-lined in it. 
19. Go to every Province in Canada
20. Go to every state in America
21. Teach/be a student in Australia
22. Teach and/or be a student in New Zealand - COMPLETED Nov 13 - 26, 2016 as a student and complete a Master's degree course IYIS 534 in Auckland and Christchurch, NZ 
23. See all the Wonders of the World in person
24. Greece
25. Venice
26. Disneyland
27. Thailand
28. Cuba
29. Costa Rica
30. Scuba Dive
31. Climb the Eiffel Tower
32. Do something totally unselfish - many times & will throughout my life
33. Learn to speak Cree fluently - In progress from Sept 2016 - June 2019 at UNBQ in Master's of Arts in Indigenous Languages
34. Attend Tony Robbins Seminar & walk on coals
35. Have one of my grandchildren named after me ~ this one's in my son's court, hee, hee
36. Have my grandchildren born at home, surrounded by friend's & family using a Midwife & Doula ~ again another of my son & his future loves court
37. Travel across the USA with a travel trailer or Winnebago
38. Be well off financially so I can follow my dreams
39. Live until I am 107.5 yrs ~ not dying near my birthday but hope it's a warm & calm day in the summer, can only hope :) 
40. Die knowing "I lived life to the fullest" & honored my Creator by appreciating this gift of life.  Leave this plain of existence accomplished, loved, & with no regrets & carry the love with me.
• Will I live to realize this list...who knows!

Well this is what I have for now.  I believe I want to spend my years seeing the joys & beauty of life.  My first 20+ years of life were hard and at times I didn't know if I would survive this long.  This is why I CHOOSE never to go back to that place again & CHOOSE to only see a Brighter Future!  Life is a Gift people NOT a RIGHT ~ so HONOR YOUR LIFE!

Published APRIL 22, 2010