Goals, everyone tells you they are important. They keep you focused on what you really want to do in life and lead you towards your dreams. Without a doubt, goals and success are important to everyone, however we also have those random and, sometimes a little crazy, things that we would like to do throughout our lives. For some of them, we have a reason why we want to do them, and for others we don't. These additional things on our “to-do” list are often called our “wish list”: our plans before we “pull the water.” My personal list includes some big plans like ziplining through a rainforest or canyon, traveling to Africa, and living in a very different place than where I grew up. My bucket list promises excitement and incentive as I look to my future. For example, some people want to go skydiving, others want to scuba dive, however, the "adrenaline" item on my list is hurtling through something amazing like a rich rainforest or a magnificent canyon. I can't imagine what it would be like during an experience like that. Magical things like this take my breath away and I feel extraordinarily lucky when I can travel and see them. Sometimes opportunities like these only happen once in a lifetime. If I had to pass up an opportunity like this, I know I would regret it one hundred percent. I want to make my life edgy, exhilarating, and memorable when I'm no longer able to do those things. Almost as often as we are asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” we are asked: “if you could travel anywhere, where would you go?” Our answers vary as we grow up, from Disney to China to the place we just saw on TV last night. There are many places I would like to go on holiday, but I want to make sure I get to Africa. The extreme... center of the card... finds comfort. I might find a fork in my life path that might take me to a different and better place than I thought I was traveling to. If you don't explore you'll never know what you're missing. In short, we only have one life to live, and even if we think we know where we're going and what we'll be doing in 10 years, we can never be certain. Life throws us twists, turns, and fastballs that we never see coming. But there are just a few things we want to make sure we do before “pushing the water”. My to-dos include an intense ziplining experience through an amazing place like a rainforest or deep canyon, a trip to an African village, and living in a different place than I've known my whole life. Each item on my ever-expanding list is important for me to accomplish for several reasons. We only get one chance, so make your story unique.