NON-travel Bucket List - Very Achievable

I just read a New York Times article about how you should inform your doctor about your bucket list so that they can appropriately prescribe treatment. In the article, there was a patient with terminal cancer that the doctor was treating, whose dream it was to vacation in Maui, but his cancer treatments would have probably kept him from this lifetime goal. Once he started chemotherapy, he would not have had the energy to board a plane, let alone vacation in Hawaii. And the likelihood of him recovering after the treatment was low. So his doctor recommended that he take his trip to Maui, and begin treatments when he came back. This got me to thinking what my bucket list should be. I hope to die with few regrets, at least from an experiential standpoint. I’ve written about travel-related goals before, and I have also written about “dream big” goals, before as well. Both of these types of goals are worthwhile, however, I just haven’t been excited about traveling, or dreaming big lately. So here, I’m going to list something I haven’t before — goals that are NOT travel-related, and that are VERY achievable. Some of these goals are intellectual in nature, and others are simply food related. 

1. Grow another vegetable garden. In particular I would like to cultivate fresh herbs (such as thyme, rosemary, basil), and collard greens and kale. Since moving into our condominium, we haven’t been able to do this.
2. Own a statement purse. I’ve owned several beautiful brand name purses in the past but nothing as luxurious and frivolous as Dior, Saint Laurent or Celine.
3. Go to a Silent Meditation retreat.  As soon as I wrote this goal down, I applied to attend a silent meditation retreat, putting a deposit down and everything. I hope I get selected. So excited!!! 
4. Finish writing my book (and start another). I vowed to begin working on my unfinished novel this weekend, but got diverted by writing this blog post instead.
5. Listen to good speakers and learn audiophile terminology. 
6. Receive Rolfing 10-part Structural Integration massage treatment. As soon as I wrote this goal down, I contacted a well-reviewed Rolfer in my area. 
7. Learn facial exercises for improving my facial appearance. Another NYT article was written about this. A study showed that facial exercises subtract years off your face. 
8. Make more clothes. I just bought some scrap Marimekko material that should make a nice top. 
9. Take a self-defense class, such as Krav Maga.
10. Learn how to play guitar.
11. Be a part of a startup from its inception. So far, I’ve only been employee #13.
12. Take a massage class.
13. Take a philosophy class
14. Eat an omakase meal at a sushi bar
15. Learn rudimentary Mandarin
16. Learn rudimentary Cantonese
17. Eat at a lobster boil

So far, just clarifying my goals has already gotten me on my way with at least two of the above goals. I have put an appointment down for a Silent Meditation retreat, and I’ve contacted someone to start my Rolfing treatment.