{"id":1652,"date":"2014-09-20T08:44:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T13:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2015-09-16T14:30:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T19:30:30","slug":"make-a-wish-setting-one-year-bucket-list-intentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/staging\/6885\/2014\/09\/20\/make-a-wish-setting-one-year-bucket-list-intentions\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Wish: Setting One-Year Bucket List Intentions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is my birthday. As I do every year, I woke up this morning grateful to have reached another year. Especially since the odds had been against me for making it beyond the first few days of my life<\/a>. I also woke up excited at the prospect of all I still hope to do in my lifetime.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It got me thinking about the tradition of making a wish when you blow out the candles on your birthday cake (which I plan to do later, thanks to my thirteen-year-old daughter who offered to bake my cake). I’ve always floundered in that moment, trying to come up with a good wish worth making. I’m pretty sure most of them never came true.<\/p>\n

So I was thinking this year I would do something different. Instead of making a “wish,” I am going to make an intention about one of my bucket list goals. Something along the lines of “I hope this is the year I get to…” Just to give you an idea of what I might hope for, here are ten items currently on my bucket list (and no, this is not my whole list<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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  1. travel around Tuscany<\/li>\n
  2. take a cream pie in the face – just not shaving cream<\/li>\n
  3. go to the Bristol Renaissance Faire<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. study costume design (but not necessarily at a college)<\/li>\n
  5. open a creativity studio for crafts, sewing, photography and writing<\/li>\n
  6. take a class in digital photography<\/li>\n
  7. hang out with Bob Goff<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. volunteer as a turn-of-the-century costumed interpreter at a living history museum<\/li>\n
  9. be invited to lead a workshop at a conference<\/li>\n
  10. go on a cruise<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0What do you think of my idea of swapping a bucket list hope for a birthday wish? Share in the comments one bucket list goal you might “wish” to happen in the coming year on your next birthday. (And enter to win the Kindle prize package.)<\/h4>\n

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    Photo credit: Candles by Brimstone on Flickr via CC License
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