290 days since I took stock of how many days I have left till I turn 60. 289 since I published my “bucket list”. Actually a more apt name for that list might be “my living list”, considering my focus and intention has been on living life more fiercely to the fullest possibility doing things I want to do before I get too old to do them.

So how am I doing on my living list of 33 items?

• Get a tattoo (done in March 2017)
• Publish a book (started writing)
• Publish a cookbook
• Take a powerboat license
• Learn to speak basic Spanish, Portuguese, French, Cantonese and Japanese (been learning Spanish and Japanese)
• Learn sign language
• Log 1,000 dives (941 to go!)
• Spot a whale shark while diving
• Swim with manta rays (Bali in May 2017 and it was awesome!)
• Swim with barracudas
• Swim with dolphins in the open ocean
• Skinny-dip off a boat in the open sea under a full moon
• Jump off a plane (strapped tandem to a skydiving instructor)
• Get to Mt Everest base camp
• Complete a marathon (I did it on 3 Dec 2017!)
• Kiss someone on top of the Eiffel Tower
• Kiss someone on top of the Empire State Building
• Travel overnight on the Orient Express
• Cruise to Alaska
• Visit the Grand Canyon
• See the Northern Lights
• Sleep in an Ice Hotel
• Have dinner at an oasis in the desert
• Go cross country horse back riding
• Samba in Brazil (preferably at Carnival)
• Stay overnight in an African safari
• Take an RV holiday
• Visit all 7 Wonders of the World (3 down 4 to go)
• Make a pilgrimage to Lourdes
• Make a pilgrimage to the Porziuncola in Assisi
• Help build an orphanage
• Help build a library
• Fall in love (again) (in addition to divine intervention, a dash of courage probably needed…)