Breanne's Buried Life Video

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Authors Note

Eighteen and graduating high school is a time period where life decisions are to be made. People always ask me, what are your plans after high school? My answer is always no idea. One of my co-workers did suggest saying McDonald’s cashier, so that when I get an employment much more impressive, people will not judge.

In my second term of my grade twelve year, I took a Creative Writing Class to improve my English writing skills. In that class we were introduced to the concept of The Buried Life, where four Canadian boys took upon themselves to accomplish a list of things they wanted to do before they died. We were than given the task to create our own bucket list. Of course, I added non original tasks, like skydiving and visiting popular world locations. When I started concentrating I was able to write tasks that were more or less accomplishable without being super rich. For example get married and volunteer at a homeless shelter.

Will I ever accomplish everything on this list? Most likely no, but only time will tell. My goal in years to come is to accomplish as much as I can.  I want to feel like I dreamed and lived my life to its fullest. This project has helped me to somewhat create a path of what comes after high school. For example, graduate university, live in a house in the country, have kids, own a jeep and a St. Bernard.

So my advice to you, “when life gives you lemons make lemonade,” because living your life to its fullest is everyone’s goal, if they believe it or not.

So I conclude with: what do you want to do before you die?

-Breanne

What do I want to do before I die...

“Things to do Before I Die” List:

1. Own a two door Jeep with a soft & hard roof
2. Own a Saint Bernard named Beethoven
3. Steal a McDonald's drive through order
4. Visit Greece with my best friend Catie
5. Crowd surf at a concert
6. Learn to surf (like in Blue Crush)
7. Take a bus transfer as far as I can and see where I end up
8. Drive a moped in Rome (like in Lizzie McGuire movie)
9. Skydive
10. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
11. Sing "The Hills are Alive" (from Sound of Music) in Austria
12. Travel to a destination by train
13. Get married
14. Visit Paris and eat a croissant au chocolate
15. Learn to speak Spanish
16. Gamble in Las Vegas
17. Go to Tennessee and come back with an accent
18. Get my bartenders license
19. Order a beer from McDonald's in Germany
20. Crash a wedding
21. Own a house in the country
22. Be a maid of honor
23. Visit the polar bears in Churchill
24. Go on a cross Canada camping trip
25. Find buried treasure
26. Coach little league soccer
27. Own a cabin
28. Bungee jump
29. Play the big piano in the New York toy store (from the movie, Big)
30. Dye my hair blue
31. Drive a Chevrolet camaro that looks like Bumble Bee from Transformers
32. Go on an overnight canoe trip
33. Go on a road trip with friends
34. Camp on a mountain
35. Eat spaghetti in Italy
36. Own a Macbook
37. Learn to scuba dive
38. Have three kids
39. Go on a cruise
40. Pet a giraffe
41. Swim with tropical fish in Hawaii
42. Write a book
43. Touch the Hollywood sign
44. Go on a zip line
45. Try water skiing
46. Visit Wilmington, North Carolina where they filmed One Tree Hill
47. Sleep in an igloo
48. Own my own café/arcade
49. Jump off a cliff in Fiji (like in the Bachelorette)
50. Go on a trip by horseback
51. Graduate University
52. Learn to Salsa dance
53. Learn to Tango (Salsa and Tango are two very different dances)
54. Stay awake for a complete 24 hours
55. Take part in a flash mob
56. Host an exchanged student
57. Yodel off a mountain in Switzerland
58. Kiss someone in the rain
59. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
60. Design my own dress (that includes sewing)
61. Win more than 3$ on a scratchcard
62. Have Carrie Underwood know my name
63. Watch all of the movie, "The Notebook"
64. Take a painting class
65. Buy a pair of white contacts
66. Have an employment where I am happy
67. Stay friends with my close friends in high school
68. Cook a five course meal
69. Make a British guard smile
70. Prove to my mother I can dine with the queen
71. Paint a mural
72. Ride a tandem bicycle
73. Learn to wind surf
74. Ride a mechanical bull
75. Change my own car tire
76. Go to a Winnipeg Jets game

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Reading Reflection #9

Writing Reflection #9

This past week, we started twitter accounts and are tweeting our "Things to Do Before I Die" list (bucket list). I found I was self-conscience about tweeting @theburiedlife, because my bucket list is pretty generic and I don't have any heartfelt wants. When I say heartfelt wants I mean I don't have a wish to find a lost parent or wishes of that sort. What I do like about twitter is that I can see any tweets with the hash tag #ourburiedlife, which are the tweets by fellow classmates about their bucket lists. My goal of the upcoming, is to tweet more of my bucket list, because I have only tweeted four in the past week and we should be tweeting one daily. My bucket list is at 50 in my RWN (readers writers notebook) and I have more to write! When I really get into the right state of "Things to Do Before I Die" mind set I can think of another 50 easy. In my next 50 things I add to my list I would like to think outside of the box. If I ever have money, the tasks that are outside of the box will be once in a life time and very exciting. It seems if I had money, my bucket list would be easier to accomplish.