Everybody lies

Just found the idea on a german blog (via another german blog):
A list of 10 things I really would like to do before I kick the bucket for good.

Funnily, first it was quite hard to think of anything at all - and the more I thought about it the harder it got to narrow it down to only 10 things…

1. Write a novel. A good one.

2. Publish it, see it topping the bestseller lists and become rich and famous. (Well, rich would be enough, I pass on the famous thing.)

3. Learn to speak spanish, italian and japanese fluently. (Pure fantasy, as I got my hands full with english.)

4. Build a house, or at least buy one and restore it completely. Preferably, it should be located on some beautiful coast, miles away from any other human habitation, and the only thing that’s really important interior-wise is a huge library. And an open fireplace.

5. Learn to play an instrument, preferably the piano, but guitar wouldn’t be bad either. (Not likely to happen, though, because I am musically challenged to put it mildly.)

6. Design and plant a garden - or even better yet, a park - with lots of trees that will look the way it’s intended to only in a hundred years or later.

7. Lose 40 pounds. (And again: not going to happen in reality.)

8. Have enough money to buy every book that takes my fancy - and enough time to actually read them all.

9. Live in a couple of countries other than Germany for at least a year each. Japan would be one, others are Australia, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Great Britain, Ireland, Brazil and definitely New Zealand again. (I think that one has the most potential to actually happen.)

10. Visit a couple more countries for prolonged holidays.

If I could manage all that I could look back on a life well spent and die happily. When I’m 120 at the earliest, because for now I’m still intending to live forever.

So, I’m curious: what are your 10 things? I’m not gonna tag anyone, but if you’d like to play along leave a comment.