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Bucket List Swap

We've been so busy welcoming many new members that we almost forgot about our blog space! In case you were thinking that this penpal club was inactive, I wanted to let you know that it's definitely not! As I'm typing this very sentence, we have 510 current, active members!

Back in April, we hosted a Bucket List Swap. Participants were encouraged to write their bucket list in the form of a letter and exchange it with their partner. As members signed up for the swap they were asked this question:

"What is the most important item on your bucket list?"

Do you want to hear the responses?!? Good, because I want to share them with you...


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It was seeing Fleetwood Mac in Concert... Now it's going to be self publishing three books by the end of the year.

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Travel!!!

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Publish (or just print) a collection of original poems and photos.

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Writing a book.

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Travel... and a lot of it!

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Writing a complete book.

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Fall in love!

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Visit the Egypt pyramids!

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Travel! I want to travel almost everywhere!

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Getting my Bachelors!

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Do photography for the Special Olympics!

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Have another baby.

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It's not important, but the most pressing I'd say is to pass the driving test.

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The most important item on my bucket list, hmmmm, it's so hard to choose but one of the most important things is seeing the Northern Lights.

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To live my life to the fullest.

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Travelling.

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Love and be loved in return.

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Not actually on my list but my motto for it is: There are no excuses.

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Staying curious!

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Happiness.

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Going to Canada.

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Go back to Quebec and eat REAL poutine! 

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Seeing the world! I've traveled extensively in North America and the Caribbean, but it's time for me to visit other continents.

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Writing a dystopian novel.

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Travel!

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Traveling.

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A trip to Paris.

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Spend a month in Paris.

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Become a teacher.

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To go tour the UK.

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Visit my German penpal.

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Get a dog.

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I think be a mom. But there are so many things on there!

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Travel.

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Climb a 5.14 level rock climb.

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Knit up my entire yarn collection. However, that means I would have to stop buying yarn. Challenges, oh man! ha.

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Taking a culinary tour/trip of Italy to learn about the various regions of Italian cuisine!

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Write a book and have it published.

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Road Trip with my family.

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Trek to Everest Base Camp.

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Visiting every continent in the world (not sure about Antarctica, though).

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Travel around the World: specifically Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Hungary, Italy, Greece, Egypt, India, Japan, Ecuador.

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Mmmhh, I have not even started my bucket list. Therefore I really love this swap as it introduces me to something new and exciting. I have some vague ideas, so for now I think the most important item is spending one year concentrating on creativity (writing a novel, photographing for a whole year, learning how to paint). 

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Move back to Minnesota: completed August 2014. ;-)

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I would like to live in another country, preferably non-English speaking.

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And there you have it... the official unofficial bucket list compilation from members of the League of Extraordinary Penpals!

Our members do a fabulous job of hosting new and exciting swaps that come out in our newsletter each month. Aren't you excited to see what comes out in the July edition?

Peace,
Denise