Monday, June 4, 2012

Bucket List for Mi Vida


Complete a Silent Retreat
Complete a 30-Day Bikram Yoga Challenge
Complete a Master’s in Youth Development
Read all of the world’s Holy Texts
Build a school from idea to actualization
Build Phefeni so that it supports 10+ families (income)
Dream Managers in all public high schools
Start the PIB Store
Visit Manchu Piccu
Publish Keeping Up With the Joneses
Publish More Black Cool
Publish my Anthology, Let It Be: An Emancipation Proclamation
Publish Kings County Holy Text
Publish A Little Child Shall Lead Them
Executive Produce "Opportunity"
Produce the Brooklyn Student Leader Conference
Produce the Brooklyn Children’s Marathon
Produce "For All the Winters"
Be involved in the theatrical release of Octavia Butler novel(s)
Remake The Wiz
Create an Adolescent Life Coaching Certification
Create a fund for Abiah, A-mar & Ansar
Create scholarships in Grandaddy’s name for boarding school tuition and teen entrepreneurs
Create an annual family blood drive in Grandaddy's name
Home filled with furniture and art created by people I know
Learn Spanish, be able to read French novels, and speak conversational Japanese, Arabic, and Hindi
Get trained in massage
Take Salsa Classes
Drive up the California coast (Hwy 1) from San Diego to San Francisco for wineries and bed & breakfasts
Round the World Trip (hit some of the following: Egypt, South Africa, Morocco, Spain, Greece, Paris, Italy, Rome, Switzerland, Dubai, Mecca, Tibet, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti)
Take my mom on a vacation out of the country
Work with the Smiths to create institutions and culture
Obtain my Harriet Tubman of Dreams tattoo
Shoot at a gun range
Be able to do 3 pull-ups in a row
Be featured in the My Black is Beautiful Campaign