Welcome to My Journey

Posted by Marci on Nov 30, 2010 in | 5 comments

Join me as I actively pursue my life list of 101 dreams come true and challenge you to do the same.

Everyone has a moment when they wonder what their life’s about. Mine came in June of 2008 after watching my brother lie in a coma that nearly killed him. I’d recently left my eight-year relationship and I sat in a park feeling alone, scared, and wondering if the pain would ever stop.

As I thought about the fragility of life, I realized I wasn’t living the way I desired and it’d been months since I’d laughed. I began to wonder what I would want if I could have anything and I wasn’t afraid of failure. I began to write a list of dreams: places I wanted to see; things I wanted to learn; gifts I wanted to share with others. When I was done I had a list of 101 dreams. I added one last wish – to laugh so hard with a stranger my sides hurt. Then I folded the list and put it in my pocket, not thinking I could accomplish my dreams.

That night, at the hotel I was staying at in Napa, the concierge invited me for drinks. By the end of the evening I was laughing so hard my sides ached. I realized that one of my dreams had come true. I took out my list and wondered, what if?

Since that night, I’ve actively pursued over fifty of the items on my bucket-list and I’ve fallen in love with myself, the world, and life.

This site is meant to inspire you to achieve your bucket/life-list today not someday. On my List of Dreams page, you can click the links to the dreams I’ve accomplished and see pictures and stories of how they came true. In my blog, you can follow my journey: the days of pure bliss when my life is more miraculous than I could ever imagine, along with the moments where I feel like I’m not enough. I hope by sharing my journey you will see that I’m just an average person, not unlike yourself. For only you can choose to make your dreams come true, and I’m proof that dreams are meant to happen.