Mao Zedong had a Five-Year Plan, too.

Ah, the ever-popular bucket list.

This year
I will get into my desired major
I will lose fifty pounds
I will learn how to swim
I will get a job
I will do No-Shame
I will become a Resident Assistant
I will drink more water
I will go someplace new at least once a month
I will watch a new movie or read a new book once a week
I will pray every day

Within five years
I will get engaged or married
I will open a bakery
I will get my own house or apartment
I will travel to Spain or France
I will learn to speak Spanish fluently
I will knit everyone in my family a sweater
I will run a marathon
I will swim in the Pacific Ocean
I will go someplace exotic for vacation

Within my lifetime-
I will own a big dog
I will shake the Pope's hand
I will shave my head for a cause
I will go on a cruise
I will learn French
I will fly an airplane
I will write a book
I will meet royalty
I will paint all of my childrens' rooms like their favorite storybook
I will learn how to play the banjo and harmonica at the same time
I will skinny dip
I will attend and awards show
I will give a speech to a crowd
I will take piano lessons
I will write an award winning screenplay or direct an award winning show
I will, after turning sixty, engage in progressively more dangerous things until I die doing something extraordinary, or
I will die peacefully in my sleep next to my husband.