50 THINGS BY AGE 50

Hi!  This is the progression of my lists:

• My Original Bucket List (2011)
• My 40 by 40 List (2011)
• How Did I Do On Completing My 40 by 40 List? (2016)
• My 50 by 50 List (2018)

aaaand now back to your regularly scheduled blog post. 🙂

A couple years ago I updated you all on how well I completed 40 Things to Do by Age 40 “Bucket List”. If you missed that update you can read it here:

40 Things By Age 40 – So How Did I Do On Completing My List? #becauseIm40.

I’m editing this post (in 2021) to be time-independant, updateable and vastly simplified. Ok, let’s do this. *cracks knuckles*

I’ll be 50 in 2026. By then I would love to:

1. 1. See the Winchester Mystery House – because it’s just weird and I love history and curious stories.
   2. See the Northern Lights
   3. Stay at a Ritz Carlton Hotel
   4. Ride a Segway
   5. Read the Bible from beginning to end
   6. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
   7. See the Statue of Liberty – up close … seen it in the distance a zillion times
   8. Do yoga or pilates consistently
   9. Visit Las Vegas, NV
   10. Visit Pheonix, AZ
   11. Get hair removed from everywhere I need hair removed {case in point}
   12. Go on a Disney Cruise
       
   13. Take a train ride up the California coast
   14. Visit the ocean once every quarter
   15. Spend the night in a tiny house
   16. See the Grand Canyon
   17. Be able to do an unmodified pushup
   18. Be able to hold a plank for a minute
   19. Go on a road trip with a friend
   20. See a Redwood forest
   21. See a pink sand beach
   22. See a black sand beach
   23. Act in something beyond my own videos
   24. Go to a drive-in movie (again)
   25. Attend a TED conference
   26. Watch all the Disney movies
   27. Relax in a natural hot spring
   28. Attend a pow wow
   29. Design a room I love
   30. See a Cirque du Soleil show
   31. Go on a yoga or meditative retreat
   32. Have someone else clean my house
   33. Be on the cover of a national magazine
   34. Do a Color Run
   35. Spend a day helping at a Children’s Hospital
   36. Learn the alphabet in Sign Language
   37. See Jonatha Brooke live again
       
   38. See Tarrus Riley live again
   39. See Kevonstage live again
   40. See Tony Baker live again
   41. See Jill Scott live again
   42. See Erykah Badu live again
   43. Dance in a New Orleans wedding second line
       
   44. Start sewing
   45. Own an old typewriter
   46. Own a polaroid camera
   47. Get CPR certified
   48. Q: Where are the rest Roshini? A: The list keeps evolving so now there’s 49 and tomorrow that may change. See below for things I’ve already done! 🤗🤸🏾‍♀️

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Also, I was perusing the interwebs for ideas and stumbled on Annette’s ridiculously epic bucket list here. Seems like her ENTIRE BLOG is her doing her bucket list. WOW! Anyhoo, I realized I don’t give myself nearly as much credit for the awesomeness that is my life so I decided to add a list of things off her bucket list that I’ve actually already done below. This was so cool to see written down, I’m out here living y’all and don’t even know it! 

List of things I’ve ✨ DONE ✨ & inspiration

1. See Trevor Noah live –    – done, March 3, 2023
2. See Bethel in concert   – done 
3. See Alvin Ailey   – done 
4. Finish the basement    – done Winter 2021 – Tour
5. Spend the night on a private island   – done June 2022 @ SabaRock. Day 1 |  Day 2 | Day 3

1. Take an improv class  – done. level 0 and level 1  @ the improv shop. 
2. Maintain my flyness – I could count this as continually in progress so this stays on the list
3. Read 50 books  – done. 
4. Perfect gluten-free baking – nixed because keto
5. Grow more live plants in my home
6. See Sarah McLachlan in concert again
7. See Jonatha Brooke in concert again  – done May 5, 2019 in Nashville. 
8. See Tarrus Riley in concert again  – happening Feb 2020 
9. See The Soweto Gospel Choir in concert again  – done nov 2018
10. Relax in a sensory deprivation tank  – done june 2018
11. Learn how to make a gluten-free pate  – nixed because keto
12. Visit Meremac Caverns – done oct 2018
13. Watch all the Star Wars movies – tried to but soooooo boring 
14. Write a book – done. 30 Day Mind Body Spirit Challenge
15. Drive across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway – Done March 2017. We drove to New Orleans for Spring Break and had a blast!
16. Loc my hair – Done. Started locs September 6, 2017 ~ cut them Sept 6, 2020.
17. Watch all the Marvel Movies – Done February 2018. #WakandaForever
18. See Hamilton – Best thing on a stage hands down. HANDS DOWN!
19. See Kevonstage and Tony Baker live  – Caught the Real Comedians of Social Media tour. SO GOOD!
20.  Mardi Gras – years ago with friends
21.  Greece – cruise excursion
    
22. Pose With the Leaning Tower of Pisa – cruise excursion
    
23.  Make a Wish in the Trevi Fountain – cruise excursion
    

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Inspired by bucketlistjourney.net
✦ Arrive By Seaplane – because Virgin Islander
✦ Get a Tattoo – ankle & nape of the neck
✦ Jump Off a Cliff – in girl scout camp
✦ Sail a Boat – mom’s best friend’s husband used to charter boats
✦ Ride a Horse – cruise excursion in Puerto Rico
✦ See a Coral Reef – Virgin Islander
✦ Swim in the Ocean – Virgin Islander
✦ Swim with a School of Fish – Virgin Islander
✦ Be a Bridesmaid – November 2007
✦ Be a Maid of Honor – September 2008
✦ Have a Meaningful Conversation With a Stanger – I’ve had many. It’s what I do.
✦ Meet a Blog Reader in Person – Countless met in person, traveled with, one even slept on my floor and another slept in my childhood bedroom.
✦ Meet a World Leader – Mandela 1995
✦ Meet Someone Famous – Many. Mandela, Sarah McLachlan, Malik Yoba, Jennifer Holiday, Amitabh Bachchan, and more…
✦ Receive a Fan Letter – Several. IRL and digital. It’s so humbling.
✦ Tell Dad I Love Him – done 💛
✦ Visit your Childhood Home – done
✦ Create a Piece of Art & Sell it – Sold painting growing up … and t-shirts
✦ Decorate a Blank T-Shirt – Sell t-shirts now
✦ Design a Website – Did this for a living
✦ Paint Something at a Ceramic Store – In girl scout camp
✦ Sew Something you can Wear – my robe
✦ Start a Blog – you’re on it *wink*
✦ Take an Art Class – many
✦ Take Pictures in a Photo Booth – at weddings and fairs
✦ Attend a Black Tie Gala – 100 Black Men thingy
✦ Create a Video & Upload it to the Internet – It’s what I do.
✦ Get Swag – done
✦ Get VIP Passes to a Show – done
✦ Go on a Cruise – done
✦ Go to a Paint Party – done
✦ Go to the Movies by Myself – done
✦ Have 15 Minutes of Fame – done
✦ Be in the Newspaper – was on the cover of the VI Daily News when I won Ms. American Virgin Islands
✦ Learn a Line Dance – I’m taking this as black folk line dancing *heh*
✦ Learn How to Sing Within my Octave – took a singing class at COCA years ago.
✦ Read the Book Before the Movie – done
✦ Ride on a Ferris Wheel – done
✦ See a 3-D movie – don’t much like 3D
✦ See a Ballet – done
✦ See a Broadway Play – Saw Les Misérables on Broadway
✦ See a Foreign Film – done
✦ Sing Karaoke in Public – done
✦ Throw Beads at Mardi Gras – done
✦ Touch a Famous Piece of Art – I may or may not have reached out and touched Guernica when I lived in Spain … allegedly
✦ Try Pole Dancing – a class for a friend’s birthday
✦ Watch a Documentary – many, I love them
✦ Buy a Cute Outfit at a Second-Hand Store – many
✦ Create the Perfect Up-Do – Glamazini
✦ Do a Cleanse – every year
✦ Get a Bikini Wax – once OUCH!!! but the results were epic
✦ Get a Blow Out – Glamazini
✦ Get a Foot Massage – done
✦ Get a Henna Tatoo –  – done In Panama City and Cleveland

✦ Get a Makeup Lesson –  – done In 2017 at my house

✦ Get a Spa Pedicure – done
✦ Get Acupuncture – A few years ago
✦ Get Fitted for a Bra – several times
✦ Get a Professional Body Massage
✦ Go a Week Without Makeup – this is a challenge??? This is my normal
✦ Have a Facial – need to do this more
✦ Have a Professional Photo Shoot – several
✦ Have my Palm Read – eons ago
✦ Hit the Town With Bright Red Lip
✦ Make a Homemade Beauty Product – hair and skin butters
✦ Sit Front Row at a Fashion Show – In Chicago during my brand ambassadorship with Verizon
✦ Try Brow Threading – done
✦ Try Cupping Therapy – once
✦ Wear Colored Contacts – done
✦ Wear Fake Eyelashes – done
✦ Create a Passive Income – done
✦ Flip a House – once in Tallahassee and sold it without a real estate agent, all by myself! :0)
✦ Have an IRA
✦ Have My Own Business Cards – done
✦ Order Room Service – done
✦ Sleep on Satin Sheets – done
✦ Stay at an All-Inclusive Resort – done
✦ Start A Business – done
✦ Sell Something on the Internet – done
✦ Attend a Pig Roast – In elementary school we would have them once a year. Kids could volunteer to turn the spit for a few minutes and I always would. Strange thinking back on it now but back then it was normal.
✦ Bake a Cake for Someone Special – done
✦ Bake a Loaf of Bread – done
✦ Boil a Live Lobster – well with my mom’s best friend and I was present so that counts. I was sad, named him Sebastian, and wouldn’t eat him at dinner. *tear*
✦ Catch, Cook & Eat a Fish – done
✦ Create my Own Cocktail
✦ Drink at a Distillery – I worked for Anheuser-Busch for years
✦ Drink Juice from a Fresh Coconut – Virgin Islander
✦ Drink Moonshine – If you count guavaberry as moonshine then yes because Virgin Islander
✦ Drink Tea at a Tea House – Josephine’s Tea Room a few years ago
✦ Eat Breakfast in Bed – done
✦ Eat Alone at a Restaurant – done
✦ Eat at a Food Truck – done
✦ Eat Fondue – done
✦ Fillet a Fish – my dad would clean fish and I would stand there watching him. That counts.
✦ Learn to Use Chopsticks – done in college
✦ Make Ice Cream – I used to make sorbet
✦ Pick Fruit From the Tree – My father was Cecil “green thumb” Nibbs
✦ Eat Alligator – in Africa
✦ Eat Ants – they were in candy
✦ Eat Beef Tongue – ew, but because Virgin Islander I’ve tasted it
✦ Eat Blood Sausage – in Spain being adventurous ordering off the menu with my roommates
✦ Eat Bone Marrow – this is normal in the Virgin Islands
✦ Eat Caviar – mostly on cruises
✦ Eat Conch – Virgin Islander
✦ Eat Eel – my favorite meat on sushi
✦ Eat Escargot – cruises
✦ Eat Flowers – I used to eat hibiscus flowers off the tree as a child
✦ Eat Frog Legs – on a cruise
✦ Eat Gizzards
✦ Eat Liver – cooked it Sept 2022 and it’s a no for me dog.
✦ Eat Octopus – done
✦ Eat Raw Oysters – in 2017 in New Orleans just to say I had
✦ Eat Sashimi – I have but I prefer rolls
✦ Eat Sea Slug – if whelks counts then yes because I’m a Virgin Islander
✦ Eat Sushi  – love! all the time.
✦ Be Asked for My Autograph – at Miss World 1995 while walking with other contestants
✦ Go Canoeing – Creve Coeur Lake and in Antigua
✦ Google Search My Name & Have at Least 1 Page of Stuff – because of Glamazini
✦ Have a White Christmas – sure, boo.
✦ Photobomb Someone
✦ Play a Game of Twister
✦ Run Through Sprinklers – when I lived in Florida
✦ Skinny Dip – In Mexico, our room had a pool
✦ Walk on a Nude Beach…Naked – well topless in Spain and that counts shoooo
✦ Win a Stuffed Animal at a Carnival – does Dave & Busters count?
✦ Win Something – Ms. American Virgin Islands
✦ Be a Guest Speaker – several seminars
✦ Be Present at a Birth – my niece
✦ Do a Charity Walk – breast cancer walk
✦ Donate Books – done
✦ Donate Clothing – all the time
✦ Donate Toys at the Holidays
✦ Entertain the Elderly at a Nursing Home – several times singing over the years
✦ Feed a Homeless Person – several times over the years
✦ Find the Meaning of Your Name – known it for years. Roshini is light that removes darkness, illuminating light.
✦ Meditate – regularly nowadays
✦ Serve Food at a Soup Kitchen – in college
✦ Write a Letter to My Future Self
✦ Write a Love Letter
✦ Write a Poem  – done
✦ Write a Haiku – done
✦ Bowl a Strike – done
✦ Climb an Indoor Rock Wall – HATED IT
✦ Fly a Kite – done on Art Hill
✦ Snorkel  – done #becauseVirginIslander
✦ Swim in the Ocean – I’m from the Virgin Islands, this is like walking
✦ Take a Bikram Yoga Class – used to many moons ago.
✦ Take a Zumba Class – used to many moons ago. 
✦ Tap Dance – used to as a child
✦ Drive a Speed Boat
✦ Fly Emirates – during the whole Ms. American Virgin Islands thing
✦ Go in a Submarine – Atlantis in the Virgin Islands … may have been one more on a cruise excursion??
✦ Ride on a Scary Roller Coaster  – done and hated. it. 
✦ Ride on a Subway – NYC, Washington and Madrid
✦ Ride on a Train – to Chicago, from Spain to Gibraltar
✦ Be a Tourist in Your Own Town – All the time
✦ Fly First Class – upgraded to come to St. Louis
✦ Go on a Cruise – several plus was married on a cruise ship
✦ Go on a Spontaneous Road Trip – 2017 impromptu trip to New Orleans
✦ Go to an Aquarium – several
✦ Sleep in a Haunted House – Slept at Lemp Mansion
✦ Stay at a Bed & Breakfast – several
✦ Take a trip with Mom – impromptu cruise for her 60th birthday
✦ Tour a Factory – done for work – beer and Rx drugs
✦ Tour a Mayan Ruin – cruise excursion

✦ Tour a Vineyard – lots of vineyards in Missouri where I live
✦ Do the Hollywood Walk of Fame – during social media week conference several years ago
✦ Listen to Jazz in the French Quarter – 2017 during an impromptu trip to New Orleans8