Make a list and check it twice.......

So I read this article that said to put your life in perspective you should make a list of all the things you have accomplished or done and make a list of things you still wish to do. The idea is that once you write down all the things you really have done, you will see how big your life has really been. You are supposed to discover that your life has more done than undone. Yeah, well that didn't work for me. Huge surprise. Don't get me wrong. I really have done a lot in life. Maybe not earth shattering accomplishments like the cure for some insidious disease but not too shabby stuff. Seen a lot of places, read a lot of great literature, been to some treasures of the earth, raised 3 pretty cool humans, taught a large number of children to read......you get the idea. However, my list of undone is HUGE. I want to: write a book, spend an extended period of time in Ireland and perhaps never come back, teach English as a second language to children for whom it will have life changing effects, make my father proud, have grandchildren, stick my foot in every ocean on the planet (I have 2 left), and the list goes on and on. I started out thinking I would feel accomplished at the end of the exercise but it has only spurred me on to move more things to the "done" side. Wish me luck.