When asked, “What’s on your bucket list?” Blogger Erik decided to take the literal list approach. From his future career, to family, to exploring the world, Erik has compiled a list of goals most important to him. Likely you will relate to some aspects, and some may surprise you.
By Erik Bearman
- Become a successful geneticist and own my own company
It is my dream career to study and make advancements in genetics. I want to start a company so I can have a say in what research and projects are undertaken by my employees.
- Find love and start a family
The idea of meeting someone, falling in love, marrying, and spawning offspring is an idea that I’m sure many of you can relate to. Here’s a list of names I am currently considering naming my children: Azrael, Cody, Charlotte, Darwin, Erika, Hunter, Indominus, Jennifer, Julius, Karen, Leviathan, Rex, Savannah, Wolfgang, Xanthe, Zane.
- Get in touch with my indigenous heritage and culture
I’ve always felt detached from my Native American ancestors, and I want to embrace my culture. When I have the opportunity, I want to visit indigenous cultural centers and learn more about the beliefs, history, and practices of tribes I am descended from.
- Go cage diving with sharks (preferably with Great Whites)
Everyone I know seems to be afraid of sharks, and I think it would be cool to prove them wrong by being close to the sharks. Sharks are also pretty cool animals, and I’d love to see them somewhere other than a NatGeo documentary.
- Tour the Australian Outback and the African savanna
I love the wildlife of both of these ecosystems, and I want to see them in person rather than on the television.
- Dive into the Mariana Trench
With technology becoming more advanced everyday, and since humans have explored the Trench already, I can see diving into the Mariana Trench becoming a tourism option one day.
- Learn to speak fluent Japanese
I am a big fan of old monster movies like Godzilla (1954), and I would like to watch them without requiring English subtitles to understand the dialogue. I plan to travel to Tokyo, and I want to be able to speak to the locals without requiring a translator.
That’s me and my goals; what’s on your bucket list?
Bucket List Editor: Sara Habibipour
Thank you, Erik for your candid and fascinating bucket list. I really hope you are able to achieve these great and somewhat lofty goals. Japanese ..hmmm . I hear that this language is very challenging, I hope you have a good capacity for languages. It’s great that you are interested in understanding your heritage and culture, I know that when I visited Ireland, I felt like I had come HOME. It’s admirable that you already know what field you want to pursue, I had the same type of . focus in high school and it played out for me. Go forth & Bravo, Erik!