#1 Go to France. 

For a long time now I've wanted to go to France. I can't think of a good reason why not to go.

France is a country full of history, culture, and beauty. I want to get to know it better. While I could just take some classes about France and learn a lot of really cool stuff, and save a lot of money, it wouldn't be the same. I want to know the stuff you can only know if you make the journey to see, smell, hear, touch, and feel the energies unique to France. 

It also happens that the next three items go perfectly with the first. 

#2 Learn French

I once had a friend whose mother was French. I would often go over to play hoping his mom was home just so I could hear them talk to each other in that beautiful tongue. Since then I've always wanted to learn French. 

I want to know the language that makes anyone sound more cultured and romantic. 

I would very much like my future wife to be fluent in French. 

And I would love to raise my kids speaking French.

All because of the one friend and his family.

#3 Visit the Louvre

The way I see it, how can someone go to Paris, France, and not make a point to see some of the most beautiful and priceless works of art?

I would very much like to spend day after day taking in the masterpieces at the Louvre. I would hope that seeing the final products of great painters, and learning of their stories through life, that I would gain a personal motivation and inspiration, to ...

#4 Learn to Oil Paint

This is one of those items I put on to push and test myself so that I may grow.

Up to the present date I haven't been able to paint so well. I think it's because of my knowledge on how to work the brush and paint to get the look and feel I see in my head. I choose oil painting because it is as much about the color and effects, as it is about how it is formed on the canvas. The second reason why I choose oil paint is because it seems to be the medium of choice among the old masters.