Kris and Lyssa's Great Goal Rush

“One’s title, even a title like president, says very little about how well one’s life has been led — and that no matter how much you’ve done, or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, more to learn, more to achieve.” — President Barack Obama

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What is the Great Goal Rush?

We are Lyssa Walker White and Kris White, a married couple living in the suburbs of our nation’s capital. We are activists, former business owners, goal getters, volunteers, joy seekers, professionals, and podcasters. We try to live life with a commitment to self-improvement, a passion for experiencing new things, intentionality, and most importantly, gratitude — a lifestyle and mindset we hope infects our community of followers as they navigate this life. And despite all of this new age-sounding consciousness bullshit, we don’t take ourselves very seriously — offering a healthy roasting of each other along the way.

It all started on New Year’s Eve, 2009, when we decided to come up with goals, not resolutions, for the year ahead. We wanted to take more control over our lives instead of sitting back and just letting life happen to us or pass us by. We wanted to live more intentionally. Every year since, we’ve created a yearly bucket list then encouraged each other and worked toward achieving them throughout the year.

In 2012, we started to document our bucket list journey and their [hopeful] completion in this blog.

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the single candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

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Is this real life?

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2025 Bucket List

Lyssa’s Goals

Completed: Try IKEA Swedish meatballs for the first time
Completing: Get a primary doc to prescribe and treat me instead of specialist docs
Completing: Try local food trucks at gas stations
Completed: Try Mikes Hard Lemonade for the first time
Completed: Attend Art in Bloom at the Anderson House in DC
Completed: Eat a sunny side up egg for the first time
Eat a chicken wing in one bite
Try all big five American bbq styles
Learn more about architecture and art
Go to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice museum
Try Sine Qua Non wine
Completed: Walk the path from Lorton workhouse to Occoquan regional park
Go to Ireland and visit where my grandma’s family is from
Go to Federalist Pig
Try Honeymoon Chicken
No more k cup purchases
Visit the Lewis Ginter Botanical during the holidays
Attend holiday boat parade of lights in Alexandria
Go to the New Beverly movie theater in LA
Completed: Read a screenwriters book
Look into relocation to the UK
Go to Paris at Christmas time
Completed: Go to Lancaster PA Central Market on a day trip
Completed: Try Ovaltine
Completing: Commit to scalp health
Completed: Emotional Kindergarten prepping
Completing: Start perimenopause health cleanse
Completing: Yoga/stretch a day
Spend a month of daycare on a vacation
Attend a retreat of some sort
Beach vacation with Lillie
Plan dinner with both parents
Completed: Go to Accontik Park with Lillie in the spring
Completing: Replace occasional night wine with tea
Completing: Expand on culture/thought leadership
Join a gym when Lillie goes to Kindergarten
Completing: Nourish body
Completing: Pitch book again
Completed: Finalize Lillie’s saving account
Completing: Wear a dress once a week/makeup once a week
Completing: Play board games regularly as a family
Get a part-time job or volunteer
Go on The Today Show to promote my book
Completing: Be consistent with all my vitamins
Completing: Continue trying to be fiscally responsible
Be more patient
Completed: Learn how to make a bed