Imagine believing from a young age that you would die at thirty-eight. How would you live your life differently?

This belief drove Michele Smith to live her life in fast-forward. In her memoir, 38, the former model, actress, and host of American Thunder shares the adventures that arose from her certainty that her time on this earth was short. Follow her from her small hometown in Pennsylvania across countries, cultures, and careers as she uses candor and humor to discuss her true love in life: travel.

Michele never bothered to write a bucket list-she lived it instead. Now she's recording those memories and inviting you to live your bucket list too. After all, life is meant to be lived.