Things to do before I die; items in bold – completed.
This is an on-going list, I want to add one thing for every one I cross off so check back often to see what I’ve done…
Adventure:
- Go Skydiving
- Go Scuba Diving/Snorkeling
- Ride a camel
- Ride an elephant
- Ride in a helicopter
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Swim with the dolphins/sharks
- Go white water rafting
- Go hang gliding
- Go jet skiing
- Jump from a cliff into deep water
- Fly in a blimp
- Go on a canopy tour (zip line)
- Go fire walking
- Go rock climbing
- Go parasailing
- Go on safari
- Mush a Dog Sled
- Bungee Jump
- Run with the bulls
- Visit a volcano
Career/Creativity:
- Write and publish a book
- Perform in a play/musical on Broadway
- Go to the Oscars – as a nominee and WIN
- Go to the Emmys – as a nominee and WIN
- Go to the Tonys – as a nominee and WIN
- Get paid to do stand-up comedy
- Write a One-Man Show ala Freak
- Write a travel book.
- Write a comic book
- Be a Regular on a sitcom
- Be in a series of TV commercials
- Be in a series of NATIONAL commercials
- Host a TV Show
Community:
- March on Washington
Family
Friends / Friendships
Hobbies:
- Learn to knit
- Learn wine appreciation
Home:
- Get rid of clutter and only keep what matters most
Just for Fun:
- Ride a gondola in Venice
- Ride a mechanical bull
- Ride a parade float as Grand Marshall
- Fire a pistol
- See a solar eclipse
- See the aurora borealis
- Win big in Vegas
- Fly first class
- Sit in the audience of The David Letterman Show
- See every show that opens on Broadway (2003)
Learning / Education:
- Learn to play the Saxophone
- Learn Spanish
- Learn American Sign Language
- Learn to build a website from scratch
Love/Love Life
- share my life with someone special
Money/Finances:
- Pay off all debt
- Open IRA
- Buy a twelve story building in NYC
The “Out-There” Dreams:
- Be a contestant on The Amazing Race
- Be a contestant on Survivor
- Be a contestant on a game show
- Host Saturday Night Live
- Release an album
- Be interviewed on Oprah.
- Be Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
- Have a street named after me
- Be inducted into a Hall of Fame
- Be awarded a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Make the front page of the newspaper
- Be interviewed on The Today Show
- Have and E! True Hollywood Story Done
Personal:
- Get a tattoo
- Try out a new profession in a different field
- Identify someone who has inspired you the most in your life. Let him/her know how much he/she has inspired you
- Make a difference in someone’s life
- Change the world
- Have my portrait painted
Self-improvement/Health
- Lose 25 lbs
- Lose 50 lbs
- Lose 75 lbs
- Make my goal weight and maintain it
- Quit smoking
- Have Health Insurance
Sports
- Attend a World Series Baseball Game
- Join a bowling league
- Attend the Olympics
Time of Year
- Times Square on New Year’s Eve
- New Orleans @ Mardi Gras
- Rio @ Carnival
- Germany @ Octoberfest
Travel – General
- Go backpacking across at least 10 locations
- Pack my bags and set off to a random location with no itinerary planned
- Go on a trip around-the-world
- Visit all seven Continents
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Australia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
Travel – US
- Visit all 50 US states
| Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas |
| California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware |
| Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho |
| Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas |
| Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland |
| Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi |
| Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada |
| New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York |
| North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma |
| Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina |
| South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah |
| Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia |
| Wisconsin | Wyoming |
Travel – Sites to See – US
- Niagara Falls
- The Grand Canyon
- The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
- Pike Place Market in Seattle
- See NYC from the top of the Empire State Building
- Climb up the Statue of Liberty
- Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
- The Gateway Arch
- Hoover Dam
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Travel – Sites to See – Worldwide
- The Amazon rain forest
- Victoria Falls, Africa
- The Galapagos Archipelago
- St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican, Rome
- The Acropolis, Greece
- The Moai Statues of Easter Island, Chile
- The Kremlin, Russia
- The Pyramds of Giza, Egypt
- Stonehenge, United Kingdom
- The Sydney Opera House, Australia
- The Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, England
- The Parthenon, Greece
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- The Coliseum in Rome
- Petra, Jordan
- Christ Redeemer, Brazil
- The Great Wall of China
- Chichen Itza, Mexico
- The Taj Mahal, India
- Bora Bora
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
- The Eiffel Tower, France
- The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
- The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
- The CN Tower, Canada
- The Panama Canal, Panama
- The Channel Tunnel, England
- The Petronas Towers, Malaysia
- The Mona Lisa in the Louvre, France
Creating a bucket list is hard work; while compiling mine I found these websites to be quite helpful:
- The Personal Excellence Blog
- Bucket Lists
- Squidoo
- Kickass Lifestyle
- The Abundance Blog
- One Hundred Things To Do
You’ll notice a lot of the items on my list have to to with travel, I can’t help it, I’ve got a bad case of the wanderlust…
What do you want to do before you die?
