the list
Inspired by Maggie Mason of Mighty Girl and in the spirit of trying new things and bettering myself, I created a list of one hundred things I want to do in life. Here is that list:
1) Snorkel in Hawaii
2) Drink a pint of Guinness in a pub in a tiny town in Ireland
3) Learn to play guitar
4) Learn to play piano
5) Busk around Europe with Steve
6) Write a novel
7) Get a dog
8) Own a house
9) Take a road trip across the US with Ryan
10) Live outside of Texas for at least a year
11) See all the movies on the AFI 100 Years, 100 Movies list
12) Read all the books on the EW New Classics list
13) Visit 10 national parks
14) Start a blog and write an entry every day for one year
15) Tap dance at the top of the Eiffel Tower
16) Go hang gliding
17) Stand on the edge of an active volcano
18) Sing karaoke without fear
19) Go fishing in Alaska
20) Run a marathon
21) Learn to bake the perfect chocolate cake
22) Skydive
23) Take a surfing lesson
24) See a taping of Conan O’Brien
25) Learn sign language
26) Ride in a helicopter
27) See the Northern Lights
28) Be in Times Square on New Year’s Eve
29) Take a picture of Steve pretending to be afraid of the Leaning Tower of Pisa falling on him
30) Go to Disney World
31) Fly a kite in Seattle with Aimee
32) Learn to knit
33) Get a Masters degree
34) Spend the night in a castle
35) Find the love of my life
36) Watch turtles hatch and run for the ocean in Queensland, Australia
37) Take up yoga
38) Go to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade
39) Send my parents on their dream vacation
40) Drink beer at Oktoberfest
41) Dance in the rain
42) See the pyramids in Egypt
43) Take up geochaching
44) Go to comic-con in San Diego
45) Drink nothing but water for one year
46) Get really organized
47) Improve my German speaking skills
48) Help with a Habitat for Humanity project
49) Open an Etsy shop
50) See penguins in Ushuaia, Argentina with Ryan
51) Stare thoughtfully at a painting in the Louvre
52) Skip through the streets of Salzburg while singing Do-Re-Mi
53) Do something creative every day for a month
54) Walk on the Great Wall of China
55) Take an African Safari
56) Quietly tip a really good waiter 200%
57) Give a sizable donation to a charity anonymously
58) Ride a hot air balloon in New Mexico
59) Take a road trip up the California Highway 1
60) Go to Vegas and bet on black
61) Stay at the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden
62) Create a home filing system my mother would be proud of
63) Drive the Alaskan Highway
64) Stop biting my fingers and nails
65) Go to the dermatologist and solve my skin issues
66) Publish a novel
67) Have strawberries and cream at Wimbledon
68) Get to my ideal weight and maintain it
69) Learn to drive standard
70) Tour Russia on the Trans-Siberian railway
71) Watch every Academy Award Best Picture winner in chronological order.
72) Take a zero gravity flight
73) Do the robot in all fifty states
74) Go antiquing
75) Take a month-long break from TV and computer (at home)
76) Take one of those crazy old-timey Western photos with a friend
77) Go on a Mediterranean Cruise
78) Massively overhaul/redesign my portfolio
79) Develop a green thumb
80) Play a board (or card) game outside with my friends on a breezy Spring day
81) Pick a cookbook and cook every recipe in it
82) Make a giant paper airplane and fly it from a building
83) Stand under a waterfall
84) Watch five movies in a theater in one day
85) Complete one NaNoWriMo
86) Participate in a spontaneous, large-scale group dance number (preferably Thriller)
87) Take up kickboxing
88) Do a 365 photo project
89) Learn to sew
90) Take up bicycling
91) Eat only home cooked meals for a month
92) Send out Christmas cards
93) Pay off my student loans
94) Go to Gospel Brunch at the House of Blues
95) Host a family Thanksgiving dinner
96) Figure out a way to work every day in pajamas
97) Go cook with Mom and Great Grandma and learn to make all the family recipes that only Great Grandma knows
98) Cook the perfect pizza from scratch
99) Take SCUBA lessons
100) Build an investment portfolio
