It’s my birthday! 172 things to do before I die!
Well it’s that time of year again! I’m growing older and learning to live in new ways. Every year for the last 11 years I have been working on this list… a list of things to do before I die. Every year I add a minim of 1 new thing on my birthday! Today is my birthday and at the bottom of my list are several new goals… waiting to whisk me away on a new adventure. If you have any suggestions please feel free to let me know! I am continuously looking for new adventures! Until then here are 14 more items on my list!
This is a list I composed on my own. Things that I want to try before I die. . .
The point isn’t to accomplish everything on a list… the point is to live. I don’t just want to survive…. I want to enrich my life by challenging myself… intellectually and emotionally.
My Life Mission Statement: SEEK. SAIL. SOAR.
Seek your faith, your creator, the love of your life
Sail onto new lands, visit forien soil, and open your mind to life unlike your own. Understand others cultures through immersion. Don’t stay comfortable. You learn the most about yourself when you are outside of the walls of comfort.
Soar above what you believe you are capable. Make the best of who you are. Challenge yourself. Each day try not to be better than anyone other than yourself. Do not be petty. Try to live your life worthy of the calling you have been given. Be Humble. Be Gentle. Be Patient. Create Peace.
- _ Write a book
- _ Publish a book
- _ Swim with turtles
- X Graduate high school
- X Try Sushi
- X Go to at least one dance
- X Learn to play an instrument
- X Take an advanced course
- _ Watch a play in NYC
- X Dance at a Powwow
- _ Go horseback riding on the beach
- X Climb a mountain
- _ Skydive
- X Ride a Harley
- X Watch a thunderstorm in the south
- _ See the northern lights
- _ Spend a night trying to count the stars
- X Learn how to use a gun
- X Take a Self Defense course
- _ Go rock climbing
- X Learn to swing dance
- X Learn to play the drums
- _ Learn to play the piano
- _ Learn to play the guitar
- X Learn to play the native flute
- X Play a bamboo flute
- X Learn to paint
- X Get the lead in a play
- X Direct a play
- X Write a play
- X Learn how to sketch
- X Sing a solo in front of a crowd
- X See the cougars at the zoo
- X Pet a tiger
- X Go to college
- X Graduate college
- X Go to graduate school
- X Get my masters
- _ Meet my grandparents ( I only have one left)
- _ Get Married somewhere beautiful
- _Have My Dream wedding
- _ Fly a plane
- X Get a tattoo
- X Learn to drive
- X Get my drivers License
- _ Read a Tale of Two Cities
- X Give an inspirational speech
- _ Change someones life for the better
- _ Hold a baby in a third world country
- _ See a giraffe outside the zoo
- X Get 7 piercings
- X Send 100 letters to people I have never met
- _ See the Red Sox play in Fenway
- X Hold an office
- X Plant a tree
- _ Develop my own film
- _ Learn Spanish
- _ Learn Korean
- _ Learn Japanese
- _ Learn Potawatomi
- _ Learn Sign Language
- X Learn to cook
- X Live in Portland, OR for a little while
- _ See all 50 States
- _ Road-trip across the states
- X Visit San Francisco
- X Visit Seattle
- _ Visit Boston, MA
- X Visit Hollywood, CA
- _ Visit Colorado Springs, CO
- _ Visit Potawatomi Reservation
- _ Visit Reno, NV
- _ Visit Las Vegas, NV
- X Visit Mexico
- X Visit Canada
- _ Visit Venice
- _ Visit Zurich
- _ Visit Rome
- _ Visit Sydney
- _ Visit Manila
- _ Visit Japan
- _ Visit Korea
- _ See the Great Wall
- _ Visit Ethiopia
- _ Visit Peru
- _ Visit Prague
- _ Visit Cairo
- _ See the Museum of Cairo
- _ Visit Brazil
- X Go Sailing
- X Go on a roadtrip
- X Sing Karaoke at least once
- X See the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland
- X Start a drama group
- X See a palm-tree in California
- X See Yellowstone
- _ See Yosemite
- _ See the Redwoods
- X See Red Rock
- X See the ocean
- X Go Snowboarding
- X Go Puddle Jumping
- X Go Long boarding
- _ Windsurf
- _ Have a candle light dinner under the stars
- X Swim in the ocean (not just wade)
- X Go Backpacking
- X Experience Love
- X Do an independent research project
- _ Go Surfing
- X Go white water rafting
- X Call my FP’s
- _ Ride an elephant
- _Ride a Camel in the desert
- _ Take horseback riding lessons
- _ Own a horse
- X Color my hair
- X Go to at least one reunion
- X Take a million photographs
- X Meet someone famous
- _ Learn to read music
- X See more than 50 concerts
- X See my mother again before she dies
- X See an Opera
- _ See a ballet
- X See a Broadway show
- X Dance in the rain
- X Write a song
- _ Do one thing that scares me everyday
- X Drive a Jeep
- X Own a Business
- X Be my own boss
- _Apply to a doctoral program
- _ Get into a doctoral program
- _ Get a doctorate
- _ Learn to Sail
- _ Own A Sailboat
- _Throw a mega party, invite everyone I know, and not care if anyone shows up
- _Swim with dolphins
- _Fold 1000 origami cranes and give them to random strangers
- _Visit a Volcano
- _Go on a Disney cruise
- _ Tell someone my life story without being afraid to spare the details
- _Have a food fight at a restaurant
- _Go Whale Watching
- X Go to at least one major sporting event
- _Milk a Cow
- _Go Scuba Diving somewhere tropical
- _Visit a concentration camp and never forget
- _ Be the member of an audience on a tv show
- _Eat Green Eggs and Ham
- _Tango dance in Argentina
- _Write a letter to my favorite author
- _ Have my portrait painted
- _Watch a lightening storm at sea
- X Have a meal with a stranger
- X Swim in a pool with all of my cloths on
- _Show some of my work in a gallery
- _Taste Wine in Napa Valley
- _Learn to make pretty cakes
- _Spend a holiday volunteering for the homeless
- _Build Sandcastles
- _Photograph an endangered species
- _ See Phineas Gage’s Skull up close
- _Own a room with a view
- _Spend New Years somewhere exotic
- _Go up in a hot air balloon
- _See the real Starry Night
- _See the sun rise over the Atlantic Ocean
- _Scuba-dive to a large ship wreck
- _See the C.S. Lewis house
- _Take a star tour in Southern California
- X See the sun rise over the pacific Ocean
