Monday, October 25, 2010

My bucket list- 100 things to do before you die

Everyone should have their own bucket list
Death is never a pleasant topic to discuss as it brings out emotions which for many have been buried under a double layer of extra hardened fat which unless put under extreme heat will melt and be set free. Below is my bucket list, 100 things one should try to do before you die.

1. Overcome the fear & go sky diving
2. Go Paragliding
3. Go for a ride in a hot air balloon
4. Ride an elephant and guide an elephant by his/her trunk through the forest
5. Scream and screech as one goes bungy jumping
6. Learn a new, out of the ordinary foreign language
7. Study aboard
8. Spend an afternoon swimming with dolphins
9. Make a snow angel in minus temperatures
10. Learn how to play a musical instrument – for me that would be the piano, drums or guitar
11. Create your own website
12. Invest in the stock market
13. Experience the innocence, warmth and absolute high of being in love
14. Get married, have your dream wedding and discover a country on your honeymoon
15. Have a child
16. Adopt a child or sponsor a child through their years of education
17. Raise a happy, healthy, sensitive and kind child
18. Witness and be present at significant moments of the upbringing of your children
19. Provide a safe home environment which exudes love, happiness and comfort
20. Have a pet whether it be a mans best friend or gold fish, learn to look after a pet.
21. Stay and experience a new culture by staying with a traditional family
22. See and touch a koala bear
23. Become a vegetarian for 2-4 weeks (Yes, this will be difficult for the extreme meat eaters & remember to take your supplements)
24. Milk a cow
25. Ride a camel
26. Live in a house on a lake
27. Spend time on a farm and participate in the daily farming duties
28. Move into a Tuscan Villa
29. Grow your own herb and vegetable garden
30. Find your passion in collectable items, start collecting and keep these items for your kids. This could be anything from snowglobes to coins to stamps to cd’s.
31. Attend the Olympic games and experience the pure thrill of sport
32. Attend a FIFA World Cup, what an amazing experience. You are bound to become addicted and would do anything to attend as many matches as possible.
33. Try new foods even if yo never thought you would, be adventous. Enjoy escargot in Paris, boerwors in South Africa,
34. Catch your own fish and eat it
35. Spend a week in silent retreat
36. Find inner peace
37. Learn to forgive as life really is too short to hold a grudge
38. Learn to live in the now
39. Take up yoga or mediation
40. Have your palms read
41. Go to a tarot card reader
42. Get hypnotized
43. Attend New York and Milan Fashion Week
44. Get golden circle tickets to your favourite concert
45. Experience the talent of attending a show on broadway
46. Sit in and watch a court case
47. Bet on your favourite horse even if you know nothing about betting
48. Go horse riding on the beach or sand dunes
49. Play a game of golf and drive a golf cart
50. Watch a sporting game live whether it be rugby, soccer or hockey
51. Spend a night sleeping under the stars
52. Start a journal
53. Spend a weekend painting, expressing yourself through art
54. Climb Kilimanjaro
55. Do the Inca Trail in Peru
56. Backpack through South America
57. Step on each continent
58. Smile at a stranger daily
59. Live like a local for a month
60. Learn how to Tango in Argentina
61. Learn how to surf
62. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
63. Have one of your articles published
64. Volunteer at an NGO that your feel strongly about
65. Go sailing on a yacht
66. Teach English in a foreign country
67. Smoke a cigar in Cuba
68. Do a photography course
69. Have your own photoshoot
70. Spend the day at a spa
71. Enjoy high tea
72. Pop a bottle of champagne way before noon
73. Pick strawberries
74. Make a kite and fly it
75. Shake hands with someone who you admire and who has made a difference in a country
76. Be part of a positive change
77. Save a life
78. Crowd surf
79. Learn how to fly a plane
80. Write a book or start a blog
81. Dance in the rain
82. Learn how to wind surf or wakeboard
83. Spend time on an island
84. Visit Disneyland and allow the inner child to erupt whilst experiencing the thrill of the rides
85. Spend a week with no television, radio, computer or cellphone just enjoying the quietness
86. Name a star
87. Make a list of all the countries that you want to visit and try to see as many as possible
88. Go sandboarding
89. Attend an international conference which interests you
90. Spend an entire weekend reading a book which engrosses you
91. Host a dinner party
92. Plan and go on a roadtrip
93. Plan a surprise party for someone special
94. Experience a white Christmas
95. Learn to follow your heart even if this means making sacrifices which may not work out as planned.
96. Teach someone a new set of skills
97. Thank the people in your life who impact your life so positively
98. Visit the Roman baths in Bath
99. Take a risk or chance in life
100. Enjoy life, make mistakes, make a difference, learn, be happy and love.


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2 comments:

  1. I love your list. I've been working on mine for a while. I totally want to climb Kilimanjaro as well. Can't wait to see your progress.

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  2. Awesome!!!
    Thanks a lot to you for sharing with us this 100 list.I like your list.

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