Anyway, the list started when I originally lost weight. I've mentioned it before. At first it was just things that I couldn't do because I was over a weight limit or things I wasn't comfortable doing because of my size. Now it's grown into a little of everything, simple tasks that I always say I need to get done but somehow never do them and amazing adventure vacations I'd like to take someday, but maybe can't afford right now. I talk about it a lot and share it with anyone that will listen. Mostly because it's fun to hear what is on other people's lists and it's great when people see my list and feel inspired to start their own.
Anyway, it's been a while since I published the list for everyone to see, so I thought I would post it here and share. Maybe you've done some of these things or maybe you'd like to or maybe the list will help you come up with your own things. Either way it's fun to think about, so here it is:
1.
Get a Passport √
2.
Be in a parade √
3.
Go skinny dipping √
4.
Get tongue pierced √
5.
Get a tattoo √
6.
Sing Karaoke √
7.
Go to a burlesque show
(suicide girls) √
8.
Build a piece of furniture √
(hockey table)
9.
Knit a sweater √
10.
Knit a pair of mittens √
11.
Sneak backstage at a concert √
12.
Meet the US President √√√
13.
Climb the Bunker Hill Monument √
14.
Go to Las Vegas √
15.
See Cirque du Soleil √
16.
See the Hoover Dam √
17.
Ride a cable car in San
Francisco √
18.
See Alcatraz √
19.
Ride in a horse drawn carriage √
20.
Run up steps at the Philly Art
museum √
21.
See a Broadway show in NYC √
22.
Go to the top of Empire State
building √
23.
Go on “the Ledge” in Sears
Tower √
24.
Save a life √
(girl at UNH)
25.
Adopt a shelter animal √√
26.
Draw/paint a mural √
27.
Complete a Triathlon √
28.
Write a blog √
29.
Boston Marathon √√√
30.
Maine marathon Oct2010 √
31.
Half marathon in less than 2
hours √
32.
Marathon in under 4:30 √
33.
Chicago marathon √√
34.
Do the Boston Stair Climb
√√√√√
35.
Do the Goofy Challenge
√√√√√
36.
Win an award √
(best costume Devil’s Chase)
37.
Finish Tough Mudder
07May11 √
38.
Go on a Century bike ride √
39.
Get published √
(Huffington Post article)
40.
Write a book √
41.
Go Kayaking
04Sep11 √
42.
Complete a ½ Ironman
11Sep11 √√
43.
Do a polar bear plunge
01Jan12 √
44.
Learn to snowboard 14Jan12
√
45.
Sit in a Jacuzzi in the snow √
46.
Zombie Preparedness Class
24Jan13 √
47.
Try snowshoeing 09Feb13
√
48.
Ride in someone else’s limo
Feb2013 √
49.
Boston Trapeze School
22Mar13 √
50.
Pay off my college loans
22Mar13 √
51.
Take a glassblowing class
26Mar13 √
52.
Wine tour in Carmel Valley
26Apr14 √
53.
Big Sur Marathon
28Apr13 √
54.
Run RTB Relay Ultra team
17May13 √
55.
Mt. Washington road race
15Jun13 √
56.
Take a Pole Dancing class
25Jun13 √
57.
Go to Walden Pond 17Jul13 √
58.
Get a caricature drawn of
myself 27Jul13√
59.
Go skydiving √
25Aug13 √ 08Sep13
60.
Berlin Marathon
29Sep13 √
61.
See the Berlin Wall √
62.
Drink a beer at Oktoberfest
01Oct13 √
63.
Learn to ride a horse
19Oct13 √
64.
Donate a lot of money to
charity 24Oct13 √
65.
Take an aerial silks class
12Nov13 √
66.
Paint n Sip wine tasting
21Nov13 √
67.
Learn to cartwheel
03Dec13 √
68.
Taza Chocolate factory tour
06Dec13 √
69.
See the Nutcracker in Boston
19Dec13 √
70.
Dopey Challenge
Jan2014 √
71.
Go cross country skiing √
09Feb14
72.
Be on the cover of a magazine
(Sports Illustrated) April 16, 2014 √
73.
Plant a vegetable garden
12May14 √
74.
Go to Provincetown, MA
10May14 √
75.
Donate my hair
20Jun14 √
76.
Swim with Sharks
21Jun14 √
77.
Duck boat tour in Boston
25Jun14 √
78.
Go Zip lining
20July14 √
79.
Replace garbage disposal
Sep2014 √
80.
Wineglass marathon 05Oct14
√
81.
Make a 6 figure salary
20Oct14 √
82.
Get a psychic reading 25Oct14
√
83.
NYC Marathon 02Nov14
√
84.
Join a CSA
05Nov14 √
85.
Pay off my Visa bill
10Nov14 √
86. Print and frame a photo I took
10Dec14√
87.
Take a self-defense class
11Dec14 √
88.
Take a stained glass class 20Dec14
√
89.
See Blue Man Group
27Feb15 √
90.
Go Ice Climbing
07Mar15
91.
Flying Pig Marathon
(03May15)
92.
Buy a
stranger a meal
93.
Give a
stranger a $100 bill
94.
Compete
in the human dogsledding race
95.
Paint
the trim in my house
96.
Retile
my kitchen
97.
Do a snowshoe race
98.
Do the USATF Mountain Goat Series
99.
Sell a
piece of original artwork
100. Give a
loan on Kiva
101. Climb Mt
Katahdin
102.
Run the Bay to Breakers race in SF, CA (May)
103.
Do the
Freedom Trail run in Boston
104.
Go to
the USS Constitution
105.
Go to
the Boston Tea Party museum
106.
Try
‘funambulism’ (tight rope walking)
107.
Learn to
ride a unicycle
108.
AFF
(Accelerated Free Fall) training
109.
Nantucket
110.
Martha’s
Vineyard
111.
Run
Beach to Beacon
112.
Walk on
stilts
113.
Catch a
fish and eat it
114.
Take a
pottery class
115.
Take a
blacksmithing class
116.
Take a
dance class
117.
Take ballet
class
118.
Learn to
Surf
119.
Learn to
play a musical instrument
120.
Learn to
speak another language
121.
Professional
pin up style photo shoot
122.
Recreate
an iconic photograph
123.
Play the
tambourine with a band live
124.
Open a
B&B or Bakery or restaurant
125.
Have
coffee/tea/beer with a celebrity
126.
Volunteer
with Habitat for Humanity
127.
Learn to
fly fish
128.
Go on a
blind date
129.
Finish a
crossword puzzle in pen
130.
Inspire
people
131.
Organize
a road race
132.
Do a
ride along with the police
133.
Ride on
a fire truck
134.
Slide
down a pole in a firehouse
135.
Go to
the 4th of July Boston Pops concert
136.
Invent
the next pet rock
137.
Learn to
shoot a bow and arrow
138.
Do an
unassisted pull up
139.
Fall in
Love
140.
Play
bingo and win
141.
Try stand
up paddle boarding
142.
Buy a
farm
143.
Buy a
stranger’s groceries
144.
Do a
high ropes course
145.
Take Masters
swim lessons
146.
Do the
Peaks to Portland swim (2.4m)
147.
Learn to
sail
148.
Learn to
row crew
149.
Participate
in a cook off/bake off
150.
Be a
seat filler at an awards show
151.
Spend a
week “off the grid”
152.
Play in
a Roller Derby
153.
Get
SCUBA certified
154.
Accept a
dare
155.
Give a
bag of food to a beggar
156.
Try
country line dancing
157.
Ring the
opening bell at the NYSE
158.
Cut a
ribbon at an opening ceremony
159.
Try
fencing
160.
Attend
opening day at Fenway
161.
Create
my family tree
162.
Ride on
an elephant/camel
163.
Read at
least 10 of the top 100 novels
164.
Learn to
start a fire with flint
165.
Take a
basic navigation class
166.
Try
boxing/train in a boxing gym
167.
Learn to
juggle
168.
Go to
Culinary school
169.
Act in a
play
170.
Be an
extra in a movie
171.
Have a
speaking role in a movie
172.
Shoot a
rifle/handgun
173.
Publish
book and donate 26.2% to DFMC
174.
Go deep
sea fishing
175.
Learn to
fly an airplane
176.
Play
Polo (Stage Hill Newbury, MA)
177.
Do a
Ghost tour
178.
Go
Hang-gliding
179.
Have
dinner at the Top of the Hub
180.
Participate
in Pillow fight day
181.
Go white
water rafting
182.
Complete
an Ironman triathlon
183.
Run an ultra-marathon
184.
Qualify for the Boston marathon
185.
London Marathon
(April)
186.
Paris Marathon
(April)
187.
Marathon in under
4:00
188.
Philly Marathon
(November)
189.
Route 66 Marathon
(November)
190.
Little Rock Marathon
(March)
191.
Catalina Island Marathon (March)
192.
Moose’s tooth marathon (August)
193.
Newport Oregon Marathon (May)
194.
Nike Woman’s Marathon SF (October)
195.
Outer Banks Marathon
(November)
196.
Niagara Falls Marathon (September)
197.
Medoc Marathon
(Bordeaux, France)
198.
Portland (OR) marathon (October)
199.
Napa Valley marathon
(March)
200.
Complete a marathon in all 50 states (7/50)
201.
Run on all 7 continents (2/7)
202.
Do a winter triathlon
203.
Win a race
204.
Empire State Building Stair Climb (February)
205.
Do the Dempsey Challenge (October)
206.
Norseman Extreme Triathlon (Norway)
207.
Do Reykjavik marathon (or half)
208.
Do the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon
209.
Do the Vermont 50 miler (September)
210.
Do the JFK 50 miler (November)
211.
Ironman Lake
Placid?
212.
RUN The Great Wall of China (May)
213.
Do the Bermuda Triangle challenge
214.
Run the grand canyon rim to rim
215.
Wife
Carrying Championship
216.
Skydive Ultra marathon (Florida)
217.
Drive
across the US
218.
Dude
Ranch trip
219.
Mardi
Gras in New Orleans
220.
Carnival
in Rio de Janiero
221.
Tomato
fight in Spain (outside Valencia)
222.
Maldives
Islands
223.
See the
Tour de France in France
224.
Swim in
the Mediterranean Sea
225.
Stand on
4-corners (4 states at once)
226.
Eat a
beignet in New Orleans
227.
Kentucky
Derby (May)
228.
Longleat
hedge maze (England)
229.
Gondola
ride in Venice
230.
Stonehenge
at summer solstice
231.
Bathe in
the geothermal spa (Iceland)
232.
See the Aurora
Borealis
233.
Easter
Island
234.
Zip line
in Costa Rica
235.
Climb an
active volcano
236.
Graceland
(Memphis, TN)
237.
Statue
of Liberty
238.
Area 51
239.
Redwood
national park
240.
Yellowstone
National Park
241.
Sydney
Bridge climb in Australia
242.
African
Safari
243.
Machu
Picchu, Peru
244.
Coliseum
in Rome
245.
Taj Mahal,
India
246.
Grand
Canyon
247.
Niagara
Falls
248.
Great
Pyramids
249.
Eifel
tower
250.
Carnival
in Venice
251.
Running
of the bulls Pamplona, Spain
252.
Mount
Rushmore (South Dakota)
253.
Pearl
Harbor (Hawaii)
254.
Pike
Place Seattle, WA
255.
Hollywood
sign in LA
256.
Space
Needle Seattle, WA
257.
Wave
Canyon Arizona
258.
Glacier
National Park Montana
259.
Florida
Keys
260.
Hike all
of the 4000ft mountains in NH (48)
261.
Watch a
sunrise and sunset in the same day
262.
Try 10
types of exotic ethnic cuisine
- Ethiopian √
- Moroccan √
- Burmese Aug2014 √
- Liberian Aug2014 √
- Vietnamese
- Portuguese
- Armenian
- ????
263.
Ride a
Segway
264.
Take a
cooking lesson
265.
Host a
dinner Party
266.
Try
caviar
267.
Play a
round of Golf
268.
Write my
Will
269.
Organize
a poker night
270.
Organize
a scavenger hunt
271.
Make
pasta from scratch
272.
Send a
care package to someone randomly
273.
Host a
theme party
274.
Buy
something for a stranger off their registry
275.
Use a
valet service
276.
Go to
the highland games in NH
277.
Do
something that terrifies you
278.
Eat
something really crazy
279.
Buy
something at an auction
280.
Go to a
book signing
281.
Learn
origami
282.
Write a
letter to yourself to open in 10yrs
283.
Start a
gratitude journal
284.
Make
something out of paper mache
285.
Give up
TV for a week
286.
Make
homemade pickles
287.
Sew
something wearable
288.
Learn
sign language
289.
See the
Tonight Show LIVE
290.
Be on
the Price is Right
291.
Try
water skiing (again)
292.
Ride a
double decker bus in London
293.
Participate
in a competitive eating challenge
294.
Throw
out the first pitch
295.
Go to
Plymouth Plantation
296.
Try
escargot
297.
Go to
Bar Harbor
298.
Run the Mount Desert Island marathon
299.
Quoddy
Head Light Lubec, ME
300.
Go dog
sledding
301.
Go
Curling
302.
Add a
lock to a lovers bridge
303.
Cook all
the recipes in a cookbook
304.
Eat a
“brownie” in Amsterdam
305.
Eat Fish
and Chips in London
306.
Learn a
burlesque routine
307.
Build a
gingerbread house from scratch
308.
Build an
awesome treehouse
309.
Walk
across hot embers/fire
310.
Dye a
portion of my hair pink
So, what's on your list????
