101 Things To Do In My Lifetime

I don’t know where exactly the impetus for this is coming from, but I know I’ve thought about this list before, and I thought about it again tonight while looking at my blog. So I figured, heck, I may as well use my blog as the place to keep track of the list. What list? THE List. The list of all the things I want to do in my lifetime.

Some of these are short term goals I’ll be able to check off any day, others are longer term and will require some steps or planning. Some are dead easy no-brainers, others will be a challenge. It’s not all here yet, but this is where I’ll add to it.

Without further ado, here’s My List (updated: Nov-2-2009):

101 – Start a conversation with a total stranger
100 – Live and study or work in another country
99 – Visit the countries on my “places to see list” (Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, China, Sweden)
98 – Spend a day/night where it’s light out 24 hours a day
97 – Go on a solo kayaking or hiking trip
96 – Go heli-tele-ing (heli telemark skiing)
95 – Fly in a helicopter
94 – Write a song
93 – Write a kids’ book Write a kid’s book and try to get it published
92 – Make more money through investing and freelance ventures than through my salary
91 – Donate to multiple causes close to my heart
90 – Meet the woman I’m going to marry
89 – Get a dog (preferably a wheaton terrier)
88 – Play a season of ice hockey
87 – Go cross-country skiing again
86 – Go surfing in a tropical climate other than Hawaii
85 – Travel across Canada
84 – Run a marathon
83 – Learn a martial art
82 – Go out skating for a date
81 – Build a piece of furniture out of wood
80 – Knit a toque
79 – Babysit my nephew
78 – Get cited or quoted somewhere as an expert on something
77 – Go rockclimbing again
76 – See the Northern Lights
75 – Take my parents on a vacation, my treat
74 – Learn to play a new musical instrument
73 – Watch the sunrise and sunset of a single day
72 – Solve a Rubik’s Cube (without reverting to an answer key)
71 – Finish a triathlon