MY LIFE LIST

Once I have completed each task I will link a picture as "irrefutable proof of completion". This list is in no particular order and is a work in progress so watch it change and grow over time! I'm always looking for suggestions!



1.    Write a book


2.    Get a college degree


3.    Visit all 50 states
         Alabama                Indiana                  Nebraska                   South Carolina
         Alaska                   Iowa                     Nevada                     South Dakota
         Arizona                 Kansas                   New Hampshire         Tennessee
         Arkansas                Kentucky               New Jersey               Texas
         California              Louisiana               New Mexico              Utah
         Colorado               Maine                    New York                 Vermont
         Connecticut          Maryland                North Carolina           Virginia
         Delaware              Massachusetts         North Dakota            Washington
         Florida                 Michigan                Ohio                         West Virginia
         Georgia                Minnesota              Oklahoma                  Wisconsin
         Hawaii                 Mississippi              Oregon                      Wyoming
         Idaho                   Missouri                  Pennsylvania
         Illinois                  Montana                 Rhode Island


4.    Swim with dolphins in the ocean


5.    Attend or host a 1920's themed party


6.    Visit Europe


7.    Learn to play the guitar


8.    Go snorkeling


9.    Make a geyser with Mentos and Diet Coke


10.  Go Skydiving


11.  Sing karaoke at a bar


12.  Perform stand up comedy at an open mic night


13.  Invent something


14.  Get something published


15.  Get scuba certified


16.  Meet a celebrity


17.  Go on an overnight backpacking trip


18.  Visit the Louvre in Paris and see the real Mona Lisa


19.  Learn to play golf


20.  Play a sport for a work-sponsored team


21.  Visit London a second time


22.  Learn how to water ski


23.  Become fluent in a foreign language


24.  Jog a distance of 5 miles or more 


25.  Jog a distance of 10 miles or more 


26.  Learn to drive a sailboat


27.  Visit Italy


28.  Create a blog
        a. Get over 10,000 visitors to my blog


29.  See Martina McBride in concert, again


30.  Visit Australia


31.  Move to a different state (my home state is Washington)


32.  Have a beer with a real Irishman


33.  Ride a mechanical bull


34.  Fire a gun


35.  Learn to ride a motorcycle


36.  Adopt a dog that needs rehabilitation of some kind


37.  See a show in Las Vegas


38.  Train a dog to do over 10 tricks


39.  Train a dog to do over 25 tricks


40.  Test to get a dog "Canine Good Citizen" certified


41.  Visit Greece


42.  Fix something that is broken in my house all by myself


43.  Learn to drive a manual car


44.  Learn how to play Craps


45.  Get married


46.  Be on TV


47.  Attend a jousting match


48.  Invest in the stock market


49.  Write a business plan


50.  See a giraffe in the wild


51.  Milk a cow


52.  Ride a camel


53.  See a baby animal born


54.  Work at a zoo


55.  Work with tigers


56.  Ride in a hot air balloon


57.  Ride in or drive a dog sled


58.  See a Golden Eagle in the wild


59.  Grow a bonsai tree


60.  Learn how to throw a boomerang


61.  Buy a house


62.  Go to the Olympics


63.  Have children


64.  Be in the audience for an episode of Saturday Night Live


65.  Write a script (theatre, tv show or movie)


66.  Learn and use a brand new word every day for an entire month


67.  Complete an adventure race

68.  Complete a 12-hour or longer adventure race


69.  Be an extra in a movie or TV show


70.  Do a Walk-a-Thon


71.  Fire a shotgun


72.  Drive cross country


73.  Donate my hair


74.  Go on a cruise


75.  Get a tattoo 


76.  Go zip lining


77.  Audition for a community theatre production


78.  Perform in a community theatre production


79.  Join a recreational basketball or softball team


80.  Get a Master's degree


81.  See a Broadway play in New York


82.  See the Pyramids of Giza in person


83.  Stay in a 5-star hotel


84.  Try an exotic animal meat (ex: Zebra, Alligator, etc.)


85.  Ride a dirt bike or ATV


86.  Find a fulfilling job


87.  Attend or host a murder mystery dinner party


88.  Visit New Zealand


89.  Install something major in my house all by myself


90.  Name a baby zoo animal


91.  Participate in a rescue search for a missing person


92.  Help a complete stranger


93.  Learn how to trim an animal hoof


94.  Plant a tree


95.  Read every book on Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List


96.  Coach a kids sports team


97.  Get a massage


98.  See the musical "Wicked"


99.  Commute to work on a bicycle for an entire month


100. Win over $1,000 in some kind of contest


101. Learn to snowboard


102. Go wine-tasting at a vineyard


103. Hug a mascot


104. See penguins in their native habitat (does not have to be Antarctica!)


105. Hike Half Dome (Yosemite National Park)


106. Go hang gliding or parasailing


107. Climb a real mountain (altitude of over 14,000 ft.)


108. Attempt a Guinness Book of World Records in "something"
          a. Set a Guinness Book of World Record


109. Change a flat tire


110. Start a business


111. Handle a venomous snake


112. Run a mile in under 5 minutes


113. Learn how to draw blood from an animal


114. Paint a picture, regardless of my artistic ability!


115. Attend a costume party


116. Have room service


117. Go on an African safari


118. Smoke a cigar


119. Go camping


120. Do 50 push-ups in one set (not the girly ones either!)


121. Make a wish on a shooting star


122. Grow my own vegetables or herbs


123. Eat internationally for an entire week (pick recipes from a particular country and eat
       ONLY native foods/recipes for the entire week)
         a. France
         b. Ireland
         c. Italy


124. See Michelangelo's David in Italy


125. Buy a stranger a coffee (pay it forward)


126. See the Sistine chapel in person


127. Kiss in the rain


128. Break a bone


129. Take a motorcycle trip over 100 miles


130. Complete an animal/pet first aid course


131. Have my picture and quote in a newspaper


132. Teach a class


133. Set foot on each of the 7 continents


134. See a glacier


135. Photograph an endangered species in the wild


136. Get an animal photograph published


137. Visit a themed convention or fair (ex: medieval fair, TV show convention, etc.)


138. Visit Alaska


139. Make a movie


140. Fly in a zero gravity plane


141. Get CPR certified


142. Eat at a 5-star restaurant


143. Crowd surf


144. Complete an internship


145. See Notre Dame in person


146. Write a song


147. Leave money where somebody else who needs it will find it


148. Eat french fries in France


149. Sing along to elevator music when there are other people in the elevator


150. Run a marathon


151. Beat a video game without any cheats, hints, or guides


152. Win a game of RISK


153. Sell something online


154. Adopt a Soldier (pen pal)
         
155. Get my dream job in my dream location


156. Train an exotic animal


157. Learn how to administer a vaccination


158. Embarrass myself in a public place and laugh about it!


159. Eat a completely vegetarian diet for 1 month


160. Go skinny dipping


161. Dye my hair an un-natural color


162. Donate blood


163. Eat real Texas barbeque


164. Take a class at the YMCA


165. Watch all of TIME's "Top 100 movies of all time"


166. Give up all forms of caffeine for an entire month (coffee, soda and yes... even
       chocolate)


167. Learn how to bake a pie


168. See "Sweeney Todd" on stage


169. Watch a movie in a foreign language without subtitles (and understand it... well,
       most of it)


170. Be on the front page of a newspaper


171. Help rehabilitate an injured wild animal


172. Watch every episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus


173. Visit Pompeii, Italy


174. Learn to juggle


175. Complete a first aid course


176. Go to a professional conference (career related)


177. Go rock climbing


178. Brew my own beer or hard cider


179. Make my own wine


180. Stand in two states at the same time!


181. Record a song


182. Learn how to cook fish


183. Go to a public park and take a nap in the grass


184. Answer the call of the wild, go to the bathroom outdoors



186. Finish a 5k in 21 minutes or less

187. Host my own adventure race

188. Hold a suitcase with $10,000 cash


190. Be in a flash mob

191. Try being a street performer

192. Foster a dog or cat with special needs

193. Do 10 pull-ups without any assistance

194. Complete the P90 X Challenge

195. Take a ghost tour

196. Try swing dancing

197. Complete a triathlon

198. Climb a tree

199. Tour a brewery

200. Design a tattoo

201. Shoot a bow & arrow

202. Kiss under a mistletoe

203. See a Dallas Cowboys game LIVE with my dad


205. Earn a PhD so people can call me doctor!

206. Fly in first class

207. Give a neighbor cookies

208. Learn to ride a unicycle

209. Post a video on YouTube

210. Take my picture in front of the Hollywood sign

211. Pose for a funny picture at Mt. Rushmore

212. Grow a chia pet

213. Host a surprise party

214. Learn how to do a two-finger whistle

215. Fly a plane

216. Enjoy a carriage ride through central park

217. Go whitewater rafting

218. Make my own ice cream


220. Cheat death! Drink red wine in a hot tub

221. Walk across the Golden Gate bridge

222. Compete in a run/race with my dog

223. Play laser tag

224. Buy a lottery ticket


225. Win the lottery (any amount counts!)

226. Visit 10 National Parks in one year

227. Throw a dart onto a map and travel to where it lands

228. Drive a tractor

229. Take a surfing lesson

230. Visit the Great Wall of China

231. Have a very merry un-birthday tea party, complete with silly hats!

232. See the Aurora Borealis

233. Make a fire without matches, or lighters, or lighter fluid... you get the picture

234. Be able to locate 10 constellations in the sky

235. Ride a tandem bicycle

236. Visit a bat cave! (or "the" bat cave if Bruce Wayne is out)

237. Photocopy my butt on a photocopier

238. Play bingo in a bingo hall

239. Go cave spelunking

240. Do a handstand or a cartwheel

241. Hold a tarantula, eek! Did I mention that I have a lifelong fear of spiders!

242. Drink a true mint julep

243. Learn to say "Hello", "I love you", and "Goodbye" in 10 different languages

244. Go to a shooting range

245. Make my own film

246. Be a bridesmaid

247. Visit the mall of America

248. Take a picture every day for a year and make a YouTube time-lapse video

249. Make a scrapbook

250. Go at least 3 months without any fast food

251. Own a pair of diamond earrings

252. Try caviar

253. Be able to do the splits

254. Go Christmas Caroling

255. Ride in a taxi in NYC

256. Stand in a waterfall

257. Write a letter to someone I admire

258. Try escargot

259. Visit the Dead Sea

260. Go an entire day without speaking

261. Be buried up to my neck in sand

262. Have breakfast at Tiffany's

263. Learn how to put a horse's saddle on

264. Go to the top of a lighthouse

265. Drive over 100 mph

266. Give a policeman a "Get Out of Jail Free" card

267. Serenade someone in a public place


269. Make my own soap

270. Play Dungeons & Dragons


271. Drive on a musical road


272. Ride in a helicopter


273. Pitch a TV show
         

274. Attend a themed convention or fair in costume!


275. Sleep on a waterbed

 276. Volunteer to help in another country

277. Test out a dog bite suit


278. Learn 100 basic ASL signs         


279. Try a "digital de-tox" with no tv, movies, video games or internet for a whole month!


280. Ride a horse over a jump


281. Walk across hot coals


282. Bowl a turkey!


283. Watch an eclipse


284. Jump off a cliff into deep water


285. Go white water rafting


286. Jump in for a polar bear swim (the kind with cold water, not real bears!)


287. Sleep on an overnight train


288. Walk through a corn maze


289. Go whale-watching


290. See a platypus


291. Kiss the Blarney Stone in Ireland


292. Watch a sumo wrestling match in Japan


293. Visit the "Four Corners" (AZ, NM, UT, CO)


294. Ride a cable car in San Francisco


295. Do at least 10 hops in a row on a pogo stick


296. Solve a Rubik's cube


297. Grow orchids


298. sell something homemade on etsy.com


299. Watch every movie to receive an Oscar for Best Picture http://www.imdb.com/list/K39mbCBi9tg/


300. Throw tea in Boston Harbor
              *with Linsey Field!


301. Build a pond in my own backyard


302. Help build a Habitat for Humanity house


303. Be a real tree hugger, hug a giant sequoia in Yosemite National Pak


304. Volunteer at a soup kitchen


305. Start a scholarship fund


306. Go "WWOOFING" - Willing Workers on Organic Farms


307. Be interviewed on tv


308. Be a spectator at an Olympic event


309. Have my palms read


310. Jump into a pool fully clothed


311. Sit on a jury


312. Learn to do a back flip


313. Meditate for 20 minutes a day for an entire month


314. Sponsor a children's sports team/club


315. Be a spectator at an Olympic trials event


316. Attend the midnight screening of a blockbuster movie on the day it opens


317. Ride a Segway


318. Participate in a food fight


319. Stay in a castle


320. Throw a pie in someone's face


321. Throw out the first pitch at a MLB baseball game


322. Eat yogurt out of a mayonnaise jar in public!

        
         
         
There are more goals to come! This list is constantly being updated with new completions and new goals. Feel free to make suggestions!














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