100 Things To Do Before I Die
Here's an exercise I used to do when I was younger. I had two lists: one of things to do before I get married and one of things to do before I die. The rationale was that while I'm single, I can do whatever I want, unlike when I'm married, because I'll have someone to answer to. But that's just bollocks because when I'm married, I'm supposed to have someone to do things with, and not someone to ask permission from.So I've condensed my lists to one and I hope to do two every year. I'll figure out how to adjust this when I'm married –- and only because he’ll have his own list too and we'll have to compromise. So here it is, in no particular order:
1. Run a 5k marathon.
2. Build a house or school for charity.
3. Teach a class.
4. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. Or a hill, I'm not picky. Or attempt to at least. I'm not ambitious.
5. Learn how to rock-climb.
6. Have a kid by 32.
7. Go on safari in the Serengeti.
8. See the pyramids of Giza.
9. Swim with dolphins, or the whale sharks in Donsol and the manatees in Florida.
10. Go diving at the Great Barrier Reef and the Red Sea.
11. Buy a place in Bora.
12. Watch a bullfight in Seville.
13. Retire young.
14. Treat my parents to a first-class trip anywhere they want.
15. Learn how to tango with my partner. Or swing.
16. Squeeze into a glacier.
17. Join an NGO. Or try to help them in some other way if they don't want me.
18. Have a real "model-y" kind of photo shoot with the girls.
19. Cry at my sisters' weddings.
20. Live somewhere in Europe.
21. Study again, art history or photography.
22. Prepare a damn good 3-course meal by myself.
23. Host the best party. Ever.
24. Have a signature cocktail drink. And dessert.
25. Speak fluent French.
26. Backpack through Eastern Europe this time.
27. Die of heat in a sauna and jump into the ice-cold river right after, in Finland.
28. Conquer one fear, maybe by bungee-jumping or jet-boating in New Zealand.
29. Sponsor a child.
30. Give till it hurts.
31. Write a kick-ass poem.
32. Forgive all.
33. Spend a Christmas helping someone else.
34. Live in the ice hotel in Sweden.
35. Start going to Mass.
36. Say hi to the Incas.
37. Learn about wine.
38. Ride a motorcycle.
39. Go on a road-trip.
40. Get piss drunk at Oktoberfest.
41. Skinny-dip.
42. Paint something nice.
43. Gamble in Vegas.
44. Go camping. Or just sleep under the stars.
45. Take a Japanese hot bath.
46. Eat Kobe beef again. And again. And again.
47. Fall in love.
48. Ski without running into a tree.
49. Leave at a whim.
50. Track a Mountain Gorilla in Uganda.
51. Live somewhere else.
52. Be a godmother.
53. Stay beautiful till I'm 80. Then I can let go.
54. Keep my blog for posterity.
55. Leave a legacy.
56. Appear in an article.
57. Have a cause.
58. And a super-duper expensive Patek watch.
59. Make more babies.
60. Take time off... Just because.
61. See the best beach in the world – La Digue Island, Seychelle.
62. Volunteer at a soup kitchen.
63. Afford a house.
64. Learn how to surf, even if it's on a small wave. And go to Pansukian after.
65. Re-decorate my place.
66. Go on a pilgrimage of the Old City.
67. Visit the Prado.
68. Win an award for something that matters. A Nobel Prize would be great. :)
69. Fly a plane or ride a helicopter.
70. Have OS in public.
71. Get lost in Santorini.
72. Go white-water rafting.
73. Pass on the family history and language to the kids (I.e. PS, PD, KKB, etc).
74. Ride a hot-air balloon over the Masai Mara.
75. Bake a cake on my own.
76. Go island-hopping in Hawaii.
77. Snorkel in the Caribbean.
78. Spelunking in Sagada.
79. Skydive.
80. See boobies in the New Orleans Mardi Gras.
81. Experience football fever.
82. Stay up for White Nights.
83. Float in the Dead Sea.
84. Check out the Aurora Borealis.
85. Pay my respects at the Lhasa.
86. Horseback riding in Mongolia.
87. See the Taj and wish it had been built for me.
88. Stand in the middle of 2 continents.
89. Splurge on Amanpulo.
90. Splurge on the Maldives.
91. Have a massage at the best spa in the world, the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok.
92. Swim with sting-less jellyfish.
93. Get published.
94. Bid on something in an auction.
95. Carnavale!!!
96. Smoke a Cuban cigar in Havana.
97. Go crazy at 3-star Michelin guide restaurant.
98. Dog-sledding in Scandinavia.
99. Compare the beauty of Victoria Falls and The Three Gorges.
100. Bring back holy water from Lourdes for Mama.
It's going to suck if I die before I finish my list.
posted by moan @ 8:09 PM
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