1000 Things to Do Before I Die

Submitted by winalotta on Fri, 01/20/2006 - 02:58
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  1. Earn my PhD.
  2. Become debt free, including my house.
  3. Become a millionaire.
  4. Be considered an expert at work.****
  5. Start my own business. ****
  6. Visit all 7 continents.- so far, I've been to N. America, S. America, & Europe
  7. Visit all 50 states in the USA.- so far I've been to AL, GA, FL, TN, MS, LA, TX, MO, KY, AR, SC, NC, IL, IN, WI, OH, NY, MD, VA, WA, CA, UT, HA, AK, NV, AZ (26 total)
  8. Throw out the first pitch at an Atlanta Braves Game.
  9. Get back into a size 6 (shoes do not count).
  10. Visit the Holy City of Jerusalem.
  11. Explore Machu Picchu in Peru*****
  12. Hike on the Inca Trail. *****
  13. Go on an African picture safari in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.
  14. Swim with dolphins. ****
  15. Visit the pyramids in Egypt
  16. See the annual sardine migration in S. Africa.
  17. Go in a deep sea submarine.
  18. Scuba dive the great Barrier Reef.
  19. Hike t he whole Appalachain Trail.
  20. Go sk ydiving*****
  21. Hike the Chilcoat Trail. *****
  22. Go to the Superbowl.
  23. Go to a World Series Game. *****
  24. Go to the Olympics. *****
  25. Take a flying lesson.
  26. Take a Zeppelin ride.
  27. Take a hot air balloon ride.*****
  28. Travel to the edg e of space.
  29. Go hanggliding.*****
  30. See the Northern Lights.
  31. See the Roman Colleseum.
  32. Dive the Blue Hole in Belize.*****
  33. Dive the Barrier Reef in Belize. *****
  34. See Stonehenge in England.
  35. Go see all the sights in London.
  36. Climb Chitchen Itza in Mexico.*****
  37. Write a play that is performed.
  38. Ex p lore Tikal in Guatamala.
  39. see Angor Wat in Cambodia.
  40. Go to Canival in Rio.
  41. Go to Germany for Oktoberfest.
  42. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Ireland.
  43. Kiss the Blarney Stone. ******
  44. Climb on the Giant's Causeway in Ireland. *****
  45. See the ruins of Pompeii.
  46. Vis it the Palace of Versaille. *****
  47. Get a balcony in the French Quarter for Mardi Gras.
  48. Ride on a float in a parade.
  49. Learn to bellydance.
  50. Celebrate Halloween in Salem, MA.
  51. Go to Plymouth for Thanksgiving.
  52. See the Ball drop for New Years in Times Square.
  53. Trav e l down the Nile River.
  54. See the Acropolis in Athens. *****
  55. Go on a gondola ride in Venice.
  56. Walk on the Great Wall of China.
  57. Learn to snow ski.
  58. Learn to snowboard.
  59. Go skiing in the Rocky Mtns.
  60. Go skiing in the Alps.
  61. Visi t Yel lo wstone National Park.
  62. See Mt. Rushmore.
  63. Buy a boat.
  64. Be in the Guiness Book of World Records for something.
  65. Visit an active volcano.
  66. Learn how to Rock Climb with ropes*****
  67. Explore the Galapogos Islands*****
  68. Travel across th e U.S. in an R.V.
  69. Go o n a Greek Island Cruise*****
  70. Write a book.
  71. Get a book published.
  72. Test drive a Ferrari.
  73. Learn to play a musical instrument.
  74. Make love on an ocean beach.
  75. Make love in the middle in the forest.*****
  76. Join the Mile High Club.
  77. Sleep a night in the Ice Hotel.
  78. Sl ee p a nig ht in the Underwater Hotel.
  79. Ride a mechanical bull..
  80. Climb Mt. McKinley.
  81. Bungy jump.
  82. Go snow skiing.
  83. Learn to surf.
  84. Go to Carlsbad Caverns.
  85. Visit National Arches Park in Utah. ****
  86. Complete a marathon race.****
  87. Complete a triatholon.
  88. Learn to speak a foreign language.
  89. Learn to sew and make some cool clothes.
  90. Play tennis in a competition and win a bag tag.****
  91. Make my own movie.
  92. Learn to rollerblade.
  93. Learn a foreign language and become fluent.
  94. Visit Tokoyo.
  95. Visit the Forbidden City of Beijing.
  96. Go on a shark dive. *****
  97. Go cave diving. *****
  98. Have my picture in a magazine.*****
  99. See the Taj Mahal in India.
  100. Visit Mecca.
  101. See Petra in Jordan.
  102. Take a swamp tour of the Everglades.
  103. See Alcatraz*****
  104. Ride on the streetca rs in S an F rancisco.*****
  105. Go to Tahiti.
  106. Learn American Sign Language.
  107. Climb a waterfall. *****
  108. Raft down the Amazon River.
  109. Learn how to give myself a fill-in or ne w set of nails.
  110. Go to the Wailing Wall on Yom Kippur.
  111. Backpack across Europe.
  112. See the Ei ffe l Tow er. ******
  113. Explore the Louve. ******
  114. Go to the Palace D'Orsay. *****
  115. See Angel Falls in Venezuela.
  116. See Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.
  117. visit Niagra Falls.
  118. See Igaz u Falls in Argentina.
  119. Fly over the Nazca Lines in Peru.
  120. See the Villages on La ke Tit ikaka.
  121. See the Qin terra Cotta Warriors in Chin a.
  122. Go on a Yangtze River cruise.
  123. Swim with the Manatees.****
  124. Buy a round the world ticket.
  125. Take a live aboard diving cruise.
  126. Dive in Palau.
  127. Live on a kibbutz for a month.
  128. Stay on a dude ranch for a week.
  129. See the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
  130. Go to Fiji.
  131. Travel to Easter Isl and in Chi le.
  132. E xplore carlsbad caverns.
  133. See Ephas us in Turkey. *****
  134. Dive in the Red Sea.
  135. Become a dive master.
  136. See the Neuschwanstein castle in Germany.
  137. Visit Bali.
  138. Dive in Bora Bora.
  139. See the Serengeti Migration in Tanzania and Kenya.
  140. See all movies o n a "best o f" mov ie list.
  141. Raft down the Colorado River. *****
  142. Act in a play/movie once.
  143. Make a documentary film.
  144. Grow and eat my own vegetables.
  145. Have my picture in a n ewspaper.
  146. See the Sphinx in Egypt.
  147. Visit the Red Square in M osco w.
  148. Visit the Le aning Tower of Pisa.
  149. Swim in the Dead Sea.
  150. Swim in the Great Salt Lake. *****
  151. See National Arches Park in Utah. *****
  152. See the Redwood National Park in California.
  153. Read all of the books on the 1000 best books of all times.
  154. Go on a road trip with an unknown destination.
  155. Become computer s avvy.
  156. Be more eco friendly.
  157. Adopt a grandparent.
  158. Learn sign language.
  159. See the Wh ite House in Washington. *****
  160. See the Holocaust Mu seum in Washington. *****
  161. Go through the Smithsonian museum. *****
  162. Retire on a tropical island.
  163. Ride on the Orient Express.
  164. Run with the Bulls in Pomplona, Spain.
  165. Go on a Hawaiian cruise.
  166. Go on an A laskan cruise. *****
  167. Explore Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
  168. Visit historic Boston.
  169. See the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.
  170. Explore Canyon de Chelly in Arizona.
  171. See the Grand Canyon. *****
  172. Visit L.A. *****
  173. Attend a live taping of a TV sho w. *****
  174. Explore Crater Lake in Oregon.
  175. Vist Loch Ness and look for t he monster.
  176. See the Iditarod Sled Race.
  177. Learn conversational Hebrew.
  178. See the Roseta stone.
  179. Go to Seoul.
  180. Go to the Olympics. *****
  181. Get better at organizing my finances.
  182. See Rhodes Old to wn*****
  183. Explore the Palace of Knossos. *****
  184. Dive in Cook's Bay
  185. See Bi g Ben in London.
  186. See the Tower of London
  187. Explore Buckingham Palace in England.
  188. See Vienna.
  189. Dive in cook's Bay.
  190. Learn to surf.
  191. Visit cuba.
  192. see Sting Ray city in Grand Cayman.
  193. Dive in th e Virgin Islands. *****
  194. Go to Jamaica. *****
  195. Go to Bermuda.
  196. Go to a Bro adway play in New York*****
  197. See the Statue of Liberty. *****
  198. See the Moma Museum. *****
  199. Go to th e Manado Dive Sights in Indonesia.
  200. Go diving off Monterrey Bay.
  201. Drive up the Californi a Coasta l Hwy.
  202. Dr ive on the German Autobon.
  203. Visit Florence, Italy.
  204. Travel to New Zealand.
  205. Dive in Phuket, Thailand.
  206. See Hong Kong.
  207. Grow vegetables in a garden and eat th em.
  208. Dive the Cenotes in Mexico. *****
  209. Dive on Bonaire.
  210. Dive in turks & Ca caos.
  211. Dive in Barba dos. ******
  212. Visit Grenada. *****
  213. Explore the ruins in Martinique.
  214. Go to Trinidad.
  215. Learn to ice skate.
  216. Go to the Anne Frank house i n Amsterdam.
  217. Ex plore the Amazon jungle. *****
  218. Visit Pearl Harbor.
  219. Go down the Mississi pi in a ri verboat. * ****
  220. Dive in Hawaii.
  221. Dive in the Florida Keys. *****
  222. Watch the space shuttle launch.
  223. Go down the Panama Canal.
  224. Swim with penguins. *****
  225. Meet the President of the U.S. in person.
  226. Get an award for my good work.
  227. Present at a conference as an expe rt in my field.
  228. See Teochititlan in Mexico.
  229. Explore historical Puerto Rico. *****
  230. Ride on a camel.
  231. Ride on an elephant.
  232. Ride on the London Eye.
  233. Go to Beunos Aires.
  234. Visit Dracula's castle in Transylvania.
  235. Stay in the hotel i n Colorado that th e book the S hining was based on.
  236. See the Fjords of Norway.
  237. Go to Riga, Latvia.
  238. Go to Mi nsk, Belarus.
  239. Take a cruise down the Volga River.
  240. See the Gorillas in the jungles of Africa.
  241. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.
  242. Visit Magadascar.
  243. See the Panda Bears in the wild.
  244. Celebrate t he Chinese New Year i n China.
  245. Visit Nepal.
  246. See Istanbul.
  247. Drive a racecar.
  248. I invent a cool gadget.
  249. Take a cooking class from one of the great chefs.
  250. Have one of my pics published in National Geographic magazine.
  251. Work in an aquarium.
  252. Be a wonderful wife to my husband.
  253. Be the best parent to my daughter.
  254. Watch my daughter excel in school.
  255. Teach my daughter to ride a bike.
  256. Teach my daughter how to read.
  257. Experience many of the things from my again, but this time with my daughter.
  258. Watch my daughter grow to be a thoughtful adult.
  259. See my daughter be happy.
  260. Reach a point in my life where I am totally happy with everything in my life.
Author Comments: 

***** = completed tasks.

This is a list of things I want to. As, I live, I find more things that I want to accomplish. When thngs change in my life, new things were added. After my daughter was born in 11/05., my perspective has changed. I now have goals relating to my daughter. I want to now do some of the things again on the list with my daughter.

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1000 Things to Do Before I Die
RosieCotton01/27/2006

Welcome to Listology! I hope you're able to do all these things, but especially the ones involving your family. They are the only ones which will last forever.

winalotta01/27/2006

Thank you. That is good advice.

Rushmore02/06/2006

which TV show did you go to the recording of ?

winalotta02/06/2006

Politically Incorrect. It was great Jello Biafra, a chick from Baywatch (can't remember her name), and Neil Boortz was on the show I saw. It was a very interesting discussion. Jello is very liberal and Boortz is so conservative. Then the Baywatch chick would try to put in comments to try to look intelligent, but they made her look dumb. It actually made me laugh.

CaptMal02/07/2006

You got to go to a recording of Politically Incorrect?

One of the many more exciting things you've done with your life than I'll probably ever end up doing with mine.

(Though, hey, for me, making a film is going to be a reality, and hopefully from there, Oscars and a gig writing a Spider-Man title will follow. :-D)

winalotta02/08/2006

Well, Politically Incorrect is off the air now, which sucks. I need to put that on my list of television shows that were cancelled before they should have been cancelled.

I saw it when I was out in L.A. When I was out near the Chinese Theater, people were out there giving tickets out to different tapings to shows. We could have seen other tapings, too. We just saw 1 because there was so much else to do in L.A. But, that is the place to go to pick up tickets for tapings of shows. You can also send out for tickets to a lot of the shows in advance.....I am a spur of the moment type of person, so this plan was just not in the cards for me.

I wish you much success on your film and hope it is a success.

CaptMal02/08/2006

Yeah, I used to watch Politically Incorrect all the time. At least there's Real Time with Bill Maher now.

And thanks for the good wishes!

Iseeyou05/13/2006

I'm sorry to dissapoint you, but there is not castle of Dracula in Transylvania. It's just Bram Stoker's fantasy..

winalotta05/17/2006

There is a castle that was Vlad the Impaler's castle. Many believe that he was Stoker's inspiration. So, I'd like to go there.

professor11/14/2007

Great list - the ones you have completed already is very impressive. Which are your top three highlights?

If you visit London (where I work), there is lots of great architecture such as Big Ben and the Tower. Kings Cross railway station is amazing (where you can catch the Eurostar train to Paris or Brussels through the channel tunnel - I used to work at the tunnel). If you plan to explore Buckingham Palace, it is only open to the public for a short season during each year and you must book tickets in advance, so plan well ahead so as not to be disappointed. The London Eye was cool - I went during daylight hours but it is supposedly also very good at dusk or at night to see the lights.

If you visit Rome, the Collisseum is good but I was a little disappointed - there were dozens of street sellers outside with stalls selling cheap souvenirs, and there were actors (?) dressed up as Roman soldiers (for the tourists) in plastic armour waving plastic swords very unconvincingly, but still it's good to see. St Peters square is an absolute must - very impressive. I tried to get into see the cistine chapple but there was an incredibly long queue, so allow lots of time - I didn't have enough time. The gondoliers (in Venice) are very expensive so take plenty of money to be prepared.

I have a son and a daughter of my own (aged 20 and 18), and seeing them grow up is the peak of human existence - there is nothing to beat it.

winalotta11/14/2007

Thanks for the pointers. I'd like to see all of those places. It had been fun accompishing things on the list and adding things to this list.

It is hard to say what was my favorite 3 because I had a lot of fun doing many of the things on my list.

The best scuba diving ever was in the Galopogos Islands. There we saw walls of hammerhead sharks, white tip and black tip sharks, giant turtles, sea lions, rays, eels, octopi, sea horses, and even penguins!!! There were so many fish that in places, I would look up and could not see the sky because there were so many fish. It was incredible. I did a shark feeding in St. Maarten which was really neat. That is another great diving experience.

The most incredible sights are either Machu Picchu in Peru or the ancient ruins of Knossos in Greece. But, also in Kusadasi, Turkey the ruins in Ephasus were incredible. It is hard to say which one was the best. I am a history buff.

The best art museum in my opinion was the D'Orsay in Paris. But, New York and D.C. have really great museums, too.

The biggest rush was skydiving. I was scared at first, but went. Here is a hint.....if someone takes a picture of you skydiving, do not smile with teeth showing. The wind blows your cheeks out and you look like a cartoon character. Hang gliding and hot air balloon rides were not as much of a rush, but you could enjoy the scenery a little bit more.

Starting my own business has given me a lot of pride and I can spend more time with my daughter, who is now 2. So, that makes it even more worth while.

Running a marathon gave me a great sense of accompishment. I did the Marine Corp Marathon in DC. I felt great afterward. Now, I am training for the next marathon, which will be the ING Atlanta Marathon. Next week, I am running a half marathon here in ATL on Thanksgiving. I am trying to decide on which triatholon I am going to train for.

larachan10/27/2009

The last one is rather impossible but I like it anyway...Impossible is nothing.

Lara