I’ve made a lot of references to my Life List without actually sharing it. I’ve been working on it for a while and still feel it’s not quite done. But I suppose that’s the nature of Life Lists isn’t it? I think my goals 10 years ago are vastly different than mine today and will be 10 years from now. But I do think it’s pretty neat to catalog them all in one place.
I originally learned of Life Lists from Mighty Girl, who has had several items on her Life List sponsored by some big companies. She hosts a site called Go Mighty which allows people to share and collaborate on their Life Lists. I encourage you to create one and I’d love to hear a few of your biggest goals!
Life List or Bust
- Backpack Europe.
- Become a member of the Travelers’ Century Club (16 so far: Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Israel, Cyprus, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore.)
- Ride a camel in the desert.
- Swim with bioluminescence.
- Walk the Great Wall of China.
- Hike Angkor Wat at sunrise.
- Visit Machu Picchu.
- Touch a Buddha statue at Borobudur.
- Deliver offerings to a temple.
- Build a family.
- Buy land and/or build a house.
- Plant a symbiotic garden.
- Be self sufficient with power, water, and food.
- Master the preservation of food: Pickle, Jam.
- Bake the perfect challah.
- Live abroad for at least a year.
- Teach full-time.
- Write my own complete curriculum.
- Publish research.
- Publish a book.
- Work in Europe.
- Become conversational in five languages: 1. English 2. Spanish 3. Indonesian.
- Be certified to scuba dive.
- Scuba dive Hawaii, Costa Rica, Great Barrier Reef, Red Sea.
- Set foot in all 50 states (14 so far: OR, WA, CA, NV, ID, TX, AZ, FL, MA, MD, CO, GA, NJ, HI).
- Coach a sports team.
- Learn to drive a manual car.
- Learn to drive a motorcycle.
- Go clamming.
- Go ice fishing.
- Go ice camping.
- Climb 3 mountains: 1. Krakatoa
- Attend a yoga retreat.
- Attend Carnival.
- Master an instrument.
- Record a song.
- Take my kids to Disneyland.
- Train a dog.
- Attend SXSW and Coachella.
- See a Broadway play.
- Sail to Catalina Island.
- Learn to surf well.
- Make, bottle and gift beer.
- Bike to work every day for a summer.
- Get paid to run a website.
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