100 Things To Do Before I Die.

Yes, yes, I know, not a one hundred percent original idea but I've tried to keep out any ideas which made me sound like an emo scene kid and tried to include more personal ideas. I tried to avoid all of the usual crappy cliché stuff like ‘kiss in the rain’ and ‘make love on a forest floor’ because they are not what I think of when I visualise goals and achievements, they are basically scenes from a movie. I’ve adapted everything which I found on the internet to suit myself perfectly.

The list is compiled of many different subjects. I haven’t included any goals like ‘graduate from university’ and ‘lose weight’ because these aren’t really the type of goals which I want to think about, it goes without question that I will complete these.  I want the goals on my list to stretch me in as many ways as possible, culturally, emotionally, physically and intellectually and there are many things on the list which I have really wanted to achieve for a long time. Each point on the list sparks within me an excitement and passion which have only been made known to me since starting this list. I can visualise myself completing these goals, ticking them off one by one and gaining such a sense of achievement from their completion that I will become extremely proud of myself.

I've only done one of these things so far but I don't have a photo so it doesn't count! I want a photo of myself doing each of these things to validate them, it would make a pretty good photo album! So, here's my list :-

1. Attend one major sporting event.
2. Go skinny dipping at midnight.
3. Make my own skittles vodka.
4. Send a message in a bottle.
5. Write a fan letter to my idol.
6. Write a novel and get it published.
7. Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich.
8. Spend a night in a haunted house.
9. Spend Christmas on a hot beach.
10. Visit every state in America and see all the most famous tourist attractions.
11. Sleep under the stars.
12. Go to a carnival in Rio.
13. Scuba dive off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
14. Attend a festival.
15. Kiss the Blarney Stone.
16. Visit a concentration camp.
17. Attend Royal Ascot.
18. Take part in the bog snorkeling championships.
19. See the seven wonders of the World.
20. Run a marathon.
21. Take part in a bungee jump.
22. Climb the highest mountains in Wales, Scotland and England.
23. Set off a fire extinguisher.
24. Spend New Year's Eve in London.
25. See the Northern Lights.
26. Water ski.
27. Go wine tasting in France.
28. Cliff jump into the Blue Lagoon, Abereiddy.
29. Write the story of my life.
30. Don't use any electric for a week.
31. Bury a time capsule.
32. Plant a tree.
33. Host a cocktail party.
34. Get re-married in Vegas.
35. Read the BBC's list of the top 100 books. (Which can be found here)
36. Learn to surf.
37. Get my fortune told.
38. Stay up all night talking to someone I love and watch the sunrise.
39. Write a letter to my grandchildren.
40. Register for bone marrow donation.
41. Watch the 250 greatest films of all time. (Which can be found here)
42. Learn a new sport.
43. Stand on the equator.
44. Learn sign language.
45. Ride a mechanical bull.
46. Go white water rafting.
47. Visit the Imperial War Museum, London.
48. Complete the Monopoly pub crawl.
49. Visit Amsterdam.
50. Celebrate the summer solstice at Stonehenge.
51. Get a tattoo.
52. Do some volunteer work.
53. Become a mother.
54. Go on safari.
55. Hold a tarantula.
56. Go whale watching.
57. Buy something from Harrods.
58. Eat frog's legs and snails in Paris.
59. Swim in the red sea and the dead sea.
60. Go to Wimbledon (even if it's just sitting outside on the grass).
61. Cook a full three course meal from scratch for friends and family.
62. Try proper sushi.
63. Throw a drink in someone's face.
64. Ride a jet ski.
65. Give something up, properly, for the whole 40 days of Lent.
66. Meet someone famous.
67. Go snowboarding.
68. Touch a dangerous animal.
69. Go to Ireland for St Patrick's day.
70. Go ice skating.
71. Keep a photo journal by taking one photo every day for a year.
72. Fly a hot air lantern.
73. Bake and decorate a truly awesome cake.
74. Try to cook something really unusual.
75. Become a vegan for a week.
76. Learn origami.
77. Go on a road trip with friends.
78. Watch every Barbra Streisand film ever made.
79. Upload a video to YouTube.
80. Spend a night at the ballet.
81. Learn to ski.
82. Go badger watching.
83. Make a self sufficient meal using only things which I have grown/produced myself.
84. Visit a nudist beach.
85. Meditate for half an hour a week for one year.
86. Bet on a horse in the Grand National.
87. Complete a military style obstacle course.
88. Go on a camping trip with friends.
89. Ride a horse along a beach.
90. Visit every continent in the World.
91. Catch, prepare and eat something myself.
92. See a drive-in movie.
93. Visit a rain forest.
94. Cross a country on a bicycle.
95. Learn a new language.
96. Visit every country in Europe.
97. Watch an opera.
98. Be hypnotised.
99. Knit a scarf.
100. Be a member of an audience in a TV show.

'Its kind of fun to do the impossible' - Walt Disney