Life List

Financial Milestones:

  1. Clear all credit card debt
  2. Become 100% debt-free
  3. Help the less fortunate
  4. Build my dream home
  5. Own a home in Boston
  6. Decide that I have enough money to be satisfied
  7. Own a home in Colorado
  8. Invest in real estate
  9. Own my own business
  10. Own a bakery
  11. Leave some sort of legacy behind in the form of a foundation
  12. Own a home internationally
  13. Own an island
  14. Have a positive Net Worth
  15. Own a small bar/restaurant that features live music
  16. Purchase jewelry from Tiffany's
  17. Leave any wealth or assets I have when I go out to people who really deserve and need them

Lifestyle:

  1. Have a choice to walk on the beach anytime I want
  2. Obtain a Master's degree
  3. Find the love of my life
  4. Get married
  5. Obtain a Ph.D.
  6. Have children
  7. Witness, and be present at, significant moments/milestones in my children’s lives
  8. Create a home with an inviting, joyous, comfortable, loving atmosphere
  9. Have a pet
  10. Pass on a family heirloom to my child
  11. Become a motivational speaker
  12. Help orphaned children
  13. Discover what makes me truly happy
  14. Release negative emotions and limiting beliefs
  15. Release any feelings of inadequacy
  16. Allow myself to make mistakes
  17. Discover my life's purpose
  18. Learn not to take what others do or say personally
  19. Figure out my priorities
  20. Learn to act within my sphere of influence and stop worrying about things which are not within my control
  21. Become an early riser
  22. Kick negative habits 
  23. Learn to belly dance
  24. Learn to say "no" without feeling guilty
  25. Drink a glass of local wine in each of the top 10 winemaking countries of the world.  The countries are (a strikeout indicates that I've already had the glass!): Italy, France (was too young to drink when I visited; must go back!), Spain, Australia, Chile, United States, Germany, Argentina, Portugal and South Africa
  26. Learn time management
  27. Learn more about my grandmother’s life before she’s gone
  28. Maintain a positive attitude
  29. Stomp on grapes to make wine
  30. Acquire persuasion skills
  31. Develop greater self-esteem and self-confidence
  32. Learn how to take criticism
  33. Ride on a parade float
  34. Experience bliss
  35. Find inner peace
  36. Learn how to accept compliments
  37. Practice forgiveness
  38. Heal my past
  39. Have family rituals and traditions to celebrate holidays and important life events
  40. Create my Family Tree
  41. Become a youth mentor
  42. Celebrate my 50th Wedding Anniversary 
  43. Achieve enlightenment
  44. Learn how to establish rapport with others
  45. Meditate every day
  46. Meet my grandchildren
  47. Create a tradition of getting together with extended family once a year
  48. Write a letter to each of my children telling them what I want them to know about my life and the lessons I've learned

Activities:

  1. Create, and maintain, a garden
  2. Go skydiving
  3. Drive a race car on the track
  4. Take a bartending course
  5. Write a book and publish it
  6. Learn to shoot a handgun professionally
  7. Take flying lessons
  8. Complete the Disney World Goofy's Challenge
  9. Learn how to play the guitar
  10. Produce a documentary
  11. Take singing lessons
  12. Complete the Leadville 100 in enough time to earn a belt buckle
  13. Read the Koran 
  14. Take dance lessons
  15. Build a Habitat for Humanity home
  16. Volunteer in a soup kitchen
  17. Make the front page of the newspaper
  18. Volunteer in a homeless shelter
  19. Plant a community garden
  20. Sell my original artwork
  21. Invent something
  22. Start, and maintain, a blog
  23. Write a children’s book
  24. Become a travel writer
  25. Attend a Broadway show
  26. Attend a symphony
  27. Attend Sundance Film Festival
  28. Go to the Kentucky Derby
  29. Go to a rodeo
  30. Attend the Olympics
  31. Institute an annual "Mimosas & Baking" party
  32. Attend the Super Bowl
  33. Attend a party at the Playboy Mansion
  34. Cook an entire Thanksgiving meal from scratch
  35. Ice skate in Rockefeller Center
  36. Get a Tarot Card reading
  37. Throw a block party
  38. Jump into a pool/the ocean fully clothed
  39. Write "Thank You" notes to my teachers
  40. Mud wrestle
  41. Roll my own sushi
  42. Do a Polar Bear Swim/Plunge
  43. Play Rugby
  44. Hike the Appalachian Trail
  45. Run a marathon
  46. Learn to snowboard
  47. Write a screenplay
  48. Camp under the stars on a beach and watch the sunrise
  49. Learn how to sail
  50. Build a tree house
  51. Learn to surf
  52. Surf & snowboard in the same day
  53. Learn how to play Chess
  54. Build a village around a model train layout
  55. Attend the Oscars 
  56. Attend a Cirque du Soleil show  
  57. Go horseback riding on the beach
  58. Construct/refinish furniture
  59. Make stained glass windows
  60. Learn glass blowing
  61. Run an ultra marathon (50+ miles)
  62. Brew my own beer 
  63. Start a fire without matches or a lighter
  64. Learn to hand-glide
  65. Break a Guinness World Record
  66. Learn how to play Poker
  67. Restore a classic car
  68. Throw a surprise party
  69. Go cliff diving
  70. Learn how to box
  71. Ride a camel and/or elephant
  72. Bike, hike, run, and snowboard in the same day
  73. Learn how to decorate cakes
  74. Have a professional make-up makeover
  75. Learn Spanish
  76. Send a message in a bottle into the sea
  77. Do a stand-up comedy routine on amateur night 
  78. Go parasailing
  79. Ride in a hot-air balloon
  80. Learn sign language
  81. Go water skiing
  82. Sleep in a castle

Travel/Adventure:

  1. Spend an entire year traveling
  2. Travel solo
  3. Spontaneously walk into the airport and randomly buy a same-day ticket to wherever looks appealing
  4. Explore the Amalfi Coast
  5. Orbit the Earth
  6. The ancient temples at Angkor Wat, Cambodia
  7. Spend a week or more in Thailand
  8. Hike/camp in Yosemite National Park, California
  9. Participate in La Tomatina
  10. See the Acropolis and Parthenon in Athens, Greece
  11. The Sistine Chapel and Vatican City in Rome, Italy
  12. See the pyramids at Giza, Egypt
  13. Fly first-class without being auto-bumped 
  14. Take an African safari 
  15. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
  16. Hike the Seven Summits
  17. Walk the Inca trail to see Machu Picchu in Peru
  18. Visit the Taj Mahal
  19. Watch the Northern Lights (the Aurora Borealis), polar regions
  20. Walk through the tiny villages of Switzerland
  21. Hike through the Amazon Rainforest, South America
  22. Attend Mardi Gras
  23. Island hop through the Greek Isles:  Santorini & Mykonos
  24. Kiss the Blarney Stone
  25. Run through Death Valley, California
  26. Hike Mount Fuji, Japan
  27. Take a boat ride through the Everglades, Florida
  28. Camp in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California
  29. Take a helicopter tour
  30. Explore the ancient city of Petra, carved into canyon walls in southern Jordan
  31. The Alps
  32. Participate in the Rickshaw Ride 
  33. Attend Loy Kathrong in Thailand
  34. Visit the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
  35. See the Karnak temple and the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt
  36. Stay in the Ice Hotel
  37. Snowboard through Chile
  38. Explore the Mayan ruins in Tulum, Mexico
  39. Walk through Iguazu Falls on the Argentina/Brazil border
  40. Spend a week at Burning Man
  41. Visit Uluru (also referred to as Ayers Rock), Australia
  42. Spend a night in Bora Bora
  43. Visit Okinawa & Osaka, Japan
  44. Hike through/camp in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
  45. Hike the Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina
  46. Witness a meteor shower
  47. Ride a camel in the Sahara Desert 
  48. Visit the Patagonia grasslands, Argentina
  49. Take a gondola ride along the Venice canals
  50. Trek through the jungle on the back of an elephant
  51. View Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower
  52. Explore the harbor of Rio de Janeiro
  53. Walk down the Champs Elysees
  54. Retire a pair of running shoes in the Roman Coliseum
  55. Travel through Tuscany
  56. Visit Havasu Falls in Arizona
  57. Explore Spain’s wine country
  58. Swim in the Mediterranean
  59. Run The Great Wall
  60. Travel to all 7 continents before 35
  61. Go island hopping in the Caribbean
  62. Stand on the Four Corners
  63. Attend Oktoberfest
  64. Visit all 50 states
  65. Attend the Songkran Festival
  66. Scuba dive in The Great Barrier Reef
  67. Go on a Nappa Valley wine tour
  68. The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy
  69. Ride on the Orient Express
  70. Visit the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  71. Swim in Victoria Falls
  72. See the Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines
  73. Hike volcanoes in Hawaii
  74. Visit the Borobudur stuppa in Java, Indonesia
  75. Camp in Zion National Park, Utah
  76. Hike through the Grand Canyon
  77. See Niagara Falls lit up at night
  78. See the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet
  79. Walk through Jerusalem’s Old City
  80. Backpack through Sydney & Cairns, Australia
  81. Visit he Hagia Sofia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey
  82. See the abbey of Mont-St-Michel in France

Above all Else:

  1. Create a self-study program for life-long learning
  2. Face my greatest fears
  3. Die of old age
Make sure to also check out my current annual goals
     
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