So lately several of my friends have been inspired by the new show "the buried life" on MTV. In case you haven't heard about the show, it's about a group of guys who make a list of the top 100 things they want to do in life, and they go off to complete all of them. For every task they complete, they help another person check one thing off of their list. I guess its basically the same thing as The Bucket List, if you've ever seen that movie.
Anyhow, reading all of their lists has inspired me as well. The world has so much to offer, why wouldn't you want to go out and experience as much of it as you can? So many people get caught up in the whole "I could never do that" mentality, and honestly, I think it is a little sad. You can achieve so much if you just put your mind to it, set goals, and actually go out and atempt to do whatever it is you dream about. I'm a big "try everything once" kind of person, and throughout my short life I've already discovered that even if you don't achive your original goal, half the fun is trying!
I think everyone should have one of these lists, and even though I've been mentally keeping track of this list over the years, it is long overdue to put it into words, and make it official. So, here is my list, my goals, my dreams, and I plan to achieve all of them before I die. I may add on to this list occasionally, but as of right now, before I die, I will:
1) Go skydiving
2) Witness a birth
3) Overcome my greatest fear and scubadive
4) Go surfing
5) Study abroad
6) Save a life
7) Fall madly in love
8) Get married
9) Have kids
10) Perform surgery
11) Live in Europe
12) Become fluent in another language, preferably Italian
13) Visit every continent, except Antarctica (I hate the cold!)
14) Road trip
15) See Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius [Check!]
16) Fly a plane
17) Fly in a fighter jet
18) Get a penpal from a foreign country [CHECK!]
19) Graduate from college
20) Graduate from medical school
21) Stand at the four corners of the US
22) Attend a presidential inauguration
23) Go streaking
24) Skinny dip
25) Go bungee jumping
26) Get a 4.0 in college [Check!]
27) Hang-glide
28) Get a tattoo
29) Be on TV
30) Meet a celebrity
31) Visit the pyramids of Giza
32) Visit Ground Zero in New York
33) Dance in front of a large audience [Check!]
34) Sing karaoke
35) Snowboard down a black diamond slope
36) White water raft [Check!]
37) Write a book
38) Give a stranger $1000
39) Share Christ with someone
40) Go on a blind date
41) Smoke pot
42) Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
43) Dance with Ellen Degeneres
44) Run a marathon
45) Build an amazing house for my parents
46) Kiss a girl
47) Complete a triathalon
48) Attend the Olympics [Check! But I was young, so I'd like to do it again!]
49) Ride a gondala in Venice
50) Do a backflip while wakeboarding
51) Spin a globe, point to a random country, then go there
52) Learn to play the piano
53) Go on a helicopter ride
54) Ride in a hot air balloon [Check!]
55) Drive over 100 MPH [CHECK! 09/10/10]
56) Experience weightlessness
57) Go rock climbing
58) Visit the colosseum in Rome [Check!]
59) Visit the acropolis in Athens [Check!]
60) Have tea and biscuits with someone in England
61) Go to Vegas for my 21st birthday
62) Take part in "La Tomatina" in Spain
63) Go paintballing
64) Attend a red carpet party
65) Kiss a complete stranger [Check!]
66) Go on a 24 hour scavenger hunt
67) Buy a brand new sports car off of the showroom floor
68) Visit the 7 wonders of the world [1 down, 6 to go!]
69) Visit the Vatican and see the pope [Check!]
70) Visit all 50 states
71) Reach my ideal weight
72) Graduate first in my class
73) Attend a world cup soccer game
74) Make a difference in someone's life
75) Join the big brothers/Big sisters program
76) Donate blood [Check!]
77) Drive a Lamborghini
78) Visit the Eiffel Tower
79) Milk a cow
80) Play with a chimpanzee
81) Go backpacking across Europe
82) Write in a journal every day for a year
83) Witness my favorite team win a march madness basketball game!
84) Visit a strip club
85) Witness the Running of the Bulls
86) Experience New Years in Time Square
87) Inspire someone else to create a list
88) Help someone cross something off their list
89) Start a blog [Check!]
90) Get 100+ followers on said blog
91) Decorate a wedding cake
92) Sleep under the stars
93) Celebrate my 100th birthday
94) Adopt a child
95) Cook a gourmet meal for several people
96) Swim with a manatee [Check!]
97) Hold a debate with a politician
98) Tell each person in my family exactly how much they mean to me
99) Be baptised [Check!]
100) Die happy and satisfied with my life
Ok so a few of them are a little far fetched, but I don't believe that any thing on my list is impossible! Some things on my list may change over time, and I will most likely be adding onto it also, but as of right now, these are the things I will do before I die. Doing this was so inpirational, I can't wait to get started.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Let us laugh at the irony
Sitting in nutrition class currently checking updates on all of the pro-ana blogs. Oh the irony. hahaha
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