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Nov 07
Nov 07
100 Things to do Before I Die
Here are 100 things that I would like to do before I die, which I haven’t yet done (bar number 43 now).
- Be interviewed on T.V.
- Be in charge of an organisation with at least 50 employees.
- Have a go at food photography.
- Write and publish a non-fiction book.
- Visit at least 10 countries.
- Get married.
- Have a family.
- Send a singing telegram.
- Recieve a singing telegram.
- Drive a car that is worthy of wearing driving gloves (and wear them doing it).
- Write/direct a stage production or movie and see it produced.
- Act in a stage production or movie.
- Go to a Broadway stage show.
- Invent something simple that meets an everyday need.
- Cook a flaming dessert.
- Be an expert in a field where I can help others.
- Win a photography competition.
- Invent a board game and see it produced.
- Live at least until my 90th birthday.
- Have a picnic at midnight.
- Scuba dive at Poor Knights Islands.
- Watch a sunrise with someone special.
- Have a bank account in the Cayman Islands (inspired by the movies…).
- Get a traditional barber-shop shave.
- Ride an African Elephant.
- Ride the Hamilton to Auckland 100km cycle race on a unicycle.
- Fly an airplane.
- Fill up my bookshelf with books (it measures approx 2m x 2m!)
- Sky dive.
- Be friends with a prime-minister/president of a country.
- Drive a steam train.
- Organise and run a conference.
- Climb to the top of a (reasonably) high mountain.
- Ride a bobsled.
- Take a trip in a submarine.
- See God’s creation from space.
- Have a unique business card that makes people go “wow”.
- Win a game of Boggle against a friend that I can never seem to beat.
- Learn to surf.
- Own a house.
- See a photo of mine in a famous gallery.
- Compete in a TV game show.
- Complete writing this list of 100 things that I have never done and would like to do.
- Meet the (current) Queen of England.
- Eat deep fried grasshopper in Thailand.
- Watch the world-wide premiere of a movie.
- Teach in front of 1000 people.
- Visit a camera manufacturer’s research and development centre.
- Work for Google.
- Go to the Olympic Games.
- Name a street.
- Be with friends when doing as many things as possible from this list.
- Ride in a Japanese bullet train.
- Help build a house for a homeless family.
- Pay off my student loan.
- Try every sandwich at Subway.
- Own a fast food restaurant, that is world famous for it’s pizza and burgers.
- Create content that would attract over 1000 unique visitors to my website in one day.
- Build a sandcastle that is at least 10m long.
- Take part in a multi-day kayak adventure.
- Write and publish a recipe book.
- Publish a book of my photos.
- Hold a world record.
- Own a bookshop that is also a cafe with live entertainment.
- Write a piece of software that is used by at least 100 other people on a regular basis.
- Air travel in first class.
- Organise a New Zealand-wide scavenger hunt for a large group of people.
- Ride a helicopter to an important meeting.
- Be in charge of a computer network of at least 100 users.
- Build a 3 meter high snow man.
- Learn four types of dance (with an intermediate degree of skill).
- Cook dinner for someone famous.
- Ski overseas.
- Learn to snowboard.
- Cycle the length of New Zealand.
- Learn to speak conversational Mandarin
- Ride in a hot air balloon.
- Climb the great pyramid of Egypt.
- Taste caviar.
- Build a large treehouse.
- Learn sign language.
- Guest star in a British Comedy TV show.
- Shoot under par on a golf course.
- Shave my head.
- Pull a prank so big that becomes famous.
- Use a foreign accent for an entire day.
- Invest in the stock market.
- Learn to fence.
- Learn how to eat properly with chopsticks.
- Visit Machu Picchu.
- Develop a roll of film from my own photographs.
- Float in the Dead Sea.
- Hold a “Settlers of Catan” tournament with a large group of people.
- Spend no money for a month.
- Drive a Formula 1 racing car.
- Dive with sharks.
- Swim with giant sea turtles.
- Ride in a Russian fighter jet.
- Find a message in a bottle.
- Actually complete a game of World Domination Risk with 6 players.
What things would you like to do before you die?
Karin on Nov 29 2007 at 1802
I want to hear more about these driving gloves….
Joefish on Nov 29 2007 at 2325
Driving gloves are warn to keep hands warm and as a fashion accessory. A place you might see them worn now days would be by the driver for a hired limo. The classic “driving glove image” in my mind is the driver of a classic Bentley or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang era car.
Lawrence Cheok | A Long Long Road on Dec 1 2007 at 2104
Hi Joefish,
That’s quite a list you have to accomplish. But it seems like you already have a goals list done up, so go take some actions and start today!
Start from the easiest one first and cross them off e.g. #84 shave your head???
Karin on Dec 2 2007 at 0205
hahahahaha…..I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks this way! Listen to Lawrence!
Joefish on Dec 2 2007 at 1024
Ah yes. But I need to have a good reason to shave my head, doing it for no reason other than because it’s on my list wouldn’t satisfy me!
Neena (NeenMachine) on Dec 3 2007 at 0736
Now this is a useful idea! Everyone should have a list like this. Because if you don’t do it now, well, you can’t finish it “tomorrow”.
Patricia on Jan 2 2008 at 1630
Interesting list. I think it would take me awhile to think of 100 things to do before I die. Well, actually, no it wouldn’t. I think I’ll start my list and post it soon.
Shave your head first! Rob did that the summer we met and I thought it was cool! Maybe you’ll meet a girl that way!
Joefish on Jan 2 2008 at 2246
Patricia, I’ve always said that I need a good reason to shave my head (not just “because I can”). Perhaps meeting a girl is a good reason, although I don’t know if it’ll help
Karin on Jan 3 2008 at 0345
Wait just one second….you need a good reason to shave your head but IT MADE THE LIST! What?@!?!?!?!!
Anthea on Jan 14 2008 at 1741
There’s some good ones there. What a great idea, it’s got me thinking too…
Jst on Dec 6 2008 at 1206
2b. Learn how to spell.
Joefish on Dec 9 2008 at 0058
Eh, that’s how we spell ‘organisation’ in New Zealand!
Karin on Dec 10 2008 at 1815
hahahahahaha!
Idin D. on Dec 16 2008 at 2134
http://www.stbaldricks.org/home/
or
http://www.childcancer.org.nz/child-cancer/news_article_46.asp
I can’t think of a better reason to shave your head. The second one is even based out of NZ.
AliciaEve on Jun 18 2009 at 1707
This is a very useful list. Shave your head in support of cancer survivors. By chance, maybe, you could head that organization with some commitment and purpose.
I did play World Domination Risk with a full set of players. It makes it easier to win, as I did.
I like how inspiring your list is; but, it is not all achieveable within reason. That is the point though, to make you reach, right? I was currently composing my own such list and found this page looking for more ideas. I am logically pricing such activities for truly fulfilling them in the next 7 years.
Thank you for sharing.
Glenn on Jul 15 2009 at 1035
Never thought of World Domination at Risk with 6 players for my list. It happened several times when I was a kid and it was fun! Here’s mine: Walk to the top of Ayers Rock.
Jasmin on Feb 3 2010 at 1729
I got # 3!! I live on Grand Cayman =]
Jasmin on Feb 3 2010 at 1729
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