100 Things To Do Before I’m 35; A List, Part 1
by projecthitchhiker on March 13, 2008
in Accountability Lists, Awesome Stuff, Personal Development
The other night I got wasted drunk with a few close friends and had a great time. Even better was waking up in the morning, and realizing that I had received a drunken present of — a book of Lists.
Have I mentioned that I enjoy making lists? And particularly crossing things off lists?
Thank you Dylan.
Best. Gift. Ever.
It reminded me that about 3 years ago when I was living in Japan I made a List of Things I Want to Do Before I Die (I later changed the list to Before I’m 35 because it seemed to be a better time line).
Below is a copy of what was in the word file.
I actually got to cross off a few, which is fun.
100 Things I Will Do Before I turn 35
Experiences/Adventure
- Bungee Jumping
- Sky Diving
- Scuba Diving
- Motorcycle Canada to South America
- Motorcycle India
- Hitchhike/Boat-hop around the world
- Race in the Iditarod (Alaskan Dogsled race – 1150mile)
- Spend a Week at Burning Man Festival (Black Rock City, Nevada, August – Labor Day Weekend)
- Join a band and tour on a hit single in a foreign country
- Get a traditional tattoo in Central Borneo and Central Africa
- Hitchhike to the North American Hitchhikers gathering
- Magic Mushrooms (someone recommended that I include paints and crafts, or outside)
- Opium tea (I actually didn’t think this one would happen; and no, never again)
- Join the Mile High Club
- Walk across Nova Scotia, both coasts
- Get invited to one of Hugh Hefner’s Famous Parties
Things To Learn
- Japanese
- Spanish
- French
- Indonesian
- Basic Vietnamese (it’s arguable whether this deserves to be crossed off, but fuck it — the language has like 30 effing tones… hello? not worth it.)
- Hand Drum
- Gymnopedie on Piano
- Perfect Pitch
- Be able to Juggle 5 balls
- Primitive Friction Fires (hand drill, bow-drill, fire plough)
- To dance swing and salsa (okay, so I tried these in Vietnam to no avail…. at least I met Kim there)
- Do a few magic tricks well
- How to sail
- Take improv comedy classes
- Join toastmasters and go regularly
Places To Go
- Stay in an Ice Hotel (Quebec or Sapporo).
- Mine gold or opals in the Australian outback
- Van Tour of Festivals in Europe
- St. Paddy’s Day in Dublin
- Spain’s Great Tomato Fight
- Stonehenge
- Octoberfest in Munich
- Attend the Mardi Gras in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- Visit the Parthenon, Greece
- See the sculptures in Florence, Italy
- Photograph the Sphinx and the Pyramids, Egypt
- Swim in the Dead Sea, Israel/Jordan
- See the Mona Lisa at the Louvre, Paris
- Eat hash brownies in an Amsterdam bar
- Trek to Macchu Picchu in Peru
- Go scuba-diving in the Seychelles
- Go on a Safari in Africa
- Drive the breadth of the US.
Things that don’t really excite me too much but would be great story value… (admit it, you have ‘em too)
- Ping pong show in Thailand
To Pass Something On
- Go on a writer’s retreat and finish a Book
- Write a Children’s Book
- Co-author a book with Will Ferguson
Japan-Specific To Do
- Stay in a Love Hotel (done and over-done)
- Stay in a Capsule Hotel
- Stay in a Ryokan in an Onsen town
- Sapporo Snow Festival
- Pachinko Parlor
- Hitchhike the entire length of Japan (half doesn’t cut it)
- Make a Didge out of Bamboo
(Oh, and I cut out the list of places I wanted to have sex. I’ve gotta draw the line somewhere. I mean, what if my relatives looked me up on facebook?)
Foods
- Fugu (deadly blowfish)
- Basashi (horse sushi)
- Many different insects
- Kangaroo
- Porcupine
- Shark
- Moose
- Bear
- Caribou
- Snake
- Snake blood wine
People to meet
- Derren Brown
- Mystery & Style
- Will Ferguson (actually I met him, but it was too brief; pic below)
- Bill Bryson
To Do Just Before I Die
- Wrestle a bear (Oh, and word of warning — do not google “bear wrestling” unless you’re into big hairy men. Eww. Someone should have warned me.)
Dear amazing friend. I loved reading all of that list. I especially love reading the things you crossed off cause I could remember you telling me all of those stories with passion. Love it, Love it, Love it!
Mahhhh
Aw, thanks Val. Hope Nunavut is treating you well! :)
Miss ya!
Hi there,
You’ve got a very interesting list here, I really like it but I’m still gonna keep my to-do-list ^^
Talking about your crossed off lines…
“Basic Vietnamese”
You made a right choice giving up on it ^^. I must say that since the tone is smallest problem when learning Vietnamese. I think that Vietnamese has a very logical pronunciation system, you can read out loud the whole book while you don’t understand a thing written in that.
The real pains in the neck are vocabulary & grammar. Trust me, I’m a Vietnamese myself
Good luck to you in your amazing journey, stranger.
Hey, I came across your list, love it by the way. I live here in Maine…I’ve eaten both Moose and Black Bear. Long story short, bear is kind of greasy, but still good.