In a moment of boredom while away travelling I was reflecting on the new experiences I had encountered and started cobbling together a list of more things I wanted to do. This may sound like the plotline of The Bucket List but there are a few differences. First and foremost, I’m not terminally ill. Secondly, perhaps because I’m younger than the characters in the movie, there are more than just 12 things on my list of things to do (or see) before I die.
Also pertinent is the news that Dave Freeman died last week. In case you’ve not heard of him before, he wrote the book 100 Things To Do Before You Die. He apparently managed to cross off roughly half of the things on his list according to his family. He was 47 years old and died from a head injury after a fall.
I’ve included few things I did on my hiatus and it was still pretty difficult making this list as long as it is. I may have to purchase Dave’s book for some inspiration but these lists have to be personal I guess. The following collection will probably wax and wane at random intervals as I age:
- Experience the midnight sun
- See the Northern lights (although I guess the Aurora Australis would suffice)
- Bungee jump
- Swim with dolphins
- Canyon swing
- Run a marathon
- Join the 300 club
- Find a wife and start a family (I don’t know if this counts for two or not)
- Shower under a waterfall
- Ride a camel to the pyramids
- Go SCUBA diving
- Gamble in vegas
- See the Grand Canyon
- Get a tattoo
- Watch a series of 24 in real time
- Go to Oktoberfest
- Build an igloo
- Build a treehouse
- Carnival in Rio
- Go hot air ballooning
- Finish the Alphabet Hogmanay Tour
- Grow all of my own ingredients for a meal
- Go into space (or at least experience weightlessness)
- Write a book
- Run with the bulls in Pamplona
SkydiveGo skinny dippingJump from a pierSleep under the starsGrow a beardTravel the worldHave a Turkish shave