The purpose of this list is pretty simple. John Lennon once said, “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” In order to make sure that I make great memories and do the things I would like to do, I have committed this list to paper. I did not restrict myself by expense, distance, or energy required to accomplish. I want to do these things and will work on crossing them off as time goes by. This list may get edited with time, but only by adding items. I may not remove any task once it goes on the list. It is on this page that my progress will be tracked with links to the picture, video, or story of my crossing it off. Many of the items have links on them to illustrate what the item is. List items that have been completed will be marked through. Like this. Wish me luck and maybe we can do some of them together.
- Get skydive certified (possibly attend SKYDICE SPACELAND)
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Walk a 100+ mile trip
- Write and publish a book
- Get a photo published in a national magazine
- Visit a Ziggurat
- Dye my hair a crazy color
- Fly a plane
- Fly in an open-cockpit plane
- Fix my teeth
- Swim with sharks
- Wrestle an alligator
- Go snowboarding
- Be suspension pierced
- Go scuba diving
- Hitchhike
- Participate in an eating challenge
- Get tased
- See the aurora borealis
Eat fuguCOMPLETED 05-17-2025 - Kyoto, Japan (read here)- Eat a durian
- Crash a wedding
- See an iceberg
Go to Comic-ConCOMPLETED several times as walk-in- Roll a car
- Backflip a motorcycle
Be an extra in a movieCOMPLETED 02-01-21 - Hoi An, Vietnam- Go noodling
- Go white water rafting
Do thepolar plungeCOMPLETED 02-02-13- Learn how to pick a lock
- Pet a wild skunk
- Learn to whistle with my fingers
- Stage dive and crowd surf
- Break a world record
- Attend a Rocky Horror Picture Show in full costume
- Bungee Jump
- Take a cruise
- Get LASIK eye surgery
Be part of a flash mob (not a criminal one)COMPLETED 10-22-11 (read here)Ride a SegwayCOMPLETED 7-1-17- Go to Mardi Gras
See a whaleCOMPLETED 9-23-17- Go surfing
- Be on a game show
- Visit the catacombs of Paris
- Take a photography class
- Go deep sea fishing
- Go ice fishing
- Drive on the Autobahn
- Get in a fist fight
- Kiss a stranger
- Cliff dive
- Go jet skiing
- Be in a play
- Attend Cornerstone Festival
- Go kayaking
- Witness a meteor shower
- Own a Jeep again
- Pay for a strangers meal or groceries
- Fly first class
- Drive the length of Route 66
- Go wing-walking
- Have my portrait painted
- Be in the audience for the taping of a TV show
Attend a cosplay eventCOMPLETED many different eventsShave my headCOMPLETED 07-04-13- Serve on jury duty
- Learn to play harmonica
- Attend Oktoberfest
- Spend a night alone in a haunted house
- Visit the Holy Land
- Run with the bulls in Pamplona
- Learn to ride a unicycle
- Go snowmobiling
- Get a black belt in any martial art
- See the giant Sequoia trees of the West Coast
- Fly in a helicopter over a volcano
- Go streaking
- Make some money as a street musician
- Compete in the Warrior Dash
- Sing karaoke
- Ride in a tank
- Read my huge list of books - click here for progress
- Go to a blues bar in Chicago
- Go to a jazz club in New Orleans
Take a picture of Mt FujiCOMPLETED 05-14-2025 - Kawaguchiko, Japan (read here)- Do a firewalk
- Ride in a helicopter
- Go on a cross country motorcycle trip
- Visit the Louvre
- Go Zorbing
- Go to the San Diego Zoo
- See all 7 continents - click here for progress
- Attend a sumo match in Japan
- Ride a San Francisco cable car
- Attend Day of Dead ceremony in Mexico
- Keep bees
- Shoot a flamethrower
- Meet a U.S. president while still in office
- Wear a kilt
- Observe the floor of Wall Street during trading time
- Visit the Mall of America
- Attend a Super Bowl
- Spar a professional boxer
Get a professional shaveCOMPLETED 05-22-15 (read about one here)- Build something significant with wood (i.e. table, rocking chair)
- Attend the Olympics
- Deliver a baby (human)
- Complete a high ropes course
- Visit the Parthenon in Greece
- Eat lutefisk in Norway
- Eat Philly Cheesesteak in Philadelphia
- Experience weightlessness
- Go to a nude beach (and participate)
- Kiss the Blarney Stone
- Attend a Broadway show
- Attend a Las Vegas show
- Read every Shakespeare play - click here for progress
- See all 50 states - click here for progress
- Swim with dolphins
- Participate in a demolition derby
- Meet a person of royalty - British or otherwise
- Grow my hair out long again - I miss my hair
- Smuggle Bibles in China
- Earn $100,000 in one year
Walk on the Great Wall of ChinaCOMPLETED 7-27-17 (read here)- Visit Auschwitz
- Get an Ashiatsu massage
- Get something patented
- Eat Beluga caviar
- Eat Kimchi in Korea
- Own a hammock
- Drive a race car - at high speed
- Climb Statue of Liberty
- Wear a tuxedo to a non-tuxedo event
- Brand a cow
- Save a life
- Do a stand-up comedy routine
- Regauge my ears - I used to have ‘00’
- Throw a live grenade
Get a Master’s degreeCOMPLETED 08-17-14- Get a Doctorate (Ph.D.)
- Sleep in a castle
- Achieve a net worth of $1,000,000
- Sit in on a funeral preparation or autopsy
- Be debt free
- Learn to play guitar
See Mt. RushmoreCOMPLETED 07-21-14- Mush a dog sled
- Have a pet monkey
- Drink a beer at CHEERS in Boston
- Learn a second language fluently
- See the Pyramids of Giza
- Ride a bull
- Be on Times Square for New Year’s Eve
- Climb Seattle Space Needle
- Attend the Brazilian Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
- Get my pilot’s license
- Be elected to a public office
- Drive a dune buggy in the desert
- Swim with manatees
- Visit Stonehedge
- Attend a bullfight
Attend a cockfightCOMPLETED 04-28-19Live overseas for one yearCOMPLETED 09-27-17 (read here)- Eat lobster in Maine
- See penguins in the wild
- Attend a Murder Mystery Dinner
- Have my picture taken with a Buckingham Palace guard
- Retire
