things i want to do before i die


1) visit places that are going to disappear eventually, such as
    a) the dead sea ~20 years
    b) venice ~40 years
    c) luxor egypt ~42 years
    d) maldives ~50 years
    e) great barrier reef ~12 years
    f) machupicchu ~50 years
    g) the antartic pole ~50 years
2) visit the yellow stone national park
3) witness an aurora borealis
4) visit all seven continents (asia, africa, north america, south america, antartica, europe and australia)
5) learn how to really ride a horse, fly through the wind
6) learn german.
7) write something worthwhile
8) skydiving
9) disappear for a year
10) scuba-diving in the great barrier reef
11) volunteer abroad for a month
12) cross a glacier on foot
13) scale an active volcano (mount fuji/yellowstone national park volcano)
14) visit hokkaido once more
15) go cruising in a speedboat
16) watch a live, european football match
17) tour central europe
18) go free and easy in central europe
19) smoke a cigarette
20) get drunk
21) make love
22) try smoking weed
23) visit string orchestral performances in vienna
24) hear the 1812 overture, live
25) watch live performances of famous musicals / hopefully by real broadway/west end casts (west side story, cats, chicago, wicked, les misérables, mamma mia, the lion king, jersey boys, the love affair, swan lake, phantom of the opera, grease, the sound of music, dirty dancing)
26) briefly study music analysis
27) study literature in greater detail
28) swim with a dolphin
29) skinny-dipping at midnight
30) learn to rollerblade
31) complete grade 8 of the violin (grade 1-5)
32) mix my own beer
33) learn how to take a compliment and to give one back
34) believe i’m beautiful
35) receive flowers from a guy really special
36) ride a camel in the desert
37) be on the first tourist shuttle to the moon
38) learn not to say yes, when i really mean no
39) learn not to say no, when i really mean yes
40) have a precious baby girl and get over my extreme dislike of and lack-of-patience for kids
41) learn to ballroom dance properly
42) fall wildly, helplessly and unconditionally in love
43) kick some asses
44) kiss a girl
45) ride the trans-siberian express across asia
46) write the novel i know i have inside me
47) spend new year’s in an exotic location
48) experience the condition of being weightless
49) sleep under the stars with a lover
50) forgive my brother
51) spend three months getting fit
52) accept myself for who i am
53) go deep-sea fishing
54) learn to bartend
55) learn to play snooker properly
56) look into my child’s eyes, see myself and smile
57) bungee jumping
58) get a tattoo of birds on my shoulder, upon successful completion of my surgery. (credits)
59) spend a day completely naked
60) get a heartbeat tattoo with tiny words (content undecided) in the straight line at the end
61) grow up
62) stop using ‘when i grow up’
63) save animals
64) be true to myself
65) have snowball fights for three days consecutively
66) jump into a pile of dead leaves
67) skip across a beach
68) build a legit sandcastle
69) learn how to swim properly
70) fight for rights
71) spend a day rewatching all the movies in the harry potter series
72) spend a day lazing in bed with a lover
73) drink the starbucks christmas drink every time christmas rolls around (so far: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
74) participate in a non-school related community involvement programme at least thrice
75) stop running off in the dead of the night when everything comes crashing down
76) learn how to cook a perfect steak, plate of pasta, salmon, scrambled eggs, etc.
77) attend a concert by a famous band
78) visit another country just to attend the concert
79) let go of everyone i’m afraid of losing
80) help the blind
81) visit a chocolate-making factory
82) witness glassblowing
83) catch a snowflake on the tip of my tongue
84) scale a mountain
85) dialogue in the dark
86) marry out of my own free will, without regrets or doubts
87) drink premium strawberry tea every day, for a week
88) change a life
89) complete an exam without sleeping at all for 24 hours
90) be content
91) finish all the books on my ‘to-read’ list.
92) completely light up someone’s day
93) go without food for a day
94) get over my irrational fear of dirt
95) kiss in the rain at night
96) smoke in the rain
97) walk with a guy by the beach late at night
98) before entering university: complete this list