My Life List

Here is the complete list of my life goals.  I first created a life list when I was about 13, and I have been adding and crossing off items ever since.  My list is a guide to having a rich and fulfilling life, and I never want to get so caught up in crossing things off that I forget to enjoy the experiences. 


PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Earn a Bachelors Degree
Earn a Masters Degree
Become Vegetarian
Eat Vegan for a Month
Get my LC (Lighting Certification)
Get my LEED AP
Get my CC/CL from Toastmasters
Get Married
Start my own Business
Write a Blog with 10,000 hits/month
Publish a Professional Article
Write a Book
Teach a College Course


FINANCIAL
Be 100% Debt-Free
Become Financially Literate
Invest in the Stock Market
Save Enough Money to Travel
Become a Millionaire


SPORTS/FITNESS
Run a Half Marathon
Complete a Full Marathon
Participate in a Triathlon
Complete 100 Pushups and 10 Pullups
Deadlift my Body Weight
Learn Yoga
Go Mountain Biking
Enter a Bike Race
Learn to Rock Climb
Learn to Sail
Go Windsurfing
Ride a Jet-Ski
Go Water Skiing
Learn to Play Golf
Go Horseback Riding on a Beach
Learn to Snowboard
Learn to Ski


LANGUAGES
Learn French
Learn Spanish
Learn Swedish
Learn German
Learn Conversational Italian
Learn Conversational Mandarin
Learn ASL
Learn the Arabic Alphabet


MUSIC
Learn to Play Piano
Learn to Play Guitar
Learn to Play Bass
Learn to Play Saxophone
Learn to Play Violin
Learn to Belly Dance
Learn to Salsa Dance
Learn to Ballroom Dance


ADVENTURE
Go Snorkling in a Shipwreck
Jump from a Cliff into Water
Learn to SCUBA Dive
Swim with Sharks
Go White Water Rafting
Learn to Surf
Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
Go Paragliding
Go Sky Diving
Go on a Helicopter Ride
Go on a Canopy Tour
Go Bungee Jumping
Go Hiking in a Rainforest
Ride a Mechanical Bull
Go Rock Climbing Outside
Break a Guinness World Record
Walk Through a Corn Maze
Drive on Route 66
Ride a Dune Buggy in the Desert
Go Dirt Biking
Compete in a Go Kart Race
Swim with Dolphins
Go Whale-Watching
Visit the San Diego Zoo
Go on Safari
Adopt a Pet from an Animal Shelter
Milk a Cow
Ride a Camel
Ride an Elephant
See Gorillas in the Wild
Swim with Manatees
Learn to Fly a Plane
Learn to Ride a Motorcycle
Speak in Front of a Large Audience


TRAVEL (USA)
Visit all 50 States
See a Game in Every MLB Stadium
Take a Cross Country Road Trip
Visit the Four Corners (UT, AZ, CO, NM)
Grand Canyon, AZ
Death Valley, CA
Redwood State Park, CA
Universal Studios, CA
Golden Gate Bridge, CA
Fisherman's Wharf, CA
Ride a Cable Car in San Francisco, CA
Yosemite, CA
White House, DC
National Mall, DC
Disney World, FL
Everglades, FL
Waikiki Beach, HI
The Magnificent Mile, IL
New Orleans, LA
Faneuil Hall, MA
Cape Cod, MA
Nantucket, MA
Martha's Vineyard, MA
Atlantic City Boardwalk, NJ
Statue of Liberty, NY
Las Vegas Strip, NV
Dutch Country, PA
Hershey Chocolate Factory, PA
Newport Mansions, RI
Mt. Rushmore, SD
Space Needle, WA
Yellowstone National Park, WY


TRAVEL (International)
Patagonia, Argentina
Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina
Salzburg, Austria
Ayers Rock, Australia
Sydney Opera House, Australia
SCUBA Dive the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Great Blue Hole, Belize
Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
Visit Rio de Janiero during Carnival, Brazil
Mount Roraima, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Canada
Ski in Whistler, Canada
Niagara Falls, Canada/USA
Easter Island, Chile
Great Wall of China
Hong Kong Harbor, China
Terracotta Warriors, China
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Karnak Temple, Egypt
Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Eiffel Tower, France
Notre Dame, France
Munich during Oktoberfest, Germany
The Acropolis, Greece
Crete, Greece
Pompeii, Italy
Capri, Italy
Vatican City, Italy
Colossium and Roman Forum, Italy
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Taj Mahal, India
The Dome of the Rock, Israel
Mount Fuji, Japan
Eat Sushi in Tokyo, Japan
Imperial Palace, Japan
Kiyomizu Temple, Japan
Petra, Jordan
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Everest Base Camp, Nepal
Tulip Fields during Spring, Netherlands
Fjords of Norway
Panama Canal
The Nazca Lines, Peru
Machu Picchu, Peru
The Kremlin, Russia
St. Basil's Cathedral, Russia
Trans Siberian Railroad, Russia
The Alhambra, Spain
Sagrada Familia, Spain
Stay in the Ice Hotel, Sweden
The Serengeti, Tanzania
Ayutthaya, Thailand
Ephasus, Turkey
Hagia Sophia, Turkey
Stonehenge, UK
Big Ben, UK
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe


HOBBIES
Take a Photography Course
Renovate a House
Learn to Play Chess
Learn to Play Poker
Learn to Play Pool
Make Pottery
Take up Astronomy
Build Furniture
Learn to Brew Beer
Take up Gourmet Cooking
Paint - Watercolor, Acrylics, Oils
Keep a Greenhouse
Learn to Juggle
Make Jewelry
Knitting
Crochetting
Sew a Quilt
Become a Wine Connoisseur
Become a Cheese Connoisseur
Become familiar with the compositions of Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Ibert, Mendelssohn, Lalo, Liszt, Rimski-Korsakov, Respighi, Rachmaninoff, Paganini, Stravinsky, Toch, Tschaikosvsky, Verdi, Wagner
Read the works of Shakespeare, Plato, Aristotle, Dickens, Thoreau, Rousseau, Conrad, Hemingway, Twain, Burroughs, Talmage, Tolstoi, Longfellow, Keats, Poe, Bacon, Whittier, and Emerson
Watch Every Movie that has Won an Oscar for Best Picture
Learn a Martial Art
Get CPR Certified
Learn Basic Car Maintenance
Learn to Decorate Cakes


CONTRIBUTIONS
Make a Difference in at Least One Person's Life
Build a Habitat for Humanity Home
Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen
Make Loans Using Kiva.com
Volunteer at an Animal Shelter
Join a Disaster Relief Effort
Dance in THON
Be Passionate About a Cause