While I browse the internet, I always seem to find “100 things to do before I go” or “bucket list” type lists. I love them. I really do.
I’m going to call this one “Things to do when I’m bored” List.
- Go dog sledding
- Safari in Africa
- Scuba dive
- See the salmon run in Alaska
- Ride a camel in the desert
- Pyramids at sunset
- Tango in a milonga
- See Cuba
- Have a croissant at a French cafe
- Cross the American border
- Take a road trip across the U.S.
- Watch the sunrise over the Agean
- Whiskey at a pub in Ireland
- Linguica in Portugal
- Try escargot
- Open a Swiss bank account in Switzerland
- Stay in the ice hotel
- Visit that church made entirely of bones
- Make butterscotch from scratch
- Go on a multi-day biking trip
- Gather a few dozen people to blow bubbles from the Golden Gate Bridge
- Grow vegetables
- Learn to roll in a kayak
- Set foot on all seven continents
- Set foot in all fifty states
- Help someone get into or through college
- Stand atop the Great Wall of China
- Stand inside the Taj Mahal
- Host a party when the fruit trees bloom
- Go clamming
- Do two pull ups
- Go berry picking and make pies
- Own a dog
- Ride through the Panama Canal
- Make my own perfume
- Give $100 to a busker
- Live in a house with a window seat
- Parasail
- Have a portrait done of myself in the style of a portrait of my grandmother
- Ring a church bell
- Participate in a giant food fight
- Pretend we’ve had a power outage
- Go a day without speaking
- Write thank you notes to my teachers
- Own land
- Throw a block party
- Write a million dollar check to a charity
- Take a two-week vacation without computers
- Drink lemonade on the front porch swing, warm summer night
- Finish up or give up all the unfinished projects in the house
- Make a quilt
- Attend La Tomatina in Spain (August)
- Plant bulbs in a public space
- Have a family portrait taken
- See a glacier in Antarctica
- Live in another country for a year
- Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
- Go inside the Great Pyramid
- Visit Paris
- Watched a lightning storm at sea
- See the Northern Lights
- Go to a huge sports game
- Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
- Touched an iceberg
- Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
- Watched a meteor shower
- Given more than you can afford to charity
- Bet on a winning horse
- Scream as loudly as you possibly can
- Hold a lamb
- See a total eclipse
- Visit all 50 states
- Watch whales
- Backpack in Europe
- Go sky diving
- Visit Ireland
- Visit Japan
- Started a business
- Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
- Tour ancient sites
- Gotten married
- Won first prize in a costume contest
- Ridden a gondola in Venice
- Rafted the Snake River
- Been on a television news program as an “expert”
- Gotten flowers for no reason
- Been to Las Vegas
- Gone to Thailand
- Bought a house
- Been in a combat zone
- Buried one/both of your parents
- Been on a cruise ship
- Performed in Rocky Horror
- Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
- Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
- Wrote articles for a large publication
- Piloted an airplane
- Touched a stingray
- Helped an animal give birth
- Won money on a TV game show
- Gone on an African photo safari
- Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
- Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
- Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
- Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
- Eaten kangaroo meat
- Gone back to school
- Parasailed
- Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
- Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
- Had a booth at a street fair
