Life To Do from January 2003

After having a chat with Mike after work about the book Getting Things Done and how lists are important, he mentioned a friend told him to list 130 things to do before you die.

It reminded me of my Life to Do list I did back in 2003. I thought I had 50 or so but I only had 24. I've had this list in a Filo Fax in a box under my desk at home. I thought I'd post these online and also add them to my organiser digitally to keep them more top of mind. I was able to tick off a couple of these just in the last 18 months, namely #3 and #6 and#16.

Here's my list in the order I wrote back in 2003.

1: Travel to Japan
2: Feature on Boingboing.net (the recent Sleevage link doesn't count)
3: Write an article for a magazine
4: Write an article for an online mag (Smashing Mag)
5: Speak at a conference in a foreign country IG Digital Day Sao Paulo
6: Do the Bridge climb
7: Bungee Jump
8: Sky Dive
9: Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef (I snorkelled in Bunaken Indonesia but doesn't count)
10: Shoot a gun
11: Write an article in a newspaper
12: Have a photo of mine published in print (The lady with helmet backwards in Who doesnt count as it was uncreditted)
13: Design a CD cover that's sold in stores
14: A credit in a Hollywood film
15: Compete in a fun run
16: Own a house/unit
17: Surf a wave on a surfboard
18: Visit Easter Island
19: Visit Antarctica
20: Go bobsledding in a foreign country (ice)
21: Ski in snow
22: See a sumo match in Japan
23: Become a Muslim (what we do for love hey)
24: Learn Indonesian fluently

I'll be knocking over #5 next month when I speak in Brazil.

That's a pretty conservative list when I think that other people have lists of 130. So I've done a quick search for other people's list to be inspired and will add these to the list

25: Be an extra in a film (this would knock off #14 too)
26: Swim with a dolphin
27: Learn to juggle
28: Visit Great Wall of China
29: Visit the Pyramids
30: Do a high dive (10mtrs will do)
31: Attend a Comic Festival in costume
32: Attend a Superbowl
33: Buy something at a big auction. One that requires me to hold one of those big numbers
34: Go white water rafting
35: Have a book published
36: Produce a TV show
37: Go water skiing
38: Ride an elephant (came very close to this one)
39: Make a baby
40: Finish one of the GTA's
41: See a UFC fight live
42: Attend a Wrestling Match live. WWF, WWC any will do
43: Get married. I better add that one in case Ervi is reading :)
44: Visit Chernobyl

Other items like see a Broadway show, see an event at an Olympics, learn an instrument, win a webby, win a Cannes lion, visit Eiffel tower, attend a big outdoor concert, volunteer at a soup kitchen, donate money anonymously, steel a road sign, started a business etc etc I have done already. I felt like adding them in and crossing them out so it doesn’t look like I’m not ambitious but I guess the list is for me more than anyone who reads it.

This also jogged my memory about a book I got for Rob's birthday a few years ago 101 Things to do Before you Die. It had stickers and all these really well put together pages. I've gotta add that to my list of potential gifts for people it's hard to buy gifts for. I love the fact the book has just been updated as of July 2008. Great reader support.