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smartist46's "1001 Things To Do Before You Die"

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We all have our own "1001 Things" list. This is mine.

I live my life as if everyday could be my last. Too many people have quarter-life, mid-life, or death-bed crises, wishing about what they should have, could have, would have done. Not me. Along my way, if I inspire someone to take life by the horns, then I’ve accomplished one of my 1001 goals.

Some goals are selfless, some are selfish. Some are small, some are big. Some will change the world, some will just change you. But they’re my goals. Things I want to do before I die. I consider it a part of the essential "Me" that I aspire to do things both great and small, to work towards the spiritual while I enjoy the material, and to laugh at the inconsequential while I pursue things of global importance.

Take risks. Dream large, and small. Live well, but right. Make a list, and start checking it off.

p.s. Forgive me if there are repeats in the list. It’s being compiled over a period of time. If you want, you may email me with the duplicates or wait until I finish and do a final review. :-) Thanks much.

  1. 1.
    Adopt a pet

  2. 2.
    bathe a baby/child

  3. 3.
    experience a white christmas

  4. 4.
    Experience the Northern Lights.

  5. 5.
    Fall in love

  6. 6.
    get a famous autograph

  7. 7.
    Get a manicure and pedicure

  8. 8.
    get a massage

  9. 9.
    Give blood

  10. 10.
    go skinny dipping

  11. 11.
    go to a concert

  12. 13.
    have a Latin Lover

  13. 14.
    learn to dance

  14. 15.

  15. 16.

  16. 18.
    live with no regrets

  17. 19.
    make amends

  18. 20.
    overcome a fear

  19. 21.
    play in the rain

  20. 22.
    read by the fireplace

  21. 23.
    ride a motorcycle

  22. 24.
    ride a roller coaster

  23. 25.
    See a live volcano

  24. 26.
    sleep outside

  25. 27.
    slow dance by candlelight

  26. 28.
    Sponsor a child

  27. 29.
    swim in the ocean

  28. 30.
    Swim with dolphins

  29. 31.
    pierce something

  30. 32.
    teach somebody something

  31. 34.
    make true, passionate love

  32. 35.
    laugh until it hurts

  33. 36.
    Volunteer

  34. 38.
    go to a nude beach

  35. 39.
    Have my portrait painted

  36. 40.
    go on the London Eye

  37. 41.
    ride in a hot air balloon

  38. 42.
    go whale watching

  39. 43.
    write a book

  40. 44.
    write letters

  41. 45.
    Walk barefoot in sand

  42. 46.

  43. 47.
    write a poem under a tree

  44. 48.
    walk a dog

  45. 49.
    swim under a waterfall

  46. 50.
    Walk the Great Wall of China

  47. 51.
    Gallop a horse along a beach

  48. 52.
    Go to Disney World

  49. 53.
    sleep in late

  50. 54.
    Send a message in a bottle

  51. 55.
    plant a tree

  52. 56.
    teach someone to read

  53. 57.
    see a lunar eclipse

  54. 58.
    experience weightlessness

  55. 59.
    accept yourself

  56. 60.
    give to charity anonymously

  57. 61.
    Hit a hole in one

  58. 63.
    Go on an African Safari

  59. 68.
    Go Visit Stonehenge

  60. 69.
    See the Southern Sky

  61. 71.
    visit the Amazon rainforest

  62. 72.
    ride a gondola in Venice

  63. 74.

  64. 75.
    learn to bartend

  65. 76.
    drink tequila in mexico

  66. 77.
    French kiss in Paris

  67. 78.
    Build a snowman

  68. 79.
    Kiss in the rain

  69. 80.
    Live on the beach

  70. 81.
    invent a new drink

  71. 82.
    jump on the bed

  72. 83.
    Fly First Class

  73. 84.
    forgive something unforgivable

  74. 85.
    take pictures in a photo booth

  75. 86.
    get a henna tattoo

  76. 87.
    wish upon a star

  77. 88.
    Learn to change a tire

  78. 89.
    mow the lawn all by yourself

  79. 90.
    swim in turquoise water

  80. 91.
    ride on glass-bottom boat

  81. 92.
    make a homemade pizza

  82. 93.
    bake a pie from scratch

  83. 94.

  84. 95.
    ride a bicycle built for two

  85. 99.
    help someone across the street

  86. 100.
    hold hands with a child

  87. 101.
    Fly on a plane

  88. 102.
    say "I love you" to a child

  89. 103.
    write love letters by hand

  90. 104.
    drink wine in the tub

  91. 105.
    catch a snowflake on your tongue

  92. 106.
    find your favorite poem

  93. 107.
    take a sailboat ride

  94. 108.
    wear a flower in your hair

  95. 109.
    cry until you're dry

  96. 110.

  97. 111.
    play board games

  98. 112.
    swing in a tire swing

  99. 114.
    rope swing into water

  100. 115.
    see a comet

  101. 116.
    hold hands with a monkey

  102. 117.
    sleep in a hammock

  103. 118.
    eat Chinese out of the container

  104. 120.

  105. 121.
    have a cat sit in your lap

  106. 122.
    drive on the autobahn

  107. 124.
    get a masters degree

  108. 125.
    inspire someone

  109. 127.
    ride in a horse drawn carriage

  110. 128.
    learn a card trick

  111. 129.
    Watch a space shuttle launch

  112. 130.
    see the Statue of Liberty

  113. 131.
    visit the liberty bell

  114. 132.
    visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa

  115. 133.
    Ride a mechanical bull

  116. 135.
    see the Pearl Harbor memorial

  117. 136.
    ride a paddle boat

  118. 137.
    start a fire without matches

  119. 138.
    milk a cow

  120. 139.
    name a star

  121. 140.
    have multiple orgasms

  122. 142.
    Skywrite a message to someone

  123. 143.

  124. 144.
    learn how to drive stick-shift

  125. 146.

  126. 147.
    bury a time capsule

  127. 148.
    learn how to use a pogo stick

  128. 149.
    knit a sweater

  129. 151.
    leave a 100 percent tip

  130. 152.
    catch fireflies on a summer night

  131. 153.

  132. 155.
    stomp grapes in Tuscany

  133. 156.
    boogie board

  134. 157.
    swallow your pride

  135. 158.
    question your values

  136. 159.
    Slide down a long banister

  137. 160.

  138. 161.

  139. 162.
    Learn to say "NO" without guilt

  140. 163.

  141. 164.
    flirt shamelessly

  142. 165.
    quit at least one bad habit

  143. 166.
    be brave

  144. 167.
    stand up for yourself

  145. 169.
    Learn to cook..really cook

  146. 171.
    give birth naturally

  147. 172.

  148. 173.

  149. 174.
    save an animal's life

  150. 175.
    see the Great Sequoias

  151. 176.
    Have a mind-blowing sex!!

  152. 178.
    buy something on ebay

  153. 179.
    have a penpal

  154. 181.
    find a long lost friend

  155. 182.
    write your memoirs

  156. 183.
    read a book over 1000 pages

  157. 185.

  158. 186.
    go out to dinner by yourself

  159. 187.
    find your niche

  160. 190.
    visit Vatican City

  161. 192.
    lay eyes on Mont Blanc

  162. 194.

  163. 195.
    Defy convention

  164. 197.
    Read Machiavelli's "The Prince"

  165. 198.
    learn how to think before you act

  166. 200.
    kiss on a mountaintop

  167. 201.
    sing in the shower

  168. 202.
    laugh at yourself

  169. 205.
    go vegan

  170. 206.

  171. 207.
    spoil your pets

  172. 208.
    Wear a ballgown

  173. 209.
    go to a waterpark

  174. 210.
    get your face painted

  175. 211.
    have a movie marathon

  176. 213.
    go on a cruise

  177. 214.
    Write a letter to the editor

  178. 215.
    Get breakfast in bed

  179. 216.
    find a four leaf clover

  180. 217.
    go to a drive-in movie theatre

  181. 218.
    be an organ donor

  182. 219.
    bake cookies

  183. 220.

  184. 221.
    Wear pjs in public

  185. 222.
    finish a sudoku puzzle

  186. 223.
    Have a water balloon fight

  187. 224.
    Donate old clothes to charity

  188. 226.
    Visit 20 capital cities

  189. 227.
    make a snow angel

  190. 228.
    Practice random acts of kindness

  191. 229.
    be free from debt

  192. 231.
    own a hybrid car

  193. 233.

  194. 234.
    sing karaoke

  195. 235.
    live in a foreign country

  196. 236.

  197. 237.
    dance like no one is watching

  198. 238.
    Love truly, madly, deeply

  199. 239.
    do something to be proud about

  200. 240.
    sing in public

  201. 241.
    Kiss a stranger

  202. 242.

  203. 243.
    learn about your heritage

  204. 244.
    nap in the grass

  205. 245.
    Travel to Chichen Itza

  206. 246.
    Attend Carnival in Brazil

  207. 247.
    be outside for a whole day

  208. 248.
    kiss the blarney stone

  209. 249.
    visit a concentration camp

  210. 251.
    run with the bulls in Pamplona

  211. 254.
    Visit the Vietnam Memorial in DC

  212. 255.
    See the Ruins of Pompeii

  213. 256.

  214. 257.

  215. 258.
    climb a mountain

  216. 259.
    jump off a waterfall

  217. 260.

  218. 261.

  219. 262.
    Visit the Louvre

  220. 263.
    Go to Oktoberfest

  221. 264.
    ride bareback

  222. 265.

  223. 266.
    hug a koala

  224. 267.
    join the Mile High Club

  225. 268.
    scream from the top of a mountain

  226. 269.
    carpe diem

  227. 270.
    bathe in the blue lagoon

  228. 271.
    Eat a lollipop from a bank

  229. 273.

  230. 274.
    talk to a bird

  231. 275.
    Ride on the Orient Express

  232. 276.
    try soy milk or rice milk

  233. 277.
    headbang at a concert

  234. 278.

  235. 280.
    make homemade salad dressing

  236. 281.

  237. 282.

  238. 283.
    play tug-of-war

  239. 284.
    Cliff Dive

  240. 287.
    Stand on a glacier.

  241. 289.
    have a rooftop picnic

  242. 290.
    spend a whole Saturday in bed

  243. 291.
    restore a classic car

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