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Actually, 1001 is an awful lot of things. I quit my list at 500. I’m 40, so I’ve done quite a bit of this stuff—mostly when I was a kid. Now that was living.

  1. 1.
    Milk a cow or a goat

  4. 4.
    bake my own bread

  5. 5.
    see an egyptian mummy in a museum

  6. 6.
    Give a baby a bath

  8. 8.
    eat gelato in Italy

  9. 9.
    Visit the Grand Canyon

  10. 10.
    read Marcel Proust

  11. 11.
    Knit or crochet

  12. 12.
    Sponsor a child

  13. 13.
    invest in the stock market

  14. 14.
    Eat Sushi from a Sushi Bar

  15. 15.
    write a poem

  18. 18.
    Take a walk through Central Park

  19. 19.
    do yoga

  20. 20.
    cuddle with a puppy

  21. 21.
    Read War & Peace

  22. 22.
    go rock climbing outdoors

  23. 23.
    Attend a Rock Concert

  24. 24.
  25. 25.
    Write a book of my own

  26. 26.
    Kiss in the rain

  27. 27.
    Go Spelunking (cave exploring)

  28. 28.
    Trespass on private property

  29. 29.
    grow an herb garden

  30. 30.
    Bale hay

  31. 31.
    Ride a horse

  32. 32.
    get drunk once

  34. 34.
    Fly First class somewhere

  35. 35.
    Represent myself in a court case

  36. 36.
    Write a letter to the editor

  38. 38.
    Be In A Stage Play

  39. 39.
  40. 40.
    Bake with an EZ Bake oven

  42. 42.
    Make proper eggnog

  43. 43.
    Eat at a restaurant alone

  44. 44.
    Have my own blog

  45. 45.
    contribute something to Wikipedia

  46. 46.
    Leave a tip bigger than the check

  47. 47.
    babysit for a friend

  48. 48.
    become a groupie

  49. 49.
    have breakfast in bed

  50. 50.
  51. 51.
    Read 1,000 books

  52. 52.
    See a stand-up comedian

  53. 53.
    teach a class

  54. 54.
    go skinny dipping

  55. 55.
    Take a cruise.

  56. 56.
    Go to Disneyland

  57. 57.
    Visit the zoo

  58. 58.
    Go on a Spa Retreat

  59. 59.
    shop at goodwill

  60. 60.
  61. 61.
    Invent or patent Something

  62. 62.
    buy something from ebay

  63. 63.
  64. 64.
    wear vintage clothing

  65. 65.
    dance at a wedding

  66. 66.
  67. 67.
    Go scuba diving

  68. 68.
    go on a foreign mission trip

  69. 69.
  70. 70.
    Grow your own salad

  71. 71.
  72. 72.
    balance my checkbook

  73. 73.
    overcome a fear

  74. 74.
    climb a mountain

  75. 75.
  76. 76.
    become eccentric

  77. 77.
    sing karaoke in public.

  78. 78.
    Slow dance without music

  80. 80.
    Eat a whole pint of Ben & Jerry's

  81. 81.
    Run a mile without stopping

  82. 82.
    Own a house with a sunroom

  83. 83.
    go camping

  84. 84.
    sleep in the nude

  85. 85.
  86. 86.
    water ski

  87. 87.
    Make love in front of a log fire

  88. 88.
    fly a kite

  89. 89.
    skip, skip, skip to my lou.

  91. 91.
  92. 92.
    visit a desert

  93. 93.
    literally shop 'til I drop

  94. 94.
    make out a will

  95. 95.
  96. 96.
    laugh until i cry

  97. 97.
    sleep until noon

  98. 98.
    Go to a drive-in-movie

  100. 100.
    Make my own pizza from scratch

  101. 101.
  102. 102.
    bring sexy back

  103. 103.
    design my own website

  104. 104.
    Go on a glass-bottomed boat

  105. 105.
    Hike in the rainforest.

  106. 106.
    Own a down comforter

  107. 107.
    Help a person in a crisis

  108. 108.
    play beach volleyball

  109. 109.
  111. 111.
  112. 112.
    Roast marshmallows

  113. 113.
    Work on an archeological dig

  114. 114.
    sell something on ebay

  115. 115.
    see a double rainbow

  116. 116.
    Make a wish upon a star

  117. 117.
    Play hide and seek in a cemetary

  118. 118.
    Join a book club and participate

  119. 119.
    join a gym... and actually go

  120. 120.
    go trick-or-treating

  121. 121.
    Go to a costume party

  122. 122.
  124. 124.
    get a professional massage

  125. 125.
    Have a pedicure

  126. 126.
    Ace a test

  127. 127.
    Give a speech in public

  128. 128.
    write my memoirs

  129. 129.
    Go on an African Safari

  130. 130.
    own the OED

  131. 131.
    Learn to drive a stick shift

  132. 132.
    Change the oil in my car

  133. 133.
    feed a pig

  134. 134.
    Make yogurt

  135. 135.
    learn how to tie a man's tie

  136. 136.
    Learn how to play bridge

  137. 137.
    Have a proper high tea

  138. 138.
    Snorkel in Hawaii

  139. 139.
    Bask in the Tuscan sun.

  140. 140.
    recite poetry at open mic night

  141. 141.
    read a book to a child

  142. 142.
  143. 143.
    Collect something pointless

  145. 146.
    Adopt a stray animal

  146. 147.
    Paint a picture I can frame

  147. 148.
    put photos in albums

  148. 149.
    write a love letter by hand

  149. 150.
    stand underneath a waterfall

  150. 151.
    Bounce on a pogo stick

  151. 152.
    hold a large snake or spider

  152. 153.
    do an anonymous act of kindness

  153. 154.
    meditate

  154. 155.
    Go on a scavenger hunt

  155. 156.
    make Ukranian Easter Eggs

  156. 157.
    play twister

  157. 158.
    Take a gondola ride in Venice.

  158. 159.
    play in the dirt

  159. 160.
  160. 161.
    Get over a heartbreak

  161. 162.
    read all of any religious book

  162. 163.
  163. 164.
    Go cow-tipping

  164. 165.
    Abandon a full cart in Wal-Mart

  166. 168.
    Read Wodehouse

  167. 169.
    break a taboo

  168. 170.
    Dare to ask somebody out

  169. 171.
    Make and wear a piece of jewelry

  171. 173.
    Run for an elected office

  173. 175.
    sing in a quartet

  174. 176.
    shoot a gun

  175. 177.
    eat pancakes for dinner

  176. 178.
    accidently break a bone

  178. 180.
  180. 182.
  181. 183.
    Learn some kind of martial art

  182. 184.
    play softball

  183. 185.
    go on a picnic

  184. 186.
    Use an outhouse

  185. 187.
    Research my family tree

  186. 188.
    read the LOTR trilogy

  187. 189.
    eat vegetarian for one week

  188. 190.
    declare bankruptcy

  189. 191.
    play dance dance revolution

  190. 192.
    go on a yacht

  191. 193.
    Float in the Dead Sea

  192. 194.
    Make a pilgrimage

  193. 195.
    visit an Amish farm

  194. 196.
    have a caricature drawn

  195. 197.
  196. 198.
    make a willow basket

  197. 199.
    jump in a lake.

  198. 200.
    make s'mores

  199. 201.
    Write a thank-you note

  200. 202.
    Eat freshly-caught seafood

  201. 203.
    eat in a five star restaurant

  202. 204.
    give an apple to a teacher

  203. 205.
  205. 207.
    Read nursery rhymes to a baby

  206. 208.
    Sing cheesy songs by a campfire

  207. 209.
    snog a drummer

  208. 210.
    have a lover

  209. 211.
    keep it real

  210. 212.
    Reconnect with an old friend

  211. 213.
    Try online dating

  212. 214.
    Go on a blind date (just once)

  213. 215.
    master the art of etch-a-sketch

  215. 217.
    herd cattle

  216. 218.
    conduct a science experiment

  217. 219.
    join a band

  218. 220.
  219. 221.
    give birth naturally

  220. 222.
    learn how to jive...what is jive?

  221. 223.
  222. 224.
    vote for pedro

  223. 225.
  224. 226.
    Watch Duck Soup

  225. 227.
    Get a celebrity autograph

  226. 228.
    acheive notoriety

  227. 229.
    Be more enlightened

  228. 230.
    Have a depressive episode

  229. 231.
    Renounce filthy lucre

  230. 232.
    become officially bourgeois

  231. 233.
    dare to eat a peach

  232. 234.
  233. 235.
    Join a church

  234. 236.
    Take up a creative hobby

  235. 237.
    Pan for gold in the Rockies.

  236. 238.
    wear diamonds

  237. 239.
    admit I'm wrong

  238. 240.
    ride in a taxi

  239. 241.
    Order the shrimp

  240. 242.
    mow a lawn

  241. 243.
    Hire a maid to clean

  242. 244.
    Have a secret handshake

  243. 245.
    play an RPG

  245. 247.
    Serve on a local committee

  246. 248.
    Have jury duty

  247. 249.
    Pick Apples

  248. 250.
    Play Laser Tag

  249. 251.
    spit watermelon seeds

  250. 252.
    wade in a public fountain

  251. 253.
    Compete in a sack race

  253. 255.
    Change a flat tire

  254. 256.
    Demonstrate or picket

  255. 257.
    ride on a motorcycle

  256. 258.
  257. 259.
    Bob For Apples

  258. 260.
    go to a slumber party

  260. 262.
  261. 263.
  262. 264.
  263. 265.
    make a prank phone call

  264. 266.
    catch fireflies on a summer night

  265. 267.
    Ride a train

  266. 268.
    ride an elephant

  267. 269.
    Dunk Oreos in milk

  268. 270.
    see the northern lights

  270. 272.
    see the pyramids

  271. 273.
    help with a fundraiser

  272. 274.
    Go skydiving

  273. 275.
    make homemade ice cream

  274. 276.
    Be debt free

  275. 277.
    Attend a film premiere

  276. 278.
  277. 279.
    spend one night in Bangkok

  278. 281.
    get jiggy wid it

  281. 284.
    Go river rafting or canoeing

  282. 285.
    walk five miles

  283. 287.
    ride bumper cars

  284. 288.
    Visit the Louvre

  285. 289.
  286. 290.
    smash something on purpose

  287. 291.
    Buy a pair of red shoes

  288. 292.
    Hike in the Swiss Alps

  289. 293.
    make love outdoors

  290. 294.
    ride a streetcar named Desire

  291. 295.
    drive across the US

  292. 296.
    swing on a swing

  293. 297.
    take a bubble bath with candles

  294. 298.
    have a room with a view

  295. 299.
    read "to kill a mockingbird"

  296. 300.
    play scrabble... and win.

  297. 301.
    jump on a trampoline

  299. 303.
    bake cookies

  300. 304.
    ride in a hot air balloon

  301. 305.
    shop at Harrods

  302. 306.
    wang chung tonight

  303. 307.
    wear and eat a candy necklace

  304. 308.
    give money to a homeless person

  305. 309.
    make my own doughnuts

  306. 310.
    buy a wok and use it

  307. 311.
    Burn incense

  308. 312.
    get a bikini wax

  309. 313.
    party like it's 1999

  310. 314.
    do the thriller dance

  311. 315.
    catch snowflakes with my tongue

  312. 316.
    roll down a hill in a barrel

  313. 317.
    go sledding or snow tubing

  314. 318.
    Make my own cheesecake

  315. 319.
    have a car wash

  316. 320.
    feed stray cats

  317. 321.
    solve world hunger & tell no one

  318. 322.
    build a better mousetrap

  319. 323.
    renovate the kitchen

  320. 324.
    enter an eating contest

  321. 325.
    bump and grind

  322. 326.
    eavesdrop

  323. 327.
    cheer up a depressed person

  325. 329.
    pull off an april fools prank

  326. 330.
    go to an opera

  327. 331.
    improvise jazz

  328. 332.
    Visit a volcano

  329. 333.
    swing from a vine

  330. 334.
  331. 335.
    Fix something with duct tape

  332. 336.
    Find my wings

  334. 338.
    take the trans-siberian railroad

  337. 341.
  338. 342.
    find the remote control

  339. 343.
    build a ship in a bottle

  340. 344.
    Jump, jive, and wail

  341. 345.
    Kiss a frog and hope for the best

  342. 346.
    make a fashion statement

  343. 347.
    write a complaint letter

  344. 348.
    Compliment a stranger

  345. 349.
    Eat cereal before bed

  346. 350.
    Read The Woman in White

  348. 352.
    cheat death

  349. 353.
    get a grip

  350. 354.
    stop and smell the roses

  351. 355.
    teach a child a new word

  352. 356.
    Imagine with John Lennon

  353. 357.
  354. 358.
    inspire someone

  355. 359.
    find a guru

  356. 360.
  357. 361.
    pass Go and collect $200

  358. 362.
    Break the sound barrier in a jet

  359. 363.
    Read every play by Shakespeare

  360. 364.
    plant a rosebush

  361. 365.
    plant a tree on arbor day

  362. 366.
    go up the Empire State Building

  363. 367.
    visit Prince Edward Island

  364. 368.
    see a comet

  365. 369.
  366. 370.
    dress up like a clown

  367. 372.
    Get my sweet revenge

  368. 373.
    visit the Coliseum in Rome

  370. 375.
    Build something from wood

  371. 376.
    Stay in a five star hotel

  372. 377.
    jump in a puddle

  373. 378.
    chill out

  374. 379.
    visit a hippie commune

  375. 380.
    get the chicken pox vaccine

  377. 382.
    quilt

  379. 384.
  380. 385.
    Go to a funeral

  381. 386.
    Go to the circus

  382. 387.
  383. 388.
    make paper dolls

  384. 389.
    wear black nail polish

  385. 390.
  386. 391.
    get a funky short hairstyle

  387. 392.
    hit a pinata

  388. 393.
    play shuffleboard

  389. 394.
    Play peek-a-boo

  391. 396.
    write a song parody

  392. 397.
    make a shrine or altar

  393. 398.
  394. 399.
    Flirt with the UPS man

  395. 402.
    give or recieve a dozen roses

  396. 403.
    consider the lilies

  397. 404.
    see gorillas in the wild

  398. 405.
    learn how to belly dance

  399. 406.
    make caramel apples

  400. 407.
    feed a baby lamb with a bottle

  401. 408.
    reminisce with an old friend

  402. 409.
    gather eggs from chickens

  403. 410.
    make a mobile

  404. 411.
    read boswell's life of johnson.

  405. 412.
  406. 413.
    sneak into the movies

  407. 414.
    Be a camp counselor

  408. 415.
    Win school spelling bee

  409. 416.
    get into governor's school

  410. 417.
    write a novel

  411. 418.
    become more geeky

  412. 419.
    learn the mambo

  413. 420.
    Keep a journal

  414. 421.
    give an ultimatum

  415. 422.
    subscribe to a magazine

  416. 423.
    Hail a cab in New York

  417. 424.
    be a contestant on a game show

  418. 425.
    Have a water balloon fight

  419. 426.
  420. 427.
    explore the Carlsbad Caverns

  422. 429.
    watch people watching people

  423. 430.
    carve a jack-o'-lantern

  424. 431.
    play the harmonica

  425. 432.
    Spend a week on a small island

  426. 433.
    Make love in a hot tub

  427. 434.
    sit for a painted portrait

  428. 435.
    outlive my enemies

  429. 436.
    Deviously outwit someone evil

  430. 437.
    paint a room.

  432. 439.
    Eat more Brussels sprouts

  433. 440.
    visit a flea market

  434. 441.
    go in a maze

  436. 443.
    Go to Midnight Mass at Notre Dame

  437. 444.
    kvetch

  438. 445.
    buy a backscratcher

  439. 446.
    leave my hometown

  440. 447.
    play ping-pong

  441. 448.
    Eat oysters

  443. 450.
    Remember the Alamo

  444. 451.
    Protest a war

  445. 452.
    be a curmudgeon

  446. 453.
    watch cartoons as an adult

  447. 454.
    play in a sandbox

  448. 455.
    eat squid [ew]

  449. 456.
    bang your head

  450. 457.
  451. 458.
    Wear a crazy hat in public

  452. 459.
    have a fetish

  453. 460.
    march in a parade

  454. 461.
    watch Casablanca

  455. 462.
    watch a civil war reenactment

  456. 463.
    order lobster for dinner

  457. 464.
    hunt Truffles

  458. 465.
    Open a savings account

  459. 466.
    Go skeet shooting.

  460. 467.
    do magic tricks

  461. 468.
    grow gourmet mushrooms

  462. 469.
    Walk the red carpet

  463. 470.
    go parasailing and/or hanggliding

  464. 471.
    hug a monkey

  465. 472.
    get my teeth whitened

  466. 473.
  467. 474.
    See the Pope

  468. 475.
    Solve a mystery

  470. 477.
    write an essay

  471. 478.
    own 500 thread count sheets

  472. 479.
    squeeze the charmin

  473. 480.
    have to spend a night in hospital

  474. 481.
    get snowed in at the airport

  475. 482.
    talk to myself

  476. 483.
    ride out a hurricane at the beach

  477. 484.
    blow glass

  478. 485.
    refinish furniture

  479. 486.
    dance around a maypole

  481. 488.
  482. 489.
  483. 490.
    Send a singing telegram.

  484. 491.
    go commando

  485. 492.
    buy american

  486. 493.
    Watch Citizen Kane

  487. 494.
    climb a tree

  489. 496.
    stay up all night

  490. 497.
    be the miracle

  491. 498.
    Pay it Forward

  492. 499.
    break dance

  493. 500.
    break the mold

  494. 501.
    learn the tango

  495. 502.
    Pack a charity box

  496. 503.
    find a treasure in a thrift store

  497. 504.
    file divorce papers

  498. 505.
    Represent yourself in court

  499. 506.
    write for the school paper

  500. 507.
    honk your own horn

  501. 508.
    visit the hall of mirrors

  502. 509.
  503. 510.
    join twitter

  504. 511.
    take a nap under a tree

  505. 512.
    cross dress

  506. 513.
    pray while weeping

  507. 514.
    feed hummingbirds

  508. 515.
  509. 516.
    eat a raw egg

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