"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read and all the friends I want to see."
-John Burroughs, American Naturalist, (1837-1921)
I discovered this list and decided I had to make one for myself. To check out more lists like this, go here. And yes, I did steal ideas from other people, because some were too good not to include.
I had so many travel items here that I had to make a separate list. There will soon be a page just for travel adventures.
001) Go through a life-size maze
002) Learn to make my Nanna's pickles
003) Do a St Johns First Aid course
004) Attend a major Australian awards show (Logies, Arias)
005) Learn to make soap
006) Go paintballing
007) Knit a jumper and some socks
008) Learn how to change a tyre, the oil, water etc in our car
009) Keep a journal every day for a year
010) Craft for charity
011) Go on a roadtrip with my sister and sister-in-law
012) Make all greeting cards that I give for a year
013) Run 5k's
014) See a symphony performance
015) Have a holiday on a houseboat
016) Volunteer to help the homeless in some capacity
017) Read the entire Bible
018) Ride in a hot air balloon
019) Learn to make fondue, then throw a fondue party
020) Sew an entire outfit that I will actually wear
021) Learn AUSLAN (Australian Sign Language)
022) Learn more about at least two other religions
023) Go on a whale-watching cruise
024) Be in Sydney for the New Years fireworks
025) Host a 3 course black tie dinner party for 8 people
026) Meet a member of the Royal family
027) Learn to play the flute
028) See a show at the Opera House
029) Learn to speak Italian fluently
030) Learn to speak Spanish fluently
031) Give blood
032) Learn bookbinding
033) Learn to play pool
034) Ride a camel
035) Make a cookbook for mum of friends' favourite recipes
036) Go to a Bulldogs grand final
037) Go to every Bulldogs home game for a season
038) Trace my family tree back to the 1700's
039) Take a course in self-defence
040) Grow enough strawberries to make jam every year
041) Attend concerts of my favourite Christian bands
042) Start a business
043) Own some chooks so we can have fresh eggs
044) Learn to play beach volleyball
045) Take a photo with nanna, mum, myself & my daughter
046) Volunteer in a women's shelter in some capacity
047) Score over 130 in ten-pin bowling
048) Live without TV for a week
049) Make a gingerbread house
050) Learn to iceskate, then play ice-hockey
051) Design one completely original item of clothing to make
052) Have singing lessons
053) Meet Jennifer Garner
054) Create a completely original recipe
055) Stay on a real dairy farm and learn to milk a cow
056) Stay at a real sheep-station and learn to shear a sheep
057) Throw a party for more than 100 guests
058) Learn to make paper, and make my own stationery set
059) Go parasailing
060) Complete a large frame-worthy cross-stitch
061) Attend Sonfest
062) Learn to ride a horse
063) Write memoirs for my children
064) Make fresh pasta
065) Write a piece of music to be performed in public
066) Be a spectator at the Olympics when Australia competes
067) Own a grand piano
068) Go zorbing
069) Make another movie
070) Read the Book of Mormon to see what it's all about
071) Learn to crochet, and make a headscarf
072) Make a loaf of bread from scratch
073) Play a piano concert for an audience of 100 or more
074) Take dancing lessons
075) Plant a vegetable & herb garden
076) Plant fruit trees, and one day eat from them
077) Ride an elephant
078) Become a more confident swimmer
079) Take a photography class
080) Make the majority of my food from scratch for a week
081) Dye my hair an outrageous colour
082) Grow a garden which takes up more space than the lawn
083) Learn to snowboard
084) Touch a tiger, and have my picture taken with it
085) Sew a large patchwork quilt to adorn my wall or my bed
086) Learn to play chess
087) Make my own lip gloss
088) Become known as "The Theme Party Queen"
089) Write a book about something that really interests me
090) Get a henna tattoo
091) Attend a charity ball
092) Go skinny dipping
093) Go stargazing and learn to identify The Southern Cross
094) Participate in a mission trip to another country
095) Bathe in a hot spring
096) Complete the commando course at Camp Toukley
097) Learn Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
098) Learn to shoot at a firing range
099) Be in the audience on The Dr Phil Show
100) Stay in a bungalow over the water
101) Stay somewhere with a poolside bar that you swim up to
102) Read all the books on my reading list
103) See all the movies on my movie list
104) Go to a cricket match at the SCG
105) Make most of the Christmas presents I give one year
