While I’m alive…
I’ve stumbled upon a short list of wishful achievements/goals written in my journal and achieved about half the items. We only have a short time on this earth. And I thought, what is it that I want to do in life? Living in the UK for a year made me realize all my missed opportunities, adventures and experiences, in pursuit goals that were not for me.
Hence, this list of “101 things to do while I’m still alive” was created! Its an extension of my journal version. If you are, in any way, able to help me cross out items on the list, I would be extremely grateful! 
- Step foot on every continent (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America & South America).
- Get a piercing.
- Ride a motorbike.
- Overcome my fear of deep waters.
- Be a vegetarian.
- Read and write Chinese fluently.
- Be an extra in a movie.
- Live in a place for more than 5 years.
- Write a book.
- Play music by ear.
- Do a headstand.
- Soak my feet/touch the waters of all the world’s oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic)
- Ride a horse.
- Climb a tree.
- Get a tattoo.
- Find (a) mentor(s) and mentee(s).
- Fall in love.
- Experience the Notting Hill Carnival.
- Lasik.
- Run 10km in an hour.
- Visit a nude beach.
- Forgive.
- Live in a long house.
- Roll a perfect ciggie.
- Make the perfect Italian cappuccino.
- Pay off/clear my debts.
- Sailing.
- Get a mud bath in the Dead Sea.
- Get my 5 minutes of fame on telly.
- Learn pole dancing.
- Live in a meditative retreat for a month.
- Dance and sing wildly at the ‘Rainforest World Music Festival‘
- Achieve the ultimate minimalist living.
- Drive on both sides of the road.
- Get a PhD.
- Fly a plane.
- Read all the Booker Prize winning books.
- Find my soulmate.
- Be photographed for a magazine.
- Be on a radio show.
- Master running errands in stilettos.
- Financial freedom!
- Build upper & lower body strength.
- Soak in the Japan’s Famous Hot Springs.
- Learn to bake a strawberry cheese cake.
- Watch all the movies on IMDB’s top 250.
- Be cited.
- Own property(ies).
- Learn to cook.
- Perfect the art of living out of a duffel bag.
- Snorkel without fear.
- Sky diving.
- Have a child (adopt/birth).
- Make my own wine.
- Write songs.
- Love unconditionally.
- Ride a bicycle fearlessly.
- Perm my hair.
- Learn the constellations.
- Speak, read and write Spanish fluently.
- Swim fearlessly.
- See the Egyptian Pyramids.
- Complete an MSc in Psychology.
- Hang glide.
- Live in New York.
- Learn to draw or sketch.
- Live in London.
- Volunteer/work for an international humanitarian program.
- Learn to paint in oils or acrylic.
- Visit Machu Picchu in Peru.
- Hike the Great Wall of China.
- Learn to sing while playing the piano.
- Collect beaded necklaces at the Carnaval in Rio.
- Ice skate at Hyde Park, London during the Christmas Season.
- Chug down a larger at the Oktober Fest in Munich, Germany.
- Own a digital SLR.
- Drive on both sides of the car.
- Enter a dance competition.
- Get a Balinese massage in Bali, Indonesia.
- Publish a paper.
- Live in or build a green and sustainable house.
- Attend a famous Film Festival.
- Cycle around Amsterdam.
- See the famous paintings and sculptures at the Lourve in Paris.
- Make the perfect croissant.
- Traverse the African Savannah.
- Learn to do my own manicures & pedicure.
- Wear makeup more often.
- Attend a Salsa Congress.
- Grow my own herbs and vegetables.
- Master one form of astrology (Chinese/Western).
- Tour Europe on a motorbike.
- Master travel photography.
- Ride a hot air balloon.
- Reignite my passion for hiking.
- Organize my music collection on iTunes.
- Inherit Mom’s recipes.
- Get drenched at the Full Moon Party in Koh Sa Mui, Thailand.
- Learn belly dancing.
- Master tarot reading.
- Do absolutely nothing for a whole day.
