"To Do" List - before you die...

I’ve had a long list of “To Dos” of special things I would love to achieve/do/complete ever since I was a kid. No matter how many items I manage to tick off, I keep adding to the list. Here’s a sampling of favourite things I intend to accomplish:

1. Do a climb to the top of Harbour Bridge and back (scheduled towards end of 2008) http://www.bridgeclimb.com.au/default.htm
   
   
2. African photographic safari and include visiting the Land of the Pharaohs’, the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg/) and finish with a cruise down the River Nile.
   
   
3. Float in a hot air balloon over Paris
   
   
4. Schedule an Italian visit to Venice to dress up and party during Carnival time http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/showvideo.asp?id=126&anno=2008&tipo=GIVTV
   
   
5. Get a taste of what it’s like to be a female astronaut by experiencing weightlessness in a capsule.
   
   
6. Be in a financial position to allow maximum time towards pro bono work
   
   
7. Have sufficient ongoing time to allocate back towards St Vincent de Paul’s “Street Beat”
   
   
8. Walk the Great Wall of China (or at least part thereof)
   
   
9. Visit Japan’s Kyoto to experience a cultural interlude, staying in a genuine country minshuku ( Inn ) located in a tiny rural village, even try out dressing in a kimono, yukata and geta to enjoy a wander around the village (LOL that's really getting into the culture) to really experience the atmosphere of a bygone era. Then finish with a hike tour in the Nara/Kyoto area to culturally important sites that retain some of their integrity and which have not been spoiled by modern development.
   
   
10. Swim with dolphins in their natural habitat
    
    
11. Take in the Arts and Culture of Morocco, and while there, gotta visit Casablanca!
    
    
12. See the Taj Mahal at sunrise and other wonderful places in India without getting sick (food and drink often my downfall when travelling particularly in Eastern places)

What about you?!

 

Travel the world, make millions by starting a record company, be happy and make others around me happy.

If I achieve that then I know I will have lived for something

 

Great List!

And I reckon you'll do it too...you've started with your music which has given you good feedback with your gigs (people happy) and you've enjoyed doing it, (you're happy).

As for travel...reckon that'll happen too...takes planning as does future planning (step wise), towards starting a record company.

Trick is to list goals for referral/adding to with time frames...list becomes a constant affirmation whenever you tick off items done - best if approached in a project management kinda manner.

 

Sex. Definately Sex.

 

roflmao
Does that mean your "To Do List" is the "Kama Sutra "?!LOL

 

Whatever. However. Whenever. Whoever (with some proviso's).

 

LOLroflmao
Well, I reckon you're one dude who'll probably die young with a smile on your face through exhaustion...

 

Some standards? Surely?

 

Buy a Mac

 

LS, 2 great motivational books to add to your library, although I assume by your post you have at least one of them already.

Super Self, by Charles. A. Givens
and
First Things First, by Stephen R. Covey and A.Roger Merrill.

Bazza

 

Get Bill laid

 

Win the Skittle-war!

 

Seriously, there is more to life people! rolleyes

Here's my list, its kind of puny.

1. I'd really like to learn how to play the drums (I've only had one lesson so farLOL)
2. I'd like to go to school and have a job I enjoy doing.
3. Move away from here!
4. Try not to kill anyone! (some ppl are making it really hard for me not to want to right now!)D

Good luck, too bad you never will

I think thats bout it unless I can think of more.

 

Made you edit your post!

 

1. Help my son's grow into good men.
2. Find someone to settle down with (without marriage thank you.)
3. Find a job/education that makes me happy. (37 and still seeking)
4. Create something meaningful (other than my son's)
5. Squeeze every last ounce of potential out of each day.
6. Come to terms with all my demons, forgive all who have wronged me, gain forgiveness from all I have wronged.
7. Learn the meaning of life. (This one might be tricky.)
8. Learn to be truly silent and at peace with everything.
9. Come to terms with that fact that yes, I am actually going to die someday. Accept my mortality.
10. Tell someone a joke right before I die so that I go out with laughter and tears, same way I came in.
11. Answer more questions on this dag gum site than I have to ask, for a change.

 

One of them is comedy

 

Win one argument with my wife.
That's all. Nothing but the impossible! LOL

 

dyamond's number 3
and possibly 4

 

Oh sure, it's easy for people who occasionally have a shot to say.

And yes, I have standards. Must be she, not too much older than me, disease free. Personality definitely a plus.

I'm a simple man (most men are). A steak, a beer, nookie, and a day off to properly enjoy it and my life is complete.

 

Hey Baz! Will check out those two. Yep...have pretty extensive library which includes motivational books (though when I want something is always enough motivation for me to go get it.)

So what about you? I reckon you must have a "To Do List" of stuff to do before you die...my list never diminishes because removed items get replaced with new ones.

 

Hmmm...differentLOL

 

Aw...come on now...I'll bet your list extends beyond that! (Bet you wouldn't show that type of list to your GF!)

 

So?? Just jealous you’ll never win?

Sorry if I offended (LOL)you rikky but honestly I don’t find it funny.

Good to know Im not alone

 

Actually, you've got a pretty ambitious list...

#1 is pretty cool...have a girlfriend who learned percussion which included drums. Takes some talent too...so go girl!

#2 was always top of my list and always an ambition to complete different courses. Learning continues to be on my "To Do List" whenever courses come up that I want to do...This is a pretty tough "To Do" and not one to be taken lightly.

#3 That will happen when the time is right for you.

#4 Personally, I wouldn't put this one onto a "To Do List" because that type of aggravation doesn't deserve such an important focus...(instead I'ld be more inclined to put as much distance as possible between such persons to myself - which includes thought wise).

 

Great list...I'ld be inclined to put it into this order:

1. I'd like to attain a career in computing LOL and have fun trying
   
2. I'd like to return to the beautiful teardrop island of Sri Lanka
   
3. I'd like to swim with dolphins

Reason for my sequence change to your list:- because once you have successfully attained your qualifications in computing and move forward with your career, you'll be planning a holiday to Sri Lanka, and knowing you, somewhere down the track, you'll find someplace where you can also swim with the dolphins:

Don't be afraid to add to it either...challenges always makes life interesting

 

Wow! A "To Do List" that focuses within...like your list.

 

roflmao
Yep...well she is a woman, so maybe you need to think about a different "To Do"

 

To be honest there isn't really any experience I long to have,experiences come and go and memories fade.

I'd like to improve my current situation, while happy "ish" more money is always a good thing as it can improve your general lifestyle which is what I think is important general happiness,I'd trade skydiving,bungee jumping anything if someone could guarantee me 1% more happiness every day.

The thing I really want I can't play a role in,I'd like mankind to understand the universe more or totally and the only thing I can do toward that is read about scientific breakthroughs,I'd love it if quantum physics was totally understood in my lifetime and I was there to read about it.

 

Make it though college and hopefully enjoy the career I have chosen. I know I will enjoy it actually, but getting through the schooling is kicking my arse. I really hate it right now, but it will be ok in the end, i hope.

 

Hang in there with College...I know...it's pretty much like "mental boot camp" (been there, done thatrolleyes)...so just focus on kicking its arse and aiming for as high grades as possible (holds well for prospective employers).

You'll find what you want - when the time comes.

 

1.) Get back into the position that I miss the most - the position of being able to change people's lives for the better in major ways.
2.) See O'Tahiti.
3.) Leave a will that makes 'em all remember what they did, good or bad.
4.) Pass quietly, without fear or pain.
Beyond this list (to me) everything else is either gravy or bullscheiss.
But I'm ready to go any time the Big Guy crooks His finger at me and says,"You, Boy! Come Hyr!" (To me, God has always been an elderly Cracker - what can I say?)

 

Rikky, I am afraid I have a humbler "To Do List" compared to your wants of roles. Mine is do-able with planning, perseverance, time and patience on my side.

There will always be someone in a better or worse position than oneself...so the definition of "more money" to "improve your general lifestyle" varies by any individual's expectation, as does the definition of happiness and experiences.

My way of thinking, it boils down to who/what a person compares/competes against to make judgments of happiness, experiences. I have seen kids smiling, playing, happily together because comparisons/competition/judgment does not come into it, they were too poor to know any different. Adults' thinking is more sophisticated and comparisons invariably come into play - which I think sometimes can put limitations on what can be experienced.

 

And I'll bet you'll nail the first three!

#1 - I believe you've already started working on.

#2 - needs future planning (ie do-able too!).

#3 - Also do-able!. Besides, everyone should have a current Will in place. (That letter to "them" can be attached to your Will).

#4 - sounds like a tough one...unless planned (ie euthanasia, which I doubt you would consider), there's no guarantee as to how one eventually goes.

 

To be really really happy with my family and friends...
To make fortune to do crazy things...

 

Capucina, for real affect and your own benefit, you should list those "crazy things" for yourself (you don't need to note them here if you want them kept private)...Listing items, provides your mind with a clear picture/steps towards your goal(s), which is all part of the visualisation and affirmation process

 

A List to do eh, well hah I think Id love to show mine

1: Beat the crap out of Tom Cruise.

2: Beat the crap back into Tom Cruise.

3: Beat Tom Cruise with Hillary Clinton.

4: Destroy Hillary Clinton -.- I hate hillary

5: See Cannibal Corpse Live

6: Shake Dave Mustaines Hand.

7: Visit the grave of Dimebag Darrel

8: Get my kitty Night to stop attacking my dads wimpy cats. night always wins.

9: Actually Record ONE metal album with Nate and Cory like we planned.

10: Get shot. (Wearining bullet proof clothing of course)

11: Publish My Manga and get my own Anime spawned off of it

12: Find a girl who actually wants me for me rather than all those who just want a game which i have learned there are MANY of in this world.

13: Prove all who said I could never get anywhere in Life without a hsd or ged wrong.

 

Interesting list Doomsayer, guess you're a fan of Cruise and Clinton.

...And I hope you're still adding/planning other items to that list...makes life interesting

 

Mine:

0. Work at my current job for a full year.

1. Make it out of high school.

2. Go to college to become a Police officer.

3. Further that to become a computer analyzes for the Police/FBI.

4. Find a wife.

5. Move in to my own home.

6. Live a proud and happy life.

7. Live on a lake/beach.

8. Be able to help people with their computer problems like you lady's and gentle men do.

the list will go on, but that's it for now... hey I'm only 16

 

Excellent! :highfive You've really got your path marked out 8B...you certainly are on the ball and not behind it...good stuff!

Good too to see you have noted: "...the list will go on, but that's it for now..."clap

 

Thanks, that's how my list has looked since... I can't even remember. I hope it all works out as planed.

 

Get my Skippers Ticket
Get a decent full time job using said ticket
Pick my guitar up more often
Buy a house
Be happily married (Check, already am) well thats one
work in the carribean (at a later date)
Have my own boat (passenger)

 

Hmmmm....like your list:cool...consider coming Down Under while getting it or once you've got your "Skipper's Ticket" because there'll be something going within the tourist industry here

And if you've also got your own boat/sail boat, then you certainly can do well. (Lots of couples do it for a living.)

<I love sailing, being on the water, so can't think of a nicer way to spend one's life working...but I enjoy what I do also>

 

Good one...you may even find it eventuating sooner if you're in the boating community now. Networking is a great way to get things moving faster.

Have missed out this last racing season with sailing...actually have had to miss out on a lot of sailing lately, so I know how enthusiastic you must be feeling to make this all happen...hope it happens real soon for you.


Cheers

LS

 

Thankyou Legalsuit and yes i am in the boating community already at the moment i,m a deckhand, have been for about 6 years but its only seasonal:cry.Time to get my skippers ticket which will open up alot more opportunities and allow me to work on the water right through the year.