Nostalgia

It’s so funny to go through this list from 2009, and strike things I’ve done. At one point in my life, I thought I would never ride an upside down roller coaster, or travel to NYC alone. Crazy, right? I think I need to re-make this list, or at least update it, though. Maybe just make a new one. Some of the items on here are too cheesy for me now, and some are too rooted in context. 

But the next years of my life – who knows what they’ll bring? Maybe next year, in honor of turning 20, I’ll make a new list. Or just edit this one, since I’ll probably keep most things. Things to do, to finish, to learn, to live – it’ll be fun (: 

Here's to the #Goodlife

SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2009

100 Things to do Before I Die

100 - drive down a long winding road with the window down and music blasting the entire way
99 - travel to NYC alone (or with friends)
98 - break and enter (haha kevin...) – I have no idea what the backstory was here. Hence, why I need to edit this list…
97 – go clubbing all night
96 – go parasailing over the grand canyon
95 – attend one major sporting event (Olympics, figure skating, US open…)
94 – swim with dolphins
93 – go skydiving
92 – be a member of a TV show audience – hopefully later this summer!
91 – plant a tree
90 – learn to salsa
89 – learn to ballroom dance
88 – fall deeply in love
87 – be someone’s role model
86 – learn to play the guitar
85 – spend time actually helping a cause
84 – ride an upside-down roller coaster ><
83 – find a job you love, and excel at it (thank you, linda <3 haha)
82 – grow a garden
81 – attend a huge rock concert
80 – ski down a double black diamond
79 – run marathon and finish it
78 – watch all the movies you keep saying you’ll watch “one day”
77 – have a movie marathon of favorite kids movies
76 – see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre
75 – meet a famous ballerina
74 – start talking to a complete stranger and wind up as friends
73 – buy the best seats in the house to a broadway show
72 – see Antarctica
71 – stay in the Ice Hotel in Greenland
70 – live like a local in a country for a month
69 – climb one of the world’s seven summits
68 – surf! Preferably in Hawaii or somewhere exotic
67 – Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
66 – make enough money to support all these vacations and a family… - [edit] and living in NYC and a future summer home in Disneyworld. Right…
65 – volunteer abroad for 2 months
64 – buy a boat and learn to sail
63 – have breakfast in bed (preferably served to you by someone else xD)
62 – Bathe in the Ganges, visit Varanasi
61 – Learn to cook well!
60 – Choreograph dances for multiple dancers, not only solos
59 – start a dance school
58 – become a travel journalist, even if not for your whole career
57 – meet JK Rowling
56 – Get a bunch of friends together and just have a good time
55 – get an old friend on the phone and just talk for hours
54 – spend a night in a haunted house
53 – fly a plane…
52 – finish all the unfinished things in your life
51 – slap someone who deserves it really hard across the face
50 – admit you are wrong
49 – keep blogging forever ;)
48 – break a world record
47 – do a really good thing for someone anonymously
46 – see your favorite actor/ actress in person
45 – visit India consistently
44 – get married
43 - have children, or adopt children, or both
42 – befriend someone i don't like (in honor of a walk to remember xD)
41 – see/ read all the Jane Austin remakes…
40 – drive down Route 66
39 – question everything you’ve taken for granted
38 – do a split…
37 – see a shuttle launch
36 – record your own music CD
35 – dye your hair an obnoxious color
34 – ride (or learn to drive!) a motorcycle
33 – get a tattoo
32 – get into the college you love 
31 – save a life
30 – dazzle a crowd of people on the dance floor – thank you, indian weddings
29 – finish writing this list…
28 – go to Disney world even after being an “adult”
27 – invent something to better the world
26 – visit the Egyptian pyramids
25 – learn to take criticism gracefully
24 – go club hopping (ala number 97) and dance, dance, dance
23 – go through all the old files you have saved on your computer and laugh – like I’m doing now!
22 – remember to tell your family and friends how much you love them
21 – write your will
20 – spend karaoke night at a club or bar and actually sing
19 – get lost and don’t care
18 – go cliff diving
17 – be a teacher
16 – kiss that special someone on new year’s eve in times square
15 – write a letter or two
14 – take singing lessons again – starting soon!
13 – read all 7 harry potter books cover to cover without interruptions!
12 – take photographs of everything
11 – make many scrapbooks
10 – go live at your nearest Micheal’s in gratitude…
9 – relearn how to play the piano [well]
8 – have a real snowball fight
7 – do all the things you wish you had done as a teen
6 – smile at every person you meet
5 – give your mother a big hug and tell her how much you really do love her
4 – watch A Walk to Remember without crying
3 – be part of a protest march or strike
2 – read this list and actually finish it!
1 – dance at Carnegie Hall