I just found this - the blog I started two years ago. Like a lot of things in my life (learning the piano, cleaning my room, online dating), I started this with every intention of continuing - of trying to accomplish everything on the list. But life tends to get in the way.
First it was study and work, then it was family and work and then it was grieving and getting over losing the people I love. Now it's just work!
And so here I am, over two years older and hopefully two years wiser - trying to remember what prompted me to start a blog in the first place.
If I read back over my first couple of entries, the idea of creating this blog was to put into action suggested "life activities" from a book my brother and sister in law gave me called 101 Things To Do Before You Die. I still have the book (somewhere) and I have the list. And if experience has taught me anything in the past few years, it's that LIFE IS SHORT! You can wander around thinking you have unlimited time to do everything - only to one day realise that you're getting old or that you're sick or that you let opportunities and people slip away.
I'd like to sit here and say - NO MORE! No more will I think my time is unlimited, no more will I start something I have no intention of finishing and no more will I put off something today because it can wait until tomorrow.
Let's face it - I'm lying to myself. That will always happen.
But in the interest of trying to have as many experiences as possible - I am going to try and get back on track by working through this list.
1. Write a Bestseller
2. Swim with....
3. Win an Award, Trophy or Prize
4. Catch a Fish With Your Bare Hands
5. Make a Discovery
6. Throw a House Party When Your Parents Are Out
7. Be Part of a Threesome
8. Realise Your Childhood Dream
9. Learn That Instrument
10. Leave Your Mark in Graffiti
11. Storm Chase a Tornado
12. Get a Piece of Art into an Exhibition
13. Meet Someone with Your Own Name
14. Ride the World's Biggest Rollercoasters
15. Stage Dive or Crowd Surf
16. Get into the Guinness Book of Records
17. Own a Pointless Collection
18. Study the Kama Sutra and Put Theory into Practice
19. Master Poker and Win Big in a Casino
20. Get Backstage and Get Off with a Rock God
21. Be a Human Guinea Pig
22. Go Up in a Hot Air Balloon
23. Get Arrested
24. See a Space Shuttle Launch
25. Capture the Moment in an Award-winning Photograph
26. Bungee Jump
27. See an Erupting Volcano
28. Sky Dive
29. Meet Your Idol
30. Stay in the Best Suite in a Five Star Hotel
31. Experience Weightlessness
32. See the Aurora Borealis
33. Get to Score a Hole in One
34. Design Your Own Cocktail
35. Play a Part in Your Favourite TV Show
36. Visit Every Country
37. Make Fire Without Matches
38. See These Animals in the Wild....
39. Go to the Dogs
40. Get a Free Upgrade on a Plane
41. Be Friends With Your Ex
42. Hit Your Targets
43. Throw a Dart into a Map and Travel to Where it Lands
44. Attend a Film Premiere
45. Do a Runner From a Fancy Restaurant
46. Scuba Dive
47. Milk a Cow
48. Be Present When Your Country Wins the World Cup
49. See Both Solar and Lunar Eclipses
50. Write Your Name Over a Star on the Walk of Fame
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