Before I die I want to...
 

I remember making lots of "to do" lists when I was younger. I had one for things I wanted to do before I die, can't really remember exactly what was on it, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to cross many things off of it yet. As of right now, my list would include...

sailing (never have)

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See Machu Picchu, in person.
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Explore the British Isles, my ancestral roots.
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Swim in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Greece.

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Read all the books on our bookshelves, and more.

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Create a beautiful painting.
Overcome my demons.

Does anyone want to share their list?

a bucket list?

here goes..

climb everest
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climb kilimanjaro (booked in for next year)
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stop world hunger
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save a life ( i did this a few months back) - someone was drowning

run a marathon - (set for january)
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go on a year long expedition no one has ever done and do it for charity

see my kid grow up and have kids
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im sure there is more but ill have to think about the rest

Superficially speaking...

I'd like to see the Earth from space. I'm hoping that in 30 years or so, there will be a space tourism industry that can offer this without breaking the bank. Visiting the moon would be the ultimate but I don't see that happening within my lifetime.

Wow dlish, you have actual plans in the works (dates and everything) to make your list happen. Mine are all in the daydreaming stage...well except the painting; I'm taking a watercolor course for the next few weeks...and I'm always reading, just not fast enough.

break 200mph in my car

...not on the street, this would be at venues like the Maxton Mile, Texas Mile, Miami Mile, Bonneville, that type of top speed/land speed event

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Let's see...

1) Go to Hawaii and explore.

2) Go to The Netherlands. Meet my long lost relatives and, of course, explore.

This is hard. I never thought much about it...

3)Like Dlish, I would love to see my son grow up. To see what he will became. To see the life he helps bring into this world.

4)Go swimming with dolphins. As corny as it sounds, I think it would be a great experience. Dolphins are such smart, respectable creatures.

5)Work behind the scenes at a zoo or wildlife center of some sort, preferably with the elephants. :)

I think that's it for now.

Wow, my wants seem insignificant to the wants of other TFPers. Nevertheless, I'd like to attend an Army-Navy game. That would be pretty cool.

It would be fun to ride a horse. I've always wanted to ride one, but I've never made the time. They're like big dogs you can ride on, what could be more fun?
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I'd like very much to build a home for myself with my own two hands. I've had the dream since I was a little boy, but kinda got sidetracked. My house now is fine, but I have to admit the prospect of designing and building a real, honest to goodness home for myself is incredibly tempting. Now that I'm older, I also want to make it energy efficient, perhaps even independent. Still, it would take quite a bit of architectural know-how and a good grasp of electrical engineering. Not impossible, but by no means a simple dream.
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Oh, I'd very much like to visit space, too. My hope is that private space shuttles will be affordable in my lifetime, otherwise this one seems out of my hands. Space tourism is an industry I'd like to support.
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Wrong. Get a motorcycle... they only try to kill you when you're on them.

Before I die, I'd like to pull my head out of my ass just once and see what the fuck else is going on outside my butt.

I'd like to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, take a cruise to Alaska and the Arctic, visit the Trappist breweries, explore Maui (honeymoon with starkizzer! yay!), fly a jet airplane, take a spaceflight, and hopefully someday walk on another planet or the moon.

I have already been on a safari, but I would like to go on another with starkizzer. We could go on safari when we go climb Kilimanjaro! :D

1. Live in Great Britain for a full year

2. Visit Sicily, where my Dad's family is from

3. Write a book - I have a few ideas floating around and it would be nice to actually get them out on paper sometime

4. Get my Masters

5. Raise a family

Get a kiss from someone who truly loves me for who I am and I for whom he is.


Everything else will pretty much be a happy surprise or a hard-earned reward.

As sappy as it sounds, I would like to see world peace. But not the bullshit kind where neighbours hate each other but have to play nice or the 3 or 4 world powers will squash them in whatever manner.

But real peace and brotherhood just to see what kind of world it could be with everyone on the same page.

Never happen though. Too many fucking assholes who think they are better or more important than the rest.

And I would like to see all the world ills solved,...Alzheimers, cancer, spinal injuries reversed etc

As for what I would like to do,...just be happy and realize every moment for what is it.

Oh wow.. so many things..

- Adopt a child
-Experience pregnancy
- Become a midwife
- Publish a novel
- Become a social worker
- Learn Sign language(in progress)
- Learn the violin
- Learn to play the piano
- Learn to dance, not just dance but DANCE - Be a great cook
-Learn to dive

Nice to see there are others who dream big. I'm still hopeful, but I'm thinking BadNick and Grancey will be the most likely to see their dreams come true. Good luck to the rest of us.

Noodle...you probably already have.

Negative, lovely lady, but I still have hope and that's all that matters. :)

- Raise good people out of my kids. Goes together with:
- Have a family
- Be a good role model for my children and a good husband to my wife
- Learn to play the piano
- Focus on a group of people in need and help them. Can't help everybody.
- Never be hated
- Have a lot of people at my funeral

I would like to learn Sign language, Morse code, Latin, how to play the piano, Karate, Ju-Jit-Su and Taekwon do.

Travel around the world, staying at one city for several months before moving to a different county and city.

If I have enough funds in the future, I would like to have a custom built house with secret rooms that can only be accessed by pulling on candle levers or a moving a book in a bookcase.

Go on tour...

Sail.

See the Earth from space.

Live to see the computing/technological singularity. (one can hope it'll happen!)

I like how the thread title was just "Before I Wanna Die I Want To... Stare At The Sun."

Before I die, I want to ... achieve immortality.

Before I die I want to dish out a sick burn to my arch-nemesis, then die before they can make a witty comeback. WHO HAS THE LAST LAUGH NOW!?!?

Go on a trip, with just me and my dog, to a dog friendly beach (off season.) Stay there in a dog friendly hotel for a full 5 days. Just something I gotta do. ...with mah dawg.

I want see a safer world for all children before I die

Hahaha woods epic xD. I wanna learn to pilot a plane. And not any plane, I wanna drive SFRJ Galeb. Although there are only like 10 left, 3 are nowhere to be found, 1 is owned by John Travolta and other are in the possesion of the Serbian nation, for military pilots' training.

its been a year and 3 days since i posted this.

Kilimanjaro - i have crossed Kilimanjaro off my list 2 weeks ago!
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marathon - despite an injury just after i posted which has taken a year to recover, again im looking at the dubai marathon in january. i ran a half marathon earlier in the year and have another half marathon race in a few days time. so hopefully ill be ok for a full marathon come january!

everest - im planning on doing everest base camp in july 2011.

world hunger - currently planning and probing possible charitable ways to contribute to this cause. I cant stop it all, but i can try.

see my child grow up - work in progress!

Fall asleep.

Me too. Only mine includes not actually dying.

I want to:

--take a multimodal trip through France: by barge, by canoe, by bicycle, and by train.
--climb Mt. Fuji and see the sunrise
--eat my way through Japan
--go sea kayaking in New Zealand
--eat my way through Italy
--hike the Bright Angel trail with monkie
--backpack in Zion National Park
--visit all of the National Parks in the Western U.S.
--road trip across Canada

I want to travel alot. Everywhere. Including a road trip across the US and back.

I want to spend some time working with Médecins Sans Frontières.

I want to see my children self-realized, fulfilled and happy.

I want to travel and see all the beautiful places that I've only seen in pictures......I want to have a child also....

-Speak at least 5 languages. Doesn't have to be fluent, I'll settle for conversational. I'm currently learning Japanese and it's a slow process, but I'm not giving up. Once I get the hang of Japanese it's either gonna be French or Cantonese.
-Live in Japan for a few years. Just applied for the JET program in Japan. Waiting for call backs.
-Read the famous classics: China's Four Great Classic Literature (1 down, 3 to go); Vietnam's The Tale of Kieu, Dante's Divine Comedy, Goethe's Faust, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the complete work of Shakespeare, etc. The Talmud, Bible, Quran are also on the list. Work in progress.
-Learn the Piano
-Become an accomplished chef. Work in progress.
-Learn sign language and the Morse Code.
-Do REAL jumps with my snowboard. Gonna attempt to this winter.
-Travel all over East Asia and Europe.
-Pick up drawing again, and this time not giving up until I'm good at it.
-Ballroom dancing.