Things to do before I die...

With university finally finished I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about what I actually want to do with my life. The idea that I may never get a chance to do all the things that I want to do is equal parts overwhelming and terrifying.


So I made a list. It seemed like the only practical way to go about it.


So here you are. These are the things that I am going to do before I die:


(1.) Write a novel (05/08/2011) Publish a novel (03/08/2013)
(2.) Go horse back riding (09/04/2010)
(3.) Read 70 books in one year. (2010) Read 100 books in one year (2013)
(4.) Graduate University
(5.) Run a 5km fun run  (2014)
(6.) Make a scrap book (29/01/2012)
(7.) Own 10,000 books in a personal collection
(8.) Meet 3 of my absolute hero’s (1. Sheryl McMahon 02/06/2013)
(9.) Visit the Eiffel tower
(10.) Go to Disney World
(11.) Eat American pizza in America
(12.) Watch a game of soccer in England
(13.) Grow my hair until it reaches my lower back
(14.) Adopt a puppy (11/2012 Noodle, 07/2013 Ash.)
(15.) Own my own house
(16.) Be able to communicate in French
(17.) Eat snails
(18.) Eat stuffed mushroom
(19.)Go a whole 30 days without chocolate (26/10 – 26/11)
(20.) Have a baby
(21.) Visit every state and territory of Australia – ACT, QLD , NT, NSW , VIC, TAS, SA, WA
(22.) Go Zorbing
(23.) Go to 10 different zoo’s
1. Australia Zoo 01/07/2010)
2. Taronga Zoo 07/12)
3.Canberra National Zoo (13/09/2013)
(24.) Purchase something from Victoria Secret (05/12/2011)
(25.) Do the bridge walk at Sydney Harbor Bridge
(26.) Attend a professional ballet company performance (completed: 25/06/2010)
(27.)Be drunk
(28.) Shoot a gun
(29.) Go on a 6 hour road trip
(30.) Cook something using a blow torch, like on Master Chef
(31.) Live to 100 years old
(32.) See a US president in person
(33.) See “Hotel Sorrento” performed live
(34.) See “Rent” performed live by professionals
(35.) See “Cats” performed live by professionals
(36.) Grow sunflowers
(37.) Hold a dinner party and cook a four course meal
(38.) Be hands on, on a political campaign (2009)
(39.) Get married
(40.) Ride an elephant
(41.) Feed an Elephant (completed: 01/07/2010)
(42.) Swim with dolphins
(43.) Feed a dolphin
(44.) Learn basic Reflexology
(45.) Practice yoga once a week for 6 months
(46.) Have a white Christmas
(47.) Climb Mt. Coolum (11/11/2011)
(48.) Do 100 hours volunteer work
(49.) Take pictures in a photo booth (05/08/2011)
(50.) Dine in the dark like at Opaque in San Francisco
(51.) See “Ellen” live
(52.) Do jury duty
(53.) Finally own a copy of “Hotel Sorrento”
(54.) Read “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov(completed: July 2010).
(55.) Read 2 entire novels in one day (14/03/2014)
(56.) Overcome my hatred of salad (13/09/2012)
(57.) Receive a package (completed: 03/12/2010. Thank you Dee!)
(58.) Play a game of hockey (20/03/2011)
(59.) Have a picnic
(60.) Celebrate a solstice/equinox in a traditional pagan way
(61.) Watch Sheryl McMahon play live (02/06/2013)
(62.) Mail Christmas cards to at least 10 people
(63.) Write an Autobiography
(64.) Write an article/column for a magazine or newspaper
(65.) Stand on the roof a building with at least 100 stories
(66.) Go jetskiing
(67.) Knit something (06/2013)
(68.) Make a quilt
(69.) Go scuba diving
(70.) Have a birthday celebration for myself
(71.) Go to the Ekka (Completed: August 2010).
(72.) Celebrate 10 anniversary’s by giving traditional gifts
(73.) Get a photo taken with a python (Completed: 01/07/2010).
(74.) Make love in a pool
(75.) Donate more than $100 to charity
(76.) Go to the Melbourne Cup
(77.) Go Whale watching
(78.) Own an environmentally concerned car
(79.) Take Mum and Danielle to a health spa
(80.) Get a pedicure
(81.) Learn to Ski (11/09/2013)
(82.) Get a Brazilian wax
(83.) Hold a monkey
(84.) Be kissed by a seal (completed: 05/12/2010)
(85.) Drive 150km/h
(86.) Get a tattoo (completed: 18/11/2010)
(87.) Ride in a helicopter
(88.) Get acupuncture
(89.) Pat a giraffe (completed: 07/12/2010)
(90.) See the “Mona Lisa”
(91.) Jump off a water fall
(92.) Ride in a hot air balloon
(93.) Buy each of my family members something they couldn’t afford for themselves (1. Mum Cirque du Soliel tickets. 2. Jade Turtle Aquarium set up)
(94.) Watch Queensland win a State of Origin match live
(95.) Ride in a gondola in Venice
(96.) Order room service (completed: 08/12/2010)
(97.) Tour old and new parliament house (New: 13/09/2013)
(98.) See a wild squirrel
(99.) Eat a Hamburger in 5 different countries
1. Australia
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(100.) Do a first aid course
(101.) Tour the White House
(102.) Mow a lawn
(103.) Be a grandma
(104.) Fly first class
(105.) Change a tire (13/10/2013)
(106.) Learn coffee art
(107.) Do a high ropes course
(108.) Teach
(109.) Eat an oyster (28/12/2010)
(110.) Taste truffles
(111.) Make a snow angel (10/09/2013)
(112.) Be part of a world record
(113.) Drive through a car wash (2012)
(114.) Go to the daffodil fields at Carterton
(115.) Ride shotgun in a convertible
(116.) Lick, sip, suck a shot of tequila (16/08/2012)
(117.) Go to River Fire
(118.) Grow a mulberry tree
(119.) Dip my toes in a loch in Scotland
(120.) Quote Shakespeare at his birthplace
(121.) Spend a month overseas
(122.) Eat at Wendy’s burger chain
(123.) Shop at Harrods
(124.) Take a photo with an English Guard
(125.) See the Cirque du soleil (15/07/2011)
(126.) See the Colloseum
(127.) Visit Stonehenge
(128.) Conquer a rock climbing wall (30/09/2013)
(129.) Swim at Bondi Beach
(130.) Go to question time at House of Representatives
(131.) Own an I love NY t-shirt
(132.) Visit a butterfly house
(133.) Milk a cow
(134.) Go 24 hours without speaking
(135.) Have my fortune told (30/01/2011)
(136.) Find out my blood type
(137.) Go to a concert that Jade wants to see (10/06/2012)
(138.) Pet an otter
(139.) Swim with a seal (30/01/2011)
(140.) Conquer the aqualoop at Wet and Wild (12/2012)
(141.) Taste something red velvet flavoured (05/12/2011)
(142.) Play Glee drinking game (09/06/2011)
(143.) Feng shui a room
(144.) Go to a strip club (04/12/2011)
(145.) Bake a cheesecake
(146.) Ride a bungy bullet type ride
(147.) Make a grand gesture
(148.) Play with penguins (05/12/2011)
(149.) Visit Vatican City
(150.) Go paragliding
(151.) Get a boob job
(152.) Cook my way through an entire cookbook
(153.) Visit a planetarium
(155.) Random acts of kindness month
(156.) Drive the south island of New Zealand
(157.) Go to Boston
(158.) Take a burlesque class
(159.) Read "Eat, Pray, Love" (31/05/2013)
(160.) Drink a pina colada (04/06/2013)
(161.) Attend a high tea (10/05/2013)
(162.) Go to a Taylor Swift concert (07/12/2013)
(163.) Get a cut and colour that I love (16/03/2013)
(164.) See the Niagra Falls
(165.) Go to the Grand Canyon
(166.) Own a pair of designer sunglasses (15/11/2013)
(167.) Eat lobster
(168.) Ride a camel
(169.) Ride on the South Bank ferris wheel at Brisbane (20/06/2013)
(170.) Ride in a limo
(171.) See the Australian Ballet / Queensland Ballet perform
(172.) Do a "Yes Man" day
(173.) Watch 1,000 movies
(174.) Make 1,000 paper cranes and make a selfless wish
(175.) Have more then my salary in savings
(176.) Go to Lake Hillier in Western Australia
(177.) Visit a Cadbury Factory
(178.) Croc cage of death
(179.) White water rafting
(180.) Go to a Commonwealth or Olympic Games sporting event
(181.) Horse riding on the beach
(182.) Go out for Tappas
(183.) See a Kodiak bear
(184.) Drink Sangria
(185.) Take an "Oh What a Feeling" photo
(186.) Study interior design
(187.) Knit an afghan
(188.) Get a henna tattoo (23/03/2014)
(189.) Weigh 50kgs
(190.) Start a push pin world map
(191.) Swim in an infinity pool
(192.) See turtle hatchlings head into the ocean
(193.) Gold panning
(194.) Jet boating
(195.) Buy something from IKEA
(196.) See Romeo and Juliet performed live
(197.) Eat street food at Central Park NY
(198.) Eat a fresh pomegranate
(199.) Play two-up on Anzac Day
(200.) Read 1 million pages