Monday, September 20, 2010

what do i wanna do before i die?

two years ago i sat down and wrote down 100 things i wanted to do before i died.
now that there's a show on mtv about the same thing...my desire to do these things has increased exponentially.
so here is my list. i've never shared it, for some odd reason.

but just curious, what do YOU wanna do before you die?


What do I wanna do before I die?
1.     Ride a rollercoaster.
2.     Live in new york city.
3.     Write an album.
4.   Strike up conversation with a stranger.
5.     Perform a duet with Jon Foreman. Or anyone awesome like that.
6.     Be pulled on stage at a concert.
7.     Go to India’s red light district in efforts to reduce human trafficking.
8.     Swim freely in the open ocean.
9.     See the northern lights.
10. Make the most baller sandwich ever.
11. Fall in love or be happily alone.
12. Get over my fear of heights.
13. Help build a house.
14.  Get a college degree.
15. Donate blood.
16. Be in a protest.
17.  Give a stranger a substantial amount of money.
18. Host a charity event instead of an birthday party.
19. Live in nature for a week.
20. Climb a mountain.
21. Tour with a good band.
22. Give my parents a month’s worth of rent.
23. Adopt a child.
24. See a sunset on the west coast.
25. Volunteer my holidays at a soup kitchen.
26. House a homeless person.
27. Be on Ellen!
28. Start a non profit organization.
29. Run a marathon…maybe shorter than.
30.  Throw a surprise birthday party for someone.
31. Float in the dead sea.
32. Go scuba diving in a pacific island.
33. Live in australiaaa!
34. Write an important article for an important place.
35. Have a deep conversation with a stranger.
36. Meet a holocaust survivor.
37. Become friends with an autistic kid.
38. Volunteer at a nursing home.
39. Have the guts to ask the best guy ever out. Whoever that will be.
40. Sing the national anthem at a major game.
41. Learn to breakdance.
42. Visit a prison.
43. Trade places with someone.
44. Literally weave a basket underwater.
45. See a concentration camp firsthand.
46. Own a Martin guitar.
47. Direct a children’s choir.
48. See a surgery being performed.
49. See many saved by the amazing love of Jesus! (:
50. Bring the Cowboys Chicken Club back.
51. Tell someone exactly how I feel about them- good or bad.
52. Play a Steinway grand piano…a black one.
53. Host a walk for a cause.
54. Be nominated for a major award.
55. Write a book.
56. Start the #1 trending twitter topic.
57. Go to New York fashion week.
58. Be in two places at once.
59. Swim the ocean while its raining/storming.
60. Attend a Super Bowl
61. Have coffee with Jon Foreman.
62. Perform at Carnegie Hall. Or maybe just watch a performance there.
63. Break a world record.
64. Be a telemarketer for a day.
65. Write a song that someone else wishes they wrote.
66. Dye my hair a different color.
67. Donate an organ.
68. Learn to surf.
69. Help deliver a baby.
70. Run a small business.
71. Throw a huge, crazy party.
72. Choreograph a dance with a large amount of people.
73. Party with a rockstar.
74. Drive a tractor through a city.
75. Host a conference on simple living, against mindless cosumption.
76. Do something that someone says I can’t.
77. Invite an atheist to church.
78. Scream really loud in a library.
79. Pretend to be a hobo.
80. Organize a flash mob.
81. Sing in a subway station.
82. Audition for a Broadway Musical.
83. Attend the inauguration of a president.
84. Be a zookeeper for a day.
85. Experience exotic cultures.
86. Ride an elephant.
87. Live on a ranch.
88. Fulfill someone’s final wish.
89. Pay for someone’s groceries.
90. Go to an Olympic opening ceremony.
91. Walk the road to Calvary in Jerusalem.
92. Find a couple that’s had cheating issues and say something about it at their wedding when the priest says “speak now or forever hold your peace.”
93. Learn a third language.
94. Do missionary work wherever.
95. Have something named after me.
96. Take a kid on a toy shopping spree.
97. Skydive.
98. Help solve a crime.
99. Own an exotic pet.
100. Change someone’s life.


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