The List
All over the place, I keep hearing about the importance of accountability. If you make a goal public and have people to hold you accountable, you are much more likely to accomplish your goals. So this is how I am holding myself accountable. For as long as I live I expect this list to be a work in progress, but it will always give me something to strive for. Also keep in mind this is the second iteration of my list, or version 2.0 as I like to call it. I have left the original item numbers, but reorganized how they appear. Due to this, you will find that not everything is in order. Now, without further adieu:
Travel
Africa
6. Visit Victoria Falls in Zambia Zimbabwe
7. See a Giraffe in the Wild
54. Attend a World Cup purely for the atmosphere (June 2010, South Africa)
68. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
Asia
21. Stay in a Bungalow in Bora Bora
48. Attend a Full Moon Party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
60. Stay one night in the Burj Al Arab Hotel (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Australia (and New Zealand)
2. Scuba Dive in the Great Barrier Reef
69. Go Zorbing in New Zealand
90. Road trip from Melbourne to Cairns
Europe
22. Attend the Monaco Grand Prix (Monte Carlo, Monaco)
24. Run with the Bulls (Pamplona, Spain)
46. Have a beer at Oktoberfest (Munich, Germany)
58. Hike through the Dolomites in Switzerland
91. St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin, Ireland
92. Walk to the top of the Eiffel Tower (Paris, France)
93. Attend La Tomatina (Spain)
94. Visit Pompeii, Italy
95. Walk across one of the Spanish Pilgrimage Trails
North America
16. Climb a Mountain (Completed August 29, 2009)
17. Rock Climb in Yosemite National Park (Yosemite, California)
19. Go Skydiving (Completed June 2006)
23. Sell a House for a Profit
28. Heli-Ski (Valdez, Alaska)
27. Golf at Augusta National Golf Club (Augusta, Georgia)
32. See Dave Matthews at the Gorge Amphitheater (George, Washington)
33. Attend Coachella Music Festival (Coachella Valley, California)
37. Visit New York City
42. Ride Every Roller Coaster at Cedar Hills (Sandusky, Ohio)
45. Experience Burning Man (Black Rock Desert, Nevada)
47. Go to Cuba before the embargo is lifted and have a cigar (Havana, Cuba)
50. Golf at Pebble Beach (California)
51. Golf at Bandon Dunes (Bandon, Oregon)
56. Be an extra in a Hollywood movie
57. Bungee Jump (Completed Summer 2006)
59. Have a beer at a Deer Valley or Aspen ski lodge
64. Whitewater rafter at Cherry Creek, California
96. Take a road trip from LA to New York
South America
1. Hang glide over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Completed February 2009)
20. Dance in the Rio Carnival Parade (Competed February 2009)
25. Visit Iguazu Falls (Completed February 2009)
26. Stay in the Amazon jungle for 3 days
70. Visit Machu Picchu
Other Travel Related Goals
5. Visit Every Continent
a. Africa b. Antarctica
c. Asia (Completed January 7th, 2010)
d. Australia
e. Europe (Completed June 12, 2007)
f. North America (Completed April 4, 1985)
g. South America (Completed February 16, 2009)
12. Play guitar for one hour on a city street in a foreign country (Completed January 11th, 2010) Get this post to 100 comments to see the video!
13. Learn how to sail
14. Sail from one country to another
15. Swim at sunrise in each:
a. Asia b. Africa c. Australia
d. Europe e. North America f. South America
44. Travel for more than 3 months straight
49. Go to each of the four major tennis tournaments
a. Australian Open (Melbourne, Australia) b. French Open (Roland Garros, France)
c. Wimbledon (London, England) d. US Open (New York City)
55. Work at a resort hotel
67. While traveling, stop at each guitar store I see and write a song, then post a video of it on the blog. Do this five times.
1) Krabi-Town, Thailand. (Completed January 12th, 2010, unfortunately we were kicked out before I could make a video!)
71. Go into space on Virgin Galactic
72. Live for a month on a tropical island
73. Ski at 5 of the worlds best resorts:
a. Whistler (British Columbia) b. Chamonix (France)
c. Vail (Colorado) d. Park City/Deer Valley (Utah)
e. Zermatt (Switzerland)
74. Go to the airport and board a plane with no preconceived ideas of where it will be going
75. Go to a Vipassana retreat
76. Take an international trip with my dad
77. Take an international trip with my mom
All of the Other Things I Would Like to Do
3. Get a photograph published
4. Get an article I’ve written published
8. Become proficient at Adobe Photoshop
9. Own my own business (Completed February 2005 and September 2007)
10. Start a Successful Blog
a. 50 RSS Subscribers (Completed July 18, 2009)
b. 100 RSS Subscribers (Completed August 14, 2009)
c. 500 RSS Subscribers (Completed December 29, 2009)
d. 1,000 RSS Subscribers
11. Make a living off my own business
18. Learn a foreign language
29. Bench press 200 lbs.
30. Donate more than $1,000 to an important cause
31 . Make at least one terrifying decision that will get me closer to my goals (Completed January 5th, 2010. Move to Thailand)
34. Record an album with 10 original songs
35. Achieve zero debt
36. Drive a Ferrari
38. Do something newsworthy
39. Go for at least one month without internet
40. Take dance lessons for:
a) Salsa b) Tango c) Ballroom d) Samba
41. Swim with dolphins
42. Ride something larger than a horse
52. Play tennis with a former or current top 10 player in the world
53. Embarrass myself in front of a bunch of people (Completed July 2009)
61. Compose at least one spectacular HDR Image (Getting closer)
62. Climb a 5.11 climbing route (personal best is 5.10+)
63. Win (another) tennis tournament with at least 12 entrants)
65. Wake up before 6 a.m. every day for 2 weeks
66. Make $10 a day average from my blog/internet
78. Run a marathon
a) Run a half marathon b) Run a 10k c) Run a 5k
79. Create a list of my top 100 albums of all time
80. Have coffee with the CEO of a Fortune 500 company
81. Jam with Joe Bonamassa
82. Write a manifesto
83. Design a theme for this blog
84. Write a book
85. Shake hands with a President
86. Reach 10,000 Followers on Twitter
a. 500 (completed November 15, 2009) b. 1,000 c. 5,000
87. Start another band
88. Fly in a Fighter Jet
89. Create my own drink, and get it on the menu at a bar or restaurant
97. Run a Marathon on Every Continent (Submitted by Dave Damron)
98. People’s choice #1
99. People’s choice #2
100. To be determined at a future date
3,4,29,31,35,38, 40(salsa), 41,42,53,57. WHAT?!? Done.
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Nice list! I’m finishing up the 101 Things in 1,001 Days Project, which is similar. It’s nice to see another Portland Quarterlife Crisis blogger. You won’t regret #44, I just got back from a year of travel and it was the best thing I ever did.
Cheers!
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A great list, at last someone who has plans with his life!
You just got me started on my own list, let’s see how “crazy” (according to “normal people”) we can make this list. There are so many things I’d like to do one day, better get crackin’
I have found that just getting it on paper (or blog) is really useful. In the back of my mind there have always been these things I have wanted to do, but many were so far out of the realm of my current life that I needed to make a change. Now I have to start working on them!
Hey, I came over here from Live Uncomfortably. I love reading other people’s bucket lists and you have a ton of awesome sounding things on yours. Good luck!
Thanks Carla! I have always enjoyed reading them too. However I am finding that it can be a lot more enjoyable to actually complete your own!
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Nice list! There seem to be a lot of these things popping up all over the place and I always see a few to add to my own. It’s great for inspiration!
Forgot to comment on your list.
My favourite - 52. If you could get John McEnroe, that would be totally awesome.
There are some really good ones on here, and I wish you the best of luck.
- Heath
Thanks Kirsty! Yeah ever since I created my own list, I have been noticing a lot more as well. Maybe I just pay more attention now. I need to go and do a bit of an overhaul on it though. There are a bunch of things I have added that I just haven’t posted yet, so hopefully I can do that in conjunction with my next “list update”
You have a great list as well, and I really enjoy your site. It is going to take me a little time to go back and look at all of your old posts. Thanks again for stopping by!
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Great list! I think you should do #45 this year ~ I’ll be there for my first time!
Great list, It inspires me to think about what I want to accomplish in life as well. I wish you the best and it looks like you are off to a great start.
Hey Sean—
How long have you been blogging? Doesn’t seem long? What do you think got you 100 subscribers already? Not bagging, just jealous. I am trying to get subscribers but haven’t got any other than my girlfriend (which doesn’t count). Can you email me or respond with some sugg’s.
Thanks and good luck with the rest of this list. Great Barrier Reef is amazing. Go to Cairns to scuba the GBR.
Dave
LifeExcursion
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Hey Sean,
Great List. I had made a list many years ago and it is probably burried somewhere in my storage room with all the old notebooks. Better go find it and post it on my blog to get me inspired/motivated/accountable.
BTW, are #43 and #67 the same thing or different ones? just curious.
Rasheed
Thanks for pointing that out Rasheed! I knew there would be a duplicate in there somewhere…
Look forward to seeing your list when you post it
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Check your post from the other day when you updated. Gave you a #97
Dave
LifeExcursion
I love #53 - I have multiple completion dates on that one.
My goodness, Asia is so big, and you only have 3 things to do? I would think that you need three years to cover Asia fully.
Just walking the length of the Great Wall is at least a one-year challenge.
Sample all the tea varieties in China is almost an impossible task.
Dont you want to see Mount Everest?
Sean, you’ve GOT to go to Pompeii, Italy! It is actually much more vast and amazing than any picture or video will ever show you.
If you’re in Spain, it’s worth while going to Barcelona and seeing Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia. Barcelona was so amazing.
The wife and I went on a cruise honeymoon around the Med this past May. Definitely worth it!
Great list too. I should start my own
Wait a minute, not only have we worked in the same industry, we are also fellow tennis NUTS?!?!
SWEET! You may enjoy this post “Revenge of The Nerds: Golf & Tennis Are #!!”
I just finished a brutal season playing 4.0, 4.5, 8.5, and 9.5 leagues! There’s a real strong community here in SF. I got kicked off the 4.0 league b/c I self rated and had too wide of a margin of victory, and ended up 15-4 in 8.5/9.5 combos. So much fun. Is there a big tennis community wherever you are? Did you play college tennis?
The closest I’ve ever done to playing against a top pro was when I hit with Alex Kim (he won the 2000 NCAA singles tourney at Stanford) and reached #100 in the world with wins over Todd Martin and Kafelnikov.
Best, FS
@Financial Samurai When I was in 6th grade I was in a geography competition and did my presentation on Pompeii. Ever since I have been really wanting to go!
On my backpacking trip in Europe a few years ago (the one referenced in the GRS post) I was able to make it to both Barcelona and Sagrada Familia; absolutely remarkable. I would love to spend more time in Spain, although with the exchange rate being what it is these days, it might be a little while before I make it back to Europe!
Send me over your list when you finish it, I would love to see it!
Sean,
Thanks for the blog….have only just begun browsing, but I am already enjoying it. I think it will be helpful in my upcoming (similar) transition.
Goal suggestion: One week of not spending. (stolen from my own list)
Good luck to you,
Jessica
It’s a lot of fun going through and seeing the goals of a fellow Oregonian who has ambitions beyond a place to live and a car to drive. It’s also interesting to see some of the things on there that I’ve already achieved that I tend to take for granted but have nonetheless been pivotal moments in my life.
As a language nerd, I have to ask you: is there any particular language you’d like to know to fulfill #18?
-Jonny in Salem
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