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It’s not very original, but at some point I felt I needed some reachable goals in my life. And none of these are that far off, if you ask me. Listed in no particular order. But still a numbered list.

1. Watch whales migrate
2. Find a long-lost friend
3. Make a hole-in-one
4. Visit the Great Pyramids of Egypt
5. Visit or live in Paris
6. Catch a ball in the stands of a major league baseball stadium
7. Run to the top of the Statue of Liberty
8. Fart in a crowded space
9. Sleep under the stars
10. Get to know your neighbors
11. Ride a camel into the desert
12. Send a message in a bottle
13. Be a member of the audience in a TV show
14. Give your mother a dozen red roses and tell her you love her
15. Learn to rollerblade
16. Learn to speak a foreign language and make sure you use it
17. Have your portrait painted
18. Attend at least one major sporting event
19. See a lunar eclipse
20. Sing a great song in front of an audience
21. Drive across America from coast to coast
22. Make a complete and utter fool of yourself
23. Give to a charity – anonymously
24. Drive a convertible with the top down and music blaring
25. Buy your own house and then spend time making it into exactly what you want
26. Spend a whole day reading a great novel
27. Learn to juggle with three balls
28. Learn to dance
29. Learn to bartend
30. Fly a plane
31. Drive a NASCAR race car
32. Skydive
33. Golf on a world famous course
34. Travel the Nile in Egypt
35. Swim with the dolphins
36. Play with an orchestra
37. Float in a hot air balloon
38. Visit the Oval Office
39. Trace your roots
40. Helicopter over a Hawaiian volcano
41. Ride a mule down the Grand Canyon
42. Stroll along the Great Wall of China
43. Cruise in a Ferrari
44. See the Taj Mahal at sunrise
45. Feed sharks
46. Explore a Rain Forest
47. Be an extra in a movie
48. Gaze upon a magnificent waterfall
49. Run a marathon
50. Write a song or poem for someone you love
51. Volunteer overseas
52. Say a special thank you
53. Visit Hong Kong
54. Get something published in a newspaper or a magazine
55. Say “I love you”
56. Learn to play the guitar.
57. Release an album
58. Take a photograph I can proudly hang on the wall
59. Write a movie script
60. Be best man at someone’s wedding
61. Get interviewed by a major news paper or magazine
62. Fix a car
63. Stagedive
64. Try my luck at the stock market
65. Visit Canada
66. Participate in a demonstration
67. Make someone cry of happiness
68. Learn to skate
69. Brew my own beer
70. Plant a tree
71. Sit on a jury
72. Stay out all night partying and go to work the next day without having gone home
73. Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich
74. Go skinny-dipping at midnight in the South of France
75. Ask for a raise
76. Write my will
77. Invite someone on a $500 dinner
78. Make some contribution to an open source software project
79. Fire a handgun
80. Play in a high stakes poker game
81. Ride a horse
82. Take a year off
83. Spend a night in a haunted house
84. Go to Mardi Gras
85. Witness the production of porn in person
86. Attend a major film festival
87. Save a life
88. Meet someone famous
89. Get paid to say something about movies or music or both
90. Write and speak English like a native Brit
91. See a tornado
92. Get a reasonable BMI
93. See tigers in the wild
94. Wake up on bench in the park
95. Change a stranger’s flat tire
96. See a movie at a drive-in
97. Come up with a good one-liner
98. Become a semi-acceptable cook
99. Learn how to sail
100. Throw ten three-pointers in row.
101. Fall in love
102. Fly a kite
103. Celebrate the Day of the Dead in Mexico
104. Fly first class
105. Do something that makes someone say, “You know, I really admire what you did!”
106. Win an award
107. Draw on a wall
108. Set off a fire extinguisher
109. Queue for something for at least 24 hours
110. Visit Cuba