Ultimate List

I first wrote this life list when I was still a student, in 2004 I think.    I was obsessed with 'things to do' and 'places to see' books at the time as well so I can't take credit for some of the more imaginative ones (the more embarrassing or cheesy ones maybe!  I may be guilty of watching too many romantic films!)  I was a student at the time and now I look back and think how naive I still was even then!  Also, don't ask me why I switch between 'visit' and 'go to' when referring to places!?

I called it my ultimate list and I used it to inspire me and motivate myself.  I have updated it and plan to keep doing so (although not in sections, I was obviously avoiding studying that day and sub-categorised them into places, activities and experiences!)  The one's I've completed are in bold.  I have added links to the ones I've blogged about so you can read more/see pictures if you are interested.

PLACES...

Travel in Australia
Travel by myself

Visit Egypt – see the pyramids  

Visit Rio de Janeiro – see the carnival

Live in Australia

Go to Italy

See Niagra Falls

Visit the Cook Islands

Visit Malaysia

Go to Disney World, Florida

Go to California

Go to Germany and use the language I learned in school 

Go to Thailand

See the Grand Canyon

See Antelope Canyon, Arizona

Go to Vegas

Go on Safari in Africa

Go shopping in New York

Go to San Francisco

Go to the Caribbean   

Go to a Greek Island   

Go to the Middle East  

Visit France   

Go to Spain

Go to Canada  

Stay in Hollywood  

Shop in LA   

Walk along the Great Wall of China

Go to Japan

Go to Russia

Climb the Eiffel Tower  

Visit London

Travel cross country on a sleeper train (choose country)

Swim (or float) in the Dead Sea

Visit the Louvre

Visit all the continents (Europe, Americas, Australia, Africa, Asia, Antarctica.... )

Visit the Taj Mahal at sunrise/sunset

Go to Iceland

Go horse-riding in Ireland 

Go horse-riding in Argentina

Go to Vancouver

Go to Croatia

Go for a long weekend to Prague

Go to South Africa

Go on an all inclusive holiday 

Visit Melbourne

Go sailing around the Whitsunday Islands

Visit Fraser Island

ACTIVITIES...

Fly in a Hot-Air Balloon

Learn to Scuba Dive    

Dive on the Great Barrier Reef   

Dive in the Red Sea

Dive in the Maldives    

Dive in Tonga   

Go cage diving with sharks

Dive in Mexico

Hang-glide

Learn to Ski

Go 4 wheel driving

Abseil SAS style

Abseil down a cliff

Go parasailing

Go paint-balling    

Learn to Surf

Surf in Hawaii

Water-ski    

Bungee-jump

Gallop along a beach at sunset   

Horse ride on an American Ranch

Tandem sky-dive from 12,000 feet

Sky-dive solo   

Freefall sky-dive solo

Learn to Sail

Go jet-skiing

Go kayaking with dolphins

Ride in a Helicopter

Go White-water Rafting

Go caving – see glow-worms

Swim with Hump-back Whales

Learn to Snowboard

Swim with Dolphins

Go canoeing

Go body-boarding   

Go skim-boarding   

Learn to Roller-blade   

Ice-skate on a real Lake

Go on a huge roller-coaster – in the dark 

Go in a glass bottomed elevator  

Climb a mountain  

Go glacier climbing

Do a photography course

Learn to ride a motor-bike

Ride pillion on a motor-bike   

Dive with sharks  

Ride a camel in the desert

See Stonehenge

Sleep in a haunted castle

Ride a quad-bike   

Wing-walk

Ride an elephant

Hike through a Rainforest  

Go camping  

EXPERIENCES...

Make ice-cream

Make bread

Brew my own beer

Cook a Thai curry from scratch

Grow herbs

Eat a Michelin star meal

Drink a good vintage wine

Fly first class

See a huge concert  

Drive a convertible with the top down and music blaring

Go on a cruise

Buy and decorate my own home

Get married

Have a baby

Win a photography competition   

Make a ball dress    

Make a coat

Be in a studio audience

Donate blood

Visit a chocolate factory

See the Monarch Butterfly's Annual Migration in Mexico

Tour a vineyard   

Stay at the New York Plaza for a night

Visit a temple

Learn Sign Language   

See a fashion show

Host a fancy posh dinner party

Own an amazing designer item

Spend Christmas on a beach

Buy my parents a surprise holiday

Sleep under the stars

Go skinny-dipping

Ask someone I just met on a date

Kiss someone in the rain (did this in Paris, I'm such a cheesy romantic!)

See the Aurora Borealis

Bartend for a summer   

Go to a music festival    

Shower under a waterfall

Send a message in a bottle

Plant a tree

Be someone’s mentor (maybe being a role model counts - I LOVE comment number 4)

Grow a garden

Experience weightlessness

Swim in a Gorge  

Swim under a waterfall

Learn to show-jump

Drive a powerboat

Go clay-pigeon shooting

Try archery

Go indoor rock climbing

I plan to keep updating this list, even with ridiculous things I may never do, but it's good to have dreams, even if they are unlikely!

So the latest list update - which in the interest of sharing these lists (and as Kathryn and Maggie say) may have a few stolen ideas on it along with some crazy ones and some I have already completed but still want to include on my list!  ;) ...

UPDATE...

Dive in Indonesia

Make the most amazing cupcakes

Celebrate my Golden Anniversary

Save someone's life

Take an AMAZING underwater photo (maybe this one?)

Win an underwater photo competition

Learn to eat with chopsticks properly

Write a blog!

Build a tree house

Model in a studio

Fly a plane

Learn Floristry

Celebrate New Year in Times Square

Buy myself a special keepsake

Learn Circus Skills

I have now also made a life list Pinterest board with ideas I've seen there and one for those I've completed - you know I love visuals and I am addicted to Pinterest so it was inevitable!