100 Things
This list was inspired by Laura Vanderkam and her book What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast. The idea is that by writing a list of 100 things I want to do in my life, I’m forced to find the smaller things that I can do right away (as opposed to the huge goals like visiting the pyramids).
I plan to update this list as my passions change and as I tick off experiences. It can also be thought of as a ‘Bucket List’ or ‘Life List’, depending on your point of view.
- Visit New York
- Visit Antarctica
- Travel on the Trans-Siberian Railway
- Visit Japan
- Visit San Francisco
- Visit Stonehenge
- Go to the Northern-most point in the UK
- Drive an Aston Martin DB5
- Run a marathon
- Run an ultra-marathon
- Start a Literary Journal
- Run a bookshop
- Learn a martial art
- Learn Italian (again)
- Paint a landscape
- Finish a Telegraph crossword without help
- Get another A at A-Level
- Build an app
- Find 1,000 true fans
- See a show in London
- Visit Rome
- Visit Athens
- Train across Canada
- Visit Iceland
- Raise money for a cause
- Climb Kilimanjaro
- Publish a novel
- Get a story in The New Yorker
- Write a radio play
- Write a screenplay
- Visit the pyramids
- Go to the natural spa in Bath
- Try Transcendental Meditation
- Drive across America
- Visit Easter Island
- Tour the Pacific Islands
- Visit North Korea
- Learn to surf
- Learn to scuba dive
- Go to space
- Buy Notts County FC
- Visit the Reform Club
- Drive a steam train
- Finish Rupert annuals collection
- Visit Loch Ness
- Visit Cuba
- Visit the Grand Canyon
- Do a volunteering project
- Explore Jesmond Dene
- Walk Northumberland
- Have Dinner at the Baltic
- Visit the Louvre
- Get a PhD
- See sunrise on seven continents
- Experience life without a five-day work week
- Build muscle
- Finish my Library project
- Watch all the essential old films
- Direct a short film
- Help people through blogging
- Give 10% of my earnings to charity
- Mentor a writer
- See the Northern Lights
- Visit Scandinavia
- Visit every country on Earth
- Write a book about my philosophy
- Do a triathlon
- Learn to ski
- Learn to snowboard
- Walk the Inca Trail
- Perform random acts of kindness
- Visit Kielder Water and see the stars
- Lecture an audience
- Get a degree in Philosophy
- Learn to play piano
- Act on stage
- Get on tv
- Touch a snake
- Find a cause
- Meet Ruth Lorenzo
- Learn photography
- Publish a book of poems
- Meditate daily
- Do a parachute jump
- Choose love not fear
- Make a YouTube video series
- Publish a short story collection
- Read all of Haruki Murakami’s books
- Read all of Stephen King’s books
- Get a morning routine
- Go biking
- Keep a journal
- Learn more about Buddhism
- Practice Yoga
- Camp out around a fire
- Tour Newark castle
- Go to the top of Newark parish church
- Climb Ben Nevis
- Write an epic (long) book
- Live in three centuries
So, they are my 100 things – what are yours? I’d love to hear from you if you have a list of your own.