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Updated on April 19th, 2024
At the start of 2016, I felt it was time to refocus on where I want to go and what I want to achieve, so I came up with my Life List. Want to know more about my reasons? See the About Me page to read my story. If you’re interested in what made it onto the list & how I’m doing – here it is…”
Full Life List
1 – Swim with wild dolphins
2 – Day of the Dead Festival in Mexico
3 – Visit Iceland
4 – See the Northern lights
5 – Stay at the Ice Hotel
6 – Swim with Whale Sharks
7 – Visit every Continent – just Antarctica to go!
8 – Fly a glider
9 – Visit Kerala in India & stay on a houseboat
10 – Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
11 – Get a tattoo
12 – Fly in an air balloon
13 – Experience zero gravity
14 – Visit New York for Christmas & New Year
15 – Ice skate in New York
16 – Learn Archery
17 – Go to an airport for a random flight anywhere
18 – Visit the Pacific Islands (Fiji / Bora Bora)
19 – Visit Iguazu Falls
20 – Be an extra in a film
21 – Be on a TV show
22 – Visit Auschwitz
23 – Learn to play the guitar
24 – Learn Spanish
25 – Visit Cuba
26 – Get my Tarot cards read
27 – Visit a Fortune Teller
28 – Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans
29 – Take a holiday on a Horse-riding ranch in the USA
30 – Visit the Great Wall of China
31 – Visit the Pandas at Chengdu Research Centre in China
32 – See the Terracotta Army in China
33 – 50 countries by my 50th birthday
34 – Stay in a log cabin in the snow
35 – Volunteer overseas
36 – Ride a Segway
37 – Take cookery lessons
38 – Take a road trip along Route 66
39 – Run a marathon
40 – Learn to get better at photography
41 – Visit Nepal
42 – See wild turtles hatch
43 – Ride a camel
44 – Ride an elephant – this has since been amended due to the cruelty involved
45 – Visit Antarctica
46 – Acrobatic plane flight
47 – Learn to dance
48 – Ride a scooter
49 – Rio de Janeiro
50 – Amazon rainforest
51 – Attend Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro
52 – See an eclipse
53 – Ride in a gondola in Venice
54 – Hike into Grand Canyon
55 – Float in the Dead Sea
56 – See the Pyramids
57 – Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Pichu
58 – Swim with sharks
59 – Stay at a yoga retreat
60 – Experience Oktoberfest
61 – Tour the White House
62 – Tour Buckingham Palace
63 – Attend Coachella Music Festival
64 – Skinnydip
65 – Explore South America
66 – Get something published, somewhere!
67 – Gain 1000 followers
68 – Attend Benicassim Music Festival in Spain
69 – Swim 1 mile
70 – Learn to sail – Competent Crew course
71 – Learn to sail – Day Skipper course
72 – Visit Americas National Parks – Yellowstone, Zion, Monument Valley
73 – Ride a Jetski
74 – Learn to Meditate
75 – Learn to Fence
76 – Try deep sea fishing
77 – Visit Costa Rica
78 – See a film at an outdoor cinema
79 – See a film at a drive-in movie theatre
80 – Take part in a yacht race
81 – Take a road trip in a camper van
82 – Monumentally celebrate my 50th birthday!
83 – Visit 60 countries by my 60th birthday
84 – Sponsor a child
85 – Attend Lollapalooza Music Festival
86 – Make Pavlova using my Grandma’s recipe
87 – Visit New England during fall
88 – Take tea at the Ritz
89 – Visit Buenos Aires
90 – Visit the Galapagos Islands
91 – Visit Burma
92 – Return to see more of Japan (so far just Tokyo)
93 – Visit the Maldives
94 – Visit Bhutan
95 – Whale watching at close quarters in Mexico
96 – Explore the Caribbean
97 – Visit Seychelles
98 – Explore Vietnam (so far just limited time)
99 – Visit Cambodia
100 – Explore Scandinavia (I recognise this is a very big area for 1 point!)
101 – Visit Bolivia
102 – Tour the Cayman Islands
103 – Visit Easter Island
104 – Visit Jamaica
105 – Visit Mauritius
106 – Explore the Philippines
107 – Visit Tibet
108 – See a psychic
109 – Try clay pigeon shooting
110 – See wild tigers
111 – Explore the Bahamas
112 – Visit Namibia
113 – Tour Graceland
114 – Visit Zanzibar
115 – See Patagonia
116 – Take my niece, Amelia to New York
117 – Music Road Trip around Nashville, Memphis & New Orleans
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A great list Sue. I’ve done several that you have listed and can tell you that they are great! What has been your favourite thing to date that is on your list?
Thank you, Angela, & I’m glad you like the list! It’s hard to single just one out but the biggest achievement was definitely Kilimanjaro – an experience I will never forget…or need to repeat ;). How about you? Sue x