I have long said that I have only 1 material goal in my life - visit and do something meaningful (experience the people or geography) in all 50 states - but I have recently seen some lists like this on different blogs, so I decided to make me a list of 100 things to do before I die. Most of them are just things it would be nice to do. But some of them I take seriously and actually work for. I’ll try to put the important ones at the top of the list, but outside of the top 10 they are pretty much just random.
Feel free to comment on my list, or put your own top 10 list in the comments.
44. Win my fantasy football league again (Done 2009)
43. See the northern lights
42. Memorize the book of James
41. See one of my youth group alumni become a career missionary
40. Go on a foreign mission trip (to the third world)
39. Travel somewhere by train
38. Eat frog legs that I gigged myself. (I’ve done this many times but not in over 5 years)
37. See a World Series game
36. Earn a ThM (only because it’ll probably be a necessary step toward my PhD)
35. Get a passport
33. Witness 52 times in 1 year
32. Teach an ESL class
31. Eat a crazy expensive meal
30. Read 24 books in a year - Done 2008
29. Beat Phil Thomas at Scrabulous - Done 8-26-08
28. Have a really great looking yard
27. Grow a 100 lb pumpkin
26. Get 100% on one song at intermediate level guitar on Rock Band
25. Fish all the open lakes on Ft. Bragg (Done 10/24/08 Last one was Smith Lake)
24. Teach on a university level (Done, Though CBC is only in candidate status for accretidation)
23. Write a book
22. Lead 10 people to Christ in one year (2 so far this year)
21. Catch 20 different species of fish (5 so far this year)
20. See a race at Daytona
19. Go on a cruise
18. Catch a 10 lb bass
17. Become scuba certified
16. Get 500 blog hits in 1 day (Done 05/14/2012)
15. Write 500 blog posts (Done, Here is post #500)
14. Write a list of 100 things to do before I die ;-)
13. Make a budget and keep it
12. See a TV show taped live
11. Visit 6 continents
10. Catch a 7 lb Bass
9. Go peacock bass fishing in the Amazon River
8. Have me some kids
7. Earn a PhD
6. Be completely debt free
5. Go 3 months without missing a single day of quiet time
4. Lose 80 lbs
3. Get married
2. Become a Certified Apologetics Instructor (Done 08/11)
1. Visit and do something meaningful in all 50 states