I originally was bought a book: 101 things to do before I die by Richard Horne and decided to undertake the task. Then I though following a book is following someone else's ideas of what constitutes great things to do before they die, so therefore I've decided to come up with my own with help from the book and other peoples lists.
I'm not going to put them all down straight away, but mark my words, I'll challenge myself to 101 (probably more) and I'll make it. So here's the list...
- Become a millionaire
- Have a kid
- Get married
- Learn to ride a motorbike
Get a tattoo (possibly) - COMPLETE- Have a pint in every city in the UK (1/66)
- Clear my debt (inc. student loan)
Give Blood - COMPLETE- Visit every continent (2/7)
- Write a book
- Paraglide (solo)
See a film at the cinema, alone - COMPLETE- Live in California
- Live on a House Boat
Get naked for Art - COMPLETE- Get my motorcycle license
- Do a parachute jump
- Run the London Marathon
- Get a hole in one (golf)
Run between Leeds and Keighley - COMPLETELearn to fire a gun - COMPLETE- Learn to rock climb
- Learn Chinese (Mandarin) or Japanese
- Learn to play the saxophone
- Go Skiing / Snowboarding
- Learn a Martial Art
- Go to Japan
- Make my own outfit
- Meet Richard Branson (business Idol)
- Meet Ryan Reynolds (film Idol)
- Visit Disneyland Paris
- Visit Disneyland USA
- Do the Glen Nevis River Race in Fort William
- Own a Dog (Alaskan Malamute or Siberian Husky)
- Own a bar/restaurant
- Get on the next train at the train station
- Get on the next plane at the airport
Run a Marathon in under 4 hours - COMPLETE- Take a pedalo swan down the Leeds/Liverpool Canal
Grow a Moustache - COMPLETE- Compete in a Tough Guy event
Have a professional massage - COMPLETE- Visit a foreign country for a night
Visit 10 Countries (10/10) - COMPLETE- Visit 20 Countries (10/20)
- Visit 30 Countries (10/30)
- Visit 40 Countries (10/40)
- Visit 50 Counties (10/50)
- Go vegetarian for a month
- Travel in a helicopter
- Travel in a hot air balloon
- Buy nothing for a week
- Live off a £2 a day for a month
- See the 7 wonders of the world (0/7)
- Learn to play the guitar
- Create a sculpture
- Raise a minimum of 1% of my salary a year for charity for the rest of my life
- Go on a date with a female celebrity
- Have a pint with a male celebrity
Go a whole month (30 days) without drinking - COMPLETE- Complete the Chapel Allerton Pub Crawl
- Have my legs waxed
- Take part on a TV gameshow
- Complete the 40 day challenge, see here
- Project 365 (myself) - photo a day of myself for a year
- Project 365 - photo a day for a year
- Give up beer for a year
Go 40 days and 40 nights without any "self lovin'" - COMPLETE- Write and perform a song
- Write a letter a day for a month
- Learn to do the splits
- Hire an employee
- Get the SimplyBen website created
- Create a decent free CV building website
