I’m not a big fan of checklist travel, but this is different!
I believe you have to write your goals down to achieve them.
So, I have decided to make my vagabonding goals and life adventure bucket list public. Some are travel, some are adventure, and some are just interesting things that I want to experience before I get too old (or dead) to do so.
Regardless, by making my life-adventure goals public, I am taking a silent vow to diligently work on them and to not let opportunity get away. I am committed!
This list has been hidden snugly in my head for years, some items have been there since I was eating my own boogers. (longer ago than you think) It isn’t static, I am sure to be adding new entries as I meet people with interesting tales of past adventures.
You can monitor my progress by checking the Life Adventures tab at the top of this page. Or…just for fun, here are my completed and soon-to-be completed life goals….
Onward!
Current List of Goals
- Run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain
- Ride on top of a train in India
- Dive in a shark cage
- Visit all 50 states
- Go hang gliding
- Go to a Burning Man festival
- Try white water rafting in real rapids
- Become proficiently bilingual in a foreign language
- Do a volunteer project
- Write a book
- Learn to snowboard
- Learn to Latin dance (well)
- Spend a week in the wild alone
- Go trekking in Papua, New Guinea
- Learn to ride a horse (well)
- Finish a 5 day fast
- Learn mountaineering
- Have a vision in a native American sweat lodge
- Visit Tibet
- Visit Everest Base Camp in Nepal
- Visit Burma (Myanmar)
- Learn to sail
- Live on a deserted island
- Walk in an active lava field
- Ride a motorcycle larger than 500cc
- Travel from point A to point B by train hopping
- Sleep in the desert
- Walk on all 7 continents
- Try zero budget travel
- Get a bamboo/traditional tattoo
- Visit my Dutch friend Suus living in her windmill.
Goals Completed So Far:
- Try skydiving
- Try bungee jumping
- Learn to Scuba Dive
- Go inside a shipwreck
- Solo (without protection) rock climb a named peak
- Have a grizzly encounter in the wild
- Swim with sharks
- Visit Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Study Shaolin Kung Fu in China
- Learn to drive a motorcycle
- Go hitchhiking
- Shoot a machine gun
- See Komodo dragons in the wild
- Try surfing
- Use a machete in the jungle
- Try cliff diving
- Live with locals in a country
- See a full moon party in Ko Phangan, Thailand
- Go to Oktoberfest in Germany
- Walk on a glacier
- Walk on a nude beach (nude, of course)
- Land a pre-paid travel writing assignment
- See the Egyptian Pyramids and Valley of the Kings
- Stand on top of an active volcano
- Bribe a foreign official to get out of trouble
- Go fishing in Alaska
- Become self employed
- Go into an underwater cave
- Shoot something and eat it
- Pet a tiger
- Learn to spin a fire torch
- Ride an elephant
- Visit Machu Picchu
- Meet my favorite travel writer (Rolf Potts)
Wow what an accomplished list of things you’ve completed so far. I’ve done about 6 and I’m proud of myself – I can only imagine how you feel.
Good luck with your “life-adventure goals”. I think it is truly amazing what you are doing with your life.
Great list! You’ve already achieved quite a few amazing things. Good luck with the rest of your projects!
Wow Greg, superb list! 🙂
How about see “the Suus” again live and kicking!!!
Hope so
X Suus
There you go Suus, #31 added! 🙂
Dude- I think you need to reach a little further to the stars. Instead of learn to sail, why not sail from one country to another as part of the crew? A little white squall action!
Wow! I’m not sure what is cooler, the bucket list or the list of accomplishments! Keep up the adventure!!
That’s a fantastic list and youve accomplished so much!
My little list reads:
– swim with wild dolphins
– learn to longboard
– visit japan, new zealand, costa rica, hawaii and southern california
– get a tattoo of mae west
– cuddle a tiger or lion or both!
– ride an elephant behind it’s ears
– learn spanish
– go sea kayaking
– try hang-gliding
thats my list for now!
Ive already surfed and can ride a horse well 😉
I have a feeling you’ll complete your whole list of goals! And I’ll keep reading to see that happen. 😉
Awesome list Greg! Now you got me thinking about putting one together!
Can #2 be “Ride on Top of a Train in India… with Amanda”..??
🙂
I will volunteer for The Burning Man festival, train hopping, and a walk through a lava field!
damn, so many of these things are on my personal list as well. i’ve definitely wanted to ride on top of a train in India ever since i saw the movie ghandi. do you know when you’ll be out on the road again greg? im really anxious to read more of your travel stories!
This is less about your list (which has an interesting assortment of worthy goals) than about the picture. Which peak did you climb? – it looks like you’re on the Flatirons in Boulder. Lucky you.