Creating a list of one hundred goals is a monumental task. Before reaching the one hundred mark, completing the list often becomes a goal of its own. I didn’t finish my list in a day or even a week, but eventually I reached one hundred (and it continues to grow!)
- Zero credit card debt
- $5,000 emergency fund
Bungee JumpSkydiveVolunteer with an environmental organizationSponsor a childTravel to Iceland- Climb Mount Whitney
Learn how to surf- Photograph a wild tiger
Give away $100 to a stranger- Hitchhike
Drive a car until it breaks downSleep under the stars- Bike Highway 1
Cut down a tree with an ax- Land an airplane
- Skinny dip
Publish a bookEat traditional food in a foreign country- Meet a world leader
Get a Sphynx cat- Get spa treatment
Ride a rollercoaster that goes upside down- Go deep-sea fishing
- Run a marathon
See a Broadway show in Manhattan- Hit a home run
- Golf 18 holes
Buy a house- Save someone’s life
Shoot a machine gun- See penguins in their natural habitat
- Go mud bogging
Ride in a hot air balloonCreate a websiteTake a Calculus classGo backpacking- Climb Devil’s Tower
- Kayak at the Apostle Islands
Buy a bike- Take guitar lessons
Eat sushi- Take a yoga class
- Witness the Monarch Butterfly migration
- Teach a child how to do something
Adopt a highwayVisit Eldon, Iowa- Take a photography class
- Go whitewater rafting in the Grand Canyon
- Visit the Galapagos Islands
- Backpack around Europe
- Swim with sharks
Finish Associate DegreeEarn Bachelor’s DegreeTour the White House- Drive a race car
- Swim across the English Channel
- Attend the Adult Entertainment Expo in Vegas
- Attend Comic-Con
- Look into the eye of a hurricane
- Chase a tornado
- Be in DC during a Presidential Inauguration
- Feel an earthquake
- Wander the Great Wall
Visit Meteor Crater, ArizonaWitness a volcanic eruption- Swim in the Dead Sea
- Reach financial independence
Learn how to tie a tie- Scuba dive under ice
Straddle the Prime MeridianMeet Marilyn MansonLearn how to change my oil- Scuba dive at the Great Barrier Reef
Climb Mount Saint Helens- Hang glide
Pay off my car- Eliminate my student loans
Witness a Space Shuttle launchGo to Disney World- Visit all 50 states
Solve the Rubik’s Cube- Hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
- Zipline in the jungles of Costa Rica
- Firewalk
Join the Peace Corps- Travel to all Canadian provinces
- Stand at the North Pole
- See the Aurora Borealis
- Travel to all 7 continents
Do a backflip- Break the sound barrier
- Swim in each ocean
- Drive on the Autobahn
- Swim in the Blue Grotto at the Isle of Capri
- Visit Mecca
- Swim in Devil’s Pool at Victoria Falls
Take a late night cruise on Mulholland Drive- Moonwalk like Michael Jackson
- Arrive in a limousine
Ride a unicycle- Hunt for the Loch Ness Monster
- Breathe fire
- Rock climb in Yosemite Valley
Fight the forces of evil in MetropolisHave a fortune teller predict my future- Get lost in a hedge maze
- Try acupuncture
- Dive into the Blue Hole in Belize
- Spend a night in the Borden House
- Disappear mysteriously
- Travel to every country in the world
Find graffiti by Banksy- Visit a honeybee farm
- Walk Hadrian’s Wall
See TOOL in concertVisit Monument ValleyRun a STOP sign- Jump from the Sky Tower in New Zealand
- Knock on the Door to Hell
- Swim under the waterfalls of Plitvicka
Stand in the center of Stonehenge- Juggle
- Travel to each Mexican state
Learn how to slackline
- Bet an entire paycheck on a horse race
- Summit Ayers Rock
- Spend the day at Cedar Point Amusement Park
- Get licked by a troll
- Pilot a helicopter
- Celebrate Dia de los Muertos in Mexico
- Navigate a canoe down the Amazon River
- Throw a hand grenade
- Hike into a glacial cave
Drive a tank- Summit the Seven Summits
- Walk on water
- Celebrate Mardi Gras on Bourbon Street
- Go spelunking
- Climb Ancient Art in Moab
- Play with Gallium
- Climb the stairs to the top of the Empire State Building
- Build an igloo
Hike the Manitou Incline- Do the Wave
- Hike through Antelope Canyon
- Be debt-free
- Hike the John Muir Trail
Camp at Lake Tahoe- Start a fire with ice
- Lay on a bed of nails
- Get my Pilot’s License
- Go waterskiing
- Spray a firehose
- Get (some of) my tattoos removed
- Hike the Four Mile Trail
- Kayak the Na Pali Coast
- Sleep in a haunted house
- Watch a meteor shower in the Desert Southwest
- Get stung by a jellyfish
Get marriedMake maple syrup- Walk across the Capilano Suspension Bridge
- Celebrate the Holi Festival in India
- Visit a Death Row inmate
- Swim in the Marble Caves of Patagonia
Pull the RipcordPolar Plunge- Contribute to the Gum Wall
Go to an oxygen bar- Hold a Bald Eagle
Apadravya- Get sawn in half by a magician
- Explore the Winchester House
- Travel to Space
- Go on a sunset Lava Cruise in Hawaii
- Swim in Lake Hillier
- Birle
- Lay flowers on Poe’s grave
- Knob Creek Gun Show
- “Relax” at Maho Beach
- Dive into Jacob’s Well
- Visit Kurt Cobain’s Childhood Home
- Whirl with the Dervishes
- Ride in a Stunt Plane
- Wing Walk
- Fly in a Fighter Jet
- Charm a Cobra
- Throw a Javelin
- Visit the Psycho House
- Experience Zero Gravity
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road
- Drive down Lombard Street
- Chinese Fire Cupping
- Learn how to blow glass
Walk across Abbey Road- See the Sailing Stones
- Bask under the Midnight Sun
- Attend the Super Bowl
- Traipse across the Golden Gate Bridge
- Throw Stones (Curling)
Climb Montezuma’s Tower- Restore a Chevy Bel Air
- Visit Jim Morrison’s Grave
- Find the Methuselah Tree
- Visit Oakley Court Hotel
- Hike the Haiku Stairs
- Hike Behind the Hollywood Sign
- Spend the Night at Barker Ranch
- Cycle a century
Writing a list of goals might seem like a big waste of time and, for some people, it might be. Some people will create a list only to forget about it moments later. It’s understandable. We have “real lives” and chasing after a bunch of goals doesn’t fit into our routine. There’s dinner to be made, bills to be paid and obligations to fulfill. That goal of taking a vacation with your mother isn’t really a priority, and becoming a doctor just isn’t practical when you have to work two jobs just to make ends meet. There’s no time for dreaming…
It’s exactly this attitude which renders the list meaningless … a waste of time. A person can only maximize the value of their list when they’ve altered their perspective about life’s possibilities. The reality isn’t that the list is a waste of time, it’s a person’s attitude that makes it a waste of time. Without belief in yourself and in your abilities, a list of goals changes absolutely nothing. If you don’t believe you can change, you won’t. You’ll become a product of circumstance, and you’ll forfeit control in your life.
Those who dream and believe will find creating a list of goals to be exactly the catalyst they need to change their lives for the better. Cynics may not believe that accomplishing a goal like skydiving or bungee jumping can change someone’s life. I’d argue otherwise. Pursuing goals requires a person to stand up and take a proactive position in their own life. They create opportunity and pursue their passions. They conquer fear and overcome personal weaknesses. No longer is their life a consequence of their surroundings but instead, a result of their efforts.
Those who dream and believe will do whatever it takes to make their dreams a reality. They’ll do what it takes to change the aspects of their lives that they are not happy with and will begin living aggressively in pursuit of their desires and ambitions.
Creating your own list of one hundred goals might just be the biggest waste of time that can change your life…forever.
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