Below is an ever growing, ever changing and evolving list of items that I would like to do in my life time. Some would consider this to be a bucket list, while others just simply a list of goals. For me, it’s a little more personal. Each goal represents something I’m passionate about. Some are easy, while others not so much. Most are in no particular order. I would also love to hear your comments and suggestions of things to add to the list. And while there are items on the completed list, by no means does that indicate I won’t do them again.

The list

1. Perform a minimum five-minute stand-up comedy act
2. Have lunch with Sir Richard Branson
3. Act with a STOMP performance for one scene
4. Bungee jump
5. Be an extra on SNL
6. Scuba the Great Barrier Reef
7. Surf in Hawaii
8. Take sailing lessons (it’ll make the next three significantly easier)
9. Sail across the Atlantic Ocean
10. Sail across the Pacific Ocean
11. Sail around the world
12. Drive a race car
13. Perform as a cartoon character voice
14. Complete an Ironman Triathalon
15. Qualify for the Boston Marathon
16. Compete in the Boston Marathon
17. See Wimbeldon finals
18. See French Open finals
19. Hang glide (ideally over Rio de Janeiro)
20. Fly an airplane
21. Run naked in the rain
22. Golf at St. Andrew’s, Scotland – the birthplace of golf
23. Golf at Pebble Beach
24. Ride every roller coaster – in other words, never say no to the opportunity!
25. Visit the south pole
26. Visit the north pole
27. Participate in the Tour de France
28. Learn to speak Spanish
29. Compose a song (write the words, collaborate on melody)
30. Appear in a Hollywood movie
31. Appear on a TV show
32. Ride in a hot air balloon
33. Go fire walking
34. Break a Guinness World Record
35. Have coffee with a World War veteran and listen to their story
36. Lay in bed all day – just because
37. Write & publish a book
38. See a show on Broadway
39. Have a picnic in Central Park
40. High-five ten random strangers
41. Walk in to a crowded elevator facing everyone and speak “Thank you. I’ve gathered you all here today…”
42. Visit Alaska
43. Provide voice over for a national TV/Radio commercial
44. Attend the Academy Awards
45. Hand out an Oscar
46. Present a Gemini Award
47. Present an Emmy Award
48. Host an awards show
49. Be the emcee for a strangers wedding
50. Crash a wedding – just for the heck of it
51. Love daily
52. Get a weekend in Vegas comped with full VIP treatment (cars, meals, suite)
53. Take in amazing DJ shows in Ibiza
54. Have tea with Oprah
55. Join the mile high club
56. Build a Habitat for Humanity home
57. Donate blood regularly – at least four times per year
58. Audition for a band – just for the experience
59. Vacation on Necker Island
60. Place $1000 on a hand of Blackjack in Monte Carlo, Monaco
61. Experience the F1 Monaco Grand Prix live, in person
62. Sleep in a castle
    
63. Become debt free
64. Live debt free
65. Raise a happy, healthy, inventive, creative, intelligent child – thankfully that sounds like Ava
66. Run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain
67. Participate in Tomantina – the tomato fight in Buñol, Spain
68. Milk a cow
69. Ride a camel in the Sahara desert
70. See gorillas in the wild in Uganda
71. Enjoy tea with the Dalai Lama
72. Spend a week at a silent retreat
73. Attend a Native American sweat lodge ceremony
74. Throw the first pitch at a Major League Baseball game
75. Drop the puck at an NHL game
76. Get my pilots license
77. Celebrate New Year’s Eve in New York Times Square
78. Kiss my love at midnight on New Year’s Eve in New York
79. Be invited to the Playboy Mansion’s Halloween Party
80. See the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade
81. Have lunch with Hugh Hefner
82. Have sex in the ocean
83. “Unauthorized” all access tour of Alcatraz
84. Throw an amazing party that everyone talks about – and tie it to charity as a bonus
85. Brew my own beer – likely just once
86. Be a member of a studio audience on a TV show
87. Drink beer at Oktoberfest in Munich – again
88. Fly somewhere on an Airbus A380
89. Fly somewhere on a Boeing 747
90. Get backstage at a Rolling Stones concert, as a guest
91. Have photo taken with the Rolling Stones, while back stage
92. Experience weightlessness
93. Give a keynote speech
94. Give a paid keynote speech
95. Make a complete fool of myself
96. Learn to juggle three items (balls, bowling pins, fruit, etc)
97. Do a polar bear swim
98. Kiss the Blarney Stone
99. Visit Auschwitz and be forever humbled
100. Smile all day
101. Go nude on a nude beach
102. Do the red carpet at a Hollywood premiere
103. Take a punch from Mike Tyson
104. Be in a circus act
105. See a movie at a drive-in theatre
106. Share happiness and inspire the world
107. Visit Easter Island and have a conversation with a ‘head’
108. Sing karaoke
109. Ride a bull…like a real one, not a mechanical one
110. See an opera in Italy
111. See a Broadway show on Broadway
112. Sex in the rain

Completed Items

1. Complete a half-marathon
   Completed: Manitoba Marathon, Winnipeg, MB, Jun 23, 1991 ~ 1:43:xx
   Completed: Manitoba Marathon, Winnipeg, MB, Jun 20, 1993 ~ 1:41:xx
   Completed: Manitoba Marathon, Winnipeg, MB, Jun 22, 2004 ~ 2:28:44
   Completed: Manitoba Marathon, Winnipeg, MB, Jun 20, 2010 – 2:04:31
2. Ride a bobsled
   Completed: “Bobsled Bullet” Canada Olympic Park, Calgary, AB, 2002
3. Ride an Olympic bobsled
   Completed: Canada Olympic Park, Calgary, AB, Feb 2010
4. Bike down Haleakala volcano
   Completed: Maui, HI, 2004
5. Ride world’s tallest ferris wheel (it was at the time; barely)
   Completed: London Eye, London, UK, May 2006
6. Complete a full-marathon
   Completed: Honolulu Marathon, Honolulu, HI, Dec 13, 2009 – 4:44:56
   Honolulu Marathon, Honolulu, HI, Dec 8, 2013 – 4:51:47
   Honolulu Marathon, Honolulu, HI, Dec 10, 2017 – 5:37:59
7. Make the front page of the newspaper
   Completed: Calgary Herald, Calgary, AB, March 10, 2012
8. Drink a boot of beer
   Completed: Monday, July 9, 2012 at Wurst Calgary
9. Participate in Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog eating contest on July 4
   Attempted: Qualifier, Calgary, AB, Jun. 8, 2013 – 10 in 10:00
10. Back of house tour of a movie theatre
11. Completed: Calgary, AB, June 9, 2012
12. Audition for a reality TV show
13. Completed: Big Brother Canada open casting call, Calgary, AB, Sep 30, 2012
14. Drive a convertible with the top down and music blaring – preferably in a warm climate
15. Completed: Dec. 11-16, 2009, Oahu, HI
16. Eat an oyster
    Completed: Jul. 25, 2013 at Porterhouse Calgary, AB – 9 of them
17. See the Greek Acropolis
    Completed: Jun. 15, 2019
18. Run a Spartan Race
    Completed: Aug. 18, 2012, Calgary, AB – 0:51:25.30
19. See a TED talk live
    Completed: TEDxYYC, Calgary, AB, Jun. 26, 2015
20. Speak at a conference
    Completed: WordCamp YYC, Calgary, AB, May 25, 2013
    Completed: Podcast Movement 2014, Dallas, TX, Aug. 17, 2014
    Completed: NMX/New Media Expo, Las Vegas, NV, Apr. 16, 2015
    Completed: WordCamp YYC, Calgary, AB, May 23, 2015
21. Swim with dolphins
    Completed: Jan. 21, 2013, Cozumel, MX

The list should go on. Feel free to also let me know on Twitter with #labl as the hash tag. My plan is to always have at minimum 100 on the ‘active’ list while completing items will be reflected.