Live More Awesome...

Oringal post July 2015

A friend approached me once and asked, "what's on your list?"

I was a little taken back, "what list?" I asked.
"Your list of things you want to do in life!" He exclaimed.
I thought long and hard, and responded with, "Oh i have a 'Bucket Goals' which is where i have a list of things i want to achieve, is it the same kind of thing?"
He responded by saying he had read a book called, 100 things, and it was about a 28yr old, Australian guy who lost his best friend at a young age, and decided he wanted to do something with his life in order to feel like he's lived it. So he created a list of 100 things and started checking things off his list, ie started living his life. And one of those was to write a book, which is today known as 100 things and has started the '100 things' movement.

I immediately got out a piece of paper and jotted down about 70 things for my 'list' in under half an hour. As of today, i have just over 100 things (Some of these are things i had on prior lists ie. my bucket goals and have also added these to my 'LMA' list...which therefore means, it is slightly over 100).

Here they are, now defined as my 'Live More Awesome' List:

1. Complete my 100 things list 
2. Work at Outward Bound
3. Volunteer in Romania
4. Witness the northern lights
5. Be able to speak Spanish fluently
6. Learn an instrument
7. Share NZ with my birth brother 
8. Become a motivational speaker for youth
9. Be a qualified outdoor instructor
10. Own a van and road trip across a country
11. Raise and/or donate money toward the Taranaki Rescue helicopter
12. Visit New York in late December
13. Complete a half marathon
14. Complete a full marathon
15. Complete a 12 hour adventure race 
16. Go on an African safari
17. 'Start a movement' or lead a community group for youth
18. Eat pizza and/or pasta in Italy 
19. Experience heli-skiing
20. Climb to the summit of Mt Taranaki
21. Learn to cross country ski
22. Build a log house next to a lake
23. Own a jet ski 
24. See the Statue of Liberty
25. Join the police force and search and rescue team
26. See Rascal Flatts live in concert
27. Volunteer/help at a homeless shelter/soup kitchen
28. Raft the Grand Canyon
29. Catch a fish, on a boat, out at sea
30. Own a pet puppy and/or kitten
31. Rock climb in the Rocky Mountains
32. Visit Scott Base, Antarctica
33. Get married, lakeside beneath a mountain
34. Raise a child 
35. Submit a story to Chicken Soup
36. Become a qualified raft guide
37. Write a song
38. Start a fire with just sticks
39. Build a large snowman
40. Work on a cruise ship
41. Write a book/story
42. Holiday on an Alaskan Cruise
43. Compete in a trail running event
44. Enter and complete a run-a-muck at Urenui 
45. Visit an observatory
46. Experience an ice hockey game
47. Learn how to eskimo roll in a kayak
48. Complete a triathlon
49. Tramp/hike to all the huts on Mt Taranaki
50. Take a tour at Auschwitz
51. Jump in Lake Louise, Canada
52. See a show on Broadway
53. Work at a special needs camp or Volunteer for Camp Quality
54. Ride a snow sled, with husky dogs
55. Take a selfie at the top of the Eiffel tower
56. Ride in a hot air balloon
57. Donate an organ
58. Take a cruise around Norway/Iceland
59. Ski in the Alps
60. Paraglide or wingsuit off a mountain top/cliff
61. Ride the Maid of Mist at Niagara Falls
62. Live in the Rockies
63. Set foot in Central Park
64. Watch an American football game, live
65. Be in two places at one time
66. Work at World Challenge (Worked at FloogleBinder, similar company)
67. Attend an ANZAC dawn service in Gallipoli
68. Walk on a glacier/ice field
69. Visit Ireland 
70. Be a part of a record breaking attempt
71. Run an Ultramarathon
72. Submit a postcard to PostSecret 
73. Take a photo with a guard from Buckingham Palace
74. Create a short film
75. Be apart of a musical/show
76. Visit Niagara Falls
77. Compete a Coast to Coast/Iron Man event
78. Take a selfie in front of the Leaning tower of Pisa
79. Attend an Outward Bound course
80. Take a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon
81. Skydive in Queenstown (we Paraglided which was incredible)
82. Achieve a qualification
83. Become a Koru member on Air NZ
84. Create a time capsule and bury it somewhere of significance
85. Own another house and/or property
86. Witness a meteor shower
87. Travel across a Canadian Border
88. Own a telescope
89. Be apart of a flash mob (University dance class)
90. Learn the phonetic alphabet
91. Learn sign language
92. Complete the National Three Peaks in the UK
93. Make snowangels
94. See a Polarbear
95. Learn to snowboard
96. Walk across Brooklyn Bridge
97. Complete the Great Walks in New Zealand
98. Be a guest on a Disney Cruise
99. Visit Anne Franks house in Amsterdam
100. Learn the phonetic alphabet
101. Raise over $10,000 for a charity
102. Walk the Coast to Coast of England
103. Save a life
104. Feature on TV
105. Visit Lapland
106. Own a glamping business/campsite

As you can see, i haven't even come close to ticking many of these off, but that is because i have my life to do so. While writing out my list in 2015 i remember being in a bit of a slump in my life and i immediately felt happier and more positive. 

I remember wanting to tell everyone and show everyone my list. It gave me so much motivation. It reminded me my life was far from over. Although in saying that, if i don't complete all things on my list i won't feel like I've failed but more so, that i have achieved what i hoped too and had things to look forward to in life. But i'm also not going to sit here and wait for things to happen. This is not a list of things i want to do before i die. This is a list to help me live life more awesomely and encourage me to get out there and do things, and not wait for them to happen. 

As i strike through items on my list i will write a brief blog post about when and how this was achieved. That way i can look back and really say, "I made it!" I have already completed this with someone of my 'Bucket Goals' earlier in my blog. 

It's all a bit exciting, life's journey and the power of control we have to live it!