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Things To Do Before I Die

It is pretty easy to lose sight of your goals amongst job requirements, household chores, personal obligations, and other day-to-day responsibilities. However, by posting them here, I'm hoping to be periodically reminded and to remain focused.

Darrin
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  • Complete a Bicycle Century
  • Compete in a Triathalon
  • Max the Army Physical Fitness Test
  • Go vegetarian for one year
  • Stop Drinking Diet Coke
  • Bike 5,000 mile in one year
  • Become flexible (Nose touches Knee)
  • Ride a Metric (62 miles) in 3 hours (No Drafting)
  • Bench 225x6; Squat 255x6; Deadlift 315x6
  • Do 10 Pullups with a 25lb Weight
  • Have 6-Pack Abs
  • Ride a bicycle across the United States
  • Bike a Metric in every State
  • Organize my digital photo album
  • Read the entire Bible
  • Help someone complete something on their ToDo List
  • Payoff Student Loan
  • Purchase a home
  • Payoff Mortgage on Home
  • Purchase a new vehicle
  • Then keep that new vehicle for 100,000 miles
  • Go a month without purchasing anything non-perishable
  • Own a piece of land (not my primary residence)
  • Create and Fund an Annual College Scholarship
  • Be debt free
  • $1,000,000 in assets by age 55
  • Get an old-time shave & haircut
  • Try public transportation for 6 months
  • Produce a personal web-site that does not suck
  • Grow a garden
  • See a Drive-In Movie
  • Learn 10 knots and know when each is appropriate
  • Have 100+ pages of content on personal web-site
  • Master at least one PlayStation game
  • Become a quality photographer
  • See a professional bike race live
  • See the Tour de France live
  • Learn to properly iron a shirt and pants
  • Dress Well
  • Amass a huge blues music collection
  • Spend Christmas in a snowed-in mountain cabin
  • Try every position in the Kama Sutra
  • Photograph the Sun's Green Flash
  • Watch all E's Top 100 Cult Films
  • Watch all of the AFI Top 100 Movies
  • Get a professional massage
  • Learn to give a professional quality massage
  • Own an Airstream
  • Graduate College
  • Earn a Master's Degree
  • Obtain my profession's highest level of certification
  • Read Radcliffe College's 100 Greatest Books
  • Read Outside's Top 25 Adventure Books
  • Teach a class
  • Write a book
  • Publish a collection of photos
  • Have a blog with 1,000+ entries
  • Go Rapelling
  • Go mudding in a Humvee
  • Take a hot-air baloon ride
  • Go to a nude-beach
  • Try spelunking
  • Learn to surf
  • Go Skydiving
  • Go scuba diving
  • Attend a performance driving school
  • Go over 200Km/Hr on the Autobahn
  • Through Hike the Appalachian Trail
  • Take an African Safari
  • Visit all 50 United States
  • Visit all 56 US National Parks
  • Drive the entire Pacific Coast Highway
  • Drive the entire ALCAN highway
  • Road trip across the US on Old Route 66
  • Visit Kennedy Space Center
  • See a Space Shuttle Launch live
  • Celebrate 4th July on Boston Common
  • Visit Graceland
  • Go whitewater rafting
  • Go snorkel diving in Hanauma Bay, Hawaii
  • Celebrate Spring Break in Daytona Beach, Florida
  • Visit our Nation's Capital
  • See the Daytona 500 Live
  • Go to Burning Man
  • Camp on a deserted island
  • Go on a Caribbean Cruise
  • Take a trip on a train with a sleeping cabin
  • Kayak across the Everglades
  • Visit the Rainforest
  • Navigate a Corn Maze
  • Master the art of tailgaiting
  • Swim in the Phosphorescent Bay in Puerto Rico
  • Go on an Alaskan Cruise
  • Camp in the Sahara Desert
  • Visit every continent
  • See the Seven Natural Wonders
  • See the Seven Wonders of the Modern World