100 things crossed off, 1-100

Doing these lists of thing to do before I die is not as easy as it would seem. So, I started reading all the other lists I could find and noticed quite a number of things on other people's lists that I have done. I thought- that's pretty neat. I've done some cool things and I think it's worth celebrating all the things you have accomplished- big, small, fanciful or boring..And this list was considerably easier...In no random order- the incomplete list-100 things I have done

Both lists was an extraordinary personal review of the "books on my shelf"- meaning the ideas I have in my head on what i thought my life would be like, what I hope for it and what I just wish for despite the odds- no, I really don't hope to ride a giraffe one day- but darn it- it would be fantastic.

I highly encourage you to write your lists. Scratch things off and add more when they come around. There were alot of things I wanted to put on my list but I just wasn't ready to. Be gentle with yourself, but write the list.

Good luck..

1. visit Japan
2. live in Scotland
3. live on a boat
4. road trip to New Orleans
5. have a Corona in Mexico
6. skydive
7. have croissants in Paris
8. Visit the Victor Horta house in Brussels
9. Visit the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam
10. sleep on a train
11. Go to Ground Zero
12. see the leaning tower of Pisa before it falls down
13. own something from Tiffany's
14. learn to accept that I have to eat my greens, take my omegas, get regular exercise and water and occasionally get a medical lift to pull up from mild depression and anxiety. No you can't be happy and immobile on potato chips- get over it, Jill
15. Go to the Red Light District
16. Meet a Harijuko girl
17. talk to someone famous
18. visit the Grand Canyon
19. see the inside of Janis Joplin's house in Larkspur, California
20. ride a camel down the beaches in Morocco
21. travel through Europe
22. visit Prague
23. look out from the top of the Empire State Building
24. Go to the top of the Rock
25. visit Alcatraz
26. sell a photograph
27. help someone with their groceries
28. ride by bike to work every day for a week
29. make my own ginger ale
30. go fast on the Autobahn
31. hitchhike
32. accept an invitation from a stranger
33. travel with musicians
34. build a secret fort in the woods
35. give $20 to a panhandler
36. send a postcard to a stranger
37. get paid to travel
38. hike up the Grouse Grind
39. ride a scooter in Rome
40. take a long distance taxi cab ride
41. travel across Canada
42. get a very large tattoo
43. buy someone a gift for no reason
44. be in a parade
45. have a quote printed in a newspaper
46. take a tour of a brewery
47. take a large group of people out to dinner and pay the bill
48. visit Pompeii
49. Go to the Louvre, the Prado, Musee de Orsay, MET, and the Uffizi Galleries
50. have a job I'm really great at
51. Climb the towers of the Notre Dame
52. quit smoking
53. buy a tree for my mother
54. change my last name
55. go to the circus
56. go to a rodeo
57. drive a tractor
58. visit the Roman baths in Bath
59. take a TGV train ride
60. see a bull fight
61. see kittens being born
62. ice skate on a pond
63. walk across a suspension bridge
64. go sailing in the Mediterranean
65. cross shibuya intersection in Tokyo
66. grow something from a seed
67. eat octopus
68. swim naked in the ocean at night
69. visit the Hampton's
70. do a cleanse
71. go horseback riding
72. drive through Scotland to the isle of Skye with my mother and her mother
73. make it through my 20's
74. live in a historical area
75. see the Northern Lights
76. plant strawberries
77. pick berries and make pies
78. see salmon spawning
79. learn to crochet
80. start and keep a blog
81. write a poem
82. shave my head
83. buy art
84. apologize to someone I have hurt
85. take a road trip with my mother
86. quit a job
87. dance publicly alone
88. visit a nude beach
89. write a fan letter and get a response
90. make a complete and utter fool of myself
91. ride a roller coaster that goes upside down
92. forgive my parents
93. sing a great song in front of an audience
94. see Old Faithful
95. learn to drive
96. drive route 66 (partly)
97. visit the San Diego Zoo
98. have a long term relationship
99. ride a cable car in San Francisco
100. get arrested