100 Things to Do Before You Die (#31 is amazing!!)

No one wants to die with regret, right? Yet, so many of us live in our comfort zones and only dream of doing things. This is a sad way to live. Get out a pen and paper and start your bucket list. I’ll help you with that and share 100 things to do before you die.

I turn 62 this year, and there are still so many things I want to do, and God willing, I’ll be able to get to some of those things. With that said, there are certain things I wish I had done when I was younger.

I wrote an article recently about my biggest regrets in life. You should take a couple of minutes to read it. It’s really good and has actually gone viral on Medium.

23 Biggest Regrets in Life From a 61-Year-Old Woman

If you don’t have Medium, here is my website version of it.

Anyway, without making this long and boring, here is my list of things to do before you die. If you haven’t done any of them, there’s still time! Or is there?

100 Things to Do Before You Die

1. Go skydiving
2. Go paragliding
3. Go ziplining
4. Take a solo trip
5. Visit all the states/provinces in your country
6. Visit a foreign land
7. Learn a new language
8. Live in a different country for a few months/a year.
9. Forgive someone who hurt you.
10. Write a book
11. Learn to play a musical instrument
12. Get a tattoo
13. Foster a pet
14. Volunteer
15. Sit with a homeless person and have a chat
16. Run a marathon
17. Go on an African Safari
18. Go camping in the wilderness
19. Bask in an outdoor hot spring
20. Attend a major sporting event
21. Attend a famous concert
22. Give a public speech (TedX, anyone?)
23. Take yourself out to dinner alone.
24. Learn to ride a motorcycle
25. Walk the Camino de Santiago
26. Attend a floating lantern festival and release your own
27. Swim with a dolphin
28. Go whale watching
29. Teach someone something (how to read, paint, sing, etc)
30. Stand under a waterfall
31. Watch the Northern Lights
32. Hug a stranger
33. Learn CPR
34. Face one of your biggest fears
35. Write yourself a love letter
36. Let go of any grudge you have
37. Learn how to meditate
38. Work at a soup kitchen on Christmas day
39. Ride in a hot air balloon
40. Take a train ride across your country (if that’s possible)
41. Go on a cruise
42. Cross the Drake Passage
43. Spend New Year’s Eve in New York and watch the ball drop
44. Visit a haunted house
45. Go bungee jumping
46. Write a song
47. Write a poem
48. Visit all 7 continents
49. Start a business
50. Donate blood
51. Sign your organ donor card
52. Fly first class
53. Attend the Olympics
54. Eat at a 5-star restaurant
55. Take an entire day off of social media (longer if you can)
56. Wear an ugly Christmas sweater
57. Sleep under the stars
58. Go to an amusement park and hop on the scariest ride
59. Host an exchange student
60. Spend a weekend at a hostel
61. Learn to say thank you in 50 different languages
62. Float down a river
63. Drive a sports car
64. Ride in a helicopter
65. Go to a shooting range and shoot zombie targets
66. Do a professional photo shoot alone with friends/family
67. Sing karaoke
68. Go paintballing
69. Go skinny dipping at midnite
70. Have a neighbourhood water-gun fight party
71. Climb a mountain
72. Hike a volcano
73. Dance barefoot in the rain
74. Tell more people you love them.
75. Get a total makeover
76. Go on a blind date
77. Fly a kite
78. Ask the cute boy/girl on a date
79. Explore a cave
80. Work on self-improvement/self-love
81. Dump toxic traits (jealousy, anger, etc)
82. Pay kindness forward (more than once)
83. Be kinder
84. Ride in a limousine
85. See the Grand Canyon
86. Visit the 7 Wonders of the World
87. Visit a nursing home and spend time with a resident who doesn’t get any visitors
88. Go on a volunteer mission in a foreign country
89. Be part of the mile-high club
90. Buy someone you love flowers for no reason
91. Write your will
92. Do a death cleansing
93. Challenge yourself to get in the best shape of your life
94. Go scuba diving
95. Create your own website
96. Drive on the Autobahn
97. Go to a comedy festival
98. Go see a glacier
99. Float in the Dead Sea
100. Visit the Lord of the Rings set in New Zealand

What’s on your list of things to do before you die?

Obviously, you’re not going to do all 100 things, but can you add a few to your bucket list? Maybe you’ve already done quite a few of these things, or maybe there are some you simply aren’t interested in (no scary amusement park ride for this girl!).

And, of course, money plays a huge role. Do what you can with what you have, but don’t live with regrets. I know there are some things on this list that you can do.

Go do them!!!