I'll write posts and take photos, even videos for some, so I hope you have fun keeping up with me as I will definitely have fun trying to cross these items off my list!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
THE LIST (not in any particular order, and divided into categories):
FUN
1- do absolutely
nothing
2- leave bed unmade
3- be silent for a
full day
4- stop and actually
smell the flowers
5- walk, just walk, in
the rain without an umbrella
6- for an entire day
pay for everything with exact change (even if that means carrying a ton of
change)
7- break a plate on
purpose, OPA!
8- kiss a stranger
9- fall in love at
first sight
10- make an orange
peel lamp
11- dress up and go
grocery shopping
12- get shoes shined
13- travel with just
the clothes on my back
14- hand carve a pipe
15- weave a basket
16- snorkel
17- hang out in a
graveyard
18- build an Inuksuk
19- use a chainsaw
20- write on a
bathroom stall door
21- go commando for a
weekend
22- learn to bird call
23- learn to whistle
with my hand
24- try a ridiculous
cold remedy
25- crash a wedding
26- learn to tie knots
27- go curling
28- carve
name/initials in tree
29- shower in a
waterfall
30- make a paper crane
31- learn origami
32- light a match with
teeth
33- try to do the 100m
dash in less than 15 sec
34- try parkour
35- paintball
36- listen to experts
and actually eat 5-8 servings of fruits and veges and have 8 tall glasses of
water in a day
37- skinny dip in the
moonlight
38- go on a road trip
to somewhere new, at least 2 hours away
39- spend time at the humane society
40- climb CN tower stairs
40- climb CN tower stairs
41- make a snowman
taller than me
42- ice skate on
something other than a man-made rink
43- learn to play
hockey
44- have a snowball
fight with parents
45- have winter picnic
46- make an ice
sculpture
47- learn the alphabet
backwards
48- master juggling
49- do own backsplash
in kitchen
50- play chess in the
park
51- hand feed the
birds
52- rock climb
53- ice fish
54- don’t spend any money or
have anyone buy anything for you for a week
55- don’t wear makeup
56- babysit twins,
with or without help
57- use a hotel gym
58- cliff jump from
water
59- sleep under the
stars
60- dance with a
stranger
61- steal a kiss
62- volunteer at a
soup kitchen
63- be a cheerleader
for an entire race
64- have tea leaves
read
65- get a group of
people to volunteer for a good cause
66- stand up for
something I believe in
67- be part of a
protest/picket line
68- kayak
69- canoe
70- host a dinner party
with only vegan treats
71- learn to read brail
72- archery
73- go around a corn
maze
74- help plan a
proposal
75- be a Bond girl
76- drive fast on a
race track
77- drive an exotic car worth over $100,000
78- learn to stunt
drive
79- fly a kite
80- fly a high-performance kite
81- shoot a .357 Magnum
82- ride a beach bike along the beach front
83- ride the back of a badass Harley Davidson
81- shoot a .357 Magnum
82- ride a beach bike along the beach front
83- ride the back of a badass Harley Davidson
84- learn to ride a motorcycle
85- organize shoe closet
86- wear the clothes bought over 2-5 years ago
87- play golf
88- catch a fish
88- catch a fish
89- learn to
skateboard
90- learn to whistle
with blade of grass
91- teach someone
something
92- pack up and just
go
93- find out what 1200
calories looks like and only eat that for the day
94- get twitter
95- belly dance
96- zoomba
97- dance alone
98- learn to play
poker with the big boys
99- watch an entire TV
series in one day
100- tell someone what
you think of them without thinking of consequences
101- meet Toronto Batman at Dundas Square
102- cut down a Christmas tree
102- cut down a Christmas tree
103- engage in a food
fight
104- participate in an
eating contest
105- eat with eyes
closed and completely in the dark
106- spend an
afternoon with a dog
107- learn to do a
handstand
108- learn to back
flip
109- back flip into
water
110- relearn
conversational French
111- meet neighbours
112- train for a half
marathon
113- run a half
marathon
114- do a ghost
walk/tour
115- watch “The
Godfather” movies
116- play a lawn sport
117- paint something
118- help someone
fulfill a goal
119- take a cooking
class
120- buy the perfect
plant for the home that has meaning
121- make something
old new again
122- make art
123- go to a garage
sale and find a gem
124- make a wreath for
Christmas
125- buy a lovely lamp
126- make personalized
plate/cup
127- enjoy a candle
lit dinner
128- get
abs, even if drawn on
129-
implement double kisses for the year
130- watch
“Play it Again Sam”
131- start
something that scares you
132-
prepare and enjoy a 6 course meal
131- save
a life
132- write
a 30th Manifesto
133- be in
a movie (and say words)
134- make
a movie
135- go on
a spontaneous trip
136- re-read the Bible
137- make
a toast
138- drive
at the speed limit
139- play
bingo at a bingo hall
140- watch
“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest”
141- give
to charity
142- make own pepper spray
143- make
own jewelry
144- be a
matchmaker
145-
photograph the four seasons from one point
146- walk
on fire
147-
donate blood
148- take
up Qi Gong
149- run a
10k
150- learn
to ready and interpret body language
151- form
a band
152- jump
in water fully clothed
153- throw
a pie in someone’s face
154- have
a pie thrown in my face
155- learn
mahjong
156- learn
how to throw a knife
157-
master the tango
158-
organize loose change
159- watch
“7 Samurai”
160- have
a family style dinner at home
161- train
to do 3 chin ups in a row
162- learn
how to get out of heavy duty handcuffs without keys
163- bake
an egg on the pavement
164- learn
to throw a punch
165- go to a flea market
166- speed date with girlfriends
167- play fetch with a dog
168- plant a tree
169- ask for a raise
170- make a cross out of a palm branch
171- pole dancing
172- relearn the hula/Tahitian
173- watch a foreign
film with subtitles
174- go to a poetry
reading
175- sneak into a
movie theatre
176- read a classic
novel
177- read a sports
book
178- watch
“Casablanca”
179- watch “Gone With
The Wind”
180- go to the movie theatre alone
181- learn to be a
wing woman, and help out a gal pal
FOOD
1- make tofurkey
2- cook a meal from
Antartica
3- bake a pie from
scratch
4- flip something
successfully in a skillet (eg. omelette, pancake etc)
5- do the cinnamon
challenge
6- make art with food
7- make bread (baked
often but never made bread)
8- make a strawberry
cheesecake
9- make a gourmet meal
from canned food
10- pickle something
11- make homemade
pasta
12- make homemade
pasta sauce
13- grow spouts
14- grow herbs (eg.
mint, parsley)
15- have a good fight
16- bake a giant
cookie
17- make vege soup for
a cold winter`s night
18- shuck an oyster
19- make homemade
hummus
20- pick fruit from
the vine
21- bake a Christmas
treat and give it to neighbours
22- learn to cook
pancit
23- learn to cook
adobo
24- bake a Guinness
chocolate cake
25- make own pb cups
26- try Attic Pizza
27- have and finish
the hottest of hot sauces at a restaurant on own meal
28- buy and eat
something from a gourmet food truck
29- make vegan lasagna
30- make vege stock
31- eat a pickled egg
32- try a gluten free
diet for a week
33- make kale chips
34- make curry
watermelon
35- make Moroccan couscous
stew
36- make a
thanksgiving dinner
DRINK
1- make own wine
2- brew own beer
3- go to the Steamwhiste brewery
4- finally have one
cup of coffee
5- try grapeless wine
6- do a wheat grass
shot
7- make own dandelion
tea
8- drink Yerbe Mate, in
Argentina cup
9- make pine needle
tea
10- find difference
between red wines and document
11- find difference
between white wines and document
12- try the 3 day
water cleanse
13- drink wine at the
theatre
14- drink whiskey at
40 Creek
PEN & PAPER
1- start a book
2- write and publish a
poem
3- write a song
4- get a pen pal and
actually write and mail a letter
5- write a letter to
the editor
6- write a letter with
everything I want said, then burn it
7- mail a Christmas
card to a stranger
8- write a
letter to Juliet
9- write a love
letter, send it or not
10- write
a letter to Santa with niece/nephew
11- write my last will
and testament
HAMILTON
1- see the bells at
Cathedral of Christ the King
2- ring the bells at
Cathedral of Christ the King
3- get on the Hamilton
harbor water (on a boat, on a canoe, on anything)
4-visit Devils Punchbowl/Lighted Cross
5- play slots at Flambourough Downs
6- Visit Osler House in Dundas
7- Listen to blues at Boon’s House
8 - Club Absinthe
9- enjoy the local bands at This Ain’t Hollywood
9- enjoy the local bands at This Ain’t Hollywood
10- visit Hamilton’s oldest pub,
Lionshead Pub
11- visit top
waterfalls in Hamilton
12- go in all
buildings on McMaster campus
13- bike/walk/do the
Hamilton to Brantford Rail Trail
14- Experience a film under the stars
14- Experience a film under the stars
15- Visit Griffin House
16- eat at the Harbour Diner (as seen on tv’s
“You Gotta Eat Here”)
17- visit
Ancaster Memorial Centre
18- be a Hamilton
tour guide
19- sit down
for a tea at the first Tim Horton’s
20- visit the
Reptile Store
21- Enjoy the night at
This Ain’t Hollywood
22- venture into
Cootes Paradise
23- go to the
Hermitage
24- visit Hamilton
Club
25- see Ancaster’s Shaver Homestead
26- visit Enerals
Griffin House
27- venture
into Fieldcote Memorial Park & Museum
28- have a drink at Remo Bar
VISIT
1- go to the Toronto
Zoo
2- visit the
Scarborough Badlands
3- drive all of Yonge
Street
4- summit something
5- go to a baseball
game
6- be two places at
once
7- get purposely lost
BETTER ME
1- learn to play the
guitar
2- learn a magic trick
and trick someone
3- learn how to
say “Hello” in 25 languages
4- learn how to say “Thank you” in 25 languages
5- learn how to say “I love you” in 25 languages
6- have a spectacular
30th
7- unplug self for an
entire day from cell phone, computer, and internet
8- walk in the shoes
of another person to get their perspective
9- learn to build a
fire with flint and tinder and keep it going
10- learn to fish
11- learn to pick a
lock
12- change car’s oil
13- learn a hair braid
14- learn to knit
15- knit something
wearable
16- be completely
honest for one entire day (think of the movie “Liar Liar”)
17- invest in future
18- listen to body
19- pursue passion
20- learn sign
language
21- get a pedicure
(ewwwwww)
22- master family
native tongue, Ilocano
23- learn tagalong
24- find/ have a new
face regimen
25- floss everyday
26- brush for 2 minutes
always
27- master
budget/finances
28- buy a tool kit
FRIENDS, FAMILY & TOTAL STRANGERS
1- sit, listen, learn. spend time with a family member don't normally spend time with
2- listen, learn and
document Lola’s story
3- remember, or ask
family, about Lolo’s story and document
4- surprise a loved one
5- random act of
kindness
6- send parcel to
stranger
7- buy a stranger
lunch
8-
surprise someone
9- help an
elderly person in anyway
HAHA
1- sing in public
2- join a sports team
LOOKS
1- learn to layer
2- wear leather dress
3- pull of vintage
look
4- rock red lips
5- tights and sandals
6- make a dress and
wear it
8- learn to do twiggy
eyes
9- learn two new
hairdos
LAST 40
You’ll notice I’ve
only got 325 items on my list, and this is deliberate. As what I’ve learned,
life always brings surprises, and with that said, I’m confident I’ll have
opportunity to do 40 things not on my list; 40 things that are fun and new!
