Comments on: How to Write a Life List

By: Trackback from My Cultivated Life

Trackback from My Cultivated Life — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:11:51 +0000

[...] This post inspired me to think big and to focus the right mix of types of goals. It also has some great links to others who have published their lists! [...]

By: Trackback from Linnea Writes

Trackback from Linnea Writes — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:44:42 +0000

[...] so much energy to spare I can clean the entire house, write for three hours, plan dinner, review my life list, and still find fifteen minutes to work on improving my handwriting. On those days, I feel awesome. [...]

By: Trackback from Fit and Busy Dad

Trackback from Fit and Busy Dad — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:03:56 +0000

[...] I was inspired to do this list after reading this post by Chris Guillebeau of The Art of Non-Conformity. [...]

By: Trackback from No Madder Where

Trackback from No Madder Where — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:57:08 +0000

[...] reading this article, I decided I may attempt to grapple this task and see if it feels like the right task for me. If I [...]

By: Kimberly @ Life of Kimberly Edwards Blog

Kimberly @ Life of Kimberly Edwards Blog — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:14:59 +0000

Awesome post! Loved it!

My husband and I keep life lists and revise them, it seems, weekly or monthly…

Enjoy life and do what you were put here on Earth to do!

Kimberly

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:31:20 +0000

This is a great post, i have had a “life list” typed up on my pc for years, about 30 items long and i have never looked at it.

I am in the process of typing up a new list much longer and with a limited life span. It will be 197 things to do before i am 40 (7 years away).

I think this will help me focus on what i want to do, and also means the list wont be sitting around for years because, well , i only have 7 years to do them all.

Once the list is live i will post it up.

Thanks again for the post.

By: Trackback from Nomadderwhere

Trackback from Nomadderwhere — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:10:01 +0000

[...] I’ve tried to make a “Bucket List” many times and have a small one I refer to on occasion. However, it is in no way extensive and truly reflective of my life goals. I do very much believe in the first item on the list (1. Hitchhike in the back of a rickety truck with chickens, goats, or other nervous livestock).

Upon reading this article, I decided I may attempt to grapple this task and see if it feels like the right task for me. If I get annoyed with the concept and scrap my developments in anger and frustration, you’ll know by the lack of posting on such a topic in the future. [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:52:51 +0000

I created a list of 101 items 4 years ago when I first read about creating a list in a magazine. Since then I’ve accomplished many of them, with others on the backburner. One thing the list does is show you where your priorities lie, if you are open enough to see it THRU the list you create.

Then you should focus all your attention on the list and accomplishing what is on it. Because that is what is really, really important to you.

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:20:41 +0000

Here is my list of goals, which can be read about at my website.

1) ZERO credit card debt
2) $5,000 emergency fund
3) Bungee jump
4) Sky dive
5) Volunteer time with an environmental group
6) Sponsor a child
7) Become fluent in Spanish Travel to Iceland
9) Climb Mount Whitney
10) Learn how to surf
11) Adopt a child
12) Buy 10 acres of land
13) Photograph a wild tiger
14) Give away $100 to a complete stranger
15) Sleep on a park bench in a big city
16) Hitchhike
17) Drive a car until it breaks down
18) Sleep under the stars
19) Bike the west coast
20) Cut down a tree with an axe
21) Build a skate park
22) Land an airplane
23) Skinnydip
24) Publish a book
25) Eat native food in a foreign country
26) Meet a world leader
27) Get Sphynx cat
28) Eat less junk food
29) Get “Spa Treatment”
30) Ride a rollercoaster that goes upside down
31) Go deepsea fishing
32) Run in a marathon
33) See a Broadway show in Manhattan
34) Hit a homerun
35) Golf 18 holes, under par
36) Build a house to my blueprints
37) Save someone’s life
38) Shoot a machine gun
39) See penguins in their natural habitat
40) Drive a truck through a mudhole
41) Ride in a hot air balloon
42) Start a website
43) Take a trigonometry & calculus class
44) Go backpacking
45) Basejump Devil’s Tower
46) Kayak @ the Apostle Islands
47) Buy a bike
48) Take guitar lessons
49) Eat sushi
50) Take a yoga class
51) Witness the monarch migration
52) Teach a child how to do something
53) Adopt a highway
54) Visit Eldon, Iowa
55) Take a photography class
56) Go whitewater rafting in the Grand Canyon
57) Visit Galapagos Islands
58) Stop drinking soda
59) Exercise
60) Tour Europe
61) Swim with sharks
62) Finish Associate Degree
63) Attend college in another state
64) Study for a semester in a foreign country
65) Finish Bachelor’s Degree
66) Study a world religion in detail
67) Own an Armani suit
68) Tour the White House
69) Drive a race car
70) Learn how to bake bread
71) Swim across the English Channel
72) Go to Las Vegas pornstar convention
73) Go to San Diego Comicon
74) Earn a black belt in Karate
75) Make crop circles
76) Learn proper etiquette
77) Be in a hurricane
78) Chase a tornado
79) Be in Washington, DC during a Presidential Inaugeration
80) Feel an earthquake
81) Wander the Great Wall
82) Visit Meteor Crater, Arizona
83) Witness an active volcano
84) Swim in the Dead Sea
85) Reach financial independence
86) Begin a profitable side hustle
87) Learn how to tie a tie
88) Scuba dive under ice
89) Stand in the Eastern & Western Hemispheres at the same time
90) Bench Press 300 lbs
91) Meet Marilyn Manson
92) Learn how to change the oil in my car
93) Scuba dive at the Great Barrier Reef
94) Climb Mount Saint Helens
95) Hang Glide
96) Pay off my car
97) Eliminate my student loans
98) Witness a space shuttle launch
99) Go to Disneyland
100) ???

Some of my goals are “adrenaline” goals and athletic goals…but are still real goals that I intend to accomplish. Thanks for reading!

By: LeeAnn

LeeAnn — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:44:35 +0000

Chris, I’m a new reader & love your writings. I’m 48… some days I feel I have wasted my life.. some days I feel I have lived a day to it’s fullest.

How does one find the balance.. to do those things on the Life List, and the will of God? How does one get up from a table full of friends & family (who never will have any life goals) walk away, and start living for oneself?

Your Post… made me go find my Life List (took awhile to find it) With a good long look at it… I found that it is a list of things I still wish to do.