Mary Ellen McGoye's list

Things to do	Complete by	Time to complete
1) Watch the sun set and rise	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
2) Pass on a nugget of knowledge	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
3) Go naked	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
4) Scuba-dive	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
6) Become a parent	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
10) Take photos of your family and friends	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
11) Tell someone you love them	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
14) Find an old school friend	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
15) Go to the theatre	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
19) Have a favourite joke	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
21) Have a food fight	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
22) Treat yourself to a health spa	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
23) Watch a cinema classic	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
24) Be creative	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
25) Take a hot-air balloon ride	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
29) Christmas in New York	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
32) Take a walk in the rain	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
33) Surprise someone	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
34) Do a parachute jump	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
36) Visit the pyramids	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
37) Know your neighbours	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
39) Ask a stranger for a date	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
42) Go whale watching	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
45) Visit Machu Picchu	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
47) See the northern lights	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
48) Serenade someone	25th Apr 2021	7 years, 10 months
visit all 50 states
Spend the night in a haunted house
Watch a shakespeare play
Attend the Olympic Games
Go on a survival weekend
Try jet skiing
Try surfing
Try water skiing
Experience zero gravity
Fly a plane
Fly in a stunt plane
Hire a classic car
Ride a motorbike
Sail in a yacht
Travel into space
Go on a city shopping break
Have a mud bath
Have a relaxing weekend away in a castle/chateaux
Try a meditation course
Float in the Dead Sea
Go on safari
See the Great Wall of China
Travel on the Orient Express
Visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Visit the Taj Mahal
Visit the Tower of London
Visit Venice
Make a will
Own your own home
Work hard in your chosen career
Be a better listener
Be present at a birth
Become a mentor
Find your soul mate
Introduce two people who fall in love
Send flowers to a female relative for no good reason
Write a charity into your will
Plant a tree
Swim with dolphins
Take a trip to the zoo
Watch a solar eclipse
Decide on a career and work towards it
Find a job you love
Help someone else to learn
Learn basic phrases in more than 5 languages
Learn to play an instrument
Try snorkelling
Drive a truck
Visit Costa Rica
Visit Ireland
Visit Prague
Visit Spain
Visit Venice
Visit Iceland
Visit Brazil
Visit Buenos Aires
Visit Puerto Rico
Visit India
Visit Israel
Visit Japan
Visit China
Visit Kenya
Visit Egypt
Visit Morocco
Visit South Africa
Volunteer in Mother Theresa\'s Orphanage
Volunteer in Mother Theresa\'s Orphanage
5) Grow something	12th May 2009	Completed
7) Ride a rollercoaster	12th May 2009	Completed
8) Quit your job	10th Aug 2008	Completed
9) Visit Paris	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
13) Read a classic novel	10th Aug 2008	Completed
16) Learn to swim	10th Aug 2008	Completed
17) Go outside and lie on the grass	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
18) Take a last minute city break	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
20) Go to a concert	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
26) Give to charity	12th May 2009	Completed
27) Climb a mountain	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
28) Phone in work sick and relax	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
31) Go to a sporting event	12th May 2009	Completed
35) Sleep under the stars	10th Aug 2008	Completed
38) Learn something new	12th May 2009	Completed
40) Have a fun bet	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
41) Sample foreign food	12th May 2009	Completed
43) Cook something	12th May 2009	Completed
44) Get tipsy with good company	12th May 2009	Completed
46) See what's happening in your community	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
49) Visit a museum	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
50) Be happy	12th May 2009	Completed
Develop a wonderful sense of style	12th May 2009	Completed
Exercise at least twice a week	12th May 2009	Completed
Improve your diet	12th May 2009	Completed
Try yoga	12th May 2009	Completed
Drive along Route 66, USA	3rd Jan 2012	Completed
Go on a road trip	3rd Jan 2012	Completed
See the Eiffel Tower	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
See the Grand Canyon	3rd Jan 2012	Completed
See the Niagara Falls	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
See the Statue of Liberty	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
Visit Stonehenge		Completed
Cut back on spending	12th May 2009	Completed
Find a better paid job	3rd Jan 2012	Completed
Stop impulse buying	12th May 2009	Completed
Walk more instead of driving	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
Achieve some of your life goals with friends and family	12th May 2009	Completed
Be more self-confident	12th May 2009	Completed
Buy a homeless person some food	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
Give an abandoned pet a permanent home	12th May 2009	Completed
Give your time to help a charity	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
Protest against something you care about	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
Experience an earthquake	22nd Sep 2010	Completed
Swim in the sea		Completed
Handle a bird of prey		Completed
Graduate from university	3rd Jan 2012	Completed
Learn multiplication times tables up to 12		Completed
Read a book a month		Completed
Take a dancing lesson	3rd Jan 2012	Completed
Take singing lessons		Completed
Dance		Completed
Go canyoning		Completed
Go sledding		Completed
Shoot a gun on a shooting range		Completed
Try archery		Completed
Learn to drive		Completed
Learn to ride a bicycle		Completed
Appear on TV		Completed
Build a snowman		Completed
Draw a picture		Completed
Paint a picture		Completed
Tour a vineyard		Completed
Try your hand at photography		Completed
Have a foot massage		Completed
Have a full body massage from a professional		Completed
Visit South America		Completed
Visit Europe		Completed
Visit Germany	3rd Jan 2012	Completed
Visit France	3rd Jan 2012	Completed
Visit Greece		Completed
Visit Italy		Completed
Visit United Kingdom		Completed
Visit Vatican City		Completed
Visit Argentina		Completed
Visit Colombia		Completed
Visit Panama		Completed
Visit Ecuador		Completed
Visit El Salvador		Completed
Visit Canada		Completed
Visit Montreal	3rd Jan 2012	Completed
Visit Turkey		Completed
Visit Australia		Completed
Visit Fiji Islands		Completed
Visit New Zealand		Completed
Learn a new language	3rd Jan 2012	Completed

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