What do you want to do before you die?

What do you want to do before you die?

100 things I want to live before I die.

A list of things I want to live, build, feel, or become. Not goals for productivity, but proof that life is bigger than work, and that purpose needs action.

  1. Learn to play a musical instrument

  2. Learn to code

  3. Create my personal blog “Mark Haedo”

  4. Go 30 days without alcohol, sugar, or caffeine

  5. Travel to a desert

  6. Buy my first apartment before I turn 30

  7. Spend an entire day unplugged without feeling guilty

  8. Go rafting down a river

  9. Create a humanitarian organization to support the homeless

  10. Teach my artistic skills to young people or adults

  11. Sell my company and start a new chapter

  12. Generate €1M in sales with one of my companies

  13. Go on a mountain hike

  14. Observe wild animals in their natural habitat

  15. Get my driver’s license and buy my first car

  16. Cook a complex Peruvian dish

  17. Ride a horse on a beach

  18. Explore Peru and Machu Picchu

  19. Finish the GR20: the toughest long-distance trail in Europe

  20. Cycle around Lake Geneva ≈180km

  21. Cycle 600 km across Austria and Germany

  22. Transform my body in 6 months to achieve an athletic physique

  23. Reach my ideal weight and maintain it for a year

  24. Pray every night for one month to strengthen my spirituality and inner peace

  25. Spend an afternoon at a naturist beach

  1. Buy a house for my mother

  2. Compete in a triathlon

  3. Swim 5 kilometers without stopping

  4. Perform 100 push-ups in one go

  5. Climb Mont Blanc

  6. Learn yoga and master an advanced pose like a headstand

  7. Go on a road trip across South America

  8. Learn to cook delicious dishes

  9. Attend the Burning Man festival

  10. Fly in a helicopter

  11. Spend a night under the stars in the desert

  12. See the Northern Lights in Iceland or Norway

  13. Swim naked in the ocean

  14. Organize an art exhibition

  15. Be featured on the cover of a magazine

  16. Get a tattoo

  17. Learn salsa and/or bachata

  18. Go skydiving

  19. Gather my extended family for a major event

  20. Travel with my close friends for a shared project

  21. Meet a personality or role model I admire

  22. Help a loved one achieve one of their life goals

  23. Write a heartfelt letter or make a meaningful gesture for someone I love

  24. Be a witness or godparent at a wedding

  25. Strengthen an important relationship by improving communication

  26. Help someone in need anonymously

  27. Volunteer at a soup kitchen for the homeless

  28. Sponsor a child in a war-torn or underprivileged country

  29. Organize a fundraiser for a cause I deeply care about

  30. Build homes or infrastructure for communities in need

  31. Participate in a humanitarian mission abroad

  32. Make a significant donation to a charitable cause

  33. Obtain a boating license

  34. Go on a safari in Africa

  35. Create a short film

  36. Spend a night in a treehouse

  37. Observe a total solar eclipse

  1. Learn to speak German

  2. Publish a book

  3. Launch a podcast

  4. Give a TEDx talk in front of over 100 people

  5. Develop a daily meditation practice for several months

  6. Overcome the loss of a loved one

  7. Reach my ideal weight and maintain it for a year

  8. Run a half-marathon

  9. Run a full marathon (Paris or New York)

  10. Attend the Rio Carnival

  11. Participate in a spiritual ceremony, such as a silent retreat or shamanic ritual

  12. Test a flight simulator to pilot a plane

  13. Attend the Super Bowl

  14. Participate in a spiritual ceremony, such as a silent retreat or shamanic ritual

  15. Learn survival skills in nature

  16. Watch the sunrise from a breathtaking location

  17. Take a hot air balloon ride

  18. Launch a startup and start over from scratch

  19. Build a strong and recognized personal brand

  20. Be invited to speak at a conference in my field of expertise

  21. Receive recognition or an award for my work

  22. Achieve total financial independence

  23. Invest in real estate again

  24. Plant a tree

  25. Participate in a beach or forest cleanup

  26. Discover an active volcano

  27. Spend a week in a secluded cabin in nature

  28. Join a reforestation project

  29. Swim in a waterfall

  30. Try a foreign cuisine I’ve never tasted before

  31. Spend an entire day doing absolutely nothing without feeling guilty

  32. Visit the Seven Wonders of the World (or what remains of them)

  33. Spend a week on a spiritual retreat

  34. Travel in first class

  35. Work on my self-esteem to fully love myself

  36. Live in a foreign city for at least 6 months

  37. Write a letter to my future self and read it in 10 years

  38. Pursue happiness and be truly happy ❤️