Life List

This is a list of things I want to do before I die, sort of like a bucket list. Things that I have already done are crossed off. Some of these are also part of my 101 in 1001 days project.

For Myself

1. Have my own clothing line
2. Have my own small business
3. Have my own personal library in my house
4. Have my own radio show  (Aug 2009)
5. Have my children grow up with love
6. Do a full course in something that interests me
7. Perform Hajj myself
8. Have something named after me
9. Be pampered
10. Have someone write and sing a song about me
11. Have someone make me breakfast in the bed
12. Find a best friend
13. Live in an apartment with my significant other
14. 
    
15. Be a bridesmaid (Dec 2012)
16. Have a song dedicated to me (Sept 2012)
17. Have my 11.11.11 11:11 wish come true - I have forgotten what this wish even was. Oops
18. Have my first kiss with the one who's meant for me
19. 
    
20. Have rainbow hair
21. 
    
22. Get a portrait painted by a street artist
23. Receive flowers from a stranger
24. Receive an infinity necklace
25. Find my perfect lipstick shade
26. Paint my front door pink
27. Feel confident without makeup
28. Get Lasik eye surgery
29. 
    
30. Get over my fear of heights
31. Be a model for a day (June 2012)
32. Have really white teeth
33. Receive a Disney Spin

For Others

1. Convince someone to write their own bucket list (Dec 2012)
2. Spend time volunteering 
3. Donate my hair to locks of love
4. Help someone else fulfill a bucket list dream
5. Donate blood
6. Make a difference in at least one person's life
7. Sponsor someone's education
8. Send my parents to Hajj
9. Have family traditions and rituals
10. Pay for a stranger's groceries
11. Pray for someone for a month straight
12. Compliment someone everyday for 10 days straight
13. Make a mix CD for a friend (Jan 2013)
14. Play matchmaker for someone
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16. Pass on a family heirloom
17. Pay a stranger's tab at a restaurant
18. Give someone a makeover
19. Meet my pen pal
20. Host a swap party with friends

Money and Stuff

1. Buy a switch
2. Buy a Chanel red lipstick
3. Buy 
4. Own an iPhone  (July 2013)
5. Buy a lap top (Jan 2010)
6. Buy a nice camera
7. Start an Etsy shop.
8. 
   
9. Buy a pair of white shoes and doodle on them
10. Buy flowers for someone for no reason at all (Feb 2017)
11. Own a pair of nude pumps
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13. Own something from Tiffany &co
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15. Have a wardrobe I actually like
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17. Own a collection of cute bikinis
18. Go shopping every day for a week
19. Find the perfect LBD
20. Shop at Forever 21
21. 
    
22. Buy a give/laptop for dad (Jan 2014)
23. Pay off my parents debt
24. Own 20 pairs of shoes
25. Buy a Polaroid camera
26. Start a charity
27. Start my own business
28. Sell a book on Amazon
29. Collect a coin from each country
30. 
    
31. Have a pool
32. Collect postcards from every country
33. Receive my Hogwarts acceptance letter (Feb 2015)
34. Own a Marc Jacobs bag
35. Own a typewriter
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Learning  and Accomplishments

1. Learn to speak Spanish
2. Learn to speak Italian
3. Learn to speak Arabic
4. Learn to Kayak
5. Learn to say "Hello" in 50 languages
6. Learn Origami
7. Learn to play pool (Dec 2011)
8. Learn to play foosball (Dec 2011)
9. Learn to juggle
10. Learn how to surf
11. Learn how to play guitar
12. Learn fluent sign language
13. Learn how to drive (April 2015)
14. Learn to swim
15. Graduate college (Mar 2013)
16. Become a fashion designer
17. Get the Shaheed Labeeb Award (Feb 2011)
18. Learn how to play the saxophone
19. Learn Braille
20. Learn to write with my left hand
21. Learn to play the piano
22. Learn jewelry making
23. Get a masters
24. Get a PhD
25. 
    
26. By heart the entire Holy Quran
27. Learn how to play every Taylor Swift song on guitar
28. Learn how to use chopsticks (Mar 2012)
29. Know the alphabet backwards
30. Learn a new word every day for a month
31. Learn to identify 10 constellations
32. Solve the Rubik's cube
33. Learn the names, capitals and flags of all countries
34. Develop a British accent (Mar 2012)
35. Attend a Sean Covey lecture
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37. Learn how to tie a tie
38. Go to a real fashion show
39. Know the name and location of every country in the world
40. Learn how to do a cartwheel
41. Learn how to cook
42. Take a spinning class
43. Take a zumba class
44. Take a Pilates class

Creativity

1. Paint a self portrait
2. Make some pottery
3. Go to a scrapbook convention
4. Take an art class
5. Invent a board game (Apr 2012)
6. Design my own wedding cake
7. Tie dye a shirt
8. Build a gingerbread house
9. Take a picture of myself a day for an year
10. Finish an entire coloring book
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12. Leave 200 inspirational notes inside 200 books for others to find
13. Finish a wreck this journal
14. Take a photo of the same place every month for year and then turn it into a calendar for the next year
15. Invent a stupid word and get everyone to say it
16. Teach a parrot to say my name
17. Invent a ridiculous holiday
18. Complete a scrapbook
19. Make a jar of lucky paper stars (May 2013)
20. Have a dream catcher over my bed (Sept 2012)
21. Design my own converse
22. Learn how to tie a knot in a cherry stem using my tongue
23. Make 1000 paper cranes
24. Make a burn book
25. keep a dream journal for one month.

Food

1. Take a cooking class
2. Take a cake decorating class
3. Eat in a underwater restaurant
4. Try sushi (May 2016)
5. Try macarons (March 2015)
6. Have a tea party (June 2014)
7. Eat at a Mcdonalds  (Mar 2012)
8. Eat at a restaurant by myself
9. Be a vegetarian for two weeks
10. Hold an Alice in Wonderland tea party
11. Open a cookbook to a random page and make whatever is on it
12. Eat chicken tikka masala (Mar 2013)
13. Give a waiter an abnormally large tip
14. Be in a food fight
15. Make and eat s'mores
16. Make and eat red velvet cake
17. Eat dim sum
18. Make a fruit bouquet
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20. Smash a pie in someone's face
21. Throw a Barbie themed birthday party
22. Have someone surprise me with a heart shaped pizza
23. Try gelato (August 2014)
24. Throw a drink in someone's face (Dec 2016)
25. Make someone I love a birthday cake (June 2015)
26. Set up a lemonade stand with my children
27. 
    
28. Try every kind of Pringles
29. Host a holiday party
30. Bake in the middle of the night with someone I love
31. Eat a square watermelon
32. 
    
33. Try every flavor of Baskin Robbins ice cream
34. Make a three course meal for my closest friends

Entertainment and Writing

1. Write an article for a magazine that I like (Apr 2012)
2. Have a column (online, magazine, newspaper, whatever)
3. Write a book and publish it
4. 
   
5. Record a song in a studio
6. Make a list of the top 5 people who have positively influenced me and write them letters
7. Write 200 poems
8. Write 100 songs
9. Read 1000 books
10. Read my height in books
11. Voice a commercial (Feb 2010)
12. Write a letter to each of my future children
13. Read the complete works of Shakespeare
14. 
    
15. Meet Kareena Kapoor
16. Take a dance class
17. Work for a magazine (May 2013)
18. Be featured in a TV show
19. Make a documentary
20. Join a book club (Sept 2015)
21. Work in a bookstore
22. Be a part of a flash mob (Aug 2012)
23. Go to a Taylor Swift concert
24. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
25. Write a "if anything ever happens to me" letter
26. Write a list of 101 things I've already achieved in this lifetime
27. Keep a “My Day in Six Words” journal for 6 months
28. Participate in NaNoWriMo (Nov 2013)
29. Write all my bad memories on paper, burn this paper afterwards
30. Write a fan mail letter (May 2015)
31. Write a message in a public bathroom
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33. See "The Bucket List"
34. Go to a movie alone
35. Watch a ballet
36. Read all Agatha Christy mystery novels
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38. Have my favorite author sign my book
39. Watch a 3D movie (Mar 2012)
40. Watch "Titanic" with someone I love
41. Read 365 books in one year
42. Read every C.S Lewis novel
43. Read a book backwards
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45. Make "fetch" happen
46. Complete an entire book of Sudoku puzzles
47. Send a letter to a random address and see if they write back
48. Watch every movie Audrey Hepburn acted in
49. Read 26 books I've never read starting with each letter of the Alphabet

Travel and Sightseeing

1. Ride in a submarine
2. Ride in a limo
3. Go on a cruise
4. Visit new 7 wonders
5. Visit all inhabited islands in Maldives
6. 
   
7. Visit all heritage sites in Asia
8. Visit every country in the world
9. Visit Wizarding World of Harry Potter
10. Set foot on all the 7 continents
11. Go to Platform 9 3/4, Kings Cross (Mar 2012)
12. Visit the walk of fame
13. Study abroad
14. See the Stonehenge
15. Visit the Taj Mahal (Dec 2007)
16. Go on a vacation by myself
17. See the northern lights
18. Throw a dart at a map and travel to wherever it lands
19. Climb up the statue of Liberty
20. Go to Universal Studios, Hollywood
21. Visit the Hershey chocolate factory
22. Visit the Sydney Opera House
23. Visit any Madam Tussauds
24. Celebrate 50th wedding anniversary in Paris
25. Visit Naples and eat the best pizza in the whole world
26. Fly first class
27. Celebrate my birthday overseas
28. Experience Diwali and Holi in India
29. Go on a road trip
30. Visit Easter Island
31. Walk on the Moses bridge
32. Visit the Sherlock Holmes museum
33. See the Alice in Wonderland statue in Central Park
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35. See the great pyramid of Giza
36. Go on a world cruise
37. Visit strawberry fields in Central Park
38. Visit the library of congress
39. Visit a vineyard
40. Drive the Atlantic ocean road
41. Go on a Safari trip
42. Visit Ibrahimfulhu Museum
43. Visit a Floating Library (Dec 2013)

Outdoors and Leisure

1. Go zip lining
2. Plant 1000 trees
3. Sing Karaoke (May 2016)
4. Jump from a cliff into deep water
5. Ride in a hot air balloon
6. Ride in a rollercoaster
7. See a platypus
8. Ride an elephant
9. Build a snowman
10. Push somebody into water
11. Have a snowball fight with someone I love
12. Drop a water balloon off a tall building
13. Fly a kite
14. Dance in the rain
15. Go on a blind date (Aug 2013)
16. Spend the whole day in bed doing nothing (June 2022)
17. Have a sleepover
18. Have a Harry Potter themed party
19. Have a murder mystery party
20. Stay at a bed and breakfast
21. Throw someone a surprise party (June 2016)
22. Attend a Japanese tea ceremony
23. See a shooting star (Dec 2012)
24. Go on a carnival date
25. Participate in a high heel run
26. Ride in a glass elevator (Dec 2015)
27. Have a huge water balloon fight
28. Paint roses red
29. Find a four leaf clover
30. Lay down in a field of daisies
31. Cuddle under the stars
32. Spend an entire day watching Disney movies
33. Bait a hook and catch my own fish, then let it go
34. Go on a beach date
35. Carve my name into a tree
36. Go an entire day without using any technology
37. Stay a whole night in an airport (Dec 2007)
38. Send a message in a bottle
39. Stop and smell the flowers (always)
40. Jump in a pile of leaves (Nov 2016)
41. Get a pet
42. Grow a bonsai tree
43. Get into a cab and say "Quick, follow that car"
44. Crash a wedding  (Aug 2013)
45. Plant flowers
46. Swim in an infinity pool
47. Have a paint fight (Oct 2015)
48. Lay in the road in the middle of the night (Aug 2015)
49. Participate in the 3 day walk for the cure
50. Let go of a floating lantern (Apr 2015)
51. Lay in a hammock
52. Have a candle-lit bath
53. Go on an aquarium date
54. Have a water gun fight
55. Go on a stargazing date
56. Take a bubble bath with him
57. Build a snowman
58. Throw a masquerade party (Jul 2016)
59. Have a picnic in the park with friends (May 2014)
60. Dance in the snow
61. Go Bungee jumping
62. Take part in an Improv Everywhere mission

Big Things

1. Fall in Love
2. Grow old with someone I love
3. Become an inspiration 
4. Adopt a child
5. Witness a wedding proposal
6. Confess my love
7. Love him until I die
8. Be the best parents we can be
9. Have the courage to tell him I think he's the one
10. Be an aunt
11. Find the love of my life
12. Marry the love of my life
13. Have our families support us and be at our wedding
14. Finally be his

Misc

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2. Have a 10 year high school reunion
3. Have a pen pal from each country
4. Make a friend from every country
5. Change my name for a day
6. Send a secret to PostSecret
7. Make a wish at 11:11 on November 11, 2011 (Nov 2011)
8. Tie a secret to a balloon and let it go
9. Build a blanket fort with someone I love
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11. Find P. Sherman, Wallaby Way, Sydney
12. Wake up on January 1 next to the one I love
13. Feel breathless after a kiss
14. Put Mentos in diet coke
15. Stay naked for an entire day
16. Have a relationship that lasts successfully for at least a year  (June 2013)