Zach Swee

I have completed my list of 100 things that I want to do in my life.  Some of them are simple and trivial, and others are difficult and expensive.  But all of them would be so much fun and I hope I get a chance to do them all.  Here’s the list:

100 Things To Do Before I Die

Do:
Run a marathon
Publish a book
Get married
Have a child
Write the story of my life
Start my own business
Go bungee jumping
Train my own dog
Take a cross-state motorcycle ride
Save a life
Lead someone to Christ
Go to an NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB game
Perform at an Open Mic night (stand-up/slam/storytelling)
Build a tree house
Help build a house
Participate in a protest
Carve my name in a tree I planted
Plan an elaborate practical joke
Do a triathlon
Climb a mountain
Build a fire from scratch
Go on a blind date
Street perform and make $100
Shake the hand of a President
Attend the Inauguration of a President
See a hypnotist show
Pack my bags and set off for a random location with no itinerary or plans
Graffiti somewhere outside
Sleep under the stars
Go hang gliding
Beat Super Mario Brothers 2
Do something that a million people see
Play Duck, Duck, Goose with real animals

Learn:
Learn to play piano
Learn several worship songs on the guitar
Do a standing backflip
Memorize the prison epistles
Learn to whistle with my fingers
Learn one amazing magic trick
Learn to scuba dive

Goal:
Keep my virginity until marriage
Be in excellent physical shape

Travel:
Visit every state in the USA
Hike down the Grand Canyon
Gamble in Las Vegas
Visit New York City
Attend a Broadway show on Broadway
Hike part of the Appalachian Trail
See the Northern Lights
Hitchhike
Travel to each continent
Hike in Nepal
Visit Israel
Visit India
Visit South Africa
Visit Ireland
Visit Rio de Janeiro for Carnival
Visit the Pyramids
Visit Stonehenge
Visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Visit the Hagia Sophia
Visit the Panama Canal
Visit the Forbidden City
Visit the Amazon River
Drive on the Autobahn
Run with the bulls in Pamplona
Go on an African Safari
Visit all of the modern Wonders of the World (Taj Mahal, Chichen Itza, Christ the Redeemer, Colosseum, Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Petra)
Go on a cruise
Get baptized in the Jordan
Travel up the Nile in Egypt
Swim in every ocean
Swim in the Dead Sea
Spend a week at sea
Drive in another country
Visit an active volcano

Already Done:
Go skydiving
Ride something bigger than a horse
Fly in a helicopter
Go up in a hot air balloon
Sell a photograph I took
Fly an airplane
Watch a shuttle launch
Experience weightlessness
Sleep in an igloo
Read the Bible from cover to cover
Earn a Bachelor’s degree
Watch all 100 AFI movies
See a movie I made in a theater
Take a photo good enough to blow up
Tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue
Experience a natural disaster
Donate blood
Be debt free
Accept Jesus as my personal Savior
Backpack across Europe
Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef
See the Mona Lisa
Visit the Sistine Chapel
Visit the Sydney Opera House
Visit the Acropolis of Athens