I turned 25 a few weeks back. And I realized that I haven’t done anything noteworthy in the quarter of a century that I have thrived on this blessed planet. So here’s a list that I have come up with, and am constantly adding to/updating, of things that I need to get done at some point in my life. There’s no deadline, no prize, no pressure, no nothing. Just the heartfelt satisfaction of having done some badass things in life. (Some of the items on the list have been retrofitted).
- Own a home in the US and in my home country India.
- Have a picture taken with a major A-list celebrity.
- Go on a vacation all by myself. (Summer 2010)
- Learn about cars enough to NOT be a mute spectator in car conversations.
- Be fluent in a foreign language.
- Take ballroom dancing lessons. (I bailed after just 1 class, but it still counts!)
- Learn to drive.
Get a driver’s license.(19th May, 2011. After 2 years and 3 attempts)- Take a road trip to a state that isn’t New York or New Jersey. (Drove back from Columbus, OH to New Jersey in Mach 2010)
- Go snorkeling. (Cancun, Mexico October 2010)
- Go scuba diving.
- Go bungee jumping.
- Go skydiving. (August 2008)
- Go diving with sharks.
- Climb to top of the pyramid of Giza.
- Interview someone famous for my blog.
- Get interviewed for a magazine or television.
Have my parents visit me.(They arrive on the 24th May 2011 and stay for 3 weeks)- Sell one of my photographs.
- Go rafting.
- Attend a speed dating event.
- Grow my hair long enough so that it can be pony-tailed.
- Try my hand at gardening.
- Visit all the 50 states in the US. (New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois 39 to go, updated September 2010)
- Live as a vegetarian for a month.
- Teach.
- Attend a rock concert. (U2 in New Jersey, September 2009)
- Get another Masters degree.
- Visit every Ivy League campus. (1. Columbia, 2. Cornell, 3. Harvard, 4. Yale)
- Buy a really large television.
- Have a female roommate. (Summer 2008 kinda)
- Have a non-Indian roommate.
- Join a bookclub. (December 2009)
- Compete in the NYC marathon.
- Complete the NYC half marathon.
- Complete the NYC marathon. Yes, baby steps.
- Visit one of my best friend’s in Madrid, Spain. (Summer 2010)
- Paint a canvas.
- Grow a beard and live with it for a month.
Dance at an Indian wedding.(Summer 2011)- Write a short story.
- Learn to make Pad Thai. (April 2010: It wasn’t very good though.)
- Learn to sail.
- See Dido in concert.
- Go kayaking.
- Visit Paris.
- Watch a match at all the four Grand Slam tournaments. (1. US Open 2008)
- Take trapeze lessons.
- Go rock-climbing.
- Catch a Knicks game at the Madison Square Garden
- Visit all the 6 major continents before I turn 30.
