Life List
Hi! My name is Danny Dover. I am the creator of this site and this is my life list. If you are interested, you can read more about my story here. Please feel free to use my life list as an inspiration for creating your own list. You might even want to consider becoming life listed!
What is a Life List?
A life list is a list of goals you are fully committed to accomplishing before a specific date while you are living. This is different from a bucket list which is a list of things you would like to do before dying. Who wants to wait until they are dying to start living? Not me!
Visiting Easter Island
My Life List
For my list, I have two rules:
- The entire list must be completed by May 25th, 2017
- I can not add or remove anything from the list
It is as simple as that!
Big Ones
Become a published author- Start a company
- Run a marathon
- Buy a same day plane ticket to a foreign country
- Learn to fly a plane
- Climb Mt. Rainier
- Be on a talk show
- Be listed on a patent
- Learn to do a standing backflip
- Get a six pack
- Visit every state in the United States
- Visit every continent
- Learn another language (become bilingual)
- Learn an instrument
- Live in the wilderness for a month without modern tools
Go to All 7 Continents by the End Of 2012
- North America
- South America
- Australia
- Europe
- Asia
- Africa
- Antarctica
Education Based Goals
- Take yoga class
- Take a bartending class
- Learn the command line
- Take a Photoshop class
- Go to motorcycle school
- Take a massage class
- Take a digital photography class
- Learn to pick pocket
- Learn to play chess well
See the World’s Most Amazing Man-made Things
North America
- See the Hoover Dam (United States – Nevada/Arizona)
- See the Statue of Liberty (United States – New York)
South America
- See the Head Statues on Easter Island (Chile – Easter Island)
- See Machu Picchu (Peru – Machu Picchu)
Australia
Europe
- See the Acropolis (Greece – Athens)
- See the Mona Lisa (France – Paris)
- See the Eiffel Tower (France – Paris)
- See the Colosseum (Italy – Rome)
- See Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany – Schwangau)
Asia
- See the Forbidden City (China – Beijing)
- See the Great Wall of China (China)
- See the Taj Mahal (India – Agra)
Africa
See the World’s Most Amazing Natural Things
North America
- See the Aurora Borealis (United States – Alaska)
- See the Grand Canyon (United States – Arizona)
- See the Redwood Forest (United States – California)
- See the Niagara Falls (United States – New York)
South America
Europe
Asia
- See Mount Everest (Nepal)
Do the World’s Coolest Activities
- Go snowmobiling
- Go hang gliding
- Go Zorbing
- Go in a helicopter
- Go white water river rafting
- Go in a hot air balloon
- Get hypnotized
- Go sky diving
- Go SCUBA diving
- Go bungee jumping
- Get Legally Ordained
- Go in a submarine
- Try out a chiropractor
- Try out a professional massage
- Ride a segway
- Design a logo
- Ride a camel
- Race cars on a track
- Have a song written about me
- Become a cartoon character
- Become an Eagle Scout
- Get in a fight and win
- Experience LSD
- Go to a rodeo
- Go to a TED conference
- Go on a major cruise
- Go to an animal killing and eating ceremony
- Go hunting
- Go Olympic lugeing (United States – Utah)
- Go in the Vomit Comet (United States – Las Vegas)
- Go to Dale Jarrett Racing Adventures (United States – Alabama)
- Go to Air Combat School (United States – Los Angeles)
Go to the World’s Biggest Events
- Go to the World Series (United States)
- Go to the World Cup (Brazil)
- Go to the Opening Ceremony at the Winter Olympics (Russia – Sochi)
- Go to the Tour De France (France)
- Go to the Indianapolis 500 or Sprint Series Cup (United States)
- Go to the Superbowl (United States)
Go to the World’s Greatest Parties
- Go to Burning Man (United States – Black Rock City)
- Go to Carnival (Brazil – Rio de Janeiro)
- Go to Full Moon Party (Thailand – Koh Pha Ngan)
- Go to St. Patrick’s Day Festival – (Ireland – Dublin)
- Go to Queens Day (Netherlands – Amsterdam)
- Go to Roskild Festival (Denmark – Roskilde)
- Go to Pamplona Bull Run (Spain – Pamplona)
- Go to Midsummer (Spain)
- Go to La Tomatina (Spain – Bunyol)
- Go to Oktoberfest (Germany – Munich)
- Go to Mardi Gras (United States – New Orleans)
Go to the World’s Greatest Cities
North America
- Go to New York City (United States)
- Go to Chicago (United States)
- Go to Washington DC (United States)
- Go to Houston (United States)
- Go to Los Angeles (United States)
- Go to Vancouver BC (Canada)
- Go to Whistler (Canada)
- Go to Belize City (Belize)
- Go to Mexico City (Mexico)
- Go to Cancun (Mexico)
- Go to Dallas (United States)
- Go to Montreal (Canada)
- Go to Havana (Cuba)
- Go to New Orleans (United States)
South America
Australia
Europe
- Go to London (United Kingdom)
- Go to Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Go to Istanbul (Turkey)
- Go to Athens (Greece)
- Go to Paris (France)
- Go to Prague (Czech Republic)
- Go to Barcelona (Spain)
- Go to Stockholm (Sweden)
- Go to Rome (Italy)
- Go to St Petersburg (Russia)
- Go to Moscow (Russia)
Asia
- Go to Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Go to Tokyo (Japan)
- Go to Seoul (South Korea)
- Go to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
- Go to Singapore (Singapore)
- Go to Beijing (China)
- Go to Hong Kong (China)
- Go to Shanghai (China)
- Go to Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
- Go to Bangkok (Thailand)
Africa
Although not on my life list, these are some more notable things I have done, seen or experienced.
Honorable Mentions
- Star in a commercial
- Save a human life
- Go to Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Go parasailing
- Go rock climbing
- Summit Pike’s Peak
- Get a tattoo
- Shoot an UZI
- Kiss a Celebrity (Mandy Moore)
- Pay off all debt
- Completely stop watching TV
- Transfer all photos to digital
- Get lasik eye surgery
- Train with S.W.A.T.
- Be in a music video
- Go crowd surfing
- Go to a movie alone
- Try absinthe
- Go dog-sled racing
- Swim with wild turtles
- Watch turtles hatch & run for the ocean
- Fly first class on a major airline
- Milk a cow
- Fly on a trapeze
- Ride a mechanical bull
- Go to a luau in Hawaii
- Swim with dolphins
- Get my finances under control for one year
- Fill an entire room with packing peanuts
- Cover an entire room in tin foil
- Go on a tour of the Ben and Jerrys Factory
- Go paintballing
- Try Acupuncture
- Swim in the Dead Sea
- Get CPR certified
- Donate blood
- Take an etiquette class
- Watch a movie at a drive-in theater
- Complete a coast to coast trip across america
- Be part of a food fight
- Tour with a band
- Live on a boat
- Visit Mount Rushmore
- Visit the Panama Canal
- Learn to mediate
- Become 100% debt free (0 credit card debt)
- Create a website
- Go to a horse race
- Go dog sledding
- Go ice skating
- Go roller blading
- Go zip lining
- Go to Disney Land
- Go to Disney World
- Visit a Mayan ruin
- Go to Venice Beach
- Touch a rock from the moon
- Sleep in a treehouse
- Sleep under the stars
- Swim with dolphins in the wild
- See a Broadway production in New York City
- Go skinny dipping
- See a space shuttle launch
- See a meteor shower
- Go jet skiing
- See Christ the Redeemer in Brazil
- Put a message in a bottle and toss it in the ocean
- Get palm read
- Go to Las Vegas, Nevada
- Ride a mechanical bull
- Go to a toga party
- Take part in a protest
- Learn to drive stick shift
- See the Red Light District in Amsterdam
- See the Space Needle in Seattle
- Buy coffee at the first Starbucks
- Walk on a black sand beach
- Attend a foam party
- Ride on a ski lift
- Go in a Sauna
- Explore the mansions of Newport, Rhode Island
- Make a gingerbread house
- Get an action figure made of yourself
- Try vegemite in Australia
- Start a slow clap at a major event
- Be involved in a police chase
- See someone get tazed
- Grow a mustache
- Get a naked portrait painted of myself
- Learn to use chopsticks
- Pet a snake
- Ride in a canoe
- Sleep in a log cabin
- Streak
- Attend the Adult Entertainment Expo
- Experience am earthquake
- Learn to tie a tie
- Walk on fire
- Spy on someone while wearing a disguise
- Go cave diving
- See Chichen Itza in Mexico
- See the Empire State Building
- See a Cirque Du Soleil show
- Pan for gold
- Attend a luau
- Walk on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Ride in a horse drawn carriage
- Be part of a flash mob
- Wear a fresh lei
- Meet someone famous
- Go to a hookah bar
- Go to an oxygen bar
- Order room service
- Go wine tasting in Napa Valley
- Party at a rave
- Spend the entire day alone
- Eat Fondue
- Eat a Grapple
- Attend a Tony Robbins seminar
- Party until all night until the sun comes up
