“Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” – Amelia Earhart

The List of Adventure is the roadmap that keeps me on the path of purposeful living.  Here’s how I created it and here’s some tips on creating your own.

The List of Adventure

Travel
Set foot in all 7 Continents (4/7)
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica

Set foot in all 50 states (48/50)
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont,
Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Drive across the United States
Attend Oktoberfest in Munich
Celebrate Carnaval in Rio
Run with the bulls in Pamplona
Explore the Amazon Rainforest
Walk on the Great Wall of China
Sleep in a bungalow in Bora Bora
Take a ferry from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon
Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Fly over the Grand Canyon
See Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower
Experience Niagara Falls from the Canadian side
Attend Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada
Party with the locals in Mykonos, Medellin, Ibiza, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Berlin
Ride a camel to the Pyramids in Egypt
Enjoy a freshly rolled cigar in Cuba
Trek the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
See Japan from the top of Mt. Fuji
Attend a Full Moon Party in Koh Phangan, Thailand
See the Aurora Borealis
Live in a foreign country for at least a month
Circumnavigate the world on an around the world plane ticket
Obtain dual citizenship

Physical/Health Challenges
Complete a half-marathon
Complete a marathon
Complete a triathlon
Run a six minute mile
Do 100 consecutive pushups
Do 40 consecutive pull-ups
Do 200 consecutive squats
Do 20 consecutive handstand pushups
Hold a handstand away from the wall
Swim in the open ocean
Learn how to surf
Hold my breath for four minutes
Fast completely for a week
Live like a monk for a month (The Monastic Challenge)
Go a month without eating any grains or refined sugars
Abstain from drinking any alcohol for 26.2 weeks (The Sober Marathon)
Learn how to do a standing backflip
Learn how to do flares
Learn how to do a gainer
Learn how to do a backflip off of a wall
Learn parkour
Complete a Tough Mudder race
Compete in a powerlifting competition
Compete in a bodybuilding competition
Ride a 100 mile bicycle race with my father
Ride a bicycle across the United States

Relationships and Family
Take my father and David on an overseas trip together
Live with David somewhere for at least a year
Help David get a full-ride scholarship for college
Help David graduate college with honors
Watch David play a show for over 1000 people
Host 25 dinner parties
Throw someone an epic surprise party
Deliver coaching services to 20 of my friends for free
Meet 50 new people through CouchSurfing.org
Go on a blind date
Give the best man speech at a wedding

Life Experiences
Go skydiving
Go bungee jumping
Go ziplining
Go parasailing
Go scuba diving
Go hang gliding
Go sailing
Go white water rafting
Go horseback riding
Swim with dolphins
Swim with stingrays
Swim with sharks
Live a week homeless on the streets
Perform a stand-up routine
Fly an airplane
Go dog sledding
Go skinny dipping in the ocean
Try out for an Olympic team
Watch the Olympic Games live
Attend a World Cup match
Attend a vipassana retreat
Sing in front of 100+ people
Ride in a hot air balloon
Break a Guinness World Record
Watch a sumo wrestling match in Japan
Shake hands with Warren Buffett
Shake hands with the President of the United States
Take a ride on a private jet
Experience zero gravity
Jump into a pool with all my clothes on
Disappear completely for a month (no phone, email, or internet)
Live in a yoga center or ashram for at least a month
Compete in a competitive eating competition
Volunteer at a hospice
Be a contestant on a game show
Sleep in an igloo
Go on a backpacking trip for at least a week
Milk a cow
Take a trapeze class
Don’t shave or cut my hair for six months

Skills and Knowledge
Become fluent in four languages:
English, Japanese, Spanish, French
Learn how to dance:
Ballet, Salsa, Samba, Tango, Swing
Learn the entire choreography to Thriller
Learn how to play guitar
Learn how to ride a unicycle
Obtain a yoga teaching certification
Obtain a life coaching certification
Become proficient in NLP

Financial
Pay off all my student loans
Help 100 entrepreneurs through Kiva.org
Donate over half of my closet to charity
Have a net worth of over $1M
Retire before I’m 40

Career
Start a personal blog
Work in a foreign country
Help 20 of my direct reports get promoted
Attend a TED event
Speak at a TED event
Sit on a board of directors
Twitter Followers: 100 500 1,000 5,000 10,000
Blog subscribers: 100 500 1,000 5,000 10,000
Become location independent
Become a college professor
Start a non-profit organization
Get a masters degree
Get a PhD

Stretch Goals
Save someone’s life
Write a best-selling book
Open and operate a profitable yoga studio
Have extraordinarily ridiculous six-pack abs
Be a contestant on “The Amazing Race” with David
Make the front page of the newspaper (for something good)

Would I enjoy some company?
Sure, just contact me if you’re interested in tackling a few of these items together. Or if you just so happen to be riding to Wyoming in a hot air balloon to take a trapeze class let me know.

Do you want to sponsor or help me accomplish one of these activities?
Even better yet. Contact me here.