You will learn about activities and challenges I came up with and did to get out of my comfort zone and put myself to the test. In doing so I wanted to share each moment with you. I encourage you to join the fun by either participating or asking me to do new things. I hope this list will reach 1000 by the time I am finished, that is 1000 completed items I never really set out to doing. Below are some interesting quotes and some significant moments in some recent times…
- “I’m not in search of sanctity, sacredness, purity; these things are found after this life, not in this life; but in this life I search to be completely human: to feel, to give, to take, to laugh, to get lost, to be found, to dance, to love and to lust, to be so human.” C. JoyBell
- “It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live” – Victor Hugo, 1802-1885.
- “Dont worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow” – Oprah
And so below is my list:
- Run a Marathon
- Donate Blood
- Donate to Charity for a purpose
- Complete the Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) Course
- Learn some Boxing
- Pie someone in the Face
- Job / Career Change
- Really ‘Reach Out’ ### TBC
- Rock Climb ### TBC
- Refrain from using credit card for one month
- 30 childhood memories ###
- Fire an AK47
- Restore some old furniture
- Walk non-stop from 9-5
- Fare Evasion on the train network
- Offer my time doing Volunteer work
- Marry my girlfriend
- Rescue a lost dog (and back to its owner!)
- Catch up with my favourite school teacher
- Contact Every Person ###
- Meet My Namesake (contact already made to someone in HK) ###
- Visit the Shrine of Remembrance – Learning about and remembering WW1
- Start building personal Scotch Whiskey Collection
- Repair my Back ###
- Brand New Start (New Job / New Phone / New Laptop)
- Ice Bath / Ice Bucket Challenge
- Maintain a Food Diary for one month # Upload story + Graphics ###
- Have a child (TBC) ###
- Commitment to Leadership Development
- Remember my Sponsor child
- Data visualisation – tracking cost per day
- Name in Graffiti
- McDonalds Family Feast ###
- The Marathon: Part II (Oct)
- Salvo’s
- Random Act of Kindness I – McDonalds
- Plant a Tree in a Public Place
- Kick Ass @ Corporate GamesA
- Archiving my still food photos
- Entering Pier to Pub – Lorne Surf Life Saving 1.2 km swim
- orangutans dec
- grand opening of the ASRC dec
- Olivia Newton-John Cancer and wellness centre dec
- new item with each visit to the supermarket dec
- catch up with my fav primary school teacher #2 jan
- no texting while walking for one month jan
- we could have died jan
- The Pier to Pub – The Lorne Surf Life Saving 1.2 km swim
- Celebrating NYE Sober jan
- # 28 days of wisdom feb
- alcohol free month feb
- getting snapped – the 100’s
- i figured you were out of time so i got you a takeaway
- ate the unthinkable march
- run to remember masa march
- something for the women out there – he for she march
- discovering hot and cold foods march
- support for the ironman + personal quest for the 70.3 march
- The GOAT – Greatest of all Time march
- reporting a public lighting fault apr
- report a dangerous situation to the SES apr
- anzac day 2015 – 100 year apr
- contributing to boroondara council – not happy jan! may
- small gift to my team and my peers may
- australia’s biggest mornig tea – supporting the cancer council may
- valley of 1000 hills may
- BLUE EFFICIENCY – going diesel may
- Dennis jun
- 100 days jun
- allergy – patch test! jun
- 30 day ab challenge jun
- flashback 7 pounds jun
- starting the global corporate challenge jun
- powercor tour de depot – shepparton jun
- make peace with IBM
- run a competitive half marathon
- A Journal???
- Get the World Moving – half way point
- mental health
- new financial year (Q’s first) july
- halal lunch aug
- 9 uncomfortable things that will pay off forever aug
- OLOP aug
In Progress
- Eat the cuisines from 100 countries
- Message all my connections on my phone, Facebook and LinkedIn
- Do not donate money to charity for one year, but take a selfie with 12 beggars/buskers on the street
To Do:
- Get Solar Power for the home
- Get a water tank for the home
- Wear the same suit for one year!
- Contribute to sometime for the Aboriginal community
- Join the Century Club (i.e. 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes)
- Participate in a Protest – East West Link?
- Visit an Abattoir
- Refrain from using social media (Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn) for one month
- Learn new handwriting style
- Start my own business
- Purchase a road bike and do the “Around the Bay”
- Try out CrossFit
- Sleep a night on the street with homeless people
- Travel from London to Melbourne without taking any flights
- Fake own death
- Drive Around Australia
- Bungy Jumping in New Zealand
- Volunteer Work Overseas (WWOOF)
- Walk on fire (hot stones)
- Lie down on a bed of nails
- Running of the Bulls in Spain
- Learn Chinese
- Learn Spanish
- Win a Poker Tournament
- McDonalds Ghost Prank (from YouTube)
- Recreate a music video
- Law Degree
- Work in an overseas country
- Walk the Kokoda Trail
- MC at an event
- Learn to DJ
- Motorbiking holiday in Vietnam
- Volunteer Firefighting
- Learn a Martial Art
- Draw my family tree
- Visit every Formula 1 Track in the world
- Build a mean remote control car and race it till it breaks
- Learn to do handstands
- Meet a famous person
- Do something wild to get on the TV news
- Organise a hoax for a great laugh (maybe linked to the above)
- Visit all my friends working overseas
- Pay for someone’s petrol / grocery bill/ lunch
- Mow the lawn of every property in my street
- Teach Piano
- Make a giant piece of artwork for the house
- Write a long, detailed story that can be made into a movie
- Learn to fly a helicopter
- Put $1000 on Black in Roulette
- Speed Dating
- Get a Tattoo
- Shave Head Bald
- Get a gun licence
- Get something named after me
- Hitch Hike
- Visit the Playboy Mansion
- Do not eat for 3 days
- Stay awake for 72 hours
- Get shot
- Drive a Lamborghini
- Be a team mascot
- Visit a prisoner or someone on death row
- Light fireworks in a public celebration of some kind
- Catch a massive fish I can be proud of
- Help someone complete something on their bucket list
- Go out of my way to promote a friend’s business
- Learn to juggle 4 balls
- Visit the Sahara Desert
- 100 consecutive pushups
- Drive my car until it reaches 500,000 kms
- Attend a fashion show impeccably groomed and dressed and sit at the front row of the catwalk
- Finish the Power Hour (21 shots within the hour)
- Participate in a laughter club
- Go on holidays with another couple who I wouldn’t normally holiday with!
- Ride a tandem bike with Glynis
- Swear Jar – no vulgarities for a month!
- And last but not least – yes I know this is in progress – Document every experience here!!!
