100+ of the favorite things I’ve done in my life
- Took a chance on marrying when I didn’t want to marry ever again
- Traveled around New Zealand by myself by car
- Laughed with hundreds of dolphins swimming in our wake
- Saw whales breaching
- Went camping alone in Maine in a Lexus
- Heard a moose calling its mate in the forest
- Traveled around Costa Rica with my best friend – including hiking deep into a remote rainforest and camping at the ranger station
- Learned to sail
- Sailed offshore
- Stood watch alone at night on a sailboat underway
- Listened to a jaguar roar in the jungle
- Saw macaws in flight in the rainforest
- Quit my job as President of an advertising agency at the height of my career
- Dived off 100 foot cliffs alongside an Olympic diver
- Snorkeled in Fiji
- Learned to scuba dive
- Snorkeled 50-feet off a private island in Belize
- Hugged my cat
- Flew to London for a weekend with the jet set crowd
- Slept on the deck of a sailboat
- Sailed overnight
- Watched a sunset in Hawaii
- Ate fresh sushi till I burst in Hawaii
- Watched the sunrise over Pele’s volcano
- Kayaked among the islands off Maine
- Kayaked in the Inside Passage in Alaska
- Fished for 50 lb King salmon along a glacial river in Alaska
- Fished for grayling and trout along remote streams and lakes in Alaska
- Flew in a float plane in Alaska
- Went gliding
- Skied moguls like a professional freestyle skier
- Skied waste deep powder making perfect 8s
- Owned a sailboat
- Became president of a company
- Started my own company
- Joined a Board of Directors
- Wrote a book
- Bought a convertible sports car
- Visited almost every major site of the Maya world
- Saw a ghost
- Visited Stonehenge and Penter Ifan
- Traveled all around Ireland by car with my niece
- Traveled all around Europe with my sister
- Took drawing lessons
- Learned coastal navigation
- Learned weather prediction
- Grew a garden from scratch
- Wallpapered a room
- Threw a lavish dinner party
- Overcame my shyness and introversion
- Quit smoking
- Made love under the stars on top of a mountain
- Made love under the stars on the deck of a boat
- Made love at sunrise on the deck of a boat
- Made love mid-ocean half way across the Atlantic
- Road a bicycle all around Block Island
- Watched fireworks in a car parked right underneath them
- Stayed in a Swiss chalet in Switzerland
- Stayed in a hunting lodge in Austria
- Visited a castle in Germany
- Stayed in a castle in Ireland
- Got snowed in at a ski resort
- Tried windsurfing
- Tried parasailing
- Rode a motorcycle
- Drove a motorscooter
- Adopted a kitten
- Mentored a junior person
- Watched a glacier calve
- Drove a jeep across a desert island
- Saw the windmill farm in California
- Hiked through a high desert in California
- Transited a canal
- Took a red double decker tour in London
- Walked along the Rive Gauche in Paris
- Rode up the Eiffel tower
- Walked up into the torch of Lady Liberty
- Had lunch at the top of the World Trade Center
- Attended a private party on a boat circling Manhattan at night
- Got snowed in in Montreal
- Attended the wedding of a couple we didn’t know at a medieval castle
- Smelled the pines on the breeze of Puget Sound
- Reveled in the colors of the markets around the world
(Seattle, Central America, Canary Islands, Bahamas) - Made love with a stranger
- Rode lots of cable cars
- Drove across the Florida Keys
- Drove under the Chesapeake Bay
- Drove across the Golden Gate
- Drove along the California coast
- Visited the wine country of California
- Ate truffles and drank local wine in the south of France
- Stayed in a French Chateau in France
- Sat in a café in Austria picking out the spys
- Read every book by Joseph Conrad
- Designed and sewed my own clothes
- Studied ecology with an expert
- Drank where Hemmingway drank
- Attended an elegant New Year’s Eve Ball
- Sat on a beach all night talking
- Gambled in formal clothing in Monaco
- Ice skated on the frozen pond in Central Park
- Organized all my photos in photo albums
- Kissed my sister good-bye and told her how much I loved her
- Collected antiques
- Joined a yacht club
- Made friends with my mom before she died
- Volunteered for a real charity activity
- Had unique ideas for things that had never been done before
- Spoke inspiration to a crowd of 2000
- Led the reorganization of a non-profit corporation
- Found my way out of a forest at night and led others to safety
- Published articles in magazines
- Introduced virgins to sailing
- Watched boats racing on Lake Geneva from a balcony in Lausanne
- Held my ground to maintain my integrity
- Single handed a 41-foot sailboat
- Took a helicopter to the top of a glacier
- Hiked up a mountain
- Played tag with my cat
- Traveled by boat across Milford Sound
- Hiked up a glacier
- Watched a glacier calve right next to our boat
- Watched leaf-cutter ants building things
- Chanced upon a Monarch butterfly migration
- Searched for bald eagles as golf balls in the wild
- Chased whales in an inflatable boat
- Watched a grizzly feed in Alaska
- Felt true love for the first time
- Felt the heat of passion anew
- Swam over a black hole
- Swam in the middle of the ocean
- Scuba dived with giant turtles
- Greeted a pet iguana
- Found a tarantula in my drawer
- Walked away from a devastating car crash
- Listened to my angel tell me it wasn’t my time yet
- Played golf on a cow pasture in Ireland
- Watched the sun rise over a volcano in Costa Rica
- Had a picnic on a remote island in the rain
- Learned to slalom water ski
- Explored many ancient Maya ruins
- Laughed with friends over dinner
- Took sick children out for a sail
- Created a website
- Wrote a non-fiction book
- Took a walk with my mom
- Had my mom teach me all her secrets to cooking
- Taught a kid how to sail
- Had dinner with models in London and ate everything on my plate
- Ate dozens of oysters in New Orleans
- Really listened to sultry music
- Saw Phantom of the Opera on two different continents
- Sat where Henry the VIII, Robin Hood & Charlemagne might have
- Drank a pina colada fresh in the coconut
- Rode a horse at full gallop on a beach
- Laughed all night
- Forgave my father
- Moved to a foreign country and lived there for a decade
- Skied in Europe
- Built a house
- Got a captain’s license (USCG OUPV)
- Published a novel
- Tapped into my 401K and SS
- Become a dual citizen
- Sailed my own boat across the Atlantic (3x)
- Started a small business in Ireland
- Spent Christmas in the Caribbean
- Saw hundreds of dolphins many times
- Sailed alongside a 60 foot fin whale
- Watched a whale and her calf feeding
- Saw a basking shark
- Watched gannets falling out of the sky
- Saw a woman run for the office of POTUS
- White water rafted
- Was elected Rear Commodore of the OCC
- Learned how to dive off a high platform
- Learned to do flips off a diving board
- Lived on a boat for a year in the Atlantic and Caribbean
- Kissed a boy under the board walk
- Saw Bruce Springsteen live in concert
- Saw Elton John live in concert
- Tripped and saved Bernie Taupin
- Walked down the street singing in a hurricane
Still to do
- Visit Ukraine
- Sail the Mediterranean and Black Sea
- Circumnavigate the globe by sailboat
- See Montana
- Drive a Ferrari
- Visit Macchu Picchu
- Get a pilot’s license
- Fly a float plane
- Become independently wealthy
- Write the great American novel
- Complete my mother’s memoir
- Save a puppy
- Help someone become self-sufficient
- Work with dolphins
- Get a PhD
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