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The Big List (182 things in 1823 days)

Every five years I set up a list of goals. This is my latest, ending in four and a half years.

1  Travel                                   Yellowstone                                                              

2  Travel                                   Washington DC                                                         

3  Travel                                   29 Palms                                                                   

4.  Travel                                   See Northern Lights                                                   

5  Travel                                   Europe                                                                      

6  Travel                                   New Zealand                                                             

7  Activity                                Tour Pixar                                                                 

8  Learn                                   Stained Glass                                                            

9  Learn                                   Drawing Class                                                           

10  Activity                               Cookbook                                                                 

11  Activity                               Watch a Space Launch                                              

12  Build                                  Tony Stork                         Stuffed Stork doll with a goatee and an arc reactor  

13  Travel                                 Iceland                                                                      

14  Activity                              Tell a story on stage                                                   

15  Travel                                 Norway                                                                     

16  Home                                 Fix Dining Room Floor                                                

17  Home                                 Add A/C vent to upstairs office                                                                        

18  Home                                Backyard Furniture                                                   

19  Build                                  China Hutch                                                              

20  Build                                  Sideboard                                                                 

21  Build                                  Mantle Art Piece                        Combined wood and acrylic mountain range         

22  Activity                             Take Opal to more  training                                                                     

23  Build                                  Build a Droid                       Not a standard R2D2,  make it up on my own        

24  Travel                                 Antarctica                                                                 

25  Travel                                 See Iceberg                                                               

26  Build                                  New workbench                                                         

27  Build                                  Clamp Rack                                                              

28  Activity                              Photograph major meteor shower                                                                     

29  Activity                              Enter a photo contest                                                 

30  Travel                                 Easter Island                                                             

31  Build                                  Bandsaw circle jig                                                      

32  Build                                  Custom usb keyboard                                                

33  Activity                              Try a new, very different look                                                                         

34  Activity                              Teach Opal to catch                                                   

35  Learn                                 Finale Software                                                          

36  Learn                                 Blender Software                                                       

37  Activity                              Teach Opal to roll over                                               

38  Travel                                Carlsbad caverns                                                       

39  Travel                                Arches National Park                                                  

40  Travel                                Antelope Canyon                                                       

41  Activity                              Find 10 hidden parks in San Francisco                                                           

42  Build                                 New table in office with storage                                                                     

43  Learn                                 Glass etching                                                            

44  Learn                                 Milling class at Crucible                                              

45  Learn                                 Glass blowing                                                            

46  Build                                  Vacuform machine                                                     

47  Activity                               One straight week of vegetarian                                                                

48  Learn                                  A rare skill                                                                 

49  Activity                               Teach a rare skill                                                        

50  Activity                               Join academy of science                                            

51  Build                                   Kinetic structure                                                        

52  Activity                               Escape room                                                             

52  Learn                                  Making custom cushions                                            

53  Home                                 Murphy bed                                                               

53  Build                                  Musical instrument                                                     

54  Build                                  Wind chimes for hard of hearing       Using light instead of sound       

55  Learn                                  Pyrography                                                               

56  Activity                               Meet with my  representative                                                           

57  Activity                               Meet with local politicians                                           

58  Travel                                 Visit a Presidential Library                                           

59  Activity                               Develop alternate income stream                                                                      

60  Home                                 Refinish stairs                                                            

61  Home                                 Basement cabinets                                                    

62  Learn                                  Cabinet carcass building                                            

63  Activity                               Try brains (food)                                                         

64  Travel                                 Angel Island                                                              

65  Activity                               Sell a photograph                                                      

66  Activity                               Whale watching again                                                

67  Activity                               Helicopter Ride                                                          

68  Activity                               Cook a souffle                                                           

69  Activity                               Make cheese                                                             

70  Travel                                 New York City                                                           

71  Build                                   Slide out microwave cabinet                                                                     

72  Home                                 Side door cabinet (built-in)                                                                            

73  Travel                                 Star Wars at Disney                                                   

74  Travel                                 Alaska                                                                      

75  Activity                               Make risotto                                                              

76  Activity                               Take Fia to the Zoo                                                    

77  Build                                   Device that looks like 1940’s radio with modern features                                                                    

78  Build                                   Transparent video screen                                           

79  Activity                               Make shop apron                                                       

80  Activity                               Make kitchen apron                                                   

81  Activity                               Make backpack                                                         

81  Travel                                 Boston                                                                      

82  Build                                  Solar project                                                              

83  Travel                                 Austrailia                                                                   

84  Travel                                 British museum                                                          

85  Build                                  Drillpress table                                                          

86  Travel                                 Yosemite                                                                   

87  Activity                               Refurbish the old radio                                               

88  Activity                               Bathroom cabinets                                                    

89  Activity                               Repaint basement bathroom                                                                  

90  Learn                                  Airbrush painting                                                       

91  Travel                                  Japan                                                                       

92  Activity                               Make Watch app                                                       

93  Activity                               Release Watch app                                                    

94  Activity                               Get non-contract job                                           

95  Activity                               Trip with Mom                                                           

96  Activity                               Open Etsy store                                                         

97  Activity                               Projection mapping for halloween                                                                 

98  Build                                  Jewelry Box                                                              

99  Learn                                  Flocking                                                                    

100   Activity                            Create signature pie                                                  

101    Learn                              Frame and Panel doors                                              

102  Activity                             Lunar eclipse photo                                                   

103  Learn                                Sewing skills                                                             

104  Build                                 Branding iron                                                            

105   Build                                Moving lamp                                                             

106   Learn                               Suture                                                                      

107 Learn                              Leather stitching                                                       

108   Learn                               Leather Braiding                                                        

109  Activity                             Projection mapping for Christmas                                                                 

110   Activity                            Put together new office wardrobe                                                                  

111    Travel                             Smithsonian                                                              

112    Travel                             Crater lake                                                                

113     Build                             Crucible furnace                                                        

114    Activity                           Academy of Science Nightlife                                                                    

115    Home                             Paint living room                                                       

116    Home                             Fix the window frame  upstairs                                                                    

117    Home                             Replace windows                                                      

118    Learn                              Sign Language                                                          

119    Home                              Install solar lighting for house numbers                                                         

120   Home                               Redo front garden                                                    

121   Activity                             Herb garden                                                             

122   Activity                             Organize my paperwork                                             

123   Learn                               Animation                                                                 

124. Learn                               Corel Draw                                                               

125   Home                               Front yard camera                                                     

126   Learn                               Watercolors                                                              

127   Activity                             Cook with Fia                                                            

128  Activity                              Live edge turning                                                      

129  Activity                              Cosplay                                                                    

130  Activity                              Volunteer                                                                  

131   Build                                 Murphy bed                                                              

132  Travel                                London                                                                     

133  Build                                 Puzzle box                                                                

134  Activity                              Ride in a sub                                                             

135  Learn                                Calligraphy                                                               

136  Home                               Repatch/paint bathroom walls                                                          

137   Activity                            Underwater photography                                           

138   Activity                            Write iPhone app                                                       

139   Activity                            Submit iPhone app to app store                                                                  

140   Learn                              Offset turning                                                            

141    Travel                              Portugal                                                                   

142   Activity                            Write and submit an article for publishing                                                  

143   Activity                            Donate bikes                    

144  Learn                                A new language                                                        

145  Build                                 Fire tornado                                                              

146  Travel                                Vermont                                                                   

147   Travel                              Maine                                                                       

148  Activity                              New Drivers license (RealID)                                                                    

149  Build                                 Additional side tables for living room                                                                

150 Home                                Make basement room nice and usable again                                                

151  Activity                              Mission burrito                                                          

152  Home                                Wall art project                                                          

153  Travel                                Finland                                                                     

154  Travel                                Africa                                                                       

155  Build                                 Animated skeleton                                                     

156  Activity                              Pickled Salmon recipe                                               

157  Activity                              Redecorate Bedroom                                                

158 Activity                              Purchase Arbans for Trombone                                                                 

159  Activity                              SNL Audience                                                           

160  Activity                              Teach a workshop                                                     

161  Activity                              Develop personal brand                                             

162  Activity                              Meditate at least once  per week                                                                  

163 Activity                              Drive without audio input at least once per month (no radio/phone/podcasts)                                                                 

164  Activity                              Get evaluated for ADHD                                             

165  Activity                              Have at least six months of buffer                                                                   

166  Activity                              Start my own business                                              

167  Activity                              Throw a dinner party                                                  

168 Activity                              Photograph an active volcano (at least an ash cloud or lava)                                                            

169  Learn                                How to wrap a present nicely                                                                       

170  Learn                                How to work on a pottery wheel                                                                       

171    Learn                              A magic trick                                                             

172  Activity                              Luau                                                                        

173   Learn                                Molecular gastronomy                                               

174  Learn                                Take a cooking class                                                 

175  Activity                              Try Balut                                                                   

176  Activity                              Try chicken feet                                                        

177  Activity                              Haggis                                                                     

178  Activity                              Invent something                                                       

179 Activity                              Give blood                                                                

180  Activity                              Ride in a self-driving car                                            

181 Activity                              Random Road trip at  least once per year                                                    

182  Activity                              Write a new list