Any big life goals before you die?

[Exterous]

Beyond any traditional 'be a good parent\child\friend' or 'be successful at X' type of things
My big two are:
Visit all 7 continents
Go into space

 

[ControlD]

 

[Ns1]

came in here to post this, good job my friend.

 

[dullard]

My main goal is to truly visit each and every country. Not "I was in the airport for a layover for an hour", but truly experiencing each country.

As a general rule, I consider a true experience to be sleeping in a hotel away from the airport/train station and eating a meal. It is a low bar, but it excludes several countries that I have technically been in but never left the comfort of a transportation zone (all English signs, all passengers were security screened, almost all stores take credit cards, restrooms everywhere, etc).

I'll probably never meet that goal due to some war zones and a fairly steady change in the borders/number of countries. But I think I can come close. I'm up to 24.

 

[blackangst1]

1.Do the tail of the dragon ride at Deals Gap, NC
2. Experience weightlessness whether in space or in a weightless chamber

edit: and 2 girls at the same time is a bit overrated. It probably wont turn out the way you expect.

 

[KMFJD]

Short term goal is learning Spanish, getting scuba certified...

Drive to the Arctic Ocean along the Webster Highway

Next is to head to South America for a couple of months and see the Galapagos Islands, Machu Picchu, Patagonia and whatever else i can afford/fit in (Ayahuasca ceremony would interesting)

 

[Sonikku]

To one day walk down the street without getting scowls.

 

[highland145]

Do Anna Nicole Smith before she gets fat.

 

[skyking]

Visit all the states and National Parks with my wife. Toss in the Provinces and we'd be good. She's not all that into much of the third world, so visiting a bunch of countries is not in the works.

 

[Chaotic42]

Publish a mathematical or scientific paper
Visit all seven continents
Learn to play the harpsichord
Go to space
Move somewhere with mountains

 

[BurnItDwn]

Just the usual, achieve immortality and become a time lord.

 

[child of wonder]

Ocean front home.

 

[pyonir]

Typical small stuff to others:
Skydive
visit all 50 states
Next summer going to cross this off my list...taking a ride in one of these (not the B25, the one below it, the Valiant): http://www.cafmn.org/vultee-bt-13-valiant.html

 

[Ns1]

1.Do the tail of the dragon ride at Deals Gap, NC

had to google this one. Are there a lot of fatalities on that road? How's emergency response?

http://tailofthedragon.com/

 

[BurnItDwn]

had to google this one. Are there a lot of fatalities on that road? How's emergency response?

http://tailofthedragon.com/

Read an article not too long ago about how big trucks were finally being banned from the road due to too many blind turns, sharp turns and their huge turn radiouses. Should make it a lot safer and more enjoyable.
I've taken my subaru around the smokey mountains and up/down a hundred miles or so of blue ridge parkway and it was absolutely magnificent. It would have been even more jawdropping on a bike, but, in a car it was quite good.

Planning to go down there again hopefully early spring, this time in the womans Ford Edge which has bigass sunroof ....

 

[Geekbabe]

Actually, trying not to die is my current goal

 

[Imp]

Mines would get me a ticket to a psych ward.

Speaking of, that's not a bad one, go to a psychiatrist and see how many of my issues I can blame on my piece of shit family.

 

[purbeast0]

Travel as much as I can.

Live in warm climate year round by the ocean.

 

[Humpy]

I guess my goal (or wish) is to understand the widest variety of people by "walking in their shoes" to the greatest extent that I can.

It's one of the disagreements my wife and I have when discussing travel plans, her main goal is to go there, mine is to experience the life of the people who live there. It's kind of dumb because me living in a slum in India isn't even remotely close to growing up in a slum in India but it's better than watching YouTube videos.

 

[Ruptga]

Immigrate to Europe in a freighter. The rough plan when I finally arrive is befriend some natives, have a feast, then steal their country.

 

[renz20003]

Nope I accomplished all my life goals by 25, everything else is just a bonus.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Off the top of my head: skydiving. I've always wanted to do that. Or go to the ISS for a visit.

 

[Printer Bandit]

My goal is to not screw up.

 

[highland145]

My goal is to not screw up.

Well,

 

[highland145]

Go for it. I'll be your cheerleader.

I've already effed up a large number of things.


My burgers were decent today though.