Here’s a non-exhaustive list of random things I have done during my life:
Take gymnastics classes
Play Australian rules football
BMX race
High board diving
Build multiple cubby houses
Swim in the local river
Learn basic code on a 16kb ram TRS-80 computer in 1981.
Waste all my pocket money on video arcade games (think Galaga)
Water skiing
Mountain Bike racing
Had 9 broken arms (well the same 2 nine times)
Stand up comedy
Surfing
Learn CPR
Do Surf Life Saving (so I could get free beach accommodation)
Live on a farm
Live in 4 of Australia’s 7 capital cities
Collect first issues of magazines ( I have many, it was a weird long term investment strategy)
Poultry farming
Start and sell a clothing company
Build a raft that sank on it’s first outing
Learn to speak Italian
Learn to speak Mandarin
Be a Sales Representative
Be a shelf stacker
A valet parking attendant (still my fav’ job ever… could write a movie about it)
Write a movie script (it’s waiting to be made)
Perfect break dancing (all the while wishing I lived in the Bronx)
Work in advertising
Lecture at University
Eat only frozen food for 6 months (don’t ask)
Your list is just as long as this list. Your list is probably more interesting than this list. This list that we all have tells us a great deal about our desires, our passions, our successes and our failures. It shows how much we know and what we are capable of. If we write it and study it closely it often gives us clues on the things that really mattered, and might just tell us what to do next.
I think this is a VERY interesting list! It looks like you’ve had some great life experiences so far. Most importantly, you don’t overlook how special each one way. I don’t think mine would be nearly as long!
Learn Spanish
Learn Inline Hockey, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey
Surf an Alaia
Start Uni
Graduate Uni
Build Surfboard Fins
Travel alot!!!
Live in Canada
Compete in Cocktail competitions
Start a business – Cocktail Catering
Start a second business – Mens Jewellery
Stopped cocktail bartending and got a big persons job – Marketing
Didn’t stop cocktail bartending – couldn’t do it, have two jobs instead.
Race in boarder cross
Present on small business
Never broken a bone!! – touch wood
Been dragged along a reef in Indonesia – Mentawai Islands
Had minor head surgery by dodgy captain on boat
Lived of blended fruit for a month
Replied to a blog article.
Good blog post. Got me thinking about my list.
Awesome Johnny – thanks for posting yours here… they are very interesting lists to read from other people….
Steve.
Also – I’m glad another avid surfer is reading my blog…
Steve.
Dude! You’re hardcore with sports. Totally true.
The more we expand and diversify our lives, the more ideas and clues we get about what to do next. It keeps life interesting.
Love this post. I agree, it tells me a lot about what you are passionate about, perhaps what is not a focus for you (?) & what you are proud of. In fact, reading your list, it makes me curious about what my family & friends would have on theirs. Thanks for sharing.