Inspired by Chip Huyen's List 100, I decided to make my own list of 100 things that I want to do before I die.

Progress as of 2025-01-07: 8/68

1. Get married with my grandmother in attendance
2. Become a dad
3. Coach my kid's basketball team
4. Grow old with someone I love
5. Become a grandfather
6. Solo backpacking in a different country
7. Visit every continent
8. Go on a safari trip in Africa
9. Learn to play the guitar
10. Play in a band
11. Perform at an open-mic comedy night
12. Write my biography
13. Travel across the US in a sprinter van
14. Visit Scotland
15. Visit Iran
16. Visit Turkey
17. Visit China
18. Visit Japan
19. Visit Russia
20. Fluent in Farsi
21. Fluent in Spanish
22. Get a PhD
23. Get my pilot's license
24. Become scuba certified
25. Go skydiving
26. Go bungee jumping
27. See Machu Picchu
28. Visit Easter Island
29. Hike the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim
30. Hike the Pacific Crest Trail
31. Go to the South Pole
32. Go to the North Pole
33. Go to the Amazon Rainforest
34. Attend Burning Man
35. Attend a TED conference
36. Speak at a TED conference
37. Watch a World Cup game live
38. Watch an NBA Finals game 7 live
39. Watch the Super Bowl live
40. Live in a foreign country
41. Visit Mexico City
42. Be an extra in a movie
43. Start a company
44. Start a podcast
45. Write a book
46. Run a marathon
47. Do an Iron Man
48. Try psilocybin mushrooms
49. Try ayahuasca
50. Make my own kefir
51. Make my own cheese
52. Grow my own culinary mushrooms
53. Sell produce at a farmer's market
54. See the Northern Lights while holding hands with someone I love
55. Go to a silent meditation retreat
56. Teach a class
57. Rep out handstand push-ups
58. Rep out muscle-ups
59. Rep out one-arm pull-ups
60. Do a flag pole
61. Attend NeurIPS
62. Publish a paper in a top-tier conference
63. Work for Big Tech
64. Go to Banff National Park
65. Go to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
66. Hitchhike
67. Be the weird uncle
68. Become a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu