Bucket List

What is this about? To me, life is fully of surprises and often we need to jump through hoops to achieve something great. Those milestones need to be recorded but first, goals must be defined so that we know what we are working towards. 


My bucket list is just that. It is a list of my goals that I want to achieve with a target deadline. I was inspired by Danny Dover who used to be the lead SEO at SEOmoz. I stumbled across his blog when he announced that he was moving on with other things that are important to him. 


The following is the current status of my bucket list. In pursuing it, I have the following rules:
  1. The entire list must be completed by May 6th, 2017 (my birthday, I will be 30 then)
  2. I can not add or remove anything from the list
Simple or what!? :) I will try my best not to replicate Danny's list but a lot of the things that he's done or want to do are similar to mine. So here it comes... (part of this list was made much earlier in my life but never wrote it down... hopefully I've included everything)

THE BIG ONES
  • Start a business - KayLo Marketing 2010
  • Buy my first house by 2012 
  • Beat 2011's time in the Spartan Race in 2012 (2012 Sprint time: 00:56:16, 993/3012 place)
  • Own a motorcycle 
  • Learn martial arts
  • Backpacking around Europe
  • Meet the rest of my family in China
  • Find out what my Chinese name means (the middle character)
TRAVEL
  • Travel to all 7 continents 
    • North America
    • South America
    • Europe
    • Asia (April-May 2014)
    • Australia 
    • Antarctica 
    • Africa 
  • Visit all Canadian provinces and territories 
    • Ontario
    • Quebec
    • British Columbia 
    • Nova Scotia
    • New Brunswick
    • Manitoba
    • Prince Edward island
    • Saskatchewan 
    • Alberta
    • Newfoundland and Labrador 
    • Northwest Territories 
    • Yukon
    • Nunavut
SEE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MONUMENTS AND LANDMARKS
  • Europe
    • Visit the Leonidas Monument in person (Spartan King)
    • Visit Amsterdam (find the exact canal where this photo was taken)
COOL ACTIVITIES 
  • Go do hot yoga 
  • Try out a professional massage  (Jan 16, 2012)
  • Get a six pack
  • Go ziplining (April 10, 2012)
  • Fly in a helicopter 
  • Go in a hot air balloon
  • Shoot a real gun (May 5, 2013)
  • Go SCUBA diving (May 11, 2014 in Okinawa)
  • Go bungee jumping
  • Go to a TED conference 
  • Try paintballing 
  • Learn how to swim better
  • Swim with dolphins
  • Get a tattoo
  • Go rockclimbing (July 3, 2012)
  • Go skydiving
  • Learn to ride a horse (July 2, 2012)
  • Go seadooing - added on July 15, 2012
  • Water-rafting - added on July 15, 2012
  • Go to Vinpearl Resort Nha Trang (Waterpark in Asia!) - added on August 23, 2012
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT STUFF
  • Read 12 books in a year (complete a book per month)
  • Become a better writer (ongoing)
Awesome things that I have done, tried or experienced at some point in my life. 
  • Learn breakdancing
  • Learn to skateboard
  • Learn to snowboard
  • Learn to swing a golf club
  • Go to a concert 
  • Go to a wave pool
  • Ran 10K in under 1 hour
  • Survive the Spartan Race - July 3, 2011 (Time 71:33:3), Best time so far: June 3, 2012 -  00:56:16, 993/3012 place.
LOST INTEREST, WILL NOT PURSUE
  • Start a Photography business 
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