Introducing my 100 before 100

In January, I created a list of 100 things I want to do before I turn 100. They were not goals (as they didn’t provide direction or a deadline), but experiences I thought would be totally rad to have. Experiences that would create ear-to-ear smiles, belly laughs, tears of joy, nostalgic excitement, or all of the above combined. If my goals created the road I was walking on, my 100 before 100 were designed to remind me to have TONS of fun along the way.

After my sister created her bucket list, she gave me a hard time for keeping my 100 before 100 so close to me (or just away from her … I couldn’t tell). But I felt as though this list o’ good times couldn’t just be released to the world at any old time. It has such excitement in it (for me and others!) that it needed a day that could withstand its presence.

So today, on my birthday, I introduce you to my 100 before 100. [Note: I've also created a 100 BEFORE 100 page on my site so you don't have try to find this blog post again as the years go on.]

Hope today makes you smile.

1. Eat an avocado smoothie after a morning of surfing with Jason Mraz
2. Host a talk show
3. Show up at the airport and buy a ticket for the next flight that day
4. Attend a 10 day silent meditation retreat
5. Complete an adventure race
6. Row a single in False Creek
7. Be the creative director for a music video
8. Design a house
9. Invite my entire family to an all-inclusive vacation/reunion (on me!)
10. Get married – and throw one heck of a celebration to go with it
11. Drink tea in Nepal
12. Bungee jump
13. Experience the Northern Lights
14. Learn a dance taught by Mia Michaels (or any SYTYCD choreographer)
15. Help run an overnight camp for the summer
16. Eat only raw food for 40 days
17. Host a Mr. Vanier 10 year reunion
18. Design a line of vests for men
19. Ride a camel in Egypt
20. Complete a Masters degree in change management
21. Teach my kids to fish
22. Give a keynote presentation at a leadership conference
23. Take my nephews on their dream vacation
24. Release a CD – co-starring my friends and family
25. Party on a houseboat
26. Create an inspiring leadership development program for my company’s staff team
27. Sunbathe naked
28. Watch the sunrise from the top of a mountain
29. Eat Dim Sum in Hong Kong completed April, 2010
30. Author a book
31. Emcee a friend’s wedding
32. Take up a sport my kid really loves – just so I can help my kid practice
33. Bike the Vancouver Ferry loop (North Van – Richmond – Victoria – Nanaimo and back)
34. Learn to play the ukulele
35. Sing on a worship team
36. Dance with Ellen
37. Be in a “4 generations of Corkers” picture
38. Take my dog camping
39. Hike the West Coast Trail
40. Create a piece of art with Christine Paige
41. Open my leadership facility – the perfect place for offsite retreats and inspiring foresight
42. Surf in Hawaii
43. Make a homemade ice cream cake for a friend’s birthday
44. Fly in a float plane with my Dad
45. Raise $3 million for a charity making a difference
46. Walk the red carpet at a movie premiere with my Mom
47. Ride an elephant
48. Name a star for someone
49. Go white water rafting
50. Have an art gallery in my house – featuring my friends’ masterpieces
51. Kiss the Blarney Stone in Cork, Ireland
52. Drive across Canada in a VW Jetta
53. Make smores with my sister (and our families) at CampFire Point at Fair Glen
54. Become a Big Brother
55. Host a dinner for all my mentors (whoa – talk about a power meal!)
56. Travel to an Olympic Games as part of the Canadian Olympic Team
57. Ride in a hot air balloon
58. Crash a wedding with Andrew Haas
59. Eat Chinese Food on Christmas Eve with Adam in Calgary
60. Walk on fire / hot coals
61. After all these years, have a beer with Mike Bonici
62. Donate blood
63. Read my kids my favourite childhood stories (e.g. Robert Munch, Eric Carle)
64. Milk a cow
65. Experience St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
66. Try my hand (/feet?) at grape-stomping
67. Sleep outside in a hammock
68. Go on a bro vacation – just Doug and I
69. Tour with a band
70. Create a “Corker Cookbook” filled with family recipes
71. Write for a collaborative online publication
72. Scuba-dive in the Great Barrier Reef
73. Help my sister cross of 10 items on her bucket list
74. Teach a spin class completed June, 2010
75. Have a romantic dinner on a rooftop patio – reserved for two
76. Dine with Seth Godin over breakfast
77. Find a kangaroo-rat
78. Be part of a nude photoshoot
79. Own an entire outfit that was put together by “one for one” businesses. (i.e. Shoes by TOMS, tie by FIGS, etc)
80. Go on a roadtrip with Wesley George, Ryan Ferguson, and Andrew Haas. (It won’t matter to where)
81. Get colourful at a Holi festival celebration in India
82. Cold beer + Sarah Topa + Ontario cottage country. Need I say more? Pull me up some lakeside patio please.
83. Jump around doing Parkour
84. Do yoga for 80 consecutive days
85. Make chocolate by hand
86. Party in the Greek Islands
87. Take a tap dance class
88. Play a full round of golf with my Dad and James
89. Bike across Confederation Bridge
90. Experience a zero-gravity flight (on purpose)
91. Pay for a random couple’s meal. It would make for a great (first) date!
92. Walk under/shower in a waterfall
93. Attend at least one high school reunion
94. Find the Corker totem pole on Vancouver Island
95. Read the Bible cover to cover
96. Create a time capsule with my kids and open it 20 years later
97. Go on a wine tour by scooter
98. Visit a huge amusement park with my friends
99. Give out free hugs overseas
100. Leave the world better than when I found it

Pick of the Post: Asher Roth – G.R.I.N.D. (Get Ready, It’s a New Day) (unofficial music video)

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