100 before 100

Before I spend 100 years on this Earth, there are just a few things I am going to do. 100 in fact! The below are experiences I will have – and should not be read as my goals or end points. These are meant to be the bends in the road and the scenery along the way. They are 100 things that will make me smile with 100% of my huge heart.

The ones that are crossed off are the ones that have been completed since creating this page in January 2010.
If you think you could help me cross another off my list, I would LOVE to hear from you!

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 completed August 2011 (thanks Sis!)
    
13. Experience the Northern Lights
14. Learn a dance taught by Mia Michaels (or any SYTYCD (US) 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 Graduated from my MBA in September 2012
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 (with Rob)
    
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. Rock out with some handmade Mala beads  completed Dec 2011 (thanks Danielle)
39. Hike the West Coast Trail
40. Create a piece of art with Christine Paige
41. Open a transformational corporate campus
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 completed March 2012
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 completed August 2011 (thanks Zoe)
    
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. Get crazy at Burning Man with Greg
62. Donate blood completed October 2010 (thanks CBS NetCAD)
    
63. Have Seth Godin guest post on my blog
64. Milk a cow
65. Experience St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland completed March 2012
66. Try my hand (/feet?) at grape-stomping
67. Sleep outside in a hammock for a whole night
68. Tour with a band
69. Create a “Corker Cookbook” filled with family recipes
70. Write for a collaborative online publication
71. Scuba-dive in the Great Barrier Reef
72. Help my sister cross of 10 items on her bucket list
73. Teach a spin class completed June 2010
74. Have a romantic dinner on a rooftop patio – reserved for two
75. Teach a yoga class
76. Hit up the Wanderlust Festival with my lover
77. Experience the infamous “New Years Eve party crashing” with Darran
78. Be part of a nude photoshoot (maybe in various yoga poses… haha)
79. Own an entire outfit that was put together by “one for one” businesses. (i.e. Shoes by TOMS, tie by FIGS, etc)
80. Spend a night in an igloo
81. Go on a roadtrip with Wesley George, Ryan Ferguson, and Andrew Haas. (It won’t matter to where)
82. Get colourful at a Holi festival celebration in India
83. Cold beer + Sarah Topa + Ontario cottage country. Need I say more? Pull me up some lakeside patio please.
84. Jump around doing Parkour
85. Do yoga for 80 consecutive days
86. Make chocolate by hand completed August 2011 (thanks boys)
    
87. Party in the Greek Islands
88. Take a tap dance class
89. Play a full round of golf with my Dad and James
90. Film an episode of “My Drunk Kitchen” with Haas
91. Pet a penguin
92. Experience a zero-gravity flight (on purpose)
93. Pay for a random couple’s meal. It would make for a great (first) date! completed September 2011 (with Haas)
    
94. Walk under/shower in a waterfall
95. Attend at least one high school reunion
96. Find the Corker totem pole on Vancouver Island
97. Read the Bible cover to cover
98. Create a time capsule with my kids and open it 20 years later
99. Go on a wine tour by scooter
100. Visit a huge amusement park with my friends
101. Give out free hugs overseas. completed January 2013 at Origins
102. Camp out at Coachella with a group of my favourite people
103. Leave the world better than when I found it

(“But you have more than 100 on list!?!” Why not! As things have got crossed off, I’ve added more things to experience. Plus, sometimes we have to break out from our own rules to really experience all that life is waiting to offer us.)