Here are 21 things I want to do before I shuffle off this mortal coil.

  1. Play my saxophone and harmonica in a blues band.
  2. Live and work in a foreign country.
  3. Write and publish a book.
  4. Complete a marathon in less than 4:45.
  5. Own a sports car.
  6. Ride across the USA on a Harley.
  7. Live in a home with a swimming pool.
  8. Live in a new home.
  9. Own a new car, one that’s never been owned by someone else.
  10. Give a TED talk.
  11. Get my unrestricted pilot’s licence.
  12. Work as an overseas aid volunteer.
  13. Write an opinion piece that gets published in a newspaper.
  14. Visit Antarctica.
  15. Do an outback survival course.
  16. Visit Japan.
  17. Pay my respects at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
  18. Pay my respects at Gallipoli.
  19. Do the Kokoda trail.
  20. Do an African safari and shoot the wild life – with a camera.
  21. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

Image: Vernon Chan

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