100 things to do before you die.

When I was 12 I always felt like everything was moving too fast around me. Worried that I'd end up wasting my time on Earth, I wrote down my first to-do list. It was kind of childish if I have to be honest; however, I never forgot about it, and eventually ended up picking it up again to see if I'd managed to reach any of my goals. Surprisingly, the answer was yes!

I'm now 20 (update: 23), and I have decided to rewrite my list. I deleted some points from the old one that my older self couldn’t find interesting anymore, and then I added some others that I’ve discovered along the way, but a lot of the list has remained unaltered.

Now, the real adventure begins: let's see if I can make my 12 years old self proud. 

100 things to do before you die. 

1)      Visit all Italian regions. 

here you can check my progress.

2)      Visit most European countries. 

here you can check my progress.

3)      Visit all the continents. 

4)      Hike the Inca Trail and visit Machu Picchu, Peru.

5)     Visit Petra, Jordan.

6)  See the pyramids, Egypt.

7)    See the Grand Canyon, USA.

8)     See the Cristo Redentor, Brasil.

9)    See the Taj Mahal, India.

10)      Walk on the Great Wall of China.  

11)      See the northern lights in Alaska or Norway. 

12)   Climb a mountain in Nepal.

13)   Go on a Safari in Africa.

14)  Travel to West Virginia just to sing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by J. Denver.

15)   Go on a trip following the footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh.

16)  Travel the Trans-Siberian railway.

17)  Participate to the Carnival in Rio, Brazil.

18)   Participate to the Oktoberfest, Germany.

19)   Participate to Saint Patrick’s Day, Ireland. 

20)   Participate to a Gay Pride. (29/06/2017, Rimini Summer Pride)

here you can read about it.   

21)  Participate to a demonstration.  (2015, student protest.)

22)  Travel on the road for at least 3 months.

23)  Travel by bike for at least a week. 

24)  Go to the train station / airport and leave for a casual destination. 

25)  Eat doro wat and shiro in Ethiopia.

26)   Ride a dog sled in a northern country. 

27)  Swim in one of the world's highest waterfalls. 

28)   Go caving. 

29)  Attend a World Cup football match. 

30)  Participate to a yoga course. (2016, Sarajevo)

31)  Participate to a boxing course.

32)  Try parachuting. 

33)  Visit the Great Mosque in Damascus, Syria.

34)  Walk el Camino de Santiago de Compostela.

35)  Run a half-marathon (if successful, then a full marathon). 

36)  Travel on a hot air balloon.  

37)  Taste as many ice cream tastes as possible. 

38)  Taste as many foreign cuisines as possible. 

39)  Learn how to write with my left hand. 

40)  Learn to play the guitar. 

41)  Learn to play the piano. 

42)  Knit a whole sweater. 

43)  Learn to speak three foreign languages (English doesn't count). 

44)  Participate to a Poetry Slam. 

45)  Write an article and see it published on a paper. (2010, Resto del Carlino, Rimini.)

46) Take a picture and see it published on a paper.

47)  Expose something at a public exposition. (2016, poems, Giornata dell’Arte)

48)  Write a book. (January-June 2015, “Era la notte”)

49)  Publish a book. 

50)  Take part to a play (in a real theatre).

51)  Win a contest of any kind. (2011, journalism contest)  

52)  Win a cup. (2013, tennis tournament)

53)  Get a degree. (2021, Bachelor's degree in Anthropology at the University of Bologna)

54)  Get drunk. (2015, Ukraine.)

55)  Get a tattoo. (08/02/2018 – Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh on my back)

56)  Smoke weed.

57)  Swim in the sea naked at night.

58)  Watch Macbeth performed in the Globe Theatre in London.

59)  Read 1.000 books.

60)  Read a book in a night. (2015)

61)  Be vegetarian for a month.

62)  Do one month of volunteering. (2021/2022, 12 months of volunteering in the Czech Republic)

63)  Remain completely silent for a week.

64)  Take a picture of myself every day for one year.

65)  Be a street artist for one day.

66)  Dye my hair of a weird colour.  (2016, plum-purple)

67)  Shave my head (06/06/2015) 

68)  Work abroad.

69)  Do something illegal.

70)  Stay up all night to watch the sunset. (26/06/2013)

71)  Carve a pumpkin for Halloween.  (2011)

72)  Swim in a fountain.

73)  Dance under the rain. (2015)

74)  Paint a room with an absurd colour without worrying about dirtying the furniture.

75)  Enter in a random shop and buy the most useless thing they sell.

76)  Walk around with two different shoes. (2013, Mirabilandia.)

77)  Give Free Hugs in a public place.

78)  Offer a drink to a stranger.

79)  Give 50€ to a homeless person.

80)  Receive an anonymous Valentine Card. (14/02/2016)

81)  Send an anonymous Valentine Card. (14/02/2013)

82)  Create a playlist for someone and give it to them.

83)  Have a pen pal.

84)  Give my first kiss. (2014)

85)  Donate blood.

86)  Cry of happiness. (19/05/2013, 16/01/2015)

87)  Rescue a pet.

88)  Create a blog. (2013, Facebook page; 2018, this.)

89)  Overcome a fear. (2016, fear of the dark)

90)  Plant a tree and see it grow.

91)  Get a pass to skip the lines in an Amusement Park.

92)  Spend the night in a gay bar.

93)  Break a Guinness World Record.

94)  Crash a big party.

95)  Dance all night long.

96)  Receive a massage.

Always leave some blank space for future ideas. 

100)  Leave a mark on this Earth.