To-Do


1. Ride a camel

2. Ride on an elephant.

3. Watch a dolphin.

4. Learn swimming.

5. Hold a baby turtle in hand.

6. Learn how to file taxes.

7. Buy an oven and bake a muffin or a brownie.

8. Try belly dancing.

9. Learn/watch a salsa performance.

10. Attend an opera.

11. Watch a regional movie in a language I don’t understand.

12. Direct a short film.

13. Not watch television for a whole day.

14. Not surf the Internet for a whole day.

15. Drive a two-wheeler.

16.  Drive a four-wheeler.

17. Paint on a canvas.

18. Bake a surprise cake on someone’s birthday.

19. Visit Jaisalmer, Shillong, Kutch, Munnar, Puducherry, Lakshwadeep,  Port Blair and Gangtok by 2030.

20. Compose a Haiku poem.

21. Dance in the rain.

22. Dance in public.

23. Dance at someone’s wedding.

24. Learn embroidery. 

25. Get a self-portrait.

26. Paint the walls of a house.

27. Do Yoga.

28. Learn Reiki.

29. Get hair spa

30. Get body spa.

31. Go on a wildlife safari.

32. Buy a house, make it a home.

33.  Learn basic cooking.

34. Have pen pals and write to them regularly.

34.  Meet a pen friend.

35. Meet a chat friend.

36. Roam on the streets in the night in pajamas.

37. Have self-made coffee at 3 am.

38. Have ice-cream on a chilly day.

39. Visit a hill station during winters.

40.  Learn how to wear a tie.

41.  Learn how to wear a sari.

42. Wear a Kimono.

43. Wear a bikini in public.

44. Sleep for over 15 hours

45. Watch a live Kathakali performance on stage.

46. Act in a play/skit.

47. Watch a musical or a play on Broadway.

48. Write a short story.

49. Write a one-act play.

50. Recite a poem on stage

51. Get self published on the net

52. Get self published in a newspaper

53. Get self published in a magazine

54. Write someone’s obituary.

55. Attend a marriage and a funeral in a single day.

56. Get my hair coloured.

57. Get a piercing/tattoo.

58. Buy a poster only to tear it the next day.

59. Attend a wine festival.

60. Attend a literary festival.

61. Interview someone with absolutely no knowledge of the interviewee.

62. Ball dance.

63. Donate blood/eyes (as the case and situation may be).

64. Learn how to play the violin.

65. Babysit.

66. Learn roller skating.

67. Sit on the giant wheel with no company.

68. Watch a 3D film.

69. Watch a horror film alone.

70. Ride on a hot air balloon.

71. Feed a tiger cub.

72. Visit New York/Paris before turning 40.

73. Live on a tree house.

74. Learn a foreign language.

75. Resign from a job.

76. Sing in front of an audience.

77. Sing in the bathroom.

78. Buy pearls from own money.

79. Bunk school.

80. Bunk college.

81. Bunk office.

82. Surprise a friend.

83. Wear coloured contact lenses.

84. Live without a cell phone for over 24 hours.

85. Go on a ship cruise.

86. Slap a complete stranger.

87. Kiss a complete stranger.

88. Appear in public in full make-up.

89. Watch a Wimbledon match at Centre Court.

90. Make a snowman.

91. Go kayaking.

92. Have champagne on a roof-top restaurant on a cold night.

93. Participate in a protest rally.

94. Hold a puppy in hand.

95. Watch a live cricket match.

96. Face a polar bear.

97. Sing a lullaby to put someone to sleep.

98. Appear on television.

99. Hug someone in the rain.

100. Visit at least one of the seven wonders of the world (excluding Taj Mahal).

4 thoughts on “To-Do

  1. Interesting list – exhaustive I must say! But one thing is missing – Don’t want to write a novel? (apart from one act play and a short story). That will be great.

      • Welcome!

        I guess- am taking risk here- theme will be something on human sexuality. Loved your thoughts.
        I think that it is best to blend our ideas with fiction and write a novel rather than writing EPW sort of articles (this reaches more people).

        So looking forward to read your novel (before this that short story and one act play!). Aim (Man?!) Booker!

        Good luck 🙂

Add your comment!