Generating your own ‘Lifetime List’
I started a new note on my phone last month called Lifetime List, and it’s been a hell of a time thinking of tasks to complete. A Lifetime List is a blend of grandeur objectives and aspirations that you truly hold yourself accountable to.

How is this any different from a generic bucket list?
It has no boundaries. Make it ridiculous. Rediscover the mindset of your inner-child and remind yourself of the enthusiasm you once had of becoming an astronaut, cowboy, or even Disney princess. No one else is reading it unless you show them…
Make it a reality. All you have to do is take these ‘dreams’ and translate them into something attainable: going to space, horseback riding across the Southwest, or visiting every castle in Europe will do the trick. You can get somewhat close to these childhood identities if you maintain this mindset.
It’s entirely personal. By creating your list and continually adding to it, you detect your interests and begin to observe trends about what excites you in life. Lists can be dominated by action sports, helping others, financial success, traveling, career development — on and on. You can begin identifying what you’re most passionate about by consistently listing ideas that you dream of doing.
Give purpose to vacation. Most people get a few weeks a year for vacation so make your list absurd, yet realistic. You’ll start to plan your trips and leisure time around completing the list. The more you think about it, the more you have the urge to accomplish them.
It’s a great convo starter. It’s pretty fun to list off some items when talking to a cute girl, not gonna lie.
Here is my list so far…
- Sell A House 🏡
- Produce an Album 🎙️
- Skydive ✈️ ✅
- Go to Space 🚀
- Own a pirate ship 🏴☠️
- DJ set at a music festival 🎶
- 100M Views on YouTube 📹
- Start a Company 👔 ✅
- Scuba dive the Caribbean 🌊 ✅
- Meet Chris Martin 🎤
- Take Emma Watson to dinner 🍽️
- Hole in one ⛳️
- Go to 🍅 festival in Spain
- Ocktoberfest 🍺
- St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland 🍻 ✅
- Take parents to Seychelles 🏝️
- Own a grand piano 🎹
- Learn to Kite-board 🏄 ✅
- Heliski 🎿 ✅
- Skateboard a Volcano 🌋 ✅
- Take Mom to Italy for a Cooking Class 🍳
- Drive an R8 on the Auto Bahn 🏎️
- Ride on top of an elevator 🆙
- Graduate a hacker boot camp 🖥️
- Attend the Oscars 🏆
- Learn another language 🌐
- Build an app 📱
- Have an original song be remixed by another artist 🎚️
- Open up a Swiss bank account because I can 💰
- Become an intro Sommelier 🍷
- Publish a book 📖
- Spring training in Arizona ⚾
- Have a loving relationship with a Tiger 🐅
- Build and stay in a legit igloo ☃️
- Travel to North Pole by skis 🎿
- Wear Patagonia in Patagonia 👕
- Ski powder in Japan ⛷️
- Pilot License ✈
- Heli License 🚁
- Spearfish in a kelp forest 🐟
- Med, Red, and the Dead 🌏
- Become a wedding officiant 💍
- Kick down a door in anger🚪
- Press the IPO button 📈
- Dyson Air-blade installed in my own bathroom 🚻
- Build a house 🏠
- Start a bar brawl and leave 🎱
- Explore Antarctica 🇦🇶
- Catch a baseball in my beer on TV ⚾ 🍺
- Try Yoga once 😏
- Have friends in Russia 🇷🇺
- Go legit treasure hunting 💸
- Produce a Hollywood movie 🎥
- Fly in a jet fighter ✈️
- Swim with the sharks 🦈
- Chase a tornado 🌪️
- Train a parrot to sit on my shoulder 🐦
- Space Mountain with the lights on 🎢
- Sleep on a haystack in a barn 🚜
- Mardi Gras 🎭
- Throw a Great Gatsby party 🎉
- Bartending licence🍸
- Join the Big Brother program 👦
It’s going to get much bigger I promise.
Steal from my list, send me new ideas, send me your list…It’s a fun thing to do and nothing feels better than checking these things off one by one.
Cheers,
Eric Ward | eric@ericjward.com
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