My 100 List

(made in: 2012 / last updated: January 2022)

These are some of the things I’d like to do in life, compiled from my previous diaries (dated back to like 20 years ago) with some new additions/changes (because I changed!)… and some of them had been accomplished! 😀 55 out of 100. More to go!

1. Writing a novel
2. Writing a travelogue
3. Being a regular in a small coffee shop/cafe I love
4. Getting published – done
5. Going for a road trip on a van with someone (who drives because I don’t) for a month – done in 2017
6. Learning how to swim in the pool – done (still not a good swimmer, though)
7. Learning how to swim in the sea – done
8. Learning how to fly a fighter jet/helicopter – done in 2015 (thanks for the simulator experience, Eurofighter!)
9. Having a friend who is a secret agent
10. Traveling alone somewhere – done
11. Making quirky movies 
12. Having a song I wrote sung by a professional singer
13. Dancing barefoot on a hill, underneath the stars
14. Wearing bikini – done
15. Kissing a fellow traveler – done
16. Dancing with a total stranger at a party – done in Paris
17. Partying all night until morning comes – done
18. Baking red-velvet cake – done
19. Taking an advanced course in cooking 
20. Being a barista
21. Being a bartender
22. Learning how to ride a bicycle – done in 2017
23. Learning how to give Thai massage – done in 2015 (actually it’s a mixture of Thai, Swedish, and Balinese massage)
24. Making out under the stars – done
25. Having a late-night conversation with a total stranger – done
26. Kissing someone inside a bookstore – done 🙂 first one to be crossed out in 2014! 😀
27. Living inside a wonderful bookshop for a month
28. Being a shopkeeper in a small artsy shop abroad
29. Writing a song – done
30. Facilitating a 1-week conscious creative retreat in a beautiful place on a tropical island
31. Attending an island-wedding party – done (thank you, Nila!)
32. Going on a cruise – done (a Phinisi cruise!)
33. Snorkeling – done
34. Jumping from the heights – done
35. Experiencing sky diving – done (indoor version)
36. Wearing deep bright red lipstick – done
37. Coloring my hair pink/purple – done (purple)
38. Being a photographer – done
39. Living in a wood cabin in the mountain for 1 month
40. Living in a tropical house with a vegetable garden
41. Jumping into a pool full of marshmallows
42. Learning how to make jewelry
43. Learning how to sew
44. Make my own dresses, tops, and pants/skirts
45. Learning basic Russian – done
46. Learning basic Italian – done
47. Learning basic Spanish – done
48. Learning how to paint patterns/illustrations with watercolor
49. Doing an art/writing residency program
50. Run a 10K
51. Traveling light for more than 2 weeks with only one travel bag – done
52. Greeted by the locals on a first-name basis when traveling – done
53. Having a solo art exhibition in a beautiful gallery
54. Curating a shelf in a bookshop with my lifetime-favorite books
55. Climbing a tree – done
56. Experiencing a hangover – done
57. Appearing on TV/magazine/newspapers – done
58. Picnic-dating by the beach or in the park – done in 2015 (Vondelpark, yeah! Thanks, D *kisses*)
59. Learning Latin dances – done in 2015
60. Running/launching a co-creating space
61. Coming back to a European city abroad I once visited – done
62. Learning how to roller skate
63. Handing out a poem I wrote to a total stranger – done
64. Dancing in a club barefooted – done
65. Publishing my art zines
66. Paying the bill for a stranger at the next table
67. Publishing a poetry book
68. Getting my work published in other countries/languages – done, in Italian, and in a publication from Mexico.
69. Learning how to play hang drum
70. Meeting someone I know online who lives abroad – done
71. Traveling across Indonesia and visiting all the big islands – done in 2015
72. Going on a 1-week Zen retreat in Japan
73. Feeding the fish in the sea – done
74. Sleeping in the outdoors, underneath the sky – done in 2015 (missing Sawendui!)
75. Publishing an anthology of letters
76. Climbing into the top of a lighthouse – done
77. Flying a long-distance flight, first-class
78. Climbing into a treehouse
79. Learning how to play billiard – done in 2017
80. Growing a potted plant – done
81. Working with teenagers who are interested in exploring and embracing their creativity
82. Live in an ashram/monastery for a week – done
83. Going for a blind date – done
84. Kissing under the rain – done, thanks for this, M! #Ubud
85. Smoking a cigarette – done, twice, and still don’t like it
86. Trying acupuncture – done
87. Speaking fluent Italian (conversational)
88. Going to a drive-in cinema
89. Learning pole dancing
90. Seeing the Northern Lights
91. Having an artist studio with plenty of space and loads of natural light
92. Going hiking – done
93. Camper-van trip in New Zealand
94. Publishing an illustrated children’s book – done
95. Visiting Bora-bora
96. Hosting pop-up dining where people can eat what I cook and tell their life stories
97. Skinny dipping 
98. Watching a meteor shower
99. Speaking at an international literary festival
100. Being an artist-in-residence in a beautiful resort for 3 months (inspired by The Grand Budapest Hotel)