52 Things 52 Weeks

Just a girl trying new things.

The To-Do List

An incomplete, nonexclusive to-do list:
  1. Absinthe
  2. Acupuncture
  3. Aerial yoga/fitness class
  4. Aerobatic plane ride
  5. Amish Country
  6. Apple picking
  7. Archery
  8. Ashiatsu barefoot massage
  9. Attend a Formula One race (bucket list item)
  10. ATVing
  11. Bake a pumpkin pie using a real pumpkin
  12. Bake something from scratch
  13. The ballet
  14. Bar tending/mixology class
  15. BASE jumping
  16. Basket weaving
  17. Batting cage
  18. Be interviewed on NPR
  19. Beekeeping
  20. Belly dancing class
  21. Bike everywhere for a week
  22. Blacksmithing
  23. Bocce ball
  24. Bungee jumping
  25. Burlesque show
  26. Cage dive with sharks
  27. Calligraphy
  28. Camping/cabin in the woods & watching the sun rise
  29. Candle making
  30. Cat yoga
  31. Cheese making
  32. Chocolate factory tour
  33. Circle G Ranch (drive-thru safari/petting zoo)
  34. Cirque du Soleil
  35. Cliff diving
  36. Climb a waterfall
  37. CN Tower EdgeWalk
  38. Coney Island
  39. Cook a meal from Mastering the Art of French Cooking
  40. Cook an Indian meal
  41. Cook eggs benedict (learn how to poach an egg)
  42. Cooking class
  43. Cook tofu
  44. Corn maze
  45. CPR certification
  46. Croquet
  47. Cryotherapy
  48. Crystal mining
  49. Curling
  50. Dance class
  51. Distillery tour
  52. Dog sledding
  53. Dollywood
  54. Drive a driverless car
  55. Drive a race car
  56. Drive a stick shift
  57. Drive-in theatre
  58. Driving range
  59. Eat a ghost pepper
  60. Eat at a restaurant alone
  61. Egyptian food
  62. English country dancing
  63. English tea service
  64. Escape game
  65. Experience zero gravity
  66. Fencing
  67. Fire a shotgun/riffle
  68. Firewalking
  69. First Friday art crawl
  70. Flash mob
  71. Float tank
  72. Fly a kite
  73. Flyboarding
  74. Flying lesson
  75. Feuerzangenbowle
  76. Gamble at a casino
  77. Geocaching
  78. Ghost hunting
  79. Glamping
  80. Glass blowing
  81. Glass walking
  82. Goat yoga
  83. Good deed every day for a week
  84. Golfing
  85. Grand Ole Opry
  86. Great American road trip
  87. Great Bull Run & Tomato Royale
  88. Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney (Bill Murray preferred, but optional)
  89. Habitat for Humanity
  90. Hang gliding
  91. Haunted house
  92. Helicopter flying lesson
  93. Helicopter ride
  94. Hike in the Great Smoky Mountains
  95. Hike Mt. Kilimanjaro
  96. Hike Peru’s Rainbow Mountain (Stay tuned – coming Sept. 2017)
  97. Hike to Everest basecamp
  98. Honky Tonkin’
  99. Horseback riding
  100. Horse drawn carriage ride
  101. Horse race
  102. Hot air ballon ride
  103. Hypnosis
  104. Ice Bar/Ice Hotel
  105. Ice skating in Market Square
  106. Indoor skydiving
  107. Jewelry making
  108. Juice fast
  109. Jump off of a waterfall
  110. Kickboxing
  111. Kite surfing
  112. Kayaking
  113. Knife throwing
  114. Knit/crochet a scarf
  115. KnockerBall
  116. Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
  117. Krav Maga
  118. Laughter yoga
  119. Learn a magic trick
  120. Lock picking
  121. Lost Sea
  122. Machu Picchu (Stay tuned – coming Sept. 2017).
  123. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
  124. Make a gingerbread house
  125. Make and break a piñata
  126. Meditation
  127. Meteor shower watching
  128. Milk a cow or goat
  129. MLB game
  130. Mountain biking
  131. Mud bath
  132. Murder mystery dinner theater
  133. NBA game
  134. NFL game
  135. NHL game
  136. Obstacle course race
  137. Olive oil tasting
  138. Oxygen bar
  139. Paintball
  140. Painting class
  141. Pan for gold/diamonds
  142. Paragliding
  143. Parasailing
  144. Plant a garden
  145. Plant trees
  146. Poetry reading
  147. Poker night
  148. Polar bear plunge
  149. Polo match
  150. Polo lesson
  151. Pottery class
  152. Psychic reading
  153. Québec Winter Carnival
  154. Race go karts
  155. Racquetball
  156. Rappel down a building (like Batman)
  157. Renaissance festival
  158. Reverse bungee jumping
  159. Ride along with the fire department
  160. Ride a camel
  161. Ride a mechanical bull
  162. Ride a penny-farthing bike
  163. Ride a scooter
  164. Ride a segway
  165. Ride a unicycle
  166. Rock climbing
  167. Rocky Horror Picture Show midnight movie
  168. Roller derby
  169. Ropes course
  170. Rowing
  171. Run a 5k (Color Me Rad)
  172. Run a 10k
  173. Salt therapy
  174. Salsa dancing
  175. Sand sledding
  176. Scandinavian couple dancing
  177. Scavenger hunt
  178. SCUBA diving
  179. See Rock City and Ruby Falls
  180. See the Northern Lights
  181. Self defense class
  182. Set off fireworks
  183. Sewing class
  184. Skeet shooting
  185. Skydiving
  186. Sleep in a glass igloo
  187. Sleep in a haunted hotel
  188. Sleep in a tree house
  189. Snorkeling
  190. Snow cream
  191. Snowshoeing
  192. Snowboarding
  193. Snowmobiling
  194. Snow skiing
  195. Soak in a hot spring
  196. Soap making
  197. Solve a Rubik’s Cube
  198. Sound immersion
  199. Spelunking
  200. Square dancing
  201. Stand in a soundless room
  202. Standup paddle boarding
  203. Stargazing
  204. Stay in the Peruvian Skylodge (Stay tuned – coming Sept. 2017)
  205. Stomp grapes
  206. Surfing
  207. Sushi making
  208. Sweat lodge
  209. Swim with dolphins
  210. Swim with manatee
  211. Swim with sea lions
  212. Swing dancing
  213. Synchronous fireflies
  214. Tail of the Dragon
  215. Take a spontaneous trip
  216. Take a tour of my own town
  217. Take a trip abroad alone
  218. Tandem bike ride
  219. Tennis match
  220. Throw a boomerang successfully
  221. Tour a car factory
  222. Trampoline park
  223. Trapeze class
  224. Tree camping
  225. Trivia night
  226. Underwater hotel/restaurant
  227. Virtual reality
  228. Visit a bathhouse
  229. Vist a coal mine
  230. Visit a pearl farm
  231. Visit a rainforest
  232. Visit a volcano
  233. Visit a zoo
  234. Visit the Amazon (Stay tuned – coming Sept. 2017).
  235. Volcano boarding
  236. Volunteer at an animal shelter
  237. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
  238. Vol walk
  239. Wakeboarding
  240. Walk a labyrinth
  241. Watch a Bollywood movie
  242. Watch a shuttle or rocket launch
  243. Water skiing
  244. Whale watching
  245. Whitewater rafting
  246. Wildflower hike
  247. Wine tasting/Vineyard tour
  248. Wing walking
  249. Winter sleigh ride
  250. Woodworking class
  251. Ziplining
  252. Zorbing

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  2. Great list! I’m also trying to do a new thing every week this year, so it’s really helpful to see what others have got up to, and get inspiration. Keep up the good work!

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  3. This is a great list. I also want to try new things. I started a bucket list but would like really like to just do new stuff…and explore. Great job…I will be checking back to see how things are going.

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  7. Wow, so far you have added so many of the items that I have placed on a million “to do for fun” lists. Thanks for getting all of these great ideas in one place. Enjoy your adventures!

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  10. Hi! I’m new to blogging and I happen to be blogging about trying new things as well…and I just found out about your blog. Your list has a lot of cool things on it to try! I hope you don’t mind if I use it as inspiration. I’m not sure if you’ll see this or not, but if you do, it would mean a lot if you’d check out my blog:
    http://getupandoutblog.blogspot.ca/

    If you don’t want to look don’t feel pressured at all. Thanks so much in advance!

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