The Complete List
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1. Write an non-fiction book that people will actually want to read
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2. Spend some time traveling around Europe.
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3. Make sure someone has a reason to believe in miracles
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4. Milk a cow
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5. Re-visit the Bahamas
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6. Learn to speak Spanish
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7. Own my very own house
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8. Go on a safari in Africa
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9. Play with dolphins
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10. Have my own business (be my own boss)
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11. Learn ballroom and swing dancing
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12. Own a convertible, preferably a Mustang
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13. Run for President
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14. Have a garden. Grow vegetables, herbs and flowers
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15. Learn to play acoustic guitar
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16. Write a novel
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17. Research my family’s history
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18. Learn the constitution and all the amendments
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19. Have two children
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20. See a green iceberg
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21. Have a beautiful wedding, complete with honeymoon to an exotic location this time
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22. Get a makeover
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23. Have a message sky-written to someone
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24. Become a great speech giver
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25. Donate an organ
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26. Suddenly decide on and leave for a trip
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27. Sip a mint julep at the Kentucky Derby
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28. Take yoga classes
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29. See the aurora borealis
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30. Pay for the next car at a toll booth
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31. Organize a food drive for the needy
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32. Karaoke
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33. Be able to explain Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
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34. Become a master of the deadpan delivery
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35. Build a tree house or a club house
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36. Spelunk
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37. Hang-glide
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38. Shake hands with someone famous
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39. Light a candle in the Holocaust Museum’s Hall of Remembrance
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40. Crash a ritzy party
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41. Fill an oversized bank with change and use the money for a gambling trip
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42. Do something scandalous
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43. Lobby
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44. Learn to drive a stick shift
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45. Spend one month without television
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46. Visit a tropical rainforest
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47. Make a religious pilgrimage
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48. Participate in a moonlit drum circle
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49. Write a letter to the editor
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50. Have my ancestor’s names engraved on the plaque at Ellis Island
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51. Invent or patent something.
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52. Take an acting class
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53. Do an open-mike night
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54. Dry some flowers
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55. Clean out closets annually, make donation to Good Will
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56. Donate books
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57. Take a natural mud bath
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58. Read to children
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59. Scuba dive
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60. Discover a hidden talent
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61. Ride an ostrich
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62. Volunteer as a docent in a museum
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63. Drink the healing waters on Margaret Island in Budapest
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64. Have a crazy fun water gun fight
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65. Travel alone
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66. Prepare a grand, seven-course meal for close friends
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67. Ride a pogo stick or a unicycle
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68. Relax in hot springs in Iceland
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69. Visit Coney Island
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70. Horseback-ride on the beach at dawn
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71. Learn to sew
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72. Use my dog to carry a secret note to someone on his collar
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73. Start a new political party
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74. Finish a marathon
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75. Crochet or knit a sweater
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76. Parasail
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77. Write a teacher a thank you note
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78. Interview friends and family with a video camera
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79. Bungee-jump off a bridge
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80. Go on a scientific expedition
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81. Fossil-hunt
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82. Build a savings account
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83. Make homemade bread (without a bread machine!)
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84. Memorize my three favorite poems
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85. Attend the Olympics
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86. Leave someone a $100 tip
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87. Hot-air balloon
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88. Press some flowers
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89. Cut a demo tape at a recording studio
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90. Go skinny dipping
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91. Make a time capsule with magazines, CDs, photographs, letters and T-shirts, etc
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92. Ride a train across the United States
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93. Ride a bicycle built for two
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94. Spend a week at a spa
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95. Stay at a monastery
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96. Learn American Sign Language
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97. Learn to sail
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98. See the Great Wall of China
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99. Volunteer at a National Park
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100. Paint my bedroom red, black or hot pink for at least a little while
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101. See a show at a planetarium
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102. Learn to say the alphabet backwards
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103. Sit in the skybox at a sporting event
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104. Catch the bouquet
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105. Hike the Appalachian Trail
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106. Take the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg
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107. Stay at a parador in Spain
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108. Sit in first class
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109. Have one truly amazing one night stand
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110. Bottle my own preserves
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111. Buy a $100 bottle of wine and share it with old friends
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112. Have breakfast in bed for two delivered
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113. Have a violinist play for me by the dinner table
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114. Send “just thinking of you” cards frequently
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115. Have my palm read
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116. Order a huge, delicious birthday cake for myself
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117. Stomp grapes in Tuscany
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118. Hire a designer to create personal stationary
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119. Teach someone to read
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120. Hire someone to do my spring cleaning
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121. Be a guest of honor at a party
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122. Build a birdhouse
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123. Watch a baby being born
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124. Indulge a private fantasy
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125. Dress up like Santa and really get into it
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126. Perform a citizen’s arrest
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127. Memorize the Gettysburg Address
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128. Figure out the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne
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129. Play a funny April Fool’s Day prank
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130. Drive a Maserati
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131. Learn at least ten constellations
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132. Buy a star and have it named for someone
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133. Ride an elephant
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134. Write an article for the National Enquirer or some other tabloid
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135. Plant a tree
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136. Keep a terrific journal
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137. One day spend $1000 on at least five things
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138. Make my own beer
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139. Be the hero of my own life
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140. Throw a coin in the Fontana de Trevi in Rome
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141. Get a Master’s degree
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142. Ride a gondola in Venice
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143. See a live performance of Beethoven’s Sixth
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144. Take a helicopter ride
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145. Go wine-tasting in Sonoma County, California
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146. Go to an Italian opera
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147. Visit Ayers Rock in Australia
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148. Kiss the Blarney stone
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149. Learn the names of 10 wild plants and be able to identify them
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150. Inspire someone
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151. Meet and really speak to three genuine eccentrics
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152. Send Valentines to everyone
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153. Make a giant chocolate chip cookie
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154. Give a rousing or moving speech
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155. Learn a new word everyday for a whole year
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156. Build an igloo
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157. Watch kittens being born
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158. Ask questions! Question everything – sexuality, faith, values, and especially my lawyer
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159. Drive a bus
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160. Write a letter to a public figure that I admire
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161. Ride a camel through the desert
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162. Mosh
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163. Watch Cartoon Network for 24 hours
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164. Sketch the ocean on a deserted beach
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165. Plan an entire solo weekend
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166. Compose a steamy love letter
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167. Get a pedicure
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168. Play a game of Strip Monopoly
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169. Keep in touch with friends
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170. Consult a plastic surgeon
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171. Have custom bookcases built
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172. Impress the boss
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173. Make chocolate chip pancakes
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174. Go line-dancing
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175. Be frivolous
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176. Get out of debt
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177. Travel the globe
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178. Interview grandparents about their childhoods
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179. Invest in the stock market
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180. Train a seeing-eye dog
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181. Learn the second stanza of the “Star Spangled Banner”
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182. Plan a picnic for one
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183. Predict the next big thing
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184. Have a house on the ocean
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185. Mediate a dispute
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186. Memorize all the dialogue of my favorite movie
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187. Love more than once
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188. Dance with glee
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189. Invite my employees to my home for dinner
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190. Write my memoirs
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191. Take a cooking class
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192. Get pierced somewhere besides my ears
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193. Achieve washboard abs
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194. Slide down a banister
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195. Witness a miracle
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196. Swim in each of the seven seas
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197. Buy something at Tiffany’s
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198. Rent a Virgin Island
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199. Attend a Hollywood premier
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200. Spend a weekend in the Waldorf-Astoria
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201. Solve a mystery
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202. Have a signature color
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203. Have a bonfire with hot apple cider and s’mores
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204. Write my own vows
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205. Take a wine-tasting class
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206. Sew a quilt
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207. Attend a high school reunion
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208. Run for office
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209. Write my name in wet cement
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210. Conduct a symphony orchestra
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211. Dance at my grandchildren’s weddings
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212. Dance at my great-grandchildren’s weddings
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213. Learn to eat with chopsticks
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214. Learn to whistle with two fingers
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215. Make a perfect soufflé (preferable chocolate)
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216. Restore an old house
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217. Bicycle through Amsterdam
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218. Take a milk bath
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219. Debate the definition of art in a smoky café
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220. Learn to inline skate
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221. Bathe in the light of the full moon
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222. Start a dream journal
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223. Watch a professional belly dance
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224. Do a voice-over
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225. Learn how other cultures give birth
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226. Study the ways different cultures pay their respects to the deceased
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227. Build a huge and elaborate snow castle
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228. Build an enormous snowman
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229. Nurse a sick bird back to health
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230. Read the Bible and the Koran
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231. Sleep on satin sheets
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232. See a ghost
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233. Have a tea party
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234. Put glow-in-the-dark stars in my bedroom
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235. Protest something
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236. Levitate someone
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237. Have a séance
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238. Learn how to say “I love you” in at least 10 languages
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239. Learn how to sing “Happy Birthday” in 3 languages
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240. Learn how to give a great back rub
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241. Be a deejay
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242. Be a character in costume at a kids’ party
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243. Be in a Snapple ad
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244. Have my name mentioned on national television
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245. Seduce someone
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246. Get seduced
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247. Be someone’s hero
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248. Adopt a whale
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249. Go Christmas caroling
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250. Have my own radio show
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251. Attend a Democratic or Republican convention
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252. Get dressed up and have brandy at a piano bar
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253. Hang a hammock in the living room
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254. Send a message in a bottle
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255. Make a photo album or collage for someone
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256. Smile at someone on the bus
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257. Learn to love wrinkles
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258. Sleep on sun-dried sheets
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259. Make homemade ice cream
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260. Buy a car with cash
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261. Get quoted in a major magazine
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262. Be on the cover of Time magazine
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263. Create something that will be admired in the next century
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264. Donate something anonymously to a needy cause
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265. Visit the house where I was born
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266. Work at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving
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267. Grow a giant pumpkin
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268. Stop complaining
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269. Rethink the seven deadly sins
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270. Adopt a highway or a beach
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271. Write an unnecessary thank-you note
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272. Wear a disguise
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273. Be invited to the White House
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274. Carry someone else’s burden
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275. Be able to do a one-armed pushup
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276. Write something to be read at my funeral
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277. Start a tradition
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278. Hold a boa constrictor
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279. Play Santa for a needy family at Christmas
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280. Visit the Biosphere in Arizona
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281. Throw flower petals instead of rice at my wedding
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282. Attend an art opening
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283. Take a four-year-old to the zoo
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284. Make a statement on a billboard
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285. Go fishing
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286. Invent a new word and spread it around
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287. Have a professional chef deliver meals for a week
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288. Write my own obituary
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289. Get a great, fulfilling job
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290. Pay respects on the beaches of Normandy
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291. Be fed a succulent pomegranate
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292. Get a really good foot massage
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293. Learn some birdcalls
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294. Have something named after me
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295. Learn to knit
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296. Frame and display all accomplishments
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297. Lie on the couch and feed chocolates to my lover
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298. Dance until dawn
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299. Watch the sun rise on a Hawaiian isle
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300. Try Hatha Yoga
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301. Learn to carve a turkey like a chef
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302. Fly upside-down
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303. Get past twenty pushups
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304. Own a king-size bed
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305. Take a walk in the woods on a snowy night
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306. Learn to juggle
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307. Plan the perfect crime and sell it to Hollywood for a movie
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308. Compete on “Jeopardy”
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309. Place a bet with a bookie
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310. Visit every state at least once
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311. Write an anonymous letter to someone
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312. Tend bar
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313. Invent creative and loving names for my body parts
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314. Sip Jack Daniel’s
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315. Wine and dine someone who deserves it
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316. Organize a potluck supper
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317. Do some work for Habitat for Humanity
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318. Ride a cable car in San Francisco
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319. Have my own stand at a carnival
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320. Learn to play Bridge
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321. Do something incredible anonymously
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322. Submit a manuscript
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323. Leave someone a surprise in my will
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324. Add a codicil to my will to tell people why I love them
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325. Listen to whales
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326. Watch a Little League game
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327. Sit on the fifty-yard line at the Super Bowl
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328. Keep an aquarium
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329. Get good at black and white photography
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330. Pan for gold
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331. Have my portrait done in oils
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332. Write a personal note in every Christmas card
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333. Put $20 in the slots
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334. Tell ghost stories in a pitch-black room
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335. Address the UN
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336. Slow dance on the porch in the dark
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337. Proclaim a holiday
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338. Perform a magic trick
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339. Mend a broken heart
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340. Have phone sex
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341. Own an expensive diamond
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342. Have a closet lined in cedar
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343. Have a fireplace
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344. Get paid what I am worth
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345. Send dozens of postcards for no particular reason
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346. Get a facial
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347. Climb the cone of a volcano
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348. Have a motto printed on my checks
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349. Get married, well, remarried
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350. Slide down a brass fire pole
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351. Know the difference between aa and pahoehoe
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352. Drink the milk from a coconut with a straw
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353. Have enough to retire gracefully
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354. Take the ferry to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
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355. Take a course at Harvard
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356. Wear silk pajamas
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357. Have sex like it’s a gourmet meal
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358. Fall asleep counting my blessings
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359. Try fencing
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360. Learn to Mambo
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361. Testify before Congress
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362. Get good at pool and darts
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363. Go whale-watching
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364. See the Loch Ness monster
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365. Find a masterpiece at a garage sale
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366. Meet a lover at the door wearing nothing but Saran Wrap
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367. Water ski
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368. See Stonehenge
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369. Hit the bell at a carnival
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370. Have all of my Christmas presents wrapped
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371. Hike in the Swiss Alps
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372. Partake in a demonstration
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373. Walk on stilts
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374. Take a hansom cab ride
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375. Leave the bed unmade for a month
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376. Move an audience to tears
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377. Share a mouthful of wine with a lover
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378. Travel Route 66
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379. Skydive
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380. Get a bit part in a TV show
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381. One month pay all bills with checks written in crayon
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382. Be the life of the party
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383. Call a psychic hotline
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384. Take silly pictures in a photo booth
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385. Service my own car
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386. Ride in a stretch limo
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387. Smile relentlessly and be nice to a grumpy person
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388. Read The Story of O to a lover
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389. Study the laws of physics
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390. Wear stripes, florals and plaids together
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391. Live in California (again)
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392. Take a bubble bath built for two
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393. Own my own plot of land
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394. Write poetry while sitting in a Parisian cafe
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395. Learn Morse code
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396. Serve on a jury
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397. Write a love note in lipstick on the bathroom mirror
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398. Sign autographs
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399. Annoy Howard Stern
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400. Study the facade of Notre Dame in Paris
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401. Pay my respects at Auschwitz
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402. Buy a friend a gift for no reason at all
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403. Write to a lover in code
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404. Use handcuffs
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405. Leave a $50 in a blind person’s cup
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406. Revel in raw sex
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407. Fall in love
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408. Start a pillow fight
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409. Invite friends over for a slumber party
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410. Send someone a dozen red roses
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411. Track down someone who influenced me
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412. Make a cranky person laugh
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413. Start a nude room at a party
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414. Cast a spell
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415. Bathe in a champagne tub in the Poconos
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416. Memorize all the Presidents of the United States
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417. Have a love affair with a movie star
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418. Throw an adult prom
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419. Play footsie in a swank restaurant
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420. Sweep someone off his feet
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421. Be swept off my feet
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422. Give a bus driver a present
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423. Donate money to my high school
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424. Create my own love potion #9
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425. Choose a bridesmaid’s dress that everyone loves
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426. Learn how to skip rocks
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427. Watch a session of Congress from the visitor’s gallery
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428. Attend the seventh game of the World Series
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429. Put my hands in Marilyn Monroe’s handprints at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
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430. Indulge in a two-hour body massage
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431. Deliver a home-cooked meal to a sick friend
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432. Wear a lei
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433. Ride the Orient Express
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434. Learn a dirty joke that would make a nun laugh
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435. Rage, rage against the dying of the light
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436. Spend one whole day daydreaming
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437. Go down in a submarine
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438. See and report a UFO
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439. Moonlight with a hobby
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440. Sell something on the internet
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441. Send unsigned Valentines to co-workers
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442. Plant an indoor herb garden
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443. Swim in the Dead Sea
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444. Spend the night in a pyramid
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445. Learn Braille
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446. Scuba-dive for jewelry in a public lake
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447. Walk a marathon with a disabled entrant
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448. Enlighten a racist or a homophobe
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449. Shoot craps
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450. See bighorn sheep in Estes Park in Colorado
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451. Hold up an attention-getting sign outside the “Today Show” window
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452. Live long enough to get a birthday greeting from the President
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453. Be hypnotized
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454. Buy a subscription to a “something-of-the-month” club
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455. Have a tree full of meaningful Christmas ornaments
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456. Send steaks and/or lobsters to someone
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457. Share my umbrella with a stranger
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458. Start a sing-a-long in an elevator
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459. Study voodoo or Santeria
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460. Take a mineral bath at Saratoga Springs
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461. Call a radio talk show
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462. Take a flying lesson
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463. Hire a personal shopper
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464. Read and live the Kama Sutra
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465. Gather my favorite recipes into a cookbook
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466. Buy the house a drink
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467. Be a flight attendant
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468. Fill the bed with rose petals
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469. Ride in a convertible south on U.S. 1 (PCH) in California in the springtime
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470. Leave lots of snacks for the baby sitter
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471. Re-enact a love scene from a movie
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472. Get a precise and expensive haircut
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473. Get fit
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474. Make a thermos full of margaritas and watch fireworks
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475. Spend one New Year’s Eve in Times Square
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476. Eat a one-pound box of Godiva in one sitting, guilt-free
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477. Sleep with a ghost in the room
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478. Take a helicopter to the top of a mountain and hike back down again
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479. Watch an egg hatch
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480. Fall head-over-heels in love
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481. Take a bus or train trip through the Andes
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482. Drink champagne with a crazy straw
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483. Visit the Galapagos Islands
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484. Spend a night in a lighthouse
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485. Have a personal trainer for awhile
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486. Squeeze a glass of fresh orange juice
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487. Re-take the SAT’s
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488. Sell Girl Scout cookies
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489. Make love in the back of a limo
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490. Enjoy the view from the roof
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491. Study t’ai chi
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492. Construct a crossword puzzle and submit it to a newspaper
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493. Throw a masked ball
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494. Be able to make a delicious cheesecake
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495. See the woods of Vermont in early October
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496. Start a rumor and see how fast it comes around
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497. Decide on a favorite color and a lucky number
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498. Try acupuncture
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499. Fly in the Goodyear blimp
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500. Take part in a rain dance
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501. Watch beavers build a dam
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502. See a full solar eclipse
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503. Rent a jukebox for a party
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504. Ridicule the Ku Klux Klan
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505. Get a vanity license plate
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506. Take a lie detector test
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507. Eat real key lime pie in the Keys
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508. Lend money with no questions asked
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509. Learn first aid
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510. Moped in Bermuda
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511. Go snorkeling in St. John
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512. Come home for a nooner
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513. Meet a lover at a motel
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514. Serve in the Peace Corps
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515. Set up a scholarship
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516. Grow a garden of wild flowers
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517. Jump out of a cake
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518. Orbit the Earth
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519. Go undercover with a voice recorder
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520. Experience virtual reality
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521. Pledge money to public television or public radio
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522. Master a kinky technique
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523. Memorize “Jabberwocky”
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524. Go to Brazilian Carnival
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525. Be able to tie a granny, a bowline, a clove hitch, and a sheepshank
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526. Leave a present for the postal carrier in the mailbox
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527. Make homemade tortillas
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528. Attend the Tulip Festival in Skagit Valley, Washington
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529. Have a luau
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530. Create a story quilt
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531. See the Taj Mahal
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532. Stop a mall from being built
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533. Admire Red Square at midnight
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534. Surprise someone with Swedish fish
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535. Put flowers on the untended grave of a stranger
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536. Own a kooky umbrella
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537. Ride a swan boat in Boston Public Gardens
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538. Write all that I remember of my family history for the next generations
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539. Send a friend flowers for no particular reason on no special day
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540. Write a letter to the editor praising someone in public life
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541. Sing at a wedding
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542. Cast a write-in vote
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543. Raise a child to be a wonderful person
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544. Sponsor a needy child
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545. Compose a fairy tale
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546. Ably describe honky-tonk, ska and bluegrass
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547. Get a full-body tan
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548. Frame all past and present business cards
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549. Rappel
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550. Cross the international date line and get to yesterday
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551. Be a painter’s model
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552. Cook dinner in the fireplace
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553. See Michelangelo’s David
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554. Shake hands with the President of the United States
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555. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
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556. Take a Jell-O bath
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557. Be a game show contestant
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558. Do the I Ching
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559. Go to an open casting call
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560. Walk over hot coals
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561. Lobby for more women on U.S. currency
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562. Host a foreign exchange student
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563. Ride every roller coaster in the continental U.S.
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564. Ride across Ireland on a bicycle
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565. Create my own fragrance
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566. Distinguish the difference between Ionic, Corinthian and Doric
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567. Wear flowers in my hair
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568. Own a handknit sweater
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569. Have an ice cream flavor named after me
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570. Visit the site of the Titanic wreck on the ocean floor
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571. Visit another planet
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572. Have chocolate con churros in Barcelona
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573. Ballroom dance at the Rainbow Room
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574. Ride a bicycle through Bordeaux
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575. Attend the Blessing of the Animals at New York City’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine
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576. Know what a key grip does
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577. Run through a car wash
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578. Have my home drawn in charcoal and framed
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579. Deliver a baby
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580. Be in the Guinness Book of World Records
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581. Eat a ripe mango
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582. Tour a brewery
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583. Pick an animal to be my mascot
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584. Study witchcraft
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585. Tour the Prado, the Louvre, the Hermitage, the Metropolitan and the Uffizi
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586. Take a self-defense course
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587. Volunteer to take care of babies with AIDS
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588. Buy a video camera
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589. Take karate lessons
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590. Learn to read Tarot cards
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591. Play spin the bottle
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592. Learn enough about cars to confidently buy a used one and change my own oil
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593. Take a cruise
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594. Play the field
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595. Collage my life story
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596. Find a pair of amazingly fabulous movie star sunglasses