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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the TannhΓ€user Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die. ~ Blade Runner

Inspired by Alex Molas, who in turn was inspired byΒ Chip Huyen. List of things to do before I die. I'll keep it updated. Realistically impossible, but trying to do my best :)

(last update: 07.10.24)

  1. βœ“ Learn German (~B2)
  2. ~ Learn Chinese (HSK2)
  3. βœ— Learn Russian (tried and dropped out)
  4. βœ— Learn Arabic (tried through self-studying and failed)
  5. βœ“ Remember a few words of Polish, Turkish, Estonian, Hungarian
  6. βœ— Learn French
  7. βœ— Learn Uzbek
  8. ~ Become homeless (Berlin :) )
  9. βœ“ Live in another country (DE, CH)
  10. βœ“ Live in 8m2
  11. βœ— Get another citizenship
  12. βœ— Plant a tree
  13. βœ“ Write my own blog
  14. βœ— Write a book
  15. βœ— Read 1000 books (735/1000)
  16. βœ— Visit 100 countries (24% done)
  17. βœ— Go in a hot air balloon
  18. βœ— Be in a submarine
  19. βœ— Scuba dive
  20. βœ“ Sleep under the stars
  21. βœ“ See a comet
  22. βœ“ Swim in the ocean
  23. βœ“ Build a sand castle (dozens, actually)
  24. βœ— Learn to snowboard
  25. βœ— Learn to surf
  26. βœ— Skydive
  27. βœ“ Learn to drive a car
  28. βœ“ Take a walk in the rain
  29. βœ“ Travel on a cruise
  30. βœ— See auroras
  31. βœ— See Machu Picchu
  32. βœ— Fire a gun
  33. ~ Get arrested in China (almost)
  34. βœ“ See the locations of Dark
  35. βœ“ Spend 2 weeks in a buddhist centre
  36. βœ“ Graduate in Computer Science
  37. βœ— Get a second degree in literature/history
  38. βœ“ Start a company (cries in partita iva)
  39. βœ“ Create and publish an app in the Play Store
  40. βœ— Start a pizza delivery business
  41. βœ— Publish a paper
  42. βœ“ Start investing
  43. βœ“ Pass a coding interview
  44. βœ“ Learn bartending (in Barkamp)
  45. βœ— Attend a sommelier course
  46. βœ— Work as a teacher
  47. βœ“ Work as a gardener
  48. βœ“ Work in a tourist office
  49. βœ“ Become president of a volunteering organization
  50. βœ“ Take part into an EEG experiment
  51. βœ— Take a sabbatical to travel
  52. βœ“ Make close friendships
  53. βœ“ Lose some of them, when paths diverge :(
  54. βœ“ Fall in love
  55. βœ“ Have sex
  56. βœ“ Pet a cat
  57. βœ— Hug an alpaca
  58. βœ“ Spend quality time with family
  59. βœ“ Partecipate in a wedding
  60. βœ— Ask a stranger out
  61. βœ— Sleep at a stranger's place (CouchSurfing)
  62. βœ— Dye my hair
  63. βœ“ Fly a drone
  64. βœ“ Dance in a Techno Parade
  65. βœ“ Drink too little/much
  66. βœ“ Try some light stuff
  67. βœ“ Try canyoning
  68. βœ“ Try SUP
  69. βœ“ Try kayaking
  70. βœ“ Try acroyoga
  71. βœ“ Watch an open water cinema (on a lake)
  72. βœ“ Learn boxing
  73. ~ Learn to play harmonica (only learned Ode to Joy)
  74. ~ Learn to dance (Lindy Hop, WS22/23, forgot so much)
  75. βœ“ Start meditating
  76. βœ“ Try hitchhiking
  77. βœ“ Try ice skating
  78. βœ“ Try improvisational theater
  79. βœ— Run a marathon
  80. βœ“ Become a Roman legionary
  81. βœ“ Make a tiramisu
  82. βœ— Make a cheesecake
  83. βœ“ Learn to consistently overcook pasta
  84. βœ“ Make a short film
  85. βœ— Attend the filmmaking-travelling festival Cinemadamare
  86. βœ— Make a feature film
  87. βœ— Speak at TED
  88. βœ— Buy crypto and become a millionare
  89. βœ“ Volunteer abroad (Workaway)
  90. βœ“ Volunteer in an environmental organization (Legambiente)
  91. βœ“ Volunteer in a European youth organization (Aegee)
  92. βœ— Volunteer in a reindeer farm in Scandinavia
  93. βœ— Volunteer in a turtle protection program in Central America
  94. βœ— Volunteer and sail in the Faroe Islands
  95. βœ— Volunteer in a school in Kenya
  96. βœ“ Have a rubber duck on my desk
  97. βœ— Have a collection of 100 ducks
  98. βœ“ Meet Maurizio Gasparri
  99. βœ— Meet Alessandro Barbero
  100. ~ Be kind