← Quora archive  ·  2011 Jan 17, 2011 08:06 PM PST

Question

What are things people should do at least once in their life?

Answer

Going for things that aren't likely to happen unless you set out to do them. There's plenty of must do stuff that you will do anyway

  1. Watch a total solar eclipse
  2. Look at the rings of Saturn, live through an actual telescope, not through Discovery channel
  3. Go to a really really dark wilderness area on a clear night and look at the stars the way everyone saw them before coal and electricity
  4. See at least one truly wild and dangerous animal (lions, tigers, grizzlies, whales, sharks...) close up, in the wild
  5. Own a pet
  6. Snorkel and look at fish underwater, in their natural environment
  7. Go look at the giant sequoias
  8. Climb beyond 12,000 feet
  9. Make an enemy
  10. Walk away from a tempting opportunity
  11. Voluntarily choose less money
  12. Live in a foreign country
  13. Read a book written more than 2000 years ago that is not a religious text
  14. Smash something in anger
  15. Be in a life-threatening situation
  16. Fast for a day
  17. Get punched
  18. Punch someone
  19. Run away from a fight
  20. Make a complete ass of yourself in public

Hmm... interesting. That was a quick brain dump. And almost everything on my list has to do with nature, with the rest having to do with being a sociopath/antisocial.

I've done all of these incidentally, except 16, which I plan to do soon. Will look for ideas in others' answers.