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List 100

Things I want to do before I die. 102 so far. The goal is 100, but I would rather grow the list deliberately than pad it. Recommendations welcome at maricatovictor [at] gmail.com.

Inspired by Chip Huyen's List 100.

Progress as of September 21, 2026: 36.5/102. done · partial · still ahead of me.

  1. 1. ✗ Take my friends abroad
  2. 2. ✗ Practice some physical activity 3× a week for a full year
  3. 3. ✗ Skydive
  4. 4. ✗ Ice-skate outdoors
  5. 5. ✗ Learn Spanish
  6. 6. ✗ Learn to sing
  7. 7. ✗ Write a blog post in a café during the rain
  8. 8. ~ Visit 100 countries · 17%
  9. 9. ✓ Take my mom on an international trip
  10. 10. ✗ Have a positive relationship with grief
  11. 11. ✗ Say "no" and not feel guilty about it
  12. 12. ✗ Go to Mexico during Día de los Muertos
  13. 13. ✗ Watch a former student or mentee win something significant
  14. 14. ✗ Learn to dance · tried once, failed
  15. 15. ✗ Spend at least 2 months in Korea
  16. 16. ~ See an aurora
  17. 17. ✓ Learn German
  18. 18. ✗ Go sugar-free for 1 month
  19. 19. ✓ Throw snow at my brother
  20. 20. ~ Make my mom understand my research · getting close
  21. 21. ✓ Watch a movie in an open-air cinema
  22. 22. ✗ Play volleyball at the beach
  23. 23. ✓ Skiing
  24. 24. ✓ Watch the sunset in Rio
  25. 25. ✓ Learn piano
  26. 26. ✗ Visit a 2★+ Michelin restaurant in at least 2 countries per continent
  27. 27. ✗ Go on a hike with my dog
  28. 28. ✗ Start a startup earning +1k USD / month
  29. 29. ✗ Hike to Everest Base Camp
  30. 30. ✓ Go to the US during Halloween
  31. 31. ✗ Teach biochemistry or bioinformatics at my old high school
  32. 32. ✓ Rank top 10+ in competitive gaming · top-3 Syndra on the BR League of Legends server
  33. 33. ✗ Spend a full month without internet or phone
  34. 34. ✗ Publish at a top-1 conference
  35. 35. ~ Cook the favorite meal of my loved ones · 1/5, and my dog's favorite is uncomputable: every food tested returns extremely positive
  36. 36. ✓ Save a life
  37. 37. ✗ Go on a cruise abroad
  38. 38. ✗ Be the family member everyone calls when something goes wrong and when something goes right
  39. 39. ✓ Have my mom communicate with one of my foreign friends
  40. 40. ✓ Eat pasta in Italy
  41. 41. ~ Study Medicine · started, didn't finish
  42. 42. ✗ Go to a 3-star Michelin restaurant
  43. 43. ✗ Hitchhike across Asia
  44. 44. ~ Visit at least half of Brazilian states · 5/27
  45. 45. ✗ Attend a major sports final (Champions League, World Cup)
  46. 46. ✓ Study machine learning at graduate level
  47. 47. ✗ Read 5 books in a year
  48. 48. ✓ Sleep at the beach
  49. 49. ✓ Scuba dive
  50. 50. ✓ Take a road trip with no fixed schedule
  51. 51. ✗ Let my dog off-leash at a deserted beach
  52. 52. ✗ Eat sushi in Japan
  53. 53. ✗ Get a PhD
  54. 54. ✗ Learn Chinese
  55. 55. ✓ Do a +5h hike
  56. 56. ~ Understand why opposite charges attract and equal ones repel
  57. 57. ✗ Find a cure for a disease or condition
  58. 58. ✓ Watch a Formula 1 race in person
  59. 59. ✗ Volunteer for something that directly helps people (not mentoring, not tech)
  60. 60. ✗ Get a tattoo
  61. 61. ✓ Family trip with my brother and mom
  62. 62. ✗ Run a 10k under 45 minutes
  63. 63. ✗ Solo travel for 30+ continuous days
  64. 64. ✓ Go to a Blackpink concert · 2/1, went twice and beat my goal of once
  65. 65. ✓ Take a cooking class in another country
  66. 66. ✓ Publish at a top-5 conference
  67. 67. ✓ Cry of happiness
  68. 68. ✓ Go on a cruise
  69. 69. ✗ Camp
  70. 70. ✗ Publish at a top-3 conference
  71. 71. ✗ Take a cooking class in Asia
  72. 72. ~ Watch 10 shows or movies that make me rethink my life · 4/10: Chernobyl, Interstellar, Coco, Breaking Bad (Letterboxd)
  73. 73. ✗ Surf
  74. 74. ✓ Eat a croissant in Paris
  75. 75. ✗ Cook coxinha for someone not from Brazil
  76. 76. ✓ Learn how to make a perfect latte
  77. 77. ✓ Road-trip with friends
  78. 78. ✗ Start a startup earning +10k USD / month
  79. 79. ✗ Hike an active volcano
  80. 80. ~ See the 7 World Wonders · 2/7: Christ the Redeemer, Colosseum
  81. 81. ✗ Travel with my international friends
  82. 82. ✓ Visit Korea
  83. 83. ✓ Sail or cruise through a beautiful archipelago
  84. 84. ✗ Cook a Sunday lunch my family will remember as "the" meal
  85. 85. ✗ Win a karting tournament
  86. 86. ✓ Play piano in public
  87. 87. ✗ Contribute to Alzheimer's disease research
  88. 88. ✗ Eat phở in Vietnam
  89. 89. ✓ Drive a sports car on the Autobahn
  90. 90. ✗ Reach ~12% body fat, lean enough to show muscle definition
  91. 91. ✗ Mentor someone who outpaces me and be proud of it
  92. 92. ✗ Visit at least one country on every inhabited continent
  93. 93. ✗ Fly an airplane
  94. 94. ✗ Play an instrument in a concert
  95. 95. ✗ Meet someone from Blackpink in person
  96. 96. ✗ Visit Japan in cherry blossom season
  97. 97. ✓ Spend +6 months in another country
  98. 98. ✗ Family trip with friends (my kids + theirs, eventually)
  99. 99. ✗ Read 1,000 books over my lifetime · 17/1,000 tracked on Goodreads
  100. 100. ✗ Take care of a plant
  101. 101. ✗ Practice shooting at a firing range
  102. 102. ✗ Learn Korean