Living Life to the Fullest

I always love to try new things, and if they are fantastic experiences, I enjoy sharing what I learned by either getting others to do it as well or by recounting the story over meals or drinks with friends.  Here is a list of really interesting things I've tried lately, followed by my to-do list (which will obviously be future posts)....

Adventures

• Driving a NASCAR
• Rally Car School
• Driving an Indy Car
• Trampolining 
• Learning to Sail 
• Hiking in DC
• Ziplining and Treetop Adventures 
• Learning to Fly
• Paddleboarding
• Parkour and Rock Climbing
• Learning how to Curl

Random Stuff

• Army Navy Game in D.C.  
• Sundance Film Festival: 2012, 2013, 2014
• Rating Superbowl Commercials for USA Today
• Running a Half Marathon
• Finishing Another Half Marathon
• Formula 1 Racing in Austin
• Seeing TV Shows in NYC (psst...all of these shows no longer exist in the forms highlighted here)
• A Night of James Bond at the International Spy Museum
• Causing a Scene on the National Mall with Improv Everywhere
• 70th V-E Day Anniversary Warbird Flyover in D.C.
• Butterflies of Brookside Gardens

Concerts

• Mumford & Sons Concerts
• February 13, 2013 in Virginia for the East Coast USA Tour
• February 14, 2013 in Virginia for the East Coast USA Tour
• June 5, 2013 in Phoenix for the Summer Stampede Tour
• August 26, 2013 in Toronto for the Full English Tour
• April 2015 in NYC for Wilder Mind small rehearsal/promotional gig
• June 5-6, 2015 in Seaside Heights for a Gentleman of the Road Stopover
• April 15, 2016 in Nashville for the Arrow Through The Heartland Tour
• Another Day, Another Time benefit concert celebrating the music of the movie Inside Llewyn Davis
• Green Day! 
• Josh Groban at Wolf Trap
• Panic! at the Disco and Fall Out Boy
• Pentatonix
• The Beatles in Washington D.C. - 50 Year Anniversary
• Punch Brothers at Savannah Music Festival
• The Milk Carton Kids
• Charm City Folk and Bluegrass Festival 2014
• Nickel Creek

Authors

• Helen Fielding
• Jonathan Tropper
• Bill Bryson

Enrichment

• Investing in your Future (simple advice from someone who used to do this professionally = me) 
• Improv Comedy School
• Washington Improv Theater's Annual Improvapalooza Comedy Festival
• Annual Warren Buffett Pilgrimage 
• Appreciating the Greatest Generation: Part 1 - WWII and the 15th Air Force B-24 Liberators
• Appreciating the Greatest Generation: Part 2 - Riding in a B-24 Liberator

My Remaining To-Do List....so far!!!

• Trapeze School
• Evasive Driving Course
• Paintball
• Helicopter Flying Lesson
• Skydiving (maybe)
• Whale Shark Diving
• Shark Cage Experience
• Afternoon Sailing Trip
• Off Roading on the Hatfield McCoy Trails
• Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Bowling at the White House

Past amazing experiences that have inspired me to continue being adventurous (no associated posts):

• Touring the West Wing of the White House
• Riding in a sled at the Iditerod
• Snowmobiling in Kenai Penninsula, Alaska
• Ice climbing on a glacier in Iceland
• SCUBA diving around the world
• Great Barrier Reef, Austrailia (Cairns)
• Palau Redang, Malaysia
• Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
• Hawaii (Oahu)
• Northern Bali, Indonesia
• Grand Cayman
• Disneyworld Living Seas
• ATVing in the sand dunes of the Southern Oregon Coast
• Traveling to see grand slam tennis tournaments: Wimbledon and French Open, so far
• Studying abroad for a summer and living with a host family in Southern France