Inspired by Chip Huyen’s List 100. Life’s short - here’s what I want to do with it.

1. Trek the Himalayas
2. Hot air balloon in Cappadocia
3. Broadway show in New York
4. See the Big Five on an African safari
5. Visit the Pyramids of Giza
6. Get scuba certified
7. Learn skiing (first runs at Summit at Snoqualmie, WA) and snowboarding (fell a lot at Sierra at Tahoe, CA)
8. Get a pilot’s license
9. Visit Eiffel Tower (ICCV’23 brought me to Paris)
10. Cherry blossoms in Japan
11. Fall foliage in Vermont / Maine
12. Visit the North Pole
13. Visit the South Pole
14. Stay in a tree house
15. Watch Aurora with someone I love
16. Experience zero gravity
17. Attend a football game in Europe
18. Solo backpacking in another country (wandered through Heidelberg, Germany)
19. Foreign internship (summer in Singapore during undergrad)
20. Attend a Coldplay concert
21. Hike Amazon rainforest
22. Skii in Switzerland
23. Hike Grand Canyon
24. Sky diving
25. Bungee Jumping (160m drop in Pokhara, Nepal)
26. Write a biography
27. Publish in a top-tier conference (ECCV’20, virtual but still counts)
28. Omakase in Tokyo
29. Authentic pizza in Naples
30. Oktoberfest in Munich
31. Watch a show at Sydney Opera House
32. Learn to play an instrument
33. Read 1000 books
34. Visit all continents (3 / 10)
35. Week-long cruise
36. Route 66 East to West Coast (Pittsburgh to San Francisco, 8 days on the road)
37. Visit all US states
38. Visit all Indian states
39. Dine in the sky on Burj Khalifa
40. Cave kayaking
41. Hike Machu Picchu
42. Climb Mount Fuji
43. Paragliding
44. Walk the Great Wall of China
45. Sunset at Taj Mahal
46. Attend a traditional tea ceremony
47. Stay in an overwater bungalow
48. Go dog sledding in Lapland
49. Go whale watching (spotted humpbacks at Channel Islands NP, CA)
50. Party at Rio carnival
51. Float in the Dead Sea
52. Swim in the Great Barrier Reef
53. Attend a rave (Hocus Pocus, Miami)
54. Give a TED talk
55. Desert safari in Dubai
56. Explore the caves in Vietnam
57. Visit Banff National Park
58. Guest lecture at a university
59. Visit 20 national parks in the US (14 / 20)
60. Go on a solo hike
61. Go shark cage diving
62. Wine at Napa Valley
63. Visit 10+ ski resorts (3 / 10)
64. Visit a tulip farm (endless colors at Roozengaarde, WA)
65. Tour the Colosseum
66. Tour the Louvre museum
67. Michelin star date
68. Psychedlic or mind expanding retreats
69. Try sandboarding
70. Sleep on the beach under the stars
71. Author a patent
72. Camp under the stars in a desert
73. See a comet with the naked eye
74. Watch a meteor shower (Geminids on a freezing night near Pittsburgh)
75. Run a marathon
76. Watch a rocket launch in person
77. Stargazing in Hawaii
78. Watch a football game in Spain
79. Get featured in a news channel or newspaper
80. Have a centibillionaire come see your work (Jeff Bezos)
81. See Earth from space
82. Northern Lights in Alaska
83. Meet Elon Musk
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