What is the 'Challenge List'?
Hi I’m Mel! I’m an adventurist that is constantly seeking out new experiences with my Challenge List of 400 unique experiences.
My little brother describes my Challenge List as a list where all I have ever wanted to do comes true. I would almost say that he is right, they are experiences that I have always said that I wanted to do. I decided to stop making excuses and that I needed to go out and do what I have always dreamed about achieving.
Once I started writing the list I couldn’t stop, I realised that there were so many things that I was holding back on and making excuses that I didn’t have the time to complete them or couldn’t spare any money for them. Once I started crossing them off it became a passion to get more ticked off, I have loved every moment of each experience and the unique challenges that they all brought.
All are challenging in their own way, some are easier than others. Which includes making a gingerbread house, having a water fight, making a snow angel, planting a tree or getting an “Elf on the Shelf”. On the other hand, some are more time consuming – like folding 1000 origami cranes, reading all of the Harry Potter books or solving a Rubik’s Cube. Then there are the all-out challenges, such as walking 50,000 steps in 24 hours, setting a Guinness World Record or reading the Game of Thrones book series. Discover more about what a Challenge List is by checking out my full list of Challenges here.
Activities 2.0
“Doing the difficult things that you’ve never done awakens the talents you never knew you had.” – Robin Sharma
✓ 1. Parasailing
□ 2. Surfing on sand dunes
□ 3. Go on a pogo stick
□ 4. Windsurfing
□ 5. Jet skiing
□ 6. Kite surfing
□ 7. Stargaze
□ 8. Paragliding
□ 9. Dress up at Comic Con
□ 10. Experience weightlessness
□ 11. Hot laps
□ 12. Bobsleighing
□ 13. Do acrobatics in a plane
□ 14. Go on a trapeze
□ 15. Walk on a tightrope
□ 16. Get in a taxi & yell “follow that car”
□ 17. Walk on fire
□ 18. Bid at an auction
□ 19. Chase a tornado
□ 20. Spray a champagne bottle
✓ 21. Find treasure geocaching
□ 22. Ride in a monster truck
□ 23. Swim in an infinity pool
□ 24. Jump in a puddle
✓ 25. Meet a celebrity
□ 26. Drive a sports car
□ 27. Ride a mattress down a staircase
✓ 28. Horse riding on the beach
□ 29. Jump off a waterfall
□ 30. Roll down a hill
✓ 31. Run through a field of flowers
□ 32. Release a paper lantern
□ 33. Walk on a frozen lake
□ 34. Jump off a jetty
□ 35. Travel in a police car
□ 36. Put Ned Kelly’s helmet on
□ 37. Sit in on a court case
□ 38. Go on a seaplane
□ 39. Go in a zorb
□ 40. Jump in a pile of leaves
□ 41. Explore an abandoned place
□ 42. Ride a penny fathering
□ 43. Haggle at a market
✓ 44. White water rafting
□ 45. Black water rafting
□ 46. Scuba dive with sharks
✓ 47. Get out of a maze
□ 48. Freeze a bubble
□ 49. Do a staring contest
□ 50. Pose with a wax figure
✓ 51. Toss a frisbee
□ 52. Find shapes in clouds
✓ 53. Sailing
□ 54. Deep sea fishing
✓ 55. Sand angel
✓ 56. Swim with turtles
□ 57. Drive a tesla
✓ 58. Bathe with elephants
□ 59. Jump on a jumping castle
□ 60. Ride in a dune buggy
□ 61. Have a Nintendo 64 game day
□ 62. Have a Wii game day
□ 63. Go to a karaoke bar & sing
□ 64. Experience virtual reality
✓ 65. Indoor skydiving
□ 66. Fly a kite
□ 67. Barefoot lawn bowls
□ 68. Take part in a flash mob
□ 69. Wing-walking
□ 70. Reindeer sleigh ride
□ 71. Carve a pumpkin
□ 72. Sit in a sauna
□ 73. Memorise a joke & tell it at an open mic night
□ 74. Hot stone massage
□ 75. Dive in a shipwreck
✓ 76. Experience an earthquake
□ 77. Find a four-leaf clover
□ 78. Relax in a hot tub whilst it’s snowing
□ 79. Ride a tandem bike
□ 80. Perform a song by instrument on the street
□ 81. Sing with a choir
□ 82. Get my palms read
□ 83. Jump into a pool fully clothed
✓ 84. Throw someone a surprise party
✓ 85. Ride in a jetboat
□ 86. Create a large-scale domino effect
□ 87. Swim with mermaids