Shagun Uppal




100 Things

My own list of 100 things (in no paraticular order) I want to do before I die, inspired by Chip Huyen.

P.S. While jotting this down, I realized some of my childhood dreams were already fulfilled. I move forward to accomplish them all with a lot of gratitude and love.

  1. Travel to all seven continents
  2. See the Northern Lights (serendipitously, still needs a dedicated trip!)📷
  3. Learn to play a musical instrument "properly :')"
  4. Write a book
  5. Live in a different country
  6. Go scuba diving
  7. Go whale watching / see a superpod of dolphins📷
  8. Go skydiving
  9. Road trip across the US📷
  10. Start a company
  11. A non-profit for education
  12. Take a hot air balloon ride
  13. Witness a rocket launch
  14. Go on a safari in Africa
  15. See cherry blossoms in Japan
  16. Visit Antarctica
  17. Ride in a helicopter
  18. Learn to fly a plane
  19. Experience zero-gravity (Vomit Comet counts too!)
  20. Experience a total solar eclipse
  21. Go camping in the wild
  22. Adopt a pet
  23. See an active volcano erupting
  24. Recite my poetry at an art festival
  25. Sleep under the stars
  26. Witness bioluminescence in nature
  27. Space travel
  28. Swim in the ocean (cliff diving is a plus!)
  29. Meet one on one with an astronaut
  30. Watching Lionel Messi play live together with my brother.📷
  31. Publish a first authored paper at a top-tier conference [CVPR 2024]📷
  32. Foreign intership in undergrad [Singapore, 2019]📷
  33. Get featured in a newspaper [with my artwork, 2008 :')]
  34. Watch a meteor shower at its peak [Geminids, December 2023]
  35. See a comet [Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, October 2024]
  36. Watch a broadway show in New York📷
  37. Self-sponsor my first international trip [Google I/O, California, 2019]
  38. Live independently and learn to drive a car
  39. Eat at a Michelin star restaurant
  40. Go on a trip overseas with my family
  41. Become a barista, for atleast a day
  42. See one of the biggest (radio) telescopes in the world📷

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