The List

Just before my 26th birthday I was blessed to discover three white hairs growing out of my head. I of course plucked them out right away but not before getting a really good look at them. Undoubtedly, these hairs were the first of many in what I hope to be a decades long chain reaction that will lead to my demise.

Why?

The experience made me think about all the living I hadn't done. Most people earn their old-person hairs; all I ever did was go to college and get a job. I did not deserve these! I didn't have kids, I'd never been married, nor have I ever been struck by lightning. Why were they here? Why? 

My impending doom got me thinking about the list but not the list you're thinking of. I'm talking about the the list of random things one may accomplish in life but never actually pursue. The list that with every item completed earns you life points that can be cashed in later for bragging rights, a temporary feeling of pride, or even shame. You don't seek the items on the list, they find you at the most unexpected moments. 

Examples:

"The divorce will be final next month."

Contract a yeast infection

Give way too much money to a bum.

What sort of items have you checked off of your own list?