What’s The Most Exciting Thing You’ve Ever Done?

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When I meet people for the first time I like to ask random, searching questions which not only provide interesting topics for discussion but also help me to get a better understanding of that person.

One example would be “tell me what you would do if you won the lottery”, another might be “what is the best memory you have of your childhood?”. But my favorite is simply “what’s the most exciting thing you’ve ever done?”.

Sometimes you get some great answers. I met a guy once who worked in a warehouse driving a forklift but had actually done hundreds of sky dives over the years and even appeared in several James Bond films when he was younger. That was years ago and I still remember the guy despite only meeting him that once.

However more often than not, I get nothing more than a frown. “Exciting?” they ask, staring into the distance thinking. A worrying proportion of the time they can’t think of a single thing.

“You’re 30 years old and you’ve never done *anything* exciting?”

To me this seems more than a little bit depressing.

So I have two points for you today. Firstly, please leave a comment to tell me what the most exciting thing you’ve ever done is. Secondly, whether you have an answer to this question or not, why not put a plan in place that you will achieve this year no matter what – to at least have one exciting experience.

Fly a plane, parachute jump, zip line through the rainforest, be an extra on a TV show, race a car round a track, break a world record, win a competition, run a marathon, do a bungee jump. Do something that will raise your heart rate, something a little crazy, something you’ll probably remember for the rest of your life, that will give you something to talk about for years to come and that will help you stick out in people’s minds.

After all, everyone loves exciting people. And I still haven’t forgotten the James Bond stunt man…

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Hi Ted. Thanks for dropping by and leaving the link to your video - very inspiring stuff!

Last summer in New Zealand, I tried a double backflip off of a 60 foot long jump. Talk about getting your heartrate up! I was shaking for a good hour after that one.

Here's a link to the video we shot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWvTzs8EX7w

The clip is at the end. This is an entry into Elance's Cloud Commute contest. I'm telling people that I don't commute to work. I commute to awesome exciting things every day!

As I am from Germany, living abroad was living in the US for a year.

Now my wife and I moved to Switzerland a few years ago.

Hi MK,

Thanks for your comment. That's a great-sounding list. Certainly sounds like you're living life to the full. Where abouts did you live abroad?

Richard

Lived abroad for a year, went skydiving, rappeled down a waterfall in a canyon in Switzerland, Bungie jumping into the ocean.... but most exciting... Taking my newborn son into my arms for the very first time.

Thanks for your comment Denise. That sounds pretty exciting to me and it's quite a buzz when you manage to make one of your big dreams come true :-)

Jon - I have to admit that I am a bit wet behind the ears when it comes to the idea of zorbing. Even most fairground rides have me reaching for the bucket!

However I have flown a glider and a helicopter. I have zip lined through the rainforest. Done an assualt course up in the trees and a variety of other things that are exciting to me. I've even been stung by a scorpion but that's another story...!

Bobby - Living abroad for an extended period of time sounds fantastic - you must have plenty of stories and photos from your adventures in Spain.

The most exciting thing I did was live in Spain for 6 weeks. It was filled with all sorts of awesome adventures and I haven't done anything like it since. Time to spend a significant amount of time abroad again!

I have a friend who recently did the whole "human hamster ball" thing. :)

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