I recently wrote a personal mission statement which heavily emphasizes exploration as a theme. In addition, In thinking of things to fill out my Things to do Before I Die list and 43Places list I have been looking at other people’s lists and realizing that I have already done so many different types of things in my life. I have already recorded these things to a certain extent online, but I’d like to record them in a more tangible manner. Plus, I’ll want to record new things I do and places I go in the future.

So: my idea is to create a scrapbook/logbook for many of the interesting and mundane activities & places in my life. It might eventually expand into separate books for activities/skills/knowledge and travel, but it’ll start out as one. In the activities section, I’ll probably organize it roughly alphabetically. The places thing will probably be organized in three sections: “Local,” by state, and by country, so I can mark places I’ve been on a map. Since it’s not chronological, I don’t have to worry about the order in which I include past entries. I’ll probably include just a short description for each thing/place (more like a logbook) and include small photos where possible.