Activity Ideas: A Growing List of Fun Things I Want to Do

I need at least 52 things to do, classes to take, places to visit, and activities to try. I’m a voracious reader, eager learner, avid organizer, enthusiastic cyclist, appreciative hiker, aspiring writer, and devoted parent to a dog named Mylee, to name just a handful of the characteristics that describe me and the kinds of activities that interest me.

Here’s the list I have started so far. What do you love to do, where do you love to go, and what would you suggest I add? Leave your ideas in the comments!

OUTDOORS / ACTIVE

Bop to the Top 2017! I raced against my 23-year-old self up 780 steps to the 36th floor of the One America building in downtown Indianapolis.

• Go Ape ropes course

• Ziplining

• Hike state parks

• Cycling group rides [DONE!]

• Mountain bike clinic [DONE!]

• Dog-walk Meetup groups

• Historic walking tour

• Bike tour

• Canoeing

• Paddleboarding

• Monumental Yoga

• Indoor rock climbing

• Sky Zone trampolining

• IMA gardens + photos of flowers [DONE!]

• Art fairs

  • Broad Ripple [DONE!]

  • Penrod [DONE!]

  • Talbot St.

CLASSES / LEARN SOMETHING NEW

• Creative

  • Pottery [DONE!]

  • Writing [DONE!]

  • Jewelry

  • Cooking

  • Making soap

  • Making candles

  • Calligraphy [DONE!]

• Active

  • Dance [DONE!]

  • Golf

  • Pure Barre

  • Acroyoga [DONE!]

  • Cirque Indy aerial class [DONE!]

• Yoga retreat [DONE!]

• Meditation workshop

• Improv

INDOORS/MISC

• Book club

• Writing group

• Food exploration tour/group

• Wine, beer, other tastings

• Museums

  • Eiteljorg [DONE!]

  • Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site

  • Indiana State Museum [DONE!]

• Authors’ readings

• Factory tours [DONE!]

  • Traders Point Creamery tour

• Volunteer with local organizations [DONE and will do more!]

ROAD TRIPS & WEEKENDS

• Indiana Dunes

• Madison

• Vincennes

• Corydon

• Chicago

• Cincinnati

• Holland & Saugatuck, MI

• Mammoth Cave [DONE!]

• Cuyahoga Nat’l Park, OH

• Badlands Nat’l Park, SD [DONE!]

• Mount Rushmore, SD [DONE!]