Mark Rostoks
“The meaning of life is to have life with meaning”
Nikname- Bufferman
D.O.B- April 11th, 1979
Nationality- Australian (Latvian Heritage)
Why did you decide to become a campaigner? To get on with my life and not let my physical abilities restrict me and hold me back.
If you are not aware, I am chronically disabled with an unknown neurological disorder. In layman’s terms that means my body ‘she no work, no good, no more’. People tell me all the time that I’m an inspiration, either through the way I live my life or the way I deal with my challenges. I don’t see it that way, I see it more as survival.
Anyhow, for many years now I’ve planned on doing a ‘bucket list’ but my physical inadequacies have held me back. I always thought a bucket list included things like ‘running with the bulls’, ‘climbing the Eiffel tower’, but in reality these are unachievable for me. Instead I’ve come up with a more realistic list with a diverse range of challenges.
To me this is what a bucket list is all about. It’s about challenging yourself and achieving things you might normally see as unattainable. These experiences will hopefully bring some adventure and excitement, not to mention a lot of anguish to my life.
But most of all, I hope this experience will provide me with the self belief that when somebody says to me, ‘You are truly inspirational’, I can honestly say ‘Yes... I guess I am!’
What's on your list?
- Leap of Faith
- Every recipe in a cookbook
- Change someone’s life
- Get a tattoo
- Donate Blood
- Take a self portrait everyday for a year
- Modelling
- Get arrested
- Hold an art show
- Elvis impersonator
- Marathon
- Join the circus
- Eat my own weight
- See a clairvoyant
- Flash-mob
- Get passionate about a cause and spend time helping it
- Guinness world record
- TV show contestant
- Befriend a year 7 class
- Visit a town from a-z
- Throw a party
- Award named after me
- Crash red carpet
- Talk at my old high school
- Sell something random on e-bay
- Veggie garden
- Road trip (destination chosen by dart)
- Get married
- Dawn service on ANZAC day
- Appear on neighbours
- Adopt an animal in need
- Learn a language
- Perform in a musical
- Catch a big fish
- AFL grand final
- Hot air balloon
- Get something published
- Sing in a band
- Family tree
- Stand up comedy
- Health retreat
- Be Santa Claus
- Deaf for a week
- Blind for a week
- Host a backpacker
- Big brother mentor program
- Demolish a house
- Sleep on the streets
- Church choir
- Be there for someone who is dying
- Speed dating
- $1000 on black
- Support group
- Bald
- Meet the prime minister
- Pen-pal
- Hypnosis
- Colonic irrigation
- Tv commercial
- Extra in a movie
- Drive at 200kph
- Full body wax
- Jury duty
- Elaborate surprise
- Naked pose
- Make a short film
- Ride in a Lamborghini
- Grow a mullet
- Bury a time capsule
- Meet a relative for the first time
- Camp with the disadvantaged
- Message in a bottle
- Street performance
- Team mascot
- Witness a birth
- Change my name
- Kiss a celebrity
- Backstage at a concert
- Walking billboard
- Fireman
- Body painted
- Silent for a week
- Haunted house
- Street parade
- Visit a prisoner
- B & S ball
- Medical trial
- Catwalk model
- High school reunion
- Join a protest
- Front page of newspaper
- Random pub crawl
- Celebrate an international event
- Coach a team
- Present an award
- Medical training – cadaver
- Primary school friend
- Ramadan
- Donate every item of clothing
- Night at sea
- Invent something
- Zoo keeper
- Teach an adult to read
- Raise awareness about an illness
- Etiquette class
- Find out about past lives
- Music video
- Religious event
- National honours
- Challenge a champ
- Brew beer
- Attend a major event
- Blind date
- Meditation
- Caricature
- Random convention
- Classic Australian film set
- Beekeeper
- Crash a wedding
- Attend a charity dinner
- Extreme funeral
- Shave with a cut throat
- Ice sculpture
- Graveyard at night
- Snake bite
- Boot camp
- Taylor made suit
- Carols by candlelight
- Sky writing
- Athletics carnival
- Teach a class
- Enter a nationwide competition
- Auction at a mansion
- Witch doctor
- First aid course
- Heavy metal concert
- Invite 10 strangers to dinner
- Random costumes in public
- Roller derby
- McDonalds for a week
- Run for local council
- Join a committee
- Pre natal class
- Scout troop
- Singing telegram
- Down a mineshaft
- Security guard
- Below 30 degrees
- Home birth
- Step back in time
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