Welcome to my ever expanding, mile-long bucket list! This list has taken many forms over the last 10-15 years. I’ve written it out in a couple journals, put it on various bucket list websites, and tried to organize it in some form or fashion on my computer. Now, here we are.
I think it’s so important that everyone not only has their own list but keeps it in an easily accessible place, because, out of sight = out of mind. And having the list out keeps it fresh and in yo face so you can actively work to check those items off because like anything, it won’t get done without some work!
My list is obviously ever-expanding and is in no way complete, nor do I think it ever will be – the world is SUCH a cool place and there are so many fun, exciting, exhilarating things to do and learn. I think people only get old when they stop learning and doing, #amirite?
So, I hope that you thumb through (can you say that when it’s online? Hmmm) the categories and add some inspiration to your own list, becauseeee FOMO. Or follow along and watch as I complete some big things from mine! If you’ve never made a bucket list before it can be quite overwhelming so take it easy and start small.
I suggest sitting down and thinking of maybe 5 – 10 things to begin with. Have you always wanted to visit Ireland? Maybe see the Sahara desert? Try food from all over the world? Or swim with manatees? If so, mark it down baby! But to keep it balanced I totally would put some simple bucket list ideas down, too – not everything has to be grand or related to travel to warrant a spot. Some of the simplest things on my bucket list were zip lining, sleeping in a cabin, marking donuts off of the world’s 50 best food list, and exploring my own hometown.
And for more fun, I recently started splitting the list up into more manageable sections and called them my “birthday bucket list”. Check out my 31 and 32-year-old bucket lists below!
2018: 32 before 32
2017: 31 before 31
International Travel Bucket List
Adventure
Drive a racecar
Drive a snowmobile
Drive a speedboat
Fly in a hot air balloon
Fly in a seaplane
Go camping
Go parasailing
Go to a Twins game
Go whitewater rafting
Make my way through a haunted house
Sail a boat
Shoot a gun
Skydive or indoor skydive
Take an airboat across a swamp
Try a new sport
Walk across a suspension bridge
Walk/swim behind a waterfall
Animals & Nature
Dog sledding
Find a pearl in an oyster
Hug a redwood
Make a snowman
Milk a cow
Name a star
Plant a tree
Release turtles into the ocean
Ride a horse
See a solar eclipse
See the salmon run
Sheer a sheep
Sleep in a cabin during the winter
Sleep in a haunted house
Sleep in an igloo
Sleep in an ice hotel
Sleep in a teepee
Sleep in a treehouse
Sleep in a yurt
Stay at a bed and breakfast
Stay at an underwater hotel
Start a memory jar on New Years Eve
Start an herb garden
Swim in the ocean
Swim with a school of fish
Swim with belugas
Swim with sea turtles
Visit a butterfly sanctuary
Visit an observatory
Whale watching
Finance & Luxury
Buy my first brand new car
Charter a yacht
Create a second income
Earn 6 figures per year
Fly first class
Fly in a private jet
Have at least 3 months of bills in savings
Have a positive net worth
Have no credit card debt
Have no student loan debt
Order room service
Own a successful business
Own Tiffany jewelry
Food & Drink
Attend a tea tasting
Cook a traditional dish from a different culture
Cook Christmas dinner
Cook every dish in one cookbook
Eat at a food truck
Extract honey from a beehive
Have a dinner party
Have a progressive dining experience
Have a tasting menu dinner
Have a wine collection
Learn to make cheese
Learn to make cocktails
Learn to make fresh pasta
Make ice cream
Make a cheesecake
Make a gingerbread house
Perfect my grandmas signature dish
Recreate a childhood recipe
Shuck oysters
Stomp grapes
Try 15 types of ethnic food
IndianThaiVietnameseChineseMexicanEthiopianItalianJapanese/sushiGreekJamaicanGermanIrishRussianEcuadorianMoroccan
Fun/Hobbies
Attend a black-tie gala
Attend a murder mystery dinner
Attend a Native American pow wow
Attending a wedding in a different country
Be a Kiva lender
Be present at a birth
Become a better photographer
Blow glass
Build a house with habitat for humanity
Build a sand castle
Check the box to be an organ donor
Climb a lighthouse
Complete a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle
Create a family tree
Do a boudoir photo shoot
Do a random act of kindness
Do the polar bear plunge
Donate blood
Donate toys for the holidays
Dress up in a couples costume for Halloween
Find treasure with a metal detector
Finish a crossword puzzle
Flip a house
Fly in a blimp
Get a college degree
Get a tattoo
Go canoeing
Go on a cruise
Go to a dinner theater
Go to a drive-in movie
Go to a renaissance festival
Have a caricature drawing
Have a collection of something
Have a facial
Have a picnic
Have a white Christmas
Have my palm read
Host a holiday party
Join a book club
Keep a bullet journal
Learn a new instrument
Learn another language at a conversational level
Learn calligraphy
Learn the Heimlich maneuver
Learn to make soap
Learn to say hello and thank you in 10 languages
Let go of a floating lantern
List 10 things I am grateful for each day
Make a family recipe cookbook
Meet my online friends
Organize all my photos
Own an original piece of artwork
Participate in a sweat lodge purification ceremony
Read at least 1 book a month for 12 months
Ride a Segway
Ride in a dune buggy
Ride in a tuk-tuk
Ride on a cable car
See a ballet
See a Broadway play
See a favorite band/singer live in concert
See the Iditarod
See the space shuttle launch
Send a message in a bottle
Skinny dip
Solve a Rubiks cube
Sponsor a child’s wish through the make a wish foundation
Start a blog
Take a window washer selfie
Take photos in a photo booth
Visit a winery
Wade in a cranberry bog
Watch a meteor shower
Watch a Wimbledon match live
Watch all the Oscar-winning best pictures
Watch someone yodel in Switzerland
Work on a pottery wheel
Write a letter to my future self
Write a love letter
Write something in wet cement
Holidays
Host a friendsgiving
Start my own family traditions
Personal Growth
Fall in love
Get in the best shape of my life
Consult a financial advisor
Create a routine and stick to it
Take some classes – cooking, yoga etc
Relaxation & Beauty
Get a couple’s massage
Spend the day at a spa
Take a mud bath
Sports & Fitness
Attend the Olympics
Climb an indoor rock wall
Ice fishing
Deep sea fishing
Fly fishing
Ice skating
Snowshoeing
Cross-country skiing
Stand up paddle boarding
Yoga retreat
Kayaking
Surfing
Scuba Dive
Snorkel
Take a hot yoga class
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