This list is almost 10 years old and I haven’t really knocked a lot off of it. (I’ve recently had to make some adjustments due to family changes). Granted a lot of the things on here are expensive excursions but there are some that should have been accomplished a while ago. Check out my progress through the tag “My Bucket List” (duh). Time to get work.
- Learn to play Acoustic Guitar
- Be able to play “Come as You Are” by Nirvana
- Repair an appliance
- Fly a Cessna
- Fast for 3 Days having just water.
- Drive the Pacific Coast Highway
- Make the Perfect Omelet
- Do a flip off a diving board
- Toboggan – aggressively
- Learn to Ski
- Scuba Dive
Swim with the dolphins- Learn Italian
- Master Spanish
- Milk a cow and drink it
- Mentor Someone
- Throw a real party (minus strippers, cake and kegs)
- Start something that scares you
- Choose a word or phrase and vow never to use it again
- Visit Milan
- Master a Cooking Dish
- Go Kayaking
- Get good at a sport that isn’t really a sport (like darts, horseshoes, etc…)
- Listen to a veterans war stories
Write someone else’s biography without mentioning yourself
- Sing in public
- Play chess until you beat someone you shouldn’t then quit and never play again
Give up your seat to someone- Attend a funeral of someone you didn’t know well
- Take a vow and keep it
- Eat a six course meal that you prepared
- Make a movie
- Give a panhandler all your money
- Make beer, wine, or moonshine
- Read Lolita
- Attend an All Star for each of the major sports
- Ride a horse
- Run a marathon
- Climb something you were afraid of
Get a deep tissue massage- Put a $100 on a long shot
- Max the speedometer
- Bungee Jump
- Visit a real blues bar in Chicago
- Learn to Tango
- Learn to Surf
- Photograph an endangered species
- Attend the Olympics
- Watch an orchestral performance in Vienna
- Skydive
- Ride an Elephant
- Visit the Pyramids in Giza
- Bake a 2-tiered cake
- Run a cookout
- Go fishing, catch, clean, and cook
- Read something by Voltaire
- Be able to recite MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech verbatim
- Find a Cause, give money & time for 1 year
- See Prince Live (He died before I could complete this — fail)
- See Outkast Live
- Visit the Louvre
- Go Parasailing
- Learn to water-ski
- Go to an Art Gallery Opening
- Get as close as possible to the “Hollywood” sign
- Helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon
Visit NYC- Ride a mechanical bull
- Build a PC
- Fly a kite
- Go Zorbing
- Visit and Snorkel The Great Barrier Reef
Go Pike Place Market in Seattle- Drive a Lamborghini
- Become a Wine Connoisseur
- Create a financial strategy and use it for a year
- Learn a new word everyday for a year
- Go white water rafting
Make a Snow AngelWrite my name in the snow- Get my masters
- Take a walk in the rain
- Hot Air Balloon ride
- Watch the Sunset and Sunrise
- Stay awake for 24 hours
- Get another tattoo
- Have a picnic
Eat Sushi- Visit London
- Go to a Comic Con
- Visit Japan
- Learn Japanese
- Learn to Say I Love You In 7 different languages (not including Spanish, Italian or Japanese)
- Run a mile in under 8 minutes
- See a movie premier at The Chinese Theater in California
Kiss my first Child- Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans
- Write a Book and Get It Published
- Attend a Ball
- Attend a Florida State Football Game