Do You Have a Bucket List?
Recently one of the coaching groups I take part in sent an email encouraging me too take the time to write out a bucket list. To put my thoughts on the right track, they provided a sample of “101 Things to Do before You Die.” I found it awe inspiring to read the thoughts of others. I believe that we tend to create our future and goals only around the things we already know which may cause us to become trapped in our current patterns. There were many intriguing ideas on this list that had simply never crossed my mind. For that reason, I would like to share it with you in hopes that you are able to add something unexpected to your list, too!
- Travel all around the world
- Learn a new language
- Try out a new profession in a different field
- Achieve your ideal weight
- Run a marathon
- Take part in a triathlon
- Take up a new sport
- Go skiing
- Learn horseback riding
- Resign from a job you don’t like
- Pursue your passion
- Start you own business doing something you love
- Achieve financial abundance with your passion
- Connect with teachers from your past. Let them know how they have shaped your life.
- Identify someone who has inspired you. Let him/her know how much he/she inspired you.
- Be a mentor to someone
- Learn a strategy game
- Do an extreme sport- Bungee Jumping, Skydiving, Parachuting, Paragliding, Ice Climbing
- Climb a mountain
- Give a heartfelt surprise to someone
- Make a difference in someone’s life
- Perform a kind deed to 5 strangers without expecting anything in return
- Write a book on something that means a lot to you
- Fly in a hot-air balloon across a country
- Sing your favorite song to an audience
- Offer your service to a humanitarian cause
- Make friends with at least 5 strangers on the street
- Experience a sunset
- Experience a sunrise
- See the Northern Lights
- Witness a solar eclipse
- Go Stargazing
- Plant your own tree and watch it grow
- Own a pet
- Do public speaking in front of 10,000 people
- Write a letter to at least 3 of your closest friends to let them know how much they mean to you
- Throw a mega party
- Get a complete makeover
- Learn wine appreciation
- Join a social etiquette class and further refine your mannerisms
- Match-make: Introduce your single friends to each other (rest is up to them!)
- Go on a blind date! (for the singles!)
- Go for future education in a different specialization
- Play a (new) musical instrument
- Win a lucky draw
- Take up dancing: Salsa, Line dance, Tap dance, Tango, Ballroom dancing, etc
- Learn a martial art
- Go on a road trip
- Go backpacking across at least 10 locations
- Pack your bags and set off for a random location with no itinerary planned at all
- Go swimming with dolphins
- Live in a different country for at least 6 months
- Act in a film (self production or otherwise)
- Get featured on TV/radio/newspapers for an achievement you are proud of
- Knit a scarf
- Create your dream home
- Whip up the best meal ever for your loved ones
- Bake a cake for someone special
- Go deep into the heart of Mother Nature. Go trekking in a rainforest; Camp out in the wilds; Walk in a valley; Visit a waterfall; Swim in an ocean; Walk in a valley
- See snow (if you haven’t before)
- Live through 4 seasons of the year- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Read a book on a subject you’d have never thought of reading
- Volunteer at a hospice
- Fly a kite
- Fall asleep on grassy plains
- Call the customer service (of a service provider you like) just to thank them for the great service
- If you are a non-vegetarian, try out vegetarianism for 21 days and experience it for yourself
- After that, try veganism
- Followed by raw veganism. Then conclude which is the best diet for you.
- Fold a 1,000 origami cranes and give them to someone special
- Conquer your biggest fear
- Go snorkeling and experience marine life up close
- Tell at least 10 people about your bucket list and encourage them to do the same
- Go on a meditation retreat
- Experience an OBE (out of body experience)
- Start a social movement on a cause you believe in
- Watch cherry blossoms in Japan
- Get closure on all your hurt, grievances and unhappiness of the past
- Bury the hatchet with all the enemies/ people you had conflict with in the past or now
- Organize a picnic outing
- Do something completely crazy and out of character
- Fly first class
- Hit bullseye on a dartboard
- Visit a volcano
- Fly in a helicopter
- Have dinner with someone you had only dreamed of meeting
- Tell your parents (and siblings too if you have any) that you love them
- Ride a roller coaster
- Go on a cruise in the sea
- Try out front-line customer service jobs such as being a waiter/waitress for a month just for the experience
- Fall in love
- Be in love!
- Go on a romantic getaway
- Do a somersault
- Visit a castle in Europe
- Change the world
- Help someone in need
- Learn sign language
- See the Mona Lisa in Louvre (Paris)
- Go to a costume party and dress up as your fantasy character
- Gain enlightenment