I think we all should have a bucket list. I came across one that I started in the 9th grade and it inspired me to create an ongoing list, which I will update (add/check off) periodically. Sure my outlook on life has changed since I was 14 but my desire to leave my mark in a passionate and exciting way has not. How will you leave your mark when it’s all said and done? This is how I’d like to leave mine….
1. Go on a road trip
2. Go to a hookah lounge
3. Visit the Pyramids in Egypt
4. Design a website
5. Raise a happy and healthy child/ children
6. Start a charity
7. Ask for a raise
8. Scuba Dive
9. Go deep-sea fishing
10. Paint a room
11. Play a game of paint-ball
12. Sing karaoke
13. Attend a concert
14. Visit the Grand Canyon
15. Tour a vineyard
16. Treat myself to a fancy dinner – alone
17. Water Ski
18. Get a tattoo
19. Visit a fortune-teller
20. Fly first class
21. Marry a wonderful guy
22. Hike up a mountain
23. Zip line in Costa Rica
24. Bowl a strike
25. Parasail
26. Learn to drive a car
27. Knit something
28. See a volcano
29. Design a website
30. Take a stepping class
31. See a Cirque du Soleil show
32. Host a game night
33. Be on the cover of a magazine
34. Snowboard
35. Visit the White House
36. See the Great Wall of China
37. Volunteer
38. Own a rental property
39. Be on a game show
40. Learn how to play poker
41. Swim with dolphins
42. Visit the statue of liberty
43. Ride a cable car in San Fran
44. Take a belly dancing class
45. Try surfing
46. Visit the real Outback – Australia
47. Take a Yoga class
48. Eat escargot
49. Plant my own garden
50. Go to a wax museum
51. See a Broadway play
52. Start a blog
53. Make a pie from scratch
54. Hike in a rainforest
55. Be debt free
56. Go on a cruise
57. Fall in love
58. Go rock climbing
59. Visit New Orleans
60. Become self-employed
61. Attend a film festival
62. Take a salsa class
63. Ride a mechanical bull
64. Attend a live space shuttle launch
65. Have a house built from the ground up
66. Go on a Safari in Africa
67. Enjoy real Italian food in Italy
68. Kiss someone under mistletoe
69. Complete a triathlon
70. Make seafood gumbo from scratch
71. Visit the Cape Verde Islands (my Great-Grandfather’s birth place)
72. Teach a class
73. Go to Hollywood
74. Participate in a Caribbean Carnival
75. Go camping
76. Go Air boating in the Everglades
77. Pay off a car
78. Ride a camel
79. Milk a cow
80. Go whitewater rafting
81. Go horseback riding on the beach
82. See the Eiffel Tower
83. Master a new language
84. Cook a turkey
85. Learn to play chess
86. Write a letter to my children telling them what I want them to know about my life and the lessons I’ve learned.
87. Take a pole dancing class
88. Stay in a cabin in the mountains
89. Visit Greece
90. Take a scenic trip by train
91. Invent something
92. Go Blond
93. Go to Fiji
94. Serve food at a homeless shelter
95. Take A Trip on Route 66
96. Donate Blood
97. Go to the movies alone
98. Visit Hawaii
99. Fly a kite
Wow… God did make the perfect woman for me : ) My favorite numbers are 3- I went to school for Architecture, so I’ve always since a kid wanted to go visit the Pyramids. 9- I love to fish, and I really want to go on a deep sea fishing tour next year. 21- I promise you “I’m a Wonderful Guy”, Hey I have family and friends that’ll vouch for me. LOL! As for my bucket list I Dream really Big so I would need to use the bucket of a bull dozer to put my list in. : ) There’s alot on your list that I also plan on doing except pole and belly dancing! Lol And I’ve bowled alot of strikes, actually 11 in a row
so I’m still shooting for that 300 perfect game. Lol I’m going to put my list together and post
I really had fun doing this and I’m sure you will too. I left a lot of things off from the original list because they were only things a 14 year old girl would think of but maybe I’ll share just for fun one day. I’ll be adding more things as I think of them. My fingers were tired after typing all of this!!!
You have inspired me to write a bucket list! I have always said that there are things that I need to accomplish in my life but I have been putting it off because there are responsibilities that I need to tend to first. Of course, as a single mother your priority is your child, but that shouldn’t stop me from setting and achieving goals. I guess I have a lot of thinking to do. Thanks for the eye-opener!
And a great Mommy you are! Our children benefit so much more when WE are happy, and that includes living life to the fullest!
I think that I am going to start me a bucket list as well. Over the past few years or so, things have happened in my life that have caused me to be restricted and tense and playing it safe. I am not getting any younger and I want to experience life again…..me and my kids. I think making this list will help me to get motivated. All I have to do is trust God and He will direct my path. He wants me to be happy…so why not!
Doing this definitely motivated me! I say go for it! You only live once
I think that’s amazing that you have a visual bucket list. I always say that I have a bucket list, but I’ve never actually taken the time out to sit down and write them out. You’ve inspired me to do so. I know it must feel awesome to cross those things off!
Meek, I figured if I was ever going to do any of these things I needed to write them down. It’s now a daily reminder to enjoy and live my life to the fullest
Good luck with your list!