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Here’s most of my bucket list (some are hidden because I like to have some things that only I know). I also have a retrospective bucket list with more bucket list activities.
As I write the posts about each item, I’ll link them so you can click the ones you’re interested in. Bold without link = completed but not yet written up on this blog. Asterisk (*) = in some stage of progress.
The numbers don’t mean anything other than “This is the order that I wrote them down” (it’s not prioritized).
- Publish 3 books
- Act in at least one movie
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- Go on a cruise
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- Go to Alaska
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- Finish college
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- Win a writing contest
- Help at a retirement/nursing home
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- Speak at a conference for teens
- Learn how to play the guitar*
- Learn how to play the drums*
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- Create a board game and have a game company sell it
- Learn to speak Spanish, Arabic, Japanese*, French, and go to at least one country that speaks in one of these languages
- Create commercials, ads, etc. for a company
- Design a movie or play’s sets and/or costumes
- Tutor someone in something they need to learn for school
- Learn sign language*
- Go to college for free
- Learn self-defense
- Ride in a limo
- Learn to ride a horse
- Learn to ice skate*
- Play on a sports team
- Play a grand piano in a ballroom
- Wear a ballgown and attend a ball
- Ride in a train (travel by train)
- Learn to skateboard*
- Learn to surf
- Learn Braille*
- Learn to read lips
- Go SCUBA diving
- Slurp an oyster
- Watch a ballet performance
- Attend the opera
- Eat a grasshopper
- Eat rabbit
- Ride a camel
- Learn to play racquetball
- Learn to drive a stick shift*
- Build a bottle rocket
- Take a physics class
- Build a [Rube] Goldberg chain reaction machine
- Learn to dive
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- Donate blood
- Win NaNoWriMo
- Live on a farm
- Live in a cabin
- Live in a mansion (stayed one night)
- Visit a castle
- Go to New York in winter
- Help someone accomplish something on their goal list
- Ice skate in New York
- Ride a motorcycle
- Climb to the top of a rock wall
- Go on a road trip with friends
- Go hang-gliding
- Go skydiving
- Stay up all night and watch the sunrise
- Ride in a convertible
- Hitchhike (sort of accomplished… story to come)
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- Ride an elephant
- Ride an ostrich
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Own a Little Black Dress
- Cook and Serve a 5-course meal
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- Become an RD
- Swim underneath a waterfall
- Go to Las Vegas
- Watch a Cirque du Soleil performance
- Participate in a flash mob
- Cater an event
- Stay in a hostel
- Raise $1000 for a cause I’m passionate about
- Stay in a Bed & Breakfast
- Go on vacation by myself
- Learn ballet
- Cut someone’s hair
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- Be a part of a talk show audience (live studio audience)
- Go to a concert
- Watch an outdoor movie
- Go to a drive-in movie
- Go to a spa
- Stay in the Teeny Tiny Guesthouse in Fremont
- Go geocaching
- Look out the window of a room in the top floor of a downtown skyscraper
- Make an animated video
- See a movie in theater on my own
- Eat in a sit-down restaurant on my own
- Live in an apartment
- Travel by bus
- Release a floating lantern (update – probably won’t be able to do it, it’s illegal in most USA states and many countries)
- Visit all 50 states*
- Write 100 thank you notes in 100 days
- Give flowers to a stranger
- Make 30 recipes from 30 different countries in 30 days
- Cook through a cookbook
- Enter a recipe contest
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- Get a sponsor for at least one thing on my list* (click here for general inquiries)
- Take an aerial silks class
- Visit Hollywood
- Go to the City Museum in St. Louis, Missouri
- Have coffee with a stranger
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- Complete the 100 Happy Days challenge
- Learn to do the scorpion pose
- Learn to do a magic trick
- Learn to use my sewing machine
- Learn to flip/twirl a pen*
- Pay for a stranger’s groceries
- Send a letter to a stranger
- Leave motivational sticky notes in random places
- Read at least one book set in each country of the world (as defined by the list of the member states of the United Nations)*
- Watch a roller derby bout
- Learn to fence/sword fight
- Make a YouTube video
- Learn to do the splits
- Stay in an ice hotel
- Complete a photo project
For more, check out my retrospective bucket list.
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Hi Shelly! Happy to have found your blog! I love your positive energy and enthusiasm! I’m also a list-lover but making a blog out of it it’s such a wonderful idea!
Looking forward to following you ! 🙂
https://fromdreamtoplan.net/
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Hi! Thanks for commenting! I’m so sorry I didn’t see your comment sooner. Tried to take a look at your blog but it’s private. Are you sharing with people or keeping it to yourself? I totally understand either. Hoping to see you around the comments sometime soon!
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No problem! Oh no sorry in the meanwhile I’ve changed URL, the current one is:
http://www.fromdreamtoplan.net/
the other one has been closed 😉
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Oh got it! I edited your first comment to reflect the new URL so people can find you from there also. 🙂 Followed, and looking forward to reading your blog.
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by! Very impressive list you’ve got there; I’ve added some of your goals to my 40 before 40 (currently in the making). 😉 Good luck!
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Thanks for taking the time to read the list and comment! I’m glad you found these interesting enough to put on your next list. Will you comment here and let me know when you publish it?
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Wow – That’s a pretty good list – you have inspired us with some of them. We don’t really have a bucket list or goal list as such. Ours are mostly travel related! Some of yours would probably go onto ours if we were to seriously think about creating a list! Good luck and hope to see you achieve them.
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Thanks! Your travel wishes (whether or not they’re in official bucket list form) are great as well. I also really like the idea of the retrospective bucket list. Thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. 🙂
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You have quite the list yourself!
Jessica
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🙂 Yeah it’s been going since 8th grade. Thanks for taking the time to read it.
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Keep up the accomplishments! 🙂
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Learn to speak Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, French, and go to at least one country that speaks in one of these languages – Those are some good languages. I am currently trying to learn French and Arabic! Do you know which country you would want to go to?
Learn to drive a stick shift – that would be a useful skill! It is one I should learn as well!
Go skydiving – wow, you are quite brave!
Make 30 recipes from 30 different countries in 30 days – that sounds like a good idea! I love foreign cuisine, you will have to post pictures of all the yummy dishes you make ☺
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Languages – not sure yet. Got any suggestions? Are you trying to learn French and Arabic in prep for a specific trip/event, or for general knowledge?
skydiving – probably not so brave, but if I had a superpower, I’d want it to be flight or breathing underwater (or both, if I could), so there are some goals on here that are trying to get some aspect of flying without the superpower.
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Languages – There are a few places in Africa I want to go where both Arabic and French are spoken, but obviously going to France would be fun as well. I think France or Morocco would be very fun destinations. French is a one of the official UN languages and it is used a lot in international organizations, or at least ones I have been interested in working for, so I figured it would be a good language. Arabic I think would also be useful because I’m studying international security and Middle Eastern studies so I think it would be practical to learn.
skydiving – Haha I like that! That would be one way to feel like you had a super power. I think it would be fun to do at some point!
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