25 crazy bucket list ideas
- Do the polar plunge
- Hike to the top of Mount Haleakala - Hawaii, USA
- Go to Thailand for their nation-wide water fight (Songkran)
- Write a book
- ✔ Go skydiving
- Join in the biggest food fight in the world - La Tomatina, Spain
- Spend the day on your very own island
- Go on a 21-day juice fast
- Visit The Palm Jumeirah - Dubai
- ✔ Swim with sharks
- Jump off a waterfall
- Go on a motorcycle adventure in Vietnam
- ✔ Take your picture with a bunch of parrots (a parrot... but it counts?)
- Climb The Heavenly Stairs, Mount Huashan Plank Trail - China
- Spend an entire day holding orphan babies
- Be in Chicago on St. Patrick's Day
- Go on a hot air balloon ride
25 things you should do before you die
- ✔ Live somewhere vastly different from your hometown
- Go out of your way to help a stranger
- ✔ Learn how to appreciate being alone
- ✔ Travel without being a tourist
- Take a trip without making any plans
- ✔ Go paragliding/parasailing/skydiving — anything where you're flying through the air
- ✔ Learn how to get by on the bare minimum
- ✔ Work a service job
- Become comfortable speaking in public
- Participate in an endurance trial like a marathon
- ✔ Go scuba diving
- Learn to dance
- Run or volunteer for some position of leadership
- ✔ Learn to appreciate failure
- Witness the birth of a child
- ✔ Develop a bond with an animal
- Drive as fast as you can down an empty road
- Become as good as you can at one sport
- ✔ Take a sabbatical from work
- Meditate in a redwood forest
- Fly down a mountain on skis or a snowboard
- Camp in the wilderness hundreds of miles from civilization
- Perform on stage
- Swim in the "Devil's Pool" above Victoria Falls in Zambia
30 things to do before you die
- Stop worrying about debt
- ✔ Stop trying to control your outcome
- Look in the mirror and love yourself unconditionally
- ✔ Leave the job you hate
- ✔ Find your purpose and live it full-heartedly
- ✔ Adopt a furry friend
- Don't feel guilty for holiday weight gain
- ✔ Trust that everything is in the right order
- ✔ Travel to the place you keep thinking about
- Try something that scares you daily
- ✔ Be open to change
- Let go of your past
- Stop trying to change people
- ✔ Stop looking for an answer outside of yourself
- Stop thinking you did something wrong
- ✔ Be your weird, crazy, beautiful self
- ✔ Follow your heart.
- Risk everything for love.
- Reject rejection.
- See the world as a beautiful, safe, and loving place.
- ✔ See everyone as equals
- Give up all attachments to stuff
- ✔ Recognize the journey is the reward
- ✔ Stay hopeful and optimistic in difficult situations
- ✔ Welcome all life lessons
- See the opportunities in every challenge rather than give up
- Live your values
- Inspire others by your own bigness
- ✔ Play with the world
37 things you should do before you die
- ✔ Visit places you won’t find on the Internet
- Volunteer in a children's hospital
- Learn to play the guitar
- Experience the joy of playing a completely new sport
- Go on a spontaneous holiday with the first five people you can think of
- Go back to your school and meet your teachers
- Learn a new language
- ✔ Adopt a pet
- ✔ Do some gardening
- ✔ Move to a different city and start all over again
- ✔ Visit religious institutions outside of yours
- Make a difference to another person by sponsoring a child's education
- Meet all your Facebook friends in person
- Try every cuisine in the world
- ✔ Learn to cook one dish & do it well
- Sing a solo at a karaoke event
- Go snorkelling in Sri Lanka
- ✔ Learn how to ride a horse
- Start your own business
- ✔ Get inked
- ✔ Sleep beneath a starry sky
- ✔ Go to a country less developed than yours
- ✔ Go to a country more developed than yours
- Try writing a book
- ✔ Try sushi
- ✔ Learn to eat with chopsticks
- Know the lyrics to your favourite song to the T
- ✔ Tell your parents how much you love them
- Trek through the picturesque Leh-Ladakh - India
- Switch off your phone for a month
- Do an all over India train journey
40 before 40 bucket list
- Complete a Tough Mudder
- Run/Walk the Thames Path, UK
- Regularly practice yoga
- Complete a UK coast-to-coast walk
- Try Crossfit
- ✔ Try diving
- Try sailing
- ✔ Do a skydive
- Gamble in Las Vegas - Nevada, USA
- Visit the Galapagos Islands
- Island hop in Greece
- Cycle through part of Italy
- Do New York at Christmas - USA
- Drive through California - USA
- Climb Mt Kilimanjaro - Tanzania
- ✔ Visit one of Americas National Parks
- ✔ Go on a city break in Europe
- See Mt Fuji in Japan
- Volunteer in a nutrition-focused community project
- ✔ Cook Christmas dinner for my whole family (2022)
- Knit something and actually finish it
- ✔ Go to Glastonbury Music Festival
- Complete a 365-day photo challenge
- ✔ Learn how to use Photoshop and/or InDesign
- Grow my own vegetables
50 things you should do before you die
- ✔ Go on a road trip
- Visit all seven continents (5/7)
- ✔ Live in a different country
- ✔ Sleep under the stars
- ✔ Make something from scratch
- ✔ Conquer a fear
- Learn a foreign language
- Donate your hair for cancer
- Disconnect for a week
- ✔ Go to a major sporting event
- Volunteer at a soup kitchen
- Host Christmas
- ✔ Adopt a rescue pet
- ✔ Eat something you wouldn’t usually
- ✔ Learn a new skill
- ✔ Get a ‘regrettable make out’ story
- Sleepover somewhere haunted
- ✔ Stay awake for 24 hours
- ✔ Attend a cop-raided party (it was more of a street gathering)
- ✔ Climb a mountain
- ✔ Swim in the ocean
- ✔ Sleep on the beach
- Bury a time capsule
- Take a cocktail-making course
- Host a cocktail party
- Skinnydip
- Grow your own
- Have a ‘Ferris Bueller’ day
- Go to an expensive ‘open house’
- Research your family tree
- Leave a note for a stranger
- ✔ Give blood
- ✔ Google yourself
- ✔ Ride in a limo
- Try a sensory deprivation tank
- Give your lunch to a homeless person
- Get in a mud fight
- Protest something
- ✔ Karaoke
- Get your fortune read
- ✔ Swim under a waterfall
- Go on an aimless drive
- ✔ Go stargazing
- ✔ Follow a dream
100 life goals
- ✔ Attend a book signing
- Write and publish an ebook
- Write and publish a book
- Meditate with a Monk
- Attend an electronic rave festival
- Throw a party for everyone else on my birthday
- Get cast as an extra in a film, tv show, or commercial
- Paint a canvas and place it on my wall
- Own a piece of art from an artist I admire
- ✔ Go scuba diving
- Attend SXSW - Texas, USA
- Attend a rave party
- Visit a community of believers in a tribal region of the world
- Visit and walk a portion of the Great Wall of China
- ✔ Visit Italy & eat a slice of real pizza
- Visit Google headquarters
- Visit an award-winning design/creative studio
- ✔ Go on an African safari
- ✔ Visit Europe
- Visit the city of Dubai - United Arab Emirates
- ✔ Visit New York City
- Take a cruise to an island resort
- Take a road trip out west - USA
- Sponsor a child
- Sponsor a family
- Create a foundation to fund a cause
- Rally 1,000 people around a social cause
- Help 10 people accomplish a life goal
- Take my mum out to an event for a mother/daughter date
- Adopt a child
- Participate in a cycling tour
- ✔ Be a vegetarian for a month
- Refrain from eating Fast Food for a year
- ✔ Get a full-body massage
- Become a cyclist
- Become a photographer
- Become a writer
100 things to do before you die
- ✔ See: Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)
- Ride: in a hot air balloon
- ✔ See: Grand Canyon, Arizona - USA
- ✔ Go: on safari
- ✔ Sleep under the stars
- ✔ Go: on a helicopter ride
- ✔ Go: on a road trip
- Travel to the seven continents (5/7)
- See: Great Barrier Reef - Australia
- ✔ Travel: Italy
- ✔ Make a difference in someone's life
- ✔ Shower in a waterfall
- ✔ Do: scuba diving
- ✔ Do: skydiving
- Get married
- See: Great Wall of China
- ✔ Travel: Australia
- Learn: a foreign language (or 2 or more!)
- See: Seven New Wonders of the World
- ✔ Go: whale-watching
- See: New Year's Eve at Times Square (New York) - USA
- ✔ Travel: France
- ✔ Donate: blood
- See: Amazon Rainforest
- ✔ See: Broadway play (New York) - USA
- Do: white water rafting
- ✔ Go: camping
- ✔ Find the love of my life
- ✔ Travel: Greece
- Visit: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- ✔ See: Stonehenge
- ✔ Do: canoeing or kayaking
- See: Mona Lisa at the Louvre
- ✔ Ride: a camel
- Sleep in a castle
- Visit: Machu Picchu, Peru
- ✔ Do: a bungee jump
- Experience weightlessness
- See: Yellowstone National Park - USA
- Maintain my ideal weight
- See: Great Sphinx of Giza - Egypt
- See: Iceberg
- See: Olympic Games (summer)
- See: Louvre Museum (Grand Louvre) - France
- See: Mardi Gras, New Orleans - USA
- See: Sistine Chapel - Vatican City
- Eat at one of the world’s best restaurants
- ✔ Climb: a mountain
- ✔ Do: go to a Drive-In movie theatre
- ✔ Get: my driver's license
- Ride: a jet-ski
- ✔ Ride: a Zip Line
- Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
- Do: float in the Dead Sea
- See: Lions in the wild
- ✔ See: Disney World Resort (Florida), USA
- ✔ Ride: London Eye (Millennium Wheel) - England
- ✔ Cross the equator
- ✔ Fly: 1st Class
- ✔ See: elephants in the wild
- Drive: a race car
- ✔ Get: a tattoo
- Do: rock climbing
- ✔ See: Cirque du Soleil performance
- Do: paintballing
- ✔ Ride: in a limousine
- Travel: Around the World Trip
- ✔ Bathe in the Blue Lagoon, Iceland
- ✔ Ride: a Roller Coaster
- Write: a book and publish it
- See: Victoria Falls
- Be: an extra in a movie
- Visit: all 50 of the United States
- See: Carnival in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
- ✔ See: Times Square at Night, New York - USA
- Go: snowboarding
- ✔ See: Rock/Pop Concert
- Do: Cage dive with sharks
- ✔ Travel: United States
- ✔ Discover my life's purpose
- ✔ Get: my passport
- ✔ Do: paragliding
- Do: send a message in a bottle
- Oktoberfest in Munich
- Cruise: Amazon River
- Travel: Egypt
- Learn: to forgive
- See: Mount Everest - Nepal
- Practice meditation
- ✔ Travel: Spain
100+ Things To Do Before You Die
- Watch a Meteor Shower
- ✔ Spend a Night in a Tree House
- Stomp on Grapes to Make Wine
- ✔ Try a Cronut
- Go lavender picking
- ✔ Meet (a) Boo
- Leave Your Mark in This World
- ✔ Horseback Ride in the Ocean
- ✔ Dance in the Rain
- Literally Reflect at Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
- ✔ Give a Shelter Pet a Home
- Stay in an Overwater Bungalow
- ✔ Go on an African Safari
- ✔ Attend a Music Festival
- Swing on the Edge of the World in Ecuador
- Go to a Masquerade Ball
- Participate in a Holi Festival
- ✔ Bake a Rainbow Cake
- Visit the "Real" Santa Claus in Finland
- Live Happily Ever After
- ✔ Create an Ice Cream Flavor (vegan eton mess)
- Celebrate Your 50th Anniversary
- Explore a Shipwreck
- ✔ Make a Snow Angel
- Experience Zero Gravity
- Eat in an Underwater Restaurant
- ✔ Be Part of a TV Show Audience
- Attend the Kentucky Derby
- Build an Igloo
- ✔ Donate Blood
- Dress in Character For a Book Release
- Dress in Character For a Midnight Movie Premiere
- ✔ Build a Gingerbread House
- Take a Pinup-Style Photo
- Attend Comic-Con in Costume
- Go Flyboarding
- ✔ Make your own pizza
- ✔ Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower - Paris, France
- Create a Family Recipe Book
- ✔ Feel Great in a Swimsuit
- ✔ See a Broadway Musical
- Tour Googleplex - California
- Ride a Gondola in Venice, Italy
- Create a Reading Nook
- Dress Up as a Geisha in Kyoto - Japan
- Get a Henna Tattoo in India
- ✔ Zipline With family or friends
- ✔ Stand Under the Hollywood Sign - California
- Float in the Dead Sea
- Watch Baby Turtles Hatch
- ✔ See the Northern Lights
- ✔ Skydive
- Finish a Journal
- Go on a Hot Air Balloon Ride
- Pay a Stranger's Restaurant Bill
- Jump Off a Cliff
- Spend a Night in a Teepee
- Go Dogsledding
- Go Zorbing
- ✔ Visit Stonehenge
- ✔ Ride a Vespa
- Break a Guinness World Record
- Skinny-Dip
- ✔ Feed a giraffe
- Be a Movie Extra
- Be in 2 States at Once
- Learn a Language
- Take a Photo Every Day For a Year
- Donate Hair to Cancer Patients
- Watch the Olympics in Person
- See Wimbledon in Person - UK
- Go to the World Cup
- ✔ Finish a book in one sitting
- Cage Dive With Great White Sharks
- Backpack Through Europe
- Drink Beer at Oktoberfest in Germany
- Cook a 10-Course Meal
- ✔ Visit a Chocolate Factory
- Swim in Devil's Pool in Africa
- ✔ Soak in the hot springs in Iceland
- Helicopter Over a Volcano
- Hear Oprah Winfrey Speak in Person
- Hear Andrea Bocelli Sing Live
- Forgive and Let Go of Grudges
- Fly in a Private Jet
- ✔ Walk behind a waterfall
- ✔ Watch the Cinderella Castle fireworks (Disneyland)
- ✔ Travel somewhere new every year
- Name a Star
- Send a Message in a Bottle
- Swim in the Largest Pool in the world - San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile
- See the Fairy Pools in Scotland
100 Things To Do Before You Die
- ✔ Skydive
- Go hiking
- Glacier National Park
- Mount Whitney
- Pacific Coast Trail
- Arches National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Appalachian Trail
- John Muir Trail
- Redwood National Park
- Dolomite Mountains, Italy
- ✔ Fire a gun
- Witness a volcano eruption
- Mount Mayon in the Philippines
- Mount Pelee in Martinique
- Mount Bromo in Indonesia
- Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica
- Popocateptel in Mexico
- Kilauea in Hawaii
- Mount Etna in Italy
- Shishaldin in Alaska
- Taal in the Philippines
- Pacaya in Guatemala
- ✔ See the Colosseum - Italy
- Shark cage
- Brew your own beer
- Be the boss
- Experience weightlessness
- Be someone's mentor
- See the Sphinx and Pyramids - Egypt
- ✔ Ride a camel
- Fly a plane or helicopter
- Ride a gondola in Venice - Italy
- Admire the castles
- Mehrangarh Fort: India
- ✔ Mont Saint Michel: France
- Rocca Guaita Fortress: San Marino
- Eltz Castle: Germany
- Neuschwanstein Castle: Germany
- Jal Mahal: India
- ✔ Bodiam Castle: England
- Matsumoto Castle: Japan
- Potala Palace: China
- Lichtenstein Castle: Germany
- Go rafting in the Canyon - USA
- Whitewater rafting at Cherry Creek, California
- Ski or snowboard
- See a tiger up close
- ✔ See a giraffe in the wild
- Sit atop the Trolltunga cliff - Norway
- Go sailing
- Sail from one country to another
- ✔ View the Northern Lights
- Northwestern North America: Yukon, Nunavut, Alaska and Northwest Territories
- ✔ Southern Tip: Greenland and Iceland
- Travel to the Faroe Islands
- ✔ Bungee jump
- Royal Gorge Bridge - Colorado, USA
- ✔ Blue Lagoon - Iceland
- Become a bodybuilder
- Go to Burning Man - USA
- Risk it at the casino
- ✔ Donate blood
- Learn how to be a bartender
- Swim in the Marina Bay Sands - Singapore
- Explore the Sua Ocean Trench - Samoa
- Adopt a dog
- ✔ Get a tattoo
- Take an ATV into the desert
- ✔ Walk across hot coals
- ✔ Hang from the Toronto CN Tower - Canada
- Vacation in igloo village - Finland
- Stargaze in Atacama Desert - Chile
- Yangtze River Valley: China
- La Fortuna: Costa Rica
- Hawaii: USA
- Kiruna: Sweden
- New Mexico: USA
- Tuscany: Italy
- Kruger National Park: South Africa
- Zip line in Monteverde, Costa Rica
- The Zip-Flyer Trolley in Pokhara, Nepal
- ✔ See Stone Henge - England
- Ride the Singapore Flyer - Singapore
- Watch the space shuttle
- ✔ Ride the Rocky Mountaineer - Canada (not this exact train, but a train through the Rockies)
- Take the polar plunge
- Tour Petra in Ma'an, Jordan
- Attend the Monaco Grand
- Explore Machu Picchu
- Visit the Louvre Museum - France
- Throw tomatoes at La Tomatina - Spain
- Go to Kiyomizu-Dera in Kyoto, Japan
- Tour Ferrari World - Dubai
- Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge - USA
- ✔ Fly First Class
- ✔ Attend a Chicago Blues Bar
- Play at the Boryeong Mud Festival - South Korea
- Bulldoze something
- Mine for gold and strike it
- Tour the Louisville Slugger Museum - USA
- Operate the jaws of life
- Build an outdoor pizza stove
- Race in the Red Bull Soapbox
- ✔ Attend Coachella or a music festival
- Inspire others with a Ted Talk
- Be part of the Gumball 3000
- Walk the bamboo forest in Japan
- Adventure the Mendenhall Ice Caves
- Explore the Naica Mine
- See the Salar De Uyuni Salt Flats - Bolivia
- Finish the Toughman or Spartan Race
- Observe the Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park - China
- Bet on the Kentucky Derby
- Handcraft your own watch
- Go flyboarding
- Walk across the Skywalks in Grand Canyon
- Glowing beach at Vaadhoo, Maldives
- ✔ Glowworm caves in Waitomo, New Zealand
- Tour the war museums
- General George Patton Museum
- Imperial War Museum
- Les Invalides
- The National Museum of the Air Force
- Bundeswehr Military History Museum
- Go rock climbing
- Taste a scotch older than you
- ✔ Ride a motorcycle
- Find a hobby you’re good at
100+ Bucket List Ideas
- Become a published author
- Start a company
- Run a marathon
- Buy a same-day plane ticket to a foreign country
- Learn to fly a plane
- Climb Mt. Rainier - USA
- Visit every continent
- Antarctica
- ✔ North America
- South America
- ✔ Australia
- ✔ Europe
- ✔ Africa
- ✔ Asia
- Visit every state in the United States
- Be on a talk show
- Be listed on a patent
- Learn to do a standing backflip
- Learn another language (become bilingual)
- Learn an instrument
- Live in the wilderness for a month
- ✔ Take a yoga class
- Take a bartending class
- Learn the command line
- Take a Photoshop class
- Go to motorcycle school
- Learn to pickpocket
- Take a digital photography class
- Take a massage class
- Learn to play chess well
- ✔ See the Hoover Dam (United States – Nevada/Arizona)
- ✔ See the Statue of Liberty (United States – New York)
- See the Head Statues on Easter Island (Chile – Easter Island)
- See Machu Picchu (Peru – Machu Picchu)
- ✔ See the Sydney Opera House (Australia – Sydney)
- See the Acropolis (Greece – Athens)
- See the Mona Lisa (France – Paris)
- ✔ See the Eiffel Tower (France – Paris)
- ✔ See the Colosseum (Italy – Rome)
- See Neuschwanstein Castle (Germany – Schwangau)
- See the Great Wall of China (China)
- See the Forbidden City (China – Beijing)
- See the Taj Mahal (India – Agra)
- See the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt – Cairo)
- ✔ See the Aurora Borealis
- ✔ See the Grand Canyon (United States – Arizona)
- See the Redwood Forest (United States – California)
- ✔ See the Niagara Falls (United States – New York)
- See the Iguazu Falls (Argentina)
- ✔ See the Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland or Germany)
- See Mount Everest (Nepal)
- Go snowmobiling
- Go hang gliding
- Go Zorbing
- ✔ Go in a helicopter
- Go white water river rafting
- Go in a hot air balloon
- Get hypnotized
- ✔ Go skydiving
- ✔ Go SCUBA diving
- ✔ Go bungee jumping
- Get Legally Ordained
- Go in a submarine
- Try out a chiropractor
- ✔ Try out a professional massage
- ✔ Ride a segway
- Design a logo
- ✔ Ride a camel
- Race cars on a track
- Have a song written about me
- Become a cartoon character
- Get in a fight and win
- ✔ Experience LSD
- Go to a rodeo
- Go to a TED conference
- Go on a major cruise
- Go racing at Talladega (United States – Alabama)
- Go Olympic lugeing (United States – Utah)
- Go in the Vomit Comet (United States)
- Go to Air Combat School (United States – Los Angeles)
- Go to the World Series (United States)
- Go to the Super Bowl (United States)
- Go to the Opening Ceremony at the Winter Olympics
- Go to the Sprint Series Cup (United States)
- Go to the World Cup
- Go to the Tour De France (France)
- Go to Burning Man (United States – Black Rock City)
- Go to Carnival (Brazil – Rio de Janeiro)
- Go to Queens Day (Netherlands – Amsterdam)
- Go to Sant Joan (Spain)
- Go to Mardi Gras (United States – New Orleans)
- Go to St. Patrick’s Day Festival – (Ireland – Dublin)
- Go to Full Moon Party (Thailand – Koh Pha Ngan)
- Go to Roskilde Festival (Denmark – Roskilde)
- Go to La Tomatina (Spain – Bunyol)
- Go to Oktoberfest (Germany – Munich)
- ✔ Go to New York City (United States)
- ✔ Go to Chicago (United States)
- Go to Washington DC (United States)
- Go to Houston (United States)
- ✔ Go to Los Angeles (United States)
- ✔ Go to Vancouver BC (Canada)
- ✔ Go to Whistler (Canada)
- Go to Belize City (Belize)
- Go to Mexico City (Mexico)
- Go to Cancun (Mexico)
- Go to Dallas (United States)
- ✔ Go to Montreal (Canada)
- Go to Havana (Cuba)
- Go to New Orleans (United States)
- Go to Rio De Janeiro (Brazil)
- ✔ Go to Sydney (Australia)
- ✔ Go to Auckland (New Zealand)
- ✔ Go to London (United Kingdom)
- Go to Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Go to Istanbul (Turkey)
- Go to Athens (Greece)
- ✔ Go to Paris (France)
- Go to Prague (Czech Republic)
- ✔ Go to Barcelona (Spain)
- Go to Stockholm (Sweden)
- ✔ Go to Rome (Italy)
- Go to St Petersburg (Russia)
- Go to Moscow (Russia)
- ✔ Go to Singapore (Singapore)
- Go to Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Go to Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- Go to Shanghai (China)
- Go to Beijing (China)
- Go to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
- Go to Seoul (South Korea)
- ✔ Go to Bangkok (Thailand)
- Go to Tokyo (Japan)
- Go to Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
- Go to Cairo (Egypt)
101 Bucket List Ideas
- ✔ Photograph the Northern Lights
- Overnight in a blind during the Platte River sandhill crane migration
- Snorkel alongside the largest fish in the ocean, the epic whale shark gathering in Isla Mujeres, Mexico
- Feel the pounding under your feet during the wildebeest migration
- ✔ Up close and personal with elephants and giraffes in the wild
- Break the sound barrier on a military jet
- Drive a 747 on the tarmac
- Dive with whales
- Scuba Dive the Sardine Run, the greatest shoal on earth
- ✔ Skydive
- Ski to the South Pole
- Extended Mendoza, Argentina wine tasting extravaganza
- Stumble along the Jalisco Tequila trail
- Overnight in one of the ice hotels
- Dog sledge the Kamchatka Peninsula
- Come face-to-face with a polar bear
- Drive across the USA with your dog and your tent
- Hike one (or all!) of the great trails, Appalachian, Pacific Crest, Continental Divide
- Cycle coast to coast
- Drive the Trans-Canadian Highway
- See Old Faithful – in the winter
- Sail across an ocean
- ✔ Scuba dive with sharks
- Ride a gondola in Venice
- Cross the Sahara
- See the Taj Mahal
- Hear a choir in one of the great cathedrals
- Drive on a Ferrari Test Track
- Summit the Grand Teton
- Raft the Grand Canyon
- Hike Rim to Rim at the Grand Canyon
- Walk on the Great Wall
- See ancient Egypt
- Transit the Panama Canal
- Transit the Suez Canal
- Walk Trans-Darien in Panama
- Hike the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal
- Make a pilgrimage, hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain
- Experience the endemism of the Galapagos Islands
- Ski (or kite ski!) across Greenland
- Go to the North Pole
- Go into Space
- Ride in a research submarine
- See the Titanic
- Participate in a multi-day cattle drive
- Attend a Pro Sports Camp
- Attend a Pro Music Camp
- Take an around-the-world cruise
- Take yourself RTW (Round The World)
- Paddle the Amazon
- Mountain bike the Continental Divide Trail
- See Andrea Bocelli in concert at an Italian Palazzo
- Join the Peace Corps
- Build an Orphanage
- Adopt a child from overseas
- Spend a year working an adventure job
- Travel for one year with your children
- Hitchhike for a summer without a plan
- Camp for a summer without a plan
- Climb all the 14‘ers in Colorado
- Live for a month on a deserted island
- Live in an Ashram in India
- Dive the Andrea Doria
- Spend a summer working on a cattle/sheep ranch
- ✔ Live in another country for one year
- Be a total ski bum for a winter season in Chili
- Hike Patagonia
- Ride with a storm chaser
- Fly an ultralight
- See a volcano erupting
- Be in a movie
- Climb the Seven Summits
- Climb all fourteen 8000 meter peaks
- Swim the English Channel
- Ski a first descent
- Jump a train
- Drive with a trucker on the Ice Road
- Become fluent in a language other than your native tongue
- Drive a Formula One car
- Drive a Nascar
- Hike to Everest Base Camp
- Publish a book
- ✔ Do a walking safari in Africa
- Overland London to Cape Town
- Bicycle from Alaska to Ushuaia
- Hike the Mother Road (Route 66)
- Balloon the Masai Mara or Loire Valley
- Go to Antarctica
- Hike the Inca Trail
- Enter the Rickshaw Run in India
- Break a Guinness World Record
- Ride the Trans Siberian Train all the way across
- Go to every state in the USA
- Go to every country in the world
- Dive under the ice in Antarctica
111 Ideas for Your Bucket List
- Travel around the world
- See the Seven Wonders of the World
- ✔ Fly first class on an international trip
- Travel the Silk Route – a network of trade routes across the Asian continent
- Visit Bhutan
- Attend a street party like the Mardi Gras
- Visit an Indian ashram or place of spiritual interest
- Go whale watching in Alaska or New Zealand
- ✔ Go on a road trip
- Go on a luxury cruise vacation
- Attend New Year’s Celebration in Times Square
- Spend a night in a medieval castle in England
- ✔ Admire Antoni Gaudí’s works including his magnum opus, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain
- ✔ View the famous Northern Lights in Iceland
- Explore ice caves, pinnacles and seracs in New Zealand
- Visit Japan during the Cherry Blossom Festival
- Engage in extreme sports like wakeboarding, ice yachting and snowboarding
- Go on a diving expedition
- Take part in a marathon or triathlon
- ✔ Fly in a helicopter for a bird’s eye view of the world
- Master the art of Kung Fu
- Be able to do complicated yoga poses or asanas
- Learn taichi or qigong
- ✔ Bungee jump
- ✔ Be able to do the splits
- Execute a somersault
- Learn snow-skiing or water-skiing
- Fly a plane
- Experience zero gravity
- Go white water rafting
- ✔ Horseback riding
- Sample exotic cuisines from all over the world
- ✔ Become a vegetarian
- Cut gluten from your diet
- Reduce sugar intake
- ✔ Bake a birthday cake for a special someone
- ✔ Be able to cook and churn out delicious meals for the family
- Go on a detox diet for 21 days
- ✔ Volunteer in your local community
- Build a home for the poor in a less-developed country
- Make a difference in the lives of others
- Shave your head for a good cause
- Publish a book
- Plant a tree and name it after you
- Establish a foundation in your name
- Learn a new language
- ✔ Learn how to bake
- Learn to meditate
- Learn sign language
- Learn to play a new musical instrument
- Learn how to interpret dreams
- Learn how to do intuitive card readings
- Learn painting
- Learn photography
- Learn how to start a business
- ✔ Learn animal communication
- Learn how to do magic tricks
- Start the business of your dreams
- Achieve financial freedom
- Start a blog
- Public speaking
- Conquer your fear of wasps
- ✔ Meet someone famous
- Get featured in the media for something that you did
- ✔ Ride in a limousine
- Own your dream home
- Own your dream car
- ✔ Attend the concert of your favourite pop or rock singer
- ✔ Graduate and make your parents proud
- Create meaningful work
- Reach the top of your profession
- ✔ Fall in love
- ✔ Find a soul mate
- Have the wedding of a lifetime
- Sleep on the beach with your loved one under the stars
- Kiss passionately in the rain
- Be able to write a poem or compose a song for your loved one
- Have a romantic getaway at an exotic location
- Celebrate important anniversary milestones in your marriage
- ✔ Get a tattoo
- Become an extra in a Hollywood Blockbuster movie
- ✔ Swim with the sharks
- Ride on a horse into the most amazing sunset
- Build a treehouse
- Invent something new and revolutionary
- Participate in a street parade or carnival
- Heal yourself...
- ✔ Migrate to a country of choice
- Fold a thousand paper cranes to make a sincere wish
- Go on a Noble Silent meditation retreat
- Assume a leadership position
- Survive an endurance camp
- Be complaint-free for a period of 30 days
- Practice gratitude for 21 days