Achievable Bucket List

  • Be a tourist in your own city
  • Spend the day at a spa
  • Adopt a shelter animal (Baron!)
  • Volunteer your time at a shelter or other worthy cause (RSPCA)
  • Take a flying lesson or discovery flight
  • Watch a sunrise and sunset on the same day
  • Visit 5 different museums
  • Ride a skateboard
  • Knit something
  • Get a massage (in physio, 2023)
  • Take public transportation
  • Sing karaoke in public
  • Feed animals at the zoo
  • Order room service
  • Ride in a canoe and/or kayak
  • Sew something wearable
  • Throw someone a surprise party
  • Ice skate
  • Rollerblade
  • Ride a segway
  • Get a makeover at a salon
  • Sponsor a child
  • Name a star
  • Go to a comedy club (Brighton Secret Comedy Club)
  • Bake cookies for your neighbours, co-workers, etc
  • Take a cooking lesson
  • Learn to make at least one really nice meal from scratch
  • Create your own personal recipe book
  • Shoot a gun
  • Shoot a bow and arrow
  • Give up meat
  • Write letters to 5 people who positively influenced you
  • Tour a factory (worked in RR factory)
  • Participate in NaNoWriMo
  • Host a dinner party
  • Pay the toll for the car behind you
  • Take a bubble bath by candlelight with champagne, wine or sparkling cider
  • Go on a hayride
  • Wish upon a star
  • Play the lotto
  • Take a lesson to play a musical instrument
  • Learn to swim
  • Identify 10 constellations
  • Drive or ride on a motorcycle
  • Climb a rock wall
  • Climb a tree
  • Toss a coin into a fountain
  • Send postcards from your home city
  • Join Postcrossing and collect postcards
  • Vote
  • Sell something online
  • Visit a nursing home
  • Play chess
  • Play golf
  • Speak in a foreign accent for a whole day
  • Build a snow, sand or dirt man
  • Read a holy book from cover to cover
  • Meditate
  • Make and bury a time capsule
  • Take a jumping pic
  • Write your will
  • Plan your own funeral
  • Host a scavenger hunt
  • Take the scenic route
  • Buy stock
  • Ride in a limo
  • Paint a picture
  • Get a caricature done of yourself
  • Go to a religious service of another faith
  • Learn to say hello in 26 languages
  • Shop on Black Friday
  • Get a complete physical done with blood work
  • Get an adjustment from a chiropractor
  • Get hypnotized
  • Have a past life regression session
  • Dress up fancy and go somewhere mundane
  • Play darts
  • Play pool/billiards
  • Play poker
  • See a play/musical
  • Change a flat tire
  • Donate blood
  • Register for bethematch.org
  • Become an organ donor
  • Learn a dance
  • Make spaghetti sauce from scratch
  • Take a class on Craftsy/Bluprint
  • Zipline
  • Jump off a diving board
  • Slide down a waterslide
  • Ride a rollercoaster
  • Send a care package
  • Carve a pumpkin
  • Be passionate about a worthy cause
  • Be passionate about a sports team
  • Be someone's biggest fan
  • Plant a tree
  • Geocache
  • Plant a garden
  • Paint a room purple, hot pink or neon green
  • Host a theme party
  • Have a signature look
  • Have a cool nickname
  • Get a tan
  • Grow your hair long
  • Cut your hair really short
  • Start a blog
  • Speak pig Latin
  • Do a charity walk/run
  • Make s'mores over a campfire
  • Go camping
  • Get something pierced
  • Get a tattoo
  • Get something besides your eyebrows waxed
  • Decorate your yard for a holiday or occasion
  • Take a CPR class
  • Make something out of clay
  • Go bowling
  • Go to a concert for a band or singer you've never heard of
  • Watch a Shirley Temple movie
  • Make homemade ice cream
  • Make homemade root beer
  • Go to the opera
  • Mosh
  • Release sky lanterns
  • Play the harmonica
  • Read a classic novel
  • Take a day trip someplace new
  • Learn to make a well-mixed drink
  • Have a signature drink
  • Take a tennis lesson
  • Hire a maid for a least one day
  • Write a letter to an editor
  • Sign a petition
  • Start a petition
  • Listen to the other political party with an open mind
  • Write a poem
  • Research your family tree
  • Ask your elders to write down their stories for you, or write them down for them
  • Attend a professional sports game
  • Attend a minor or little league game
  • Sew a memory quilt
  • Tour a vineyard
  • Do a wine tasting
  • Eat at a fancy restaurant
  • Eat with chopsticks
  • Write down your dreams for at least one week
  • Sleep on a satin pillowcase
  • Read Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
  • Try to juggle
  • Start a campfire
  • BBQ with charcoal
  • Write to a celebrity
  • Be a pen pal
  • Complete a crossword puzzle without cheating
  • Make reservations
  • Use the valet service
  • Bleach or dye your hair, or wear clip-on hair extensions
  • Sleep under the stars
  • Listen to classical, new age, jazz and world music for one hour each or longer
    • Classical
    • New age
    • Jazz
    • World music
  • Study a foreign language
  • Send someone flowers, just because
  • Continue your education
  • Busk
  • Complete a couch to 5k challenge
  • Eat a pickle pop
  • Try 10 new restaurants
  • Go to a festival
  • Make something out of duct tape
  • Take an art class
  • Watch a movie outdoors
  • Take a hike
  • Picnic in the park
  • Eat food from a street vendor
  • Do something that completely terrifies you
  • Learn to love yourself
  • Listen to a radio station you don't normally listen to for a day
  • Choose different pizza toppings
  • Make and decorate gingerbread men
  • Create passive income
  • Watch a game at a pub
  • Quit a bad habit in 21 days
  • Bake homemade bread
  • Ride a horse
  • Go to the symphony
  • Win something
  • Tie a tie
  • Learn to play something on the piano and/or guitar
  • Stargaze
  • Smoke a fancy cigar
  • Master the art of self-confidence
  • Handwrite letters to your friends and mail them
  • Have nice undergarments
  • Take a great picture, print it, frame it and hang it on the wall
  • Watch at least one game of soccer, hockey, and cricket (2/3)
  • Cheer wildly
  • See a foreign film at the theatre
  • Feed the ducks
  • Spend the day at the beach or lake
  • Completely plan your dream home down to the fine details
  • Play truth or dare
  • Follow people who inspire you on Twitter and/or Facebook
  • Go somewhere where you are the minority
  • Learn the origins of the holidays you celebrate
  • Hold the door open for strangers
  • Join a club or team
  • Shop at a flea market, swap meet or garage sale
  • Start a collection
  • Contribute to someone's Kickstarter
  • Donate to an animal shelter
  • Get a mani/pedi
  • Share your wisdom with someone
  • Walk in the rain
  • Fast for a few days
  • Eat something really crazy
  • Have the restaurant staff sing to you for your birthday
  • Learn self-defence
  • Learn 5 or more yoga poses
  • Compost
  • Recycle
  • Start a scrapbook with mementoes and souvenirs
  • Stay in a bed and breakfast
  • Play relaxing sounds or music as you sleep
  • Nap in a hammock
  • Write a list of everything you're grateful for
  • Imagine you won $5 million, and plan what you would spend it on down to the penny
  • Buy something from an auction
  • Toast to something with champagne or sparkling cider
  • Get a book signed by the author
  • Visit a different state, country or province
  • Do the Clean Sweep test and try to improve your score
  • Donate 10,000 grains of rice on Free Rice
  • Give a loan on Kiva
  • Do a 365-day photo project
  • Make an origami crane
  • Try 25 new recipes
  • Order something different off the menu
  • Visit a farmer's market
  • Wake up 30 minutes earlier than usual
  • Boycott something
  • Send a postcard to Post Secret
  • Ask an elderly person to tell you a story (asked Nan about Switzerland, 2020)
  • Ask a child to teach you a song
  • Flirt with someone
  • Go bike riding
  • Beat a video game
  • Put together a 1,000-piece puzzle
  • Pick up litter
  • Play Rock Band, Guitar Hero or Band Hero
  • Spend the day watching cartoons
  • Enter a writing contest
  • Go surfing, sledding or 4-wheeling
  • Have professional pictures taken
  • Raise butterflies, tadpoles, praying mantis or have an ant farm
  • Cut dow~n on or give up caffeine
  • Start watching a tv show you've never seen before
  • Try a new hairstyle
  • Watch a car race
  • Have an emergency fund
  • Drink only water for a week
  • Buy a word of the day calendar and learn a new word every day
  • Try a different type of coffee, tea, soft drink, beer, or mixed drink
  • Try kombucha tea or kefir
  • Find the coolest thing in your city and photograph it
  • Take a photo from a skyscraper or tallest building you can find
  • Watch a movie marathon
  • Pick your own fruit
  • Take a photography class
  • Watch a documentary
  • Write a letter to yourself to open in 10 years
  • Forgive others
  • Forgive yourself
  • Have a hot stone massage
  • Try 10 new fruits/berries/veggies
  • Try juicing or make smoothies
  • Get lost on purpose
  • Have a water balloon/water gunfight
  • Think of something you are grateful for every morning when you wake up for at least a week
  • Change a diaper
  • Know what you like and not be afraid to articulate it
  • Learn to properly use basic hand and power tools
  • Do a home repair project yourself
  • Learn basic car maintenance
  • Be interviewed on video
  • Build and fly a kite
  • Jumpstart a car
  • Have your home safety inspected
  • Make sure your home is properly insulated and weatherproofed
  • Find the event calendar for your city, or a bigger city nearby, and make note of the fun stuff coming up you can do. Set reminders to do them!
  • Use reusable grocery bags
  • Take a morning jog
  • Say YES more often
  • Say NO more often
  • Haggle
  • Take a vow of silence (for at least an hour)
  • Play a prank on someone
  • Break a superstition
  • Realize how beautiful/attractive you are
  • Do your own taxes
  • Go a full day without spending any money
  • Eat nothing but fresh food for a week
  • Go mirrorless for a day
  • Sit in a sauna
  • Find someone with the same name
  • Do a cleanse
  • Bake a cake
  • Learn the janitor's name
  • Do bookcrossing
  • Create a budget
  • Make something out of paper mache
  • Write down your regrets then flush or burn them
  • Apologize
  • Get to know your neighbours
  • Get a mammogram or prostate exam
  • Give up TV for a week
  • Go commando
  • Write your personal manifesto
  • Eat at a restaurant alone
  • Go to the movies alone
  • Make fresh-squeezed juice
  • Get someone to help you pick out new clothes
  • Shop at a resale clothing store
  • Get properly fitted for clothes/bra/etc
  • Delete your social media profiles for at least a week
  • Have at least one really nice outfit for special occasions
  • Go on evening walks
  • Hit a baseball
  • Dribble a basketball and shoot a goal
  • Kick a goal with a soccer ball
  • Get a facial
  • Buy something from an infomercial
  • Make homemade pickles
  • Host a game night
  • Know your limits
  • Ask for a raise
  • Listen to someone worse off than you
  • Write thank you notes
  • Get tested
  • Open your chakras
  • Learn to identify poisonous and edible plants in the wild
  • Learn how to make balloon animals
  • Participate in the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World has Ever Seen
  • Learn to sew something
  • Learn to knit and/or crochet

Awesome Ideas To Add To Your Bucket List

  • See the Northern Lights
  • Publish a book
  • Take a world cruise
  • Meet your favourite celebrity
  • Create an optical illusion
  • Be part of a flash mob (silent disco walk was basically a series of flash mobs!)
  • Swim near a waterfall
  • Take a picture every day for a year
aug 14 2016 ∞
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