In high school, my psychology teacher had us watch the movie “The Bucket List” and then had us create our own… Here’s what I turned in:
Have the confidence to speak to anyone
Go camping (real camping) and survive a week in the wild
Write a novel
Travel to a different continent by 30
Visit my relatives in Taiwan
Eat something completely foreign and strange
Adopt a child/teenager
Find somewhere legal to raise a tiger cubRaise a tiger cub
Daily write in a diary (NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!!)
Paint what I feel, without restrictions
Rent a foreign place of residence
Drive in England/Europe/on the Autobahn
Go skydiving
Climb a tree (sycamore?) all the way to the top
Make a canoe the Native American way
Thank people when I get the chance
Stargaze for an entire night
Roadtrip across the United States
Ride a gondola in Venice
Drive a Ferrari
Create a scrapbook
Keep in contact through written letters (snail mail)
Karaoke in public
See the Aurora Borealis
Build a treehouse
Go fishing from sunrise to sundown
Concoct a new family recipe
Discover my own special place
Lead by example (character, faith, etc)
Live out my faith
Ride a roller coaster in a prom dress
Go to random places (and do random things) in formal wear
Learn to play the guitar
Perfect an Australian accent
Go on stage during a concert
Pay for something over $50 in all pennies
Visit every continent
Find a miracle daily
Donate a whole month’s paychecks to a charity or another person in need
Fly
Get my pilot’s license
Jump off a cliff (near a waterfall?)
Record an album
Trek the 2000+ miles of the Appalachians
Make a pilgrimage to the Middle East
Simply be, for one moment
Give my life away for those things/ideals/people I hold dear
Invent something useful
Get a celebrity’s photo and autograph (via Polaroid!!!)
Win a contest and/or competition
Meet a world leader
Do something spontaneous
Learn how to do (and actually do) a real cartwheel
Direct or create a film/script
Backpack for a few weeks
Completely adapt into a different culture
Swim in the Mediterranean
Wander ruins for a day
Discover the difference between attraction and love
Chase a tornado with Kirk
Learn to sew
Create a unique piece of clothing
Punch Chuck Norris
Learn to dance (ballroom, tap, swing)
Get married and have a family.
Of course, there’s other things I’d love to do, but this is what fit on one sheet of paper, front and back. Obviously, it’s open to change and going to expand.