Bucket List:
1. Write the story of your life.
2. Build a snow cave.
- 1st Grade: Epic class snow makers
3. Turn your mobile off for a week.
4. Run in a fancy dress for charity
5. Blow one month’s wages on shoes
6. Paint a self portrait
7. Learn to play at least one song on the guitar/ piano
8. Plant a tree
9. Go on a holiday with no luggage
10. Have a night at the opera
11. Learn a different language
12. Host a cocktail party
13. Meditate for 3 hours in one sitting
14. Spend a week at sea
15. Get re-married in Vegas
16. Skinny dip at midnight
-Laura + Me + Florida = Adventures
17. Go on a canopy tour
18. Ride a horse down the beach
19. Read a book every night for a year
20. Create your own personal dish
21. Swim with an exotic animal: whale, shark, dolphin, sting ray, etc.
22. Sleep outdoors under the stars.
- Summer Romance <3
23. Create an online alter-ego
24. Cook something you’ve grown
25. Catch a fish and eat it that day
- Mom, Aunt Lisa, and Anthony (for his birthday) went fishing at the fish farm across the street.
26. Brew your own beer
27. Ride a giant rollercoaster
- Cedar Point anyone?
28. Learn to surf – even if it’s just the baby waves
29. Learn to snowboard
- The Edge Senior Ski Trip
30. Build a tree house
31. Take pole dancing lessons
32. Give a homeless person your lunch
33. View a house you can’t afford
34. Hire a house boat
35. Go trekking, carrying all your gear.
36. Build something that will outlast you.
37. Research your family tree
38. Go to a bedding store in your PJs
39. Cut your own hair
- I cut my own bangs on a daily basis.
40. Get involved in a protest rally
41. Leave a love note on a windscreen
42. Build a giant sandcastle
43. Get your fortune told
44. Make a snowman
- I live in Michigan. What more do you need to know?
45. Make love on the beach
46. Send flower for no reason at all
47. Watch the sun set
- Summer Romance. <3
48. Take the day off on your birthday
49. Make a heap of Autumn leaves
- More Michigan Lovin'
50. Walk through knee deep mud
51. Have a night at the ballet
52. Take evening classes with a friend
53. Write a letter to your grandchildren
54. Read the top ten plays of Shakespeare
55. Smile at 100 strangers (average of 73 will smile back)
56. Do a first aid course
57. Keep a diary for a whole year
58. Google yourself
59. Live off the land for a week
60. Listen to your iPod straight through
61. Fast for 48 hours
62. Carve your name into a tree
63. Take a vow of silence for a day
64. Give blood
- Western High School Blood Drive: May 2009
65. Write a letter to your favorite author
66. Run a half marathon
67. Contact your childhood sweetheart
68. Kiss a stranger
69. Wind up a security guard
70. Send a message in a bottle
71. Make a kite and fly it
72. Test drive a car you can’t afford
73. Attend at least one major sporting event
74. Watch the launch of the space shuttle
75. Be an extra in a film
76. Visit the Senate
77. Go to Oktoberfest in Munich
78. Be a mentor
79. Ride the Trans-Siberian express across Asia
80. Sit on a jury
81. Create a unique piece of clothing
82. Stay out all night dancing without having gone home once and go to work the next day
83. Shower in a waterfall
84. Write a song
85. See a lunar eclipse
86. Experience weightlessness
87. Raise a Great Dane puppy
88. Ask a stranger out on a date
89. Drive across America from coast to coast
90. Write your will
91. Ride down the Rio Grande
92. Spend a whole day reading a great novel --> I've technically done this, BUT I'm not counting Twilight :P
93. Learn to juggle
94. Find a job you love
95. Overcome your fear of failure
96. Raft through the Grand Canyon
97. Donate money- anonymously
98. Buy a house
99. Drive a convertible with the top down
100. Accept yourself
101. Attend one really huge rock concert
102. Go scuba diving
103. Kiss someone you’ve just met on a blind date
- Benjamin Evan! <3
104. Lose more money than you can afford at roulette in Vegas
105. Let someone feed you peeled, seedless grapes
106. Make love on the kitchen floor
107. Create your own website.
- Can anyone say Purpose? : D
108. Visit the Holy Land
109. Make yourself spend a half-day at a concentration camp and swear to never to forget it
110. Run to the top of the Statue of Liberty
111. Walk up the Eiffel Tower
- Grandville Europe Trip! July 2008!
112. Create your Family Tree
113. Ski/ snowboard a double black diamond run
114. Learn to bartend
115. Buy everyone in a pub a drink
116. Climb a mountain
117. Go inside the Great Pyramid
118. Take a candlelit bath with someone
119. Do a striptease
120. Bungee jump
121. Watch a lightning storm at sea
122. See the Northern Lights
123. Walk the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
124. Touch an iceberg
125. Walk on every continent
126. Sleep under the stars
127. Watch a meteor shower
- Summer Nights with Benjamin Evan! <3
128. Get drunk on champagne
129. Have a food fight
130. Bet on a winning horse at the track
131. Have a snowball fight
- 5th Grade- Safety Patrol Epic Fight!
132. Photocopy your butt
133. Scream as loudly as possible
134. Enact a favorite fantasy
135. See a total eclipse
136. Have a meaningful conversation with a beggar
137. Hit a home run
- Spring Softball- Sophomore year- 2008
138. Adopt an accent for an entire day
139. Visit the birthplace of your ancestors
140. Visit all 50 states
141. Take care of a drunk person
142. Dance with a stranger in a foreign country
143. Watch wild whales
144. Steal a sign
145. Backpack in Europe
146. Go rock climbing
147. Midnight walk on the beach
148. Go sky diving
149. Visit Greece
150. Visit Rome
151. Visit Ireland.
152. Go to a restaurant and sit at a stranger’s table and have a meal with them.
153. Visit Japan
154. Milk a cow
- I was like 5.
155. Sing karaoke in front of a crowd
156. Kiss in the rain
- April 27th (or maybe 28th?), 2009. Benjamin Evan <3
157. Go to a drive-in movie.
- Summer Nights. Benjamin Evan <3
158. Visit the Great Wall of China
159. Start a business
160. Take a martial arts class
161. Get married
162. Crash a party
163. Ride in a gondola in Venice
- Grandville Europe Trip! July 2008!
164. Get a tattoo
165. Preform on a stage
166. Go to Las Vegas
167. Go to Thailand
168. Raise children – have a boy
169. Create and name your own constellation of stars
170. Find out something significant about your ancestors
171. Walk the Golden Gate Bridge
172. Fly an airplane
173. Pet a stingray
- Aquarium. Young summer days.
174. Broken someone’s heart
- Summer 2010.
175. Help an animal give birth
176. Break a bone
177. Go on an African photo safari
178. Ride a motorcycle
179. Fire a gun
- Horse Camp Activities. Young Summer Days.
180. Ride a horse
- Horse Camp. Young Summer Days.
181. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon --> Only half-way. REDO!
182. Visit more foreign countries than U.S. states
183. Take a canoe trip more than 2 days long
184. Eat sushi
- JUST accomplished with Brinn Cochrane! :] On August 18, 2010. Old China Country Buffet!
185. Parasail
- Grandville Europe Trip! July 2008! In France!
186. Select the one author who you feel you missed out in school, and read
187. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware
- New York Missions Trip 2009
188. Dye your hair
- Monthly.
189. Be arrested
190. Take a part in a triathlon
191. Try a new sport
- Snowboarding- Winter 2010
192. Learn a new form of dance
193. Live in a different country for at least 3 months
194. Learn to sew and knit
195. Go on a meditation retreat
196. Have an out of body experience
197. Get closure on all your hurt, grievances, and unhappiness of the past
198. Organize a public picnic
199. Fly first class
200. Visit a volcano
201. Ride in a helicopter
202. Go on a romantic getaway
203. See the Mona Lisa in Lovre, Paris
- Grandville Europe Trip! July 2008!
204. Go to a costume party
205. Crowd Surf
206. Attend Running of the Bull
207. Go windsurfing
208. Go Ultra Gliding
209. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
210. Walk on fire
211. Be at Times Square on New Years Eve
212. Solve a Rubik's Cube.
213. Learn to sail
214. Get an MBA
215. Sell an original design to a stranger
216. Go to the Kentucky Derby
217. Participate in La Tomatina (a giant street food fight near Valencia, Spain)
218. Throw out the first pitch at a Major League baseball game.
219. Learn how to ice skate
- Ann Marie Sinkovitz's house arena! :] She taught me how to ice skate.
220. Go snorkeling
221. Go white water rafting
- Girl Scout Summer Trips. Middle school.
222. Jump from a cliff into deep water
- Girl Scout Summer Trips. Middle school. I did this with my mom! :] There's picures to prove it!
223. Go to the Amazon
224. Attend the Day of the Dead in Mexico
225. The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC
226. Go to Universal Studios in Hollywood, CA
227. Visit Disney World
Ages: 3, 7, and 16.
228. Learn to play chess.
229. Make something completely by hand from wood
230. Take up pottery- make a bowl or a sculpture
231. Make a list of 100 books you want to ready, then read them
232. Watch Top 100 Films of All- Time
233. Go to law school
234. Pass the bar exam
235. Get an MBA
236. Build a Habitat for Humanities home
237. Join a big brother, big sisters program
238. Mush a dog sled
239. Watch turtles hatch and run for the ocean
240. Get Baptized
- Middle School
241. Spend a week on a silent retreat
242. See a play on Broadway
- March 2008- Mary Poppins
243. Go to a Super Bowl Game
244. Go to a session of the US Supreme Court
245. Pet a giraffe
- Summer 2009- Binder Park Zoo with Amy, Mom, Doug, and Ben. I, also, fed the giraffe.
246. Witness a miracle
247. Create a new product
248. Go wine tasting in California
249. Attend a fashion show in Milan
250. Create an organization I am passionate about to help others
Resources I Used to Generate This List:
http://brass612.tripod.com/cgi-bin/things.html
http://thingstodo.oncelife.com.au/
http://acasia.blogspot.com/2009/04/150-things-to-do-before-you-die.html
http://jcesarmo.wordpress.com/2006/01/18/200-things-to-do-before-you-die/
http://www.squidoo.com/100things
http://hubpages.com/hub/Bucket-List-Create-One
http://abundance-blog.marelisa-online.com/2010/05/21/bucket-list-ideas/
