My Bucket List

I love lists. I’ve even been known to keep a notebook dedicated to list-making. But the most important list of all is my bucket list. On this page, you will find the things that I want to accomplish before I turn 40. So I still have about eleven years left. On this blog, I write about achieving dreams and completing bucket list items. I tell you about my goals and how I achieved them in case you have the same goal. But most importantly, I hope that you will make a list of what you want for your life and set out to accomplish it too. While I might add items over time, I won’t ever take items away.

My Bucket List

1. Become fluent in Spanish & test this by spending a month in a Spanish speaking country only speaking Spanish.
2. Get scuba dive certified
3. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
4. Scuba dive in Belize
5. Go Scuba diving in the Red Sea
6. Scuba dive with hammerhead sharks
7. Get a dive certification in Thailand
8. Dive with whale sharks
9. Travel completely solo
10. Hike the Inca Trail
11. Hike to Base Camp
12. Attend Oktoberfest
13. Visit the Pyramids of Egypt
14. Skydive
15. Bungee jump
16. Visit Antarctica
17. Visit all continents by age 30
18. Hail a taxi in New York City
19. Win money in Vegas
20. Try Fugu (pufferfish) sushi in Japan
21. Spend Halloween in a castle in Dracula’s Castle
22. Walk the Great Wall of China
23. Visit Petra
24. See the polar bears in Churchill
25. Do a Canada wide road trip
26. Do a working holiday visa in a European country
27. Build a Habitat for Humanity house
28. Visit Morocco and shop in the Marrakech Medina
29. Drive the Great Ocean Road in Australia
30. Find a way to get a free hotel anywhere
31. Take a surfing lesson
32. See the Northern lights in Iceland
33. Go on a yoga retreat
34. Make every recipe in a cookbook that I’ve purchased while travelling
35. Take a sushi-making class in Japan
36. White water raft
37. Visit the Taj Mahal
38. Eat paella in Spain
39. Cruise the Greek Islands
40. Ride a gondola in Venice
41. Visit Japan during cherry blossom season
42. Witness wildlife migration in Kenya
43. Witness wildlife during a river safari in Malaysia
44. Float in the Dead Sea
45. Hike Mount Kilimanjaro
46. Visit Madagascar and spot a lemur
47. Witness turtle eggs hatching
48. Volunteer with international wildlife
49. Spot a wild red panda
50. See a Giant Panda
51. Visit the Forbidden City
52. Terracotta Army
53. Eat Thai food in Thailand
54. See a Komodo Dragon on Komodo Island
55. Stay in a traditional yurt
56. Eat in an underwater restaurant
57. Ride a hot air balloon over Cappadocia
58. Travel to Patagonia
59. Visit Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
60. Celebrate Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
61. Spot the Moai statues on Easter Island
62. Travel the Galapagos Islands
63. See Rainbow Mountain in Peru
64. Explore Lake Titicaca
65. See Angel Falls in Venezuela
66. Sleep in an igloo
67. Live in New York
68. Drive the full length of the Pacific Coast Highway
69. Croatia Sail
70. Attend Burning Man in Nevada
71. Attend Coachella
72. See the castle that inspired Hogwarts
73. See the castle that inspired Disney
74. Visit Giraffe Manor
75. Visit an active volcano in Guatemala
76. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
77. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
78. Walk the Camino de Santiago
79. Eat Peking Duck in Beijing
80. Eat escargot in France
81. Make my own pasta in Italy
82. Try haggis in Scotland
83. Attend the Winter Olympics
84. Attend the Summer Olympics
85. Pub crawl in Dublin
86. Hang glide
87. Swim in every Ocean
88. Swim in all of the Great Lakes
89. See the Matterhorn
90. Eat BBQ in the Southern States of the USA
91. Learn to use chopsticks properly
92. Stomp grapes
93. WWOOF
94. Swim with the pigs in Exuma
95. Walk on a pink sand beach
96. Sleep in a castle
97. Visit the Holland during tulip season
98. Visit Hobbiton
99. Fly first class
100. Write a book
101. Fill out an entire passport.