My Bucket List

This is my bucket list. This is everything that I would like to see or do with my life. It includes all of those that I have already completed and those I still have to do. It is split down into categories to make managing the list a bit easier. This list has gown quite long over the years. As fast as I complete items on it I fine new ones to add.

Education

The items in this category are ones that expand my mind or skills. Never stop learning in life. We all so much potential within us if we just take a step and learn. I want to see and do as much as I can with my life.

  • Join a book club
  • Learn to Juggle
  • Take a cooking class
  • Teach somebody a new skill
  • Learn how to ice skate
  • Learn how to use chopsticks
  • Read a classic book
  • Learn sign language
  • Learn to play a musical instrument
  • Learn to Scuba dive
  • Learn to Ski
  • Gain a degree
  • Gain a masters degree
  • Gain a doctorate
  • Read one non-fiction book a month in 2022
  • Read one fiction book a month in 2022
  • Start a YouTube channel
  • Have a library with 250 book in
  • Have a library with 500 books in
  • Have a library with 1,000 books in
  • Collect every translation of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone

Health

This one is mainly to be able to have the physical ability to do adventurous activities. Somethings with health you are unable to control. You never knew who will get something such as cancer. But for things that I can control such as overall fitness and weight I will control. Being fit does make it so much easier to see the out of the way things in this world. Such as trekking to the Everest base camp.

  • Complete a Parkrun
  • Complete 20 Parkruns
  • Complete 50 Parkruns
  • Complete 100 Parkruns
  • Complete 250 Parkruns
  • Complete 500 Parkruns
  • Complete a Half Marathon
  • Complete a Full Marathon
  • Complete the London marathon
  • Complete the Berlin marathon
  • Complete the Tokyo marathon
  • Complete the New York marathon
  • Complete the Chicago marathon
  • Complete the Boston marathon
  • Complete the Marathon Majors Series
  • Swim a mile
  • Donate blood
  • Have laser eye surgery
  • Complete a triathlon
  • Complete a Half Ironman
  • Complete a full Ironman

Financial

I like to feel financially secure. To not have to worry about needing to work or having to pay rent on a house. Once you are financially free so much more of the work opens up to you. I would like to be able to open up some passive sources of income. To have a big enough pot of money to some of those really expensive special things, such as stepping foot on Antartica.

  • Become a self made millionaire
  • Grow investments so I no longer need to work
  • Create a passive source of income – Complete
  • Create a second source of passive income
  • Create a third source of passive income
  • Create a forth source of passive income
  • Create a fifth source of passive income
  • Earn six figures in one year
  • Earn seven figures in one year
  • Fly in a private jet
  • Get paid to travel
  • Have three months of expenses in an emergency fund
  • Make a will
  • Attend the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting.

Travel

This world we live on is full of so many wonders. I want to see as many of them as possible. This is one of my longest lists in my bucket list. Seeing other countries and cultures is such an interesting thing for me to do. Visiting other cultures and how they live does open up your mind.

  • Step foot on all seven continents
  • Visit 100 UNESCO World Heritage sites
  • Visit all of the states in the USA
  • Visit all of the US National parks
  • Trek the Mendenhall Glacier Caves
  • Fly first class
  • Sleep in a capsule hotel
  • Sleep in a haunted house
  • Sleep on a houseboat
  • Sleep in a teepee
  • Sleep in a treehouse
  • Sleep in an ice hotel
  • Sleep in an overnight train
  • Stay in an underwater hotel
  • Take a train cross country
  • Drive route 66
  • Drive the Pacific coast highway
  • Walk the Las Vegas strip
  • Experience the fall foliage
  • Explore the Carlsbad Caverns
  • Walk through Grand Central Station
  • Stand in Times Square
  • See Niagara Falls
  • See Multnomah falls
  • Explore Badlands national park
  • Visit Mount Rushmore
  • Visit the Alamo
  • Explore Bryce Canyon
  • Visit Zion national park
  • Vist Skagit Valley Tulip Fields
  • See the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
  • Visit the Whitehouse
  • Go to Grand Prismatic Spring
  • Ride the Orient Express
  • Ride the Trans-Siberian Express
  • Time travel to experience new years eve twice.
  • Visit the Amazon
  • Step foot on Antartica
  • Sleep in an overwater bungalow
  • Explore Angkor Wat
  • Tour Patagonia
  • See the Hanging temple in Mount Hengshan
  • Marvel at Plitvice lakes
  • Walk the Nyhavn waterfront in Copenhagen
  • Explore the Galapagos islands
  • See the pyramids of Giza
  • Stay in a glass igloo
  • Visit the Palace of Versailles
  • Walk through the Lavender fields in France
  • Explore the Acropolis
  • Watch the sunset in Santorini
  • Marvel at Kaieteur falls
  • Stroll though Antigua
  • Tour a windmill
  • Stand in front of the Taj Mahal
  • Komodo national park
  • Walk though a rice terrace
  • Visit the Holy Land in Jerusalem
  • Explore the Coliseum in Rome
  • Pose with the Tower of PIsa
  • Walk across the Tibetan bridge in Claviere
  • Stroll trough the Sagano Bamboo forest
  • Tour the Japanese Gardens in Kyoto
  • Visit the Jigokudani monkey park
  • Walk though the Wisteria tunnel, Karachi Fuji Gardens
  • Explore the ruins of Petra
  • Mulu national park
  • Explore the Rock Islands Southern Lagoon
  • See the Sky Gardens
  • See Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia
  • Watch the Monjuic magic fountain
  • See the Rio Tinto river
  • Safari through the Serengeti
  • Witness the wilderbeast migration in the Serengeti
  • See the Tessellated pavement
  • See the Whirling Dervishes
  • Visit Stonehenge
  • Cruise through Ha Long Bay
  • Iguazu National Park
  • The Great Barrier Reef
  • Historic centre of Vienna
  • La Grand-Place Brussels
  • Mostar
  • Carioca Landscape
  • Iguazu Falls
  • Rila Monastery
  • Angkor
  • Landscapes of the Grand Pre
  • Old town of Lunenburg
  • Easter Island
  • The Forbidden City
  • Plitvice Lakes
  • La Habana Vieja
  • Cesky Krumlov
  • Historic centre of Prauge
  • Kronburg Castle
  • Galapagos Islands
  • City of Bath
  • Historic centre of Old Tallinn
  • Arles Roman and Romanesque monuments
  • Cathedral of Notre-Dame
  • Historic centre of Avignon
  • Historic centre of Lyon
  • Upper middle Rhine valley
  • Archaeological site of Delphi
  • Meteora monasteries
  • Mount Athos
  • Antigua
  • Budapest
  • Ellora Caves
  • Hill forts of Rajasthan
  • Jantar mantar
  • Keoladeo National Park
  • Taj Mahal
  • Cultural landscape of Bali
  • Borobudur Temple
  • Prambanan Temple
  • Taman Ayun Temple
  • Bru na Boinne
  • Skelling Michael
  • Old City of Jerusalem
  • Historic centre of Florence
  • Historic centre of San Gimignono
  • Historic centre of Siena
  • Pizza del Duomo in PIsa
  • Venice and its lagoon
  • Ancient Kyoto
  • Mount Fuji
  • Petra
  • Wadi Rum
  • City of Valleyetta
  • Chichen-Itza
  • Historic centre of Mexico city and Xochimilco
  • Islands of Gulf of California
  • Protective town of San Miguel
  • Medina of Marrakesh
  • Giants Causeway and Causeway Coast
  • Rock Islands of Southern Lagoon
  • Historic centre of Warsaw
  • Cultural landscape of Sintra
  • Historic centre of Porto
  • St. Petersburg
  • Old and new towns of Edinburgh
  • Singapore Botanic Gardens
  • Lake Bled
  • Historic walled town of Cuenca
  • Sacred city of Kandy
  • Sigiriya
  • Old city of Bern
  • Swiss Alps Junggrau-Alethch
  • Ngorongoro conservation area
  • Serengeti National Park
  • Goreme national park and the rock sites of Cappadocia
  • Historic areas if Istanbul
  • Tower of London
  • Carlsbad caverns national park
  • Grand Canyon National park
  • Mammoth cave national park
  • San Antonio Missions
  • Statue of Liberty
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Yosemite national park
  • Ha Long Bay
  • Hoi An
  • Sistine chapel in Vatican City
  • Visit St Helena
  • Stand on the North Pole
  • Stand on the South Pole
  • Dip my toes in every ocean
  • Drive around Icelands coastline
  • Take the worlds longest train journey
  • Explore the hill of crosses – Complete
  • Visit Trinity College Library

Adventure

This is another rather large category for me. Not quite as large as the travel one but very close. Adventure is quite closely linked with the travel one due to a lot of the adventure activities needing to travel to. A lot of the items in the list are item that most people don’t seem to get the chance to do.

  • Visit a castle
  • Vist a Temple
  • Walk on a Glacier
  • Attend a luau
  • Climb to the top of a Lighthouse
  • Explore a rainforest
  • Go on a Safari
  • Participate in a Japanese Tea Ceremony
  • See a blowhole
  • See a spectacular fountain
  • Touch a pyramid
  • Tour a factory
  • Tour a Mayan Ruin
  • See the Northen Lights
  • Hike into Antelope Canyon
  • Helicopter into the Grand Canyon – Complete
  • Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
  • Rappel into Moaning Caverns
  • See the biggest trees on Earth
  • Stand under the Hollywood sign
  • Ride on a cable car in San Fransisco
  • Wine taste in the Napa Valley
  • Go sand boarding at Great sand dunes national park
  • See the Ice Castles at Silverthorn
  • Ski Aspen
  • Take the Viaferada(Iron Route)
  • Swim with Manatees
  • Climb the Haiku stairs of Ohau
  • Walk on Waianapanapa black sand beach
  • Explore the Ozark caverns
  • Hike though Glacier National park
  • See the bison at Yellowstone
  • Get lost in Powell’s books
  • Shop at the European Christmas Markets
  • Swim with pink dolphins
  • See and Opera at the Sydney Opera House
  • See the red crab migration at Christmas Island
  • Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef
  • Feed the swimming pigs in Exuma
  • Swim in Deans Blue Hole
  • Walk on the Pink Sand Beach
  • Walk on the Salar de Uyuni Salt Flat
  • Take the walk of faith, Tianmen Mountain
  • Walk the Great Wall of China
  • Swing at “The End of the word”
  • Walk across Abbey road in London
  • Watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace
  • Attend mass at Notre Dame Cathedral
  • See the Eiffel tower glitter at night
  • See the Mona Lisa at the Louvre
  • Drink beer at Oktoberfest
  • Hike the active Pacaya Volcano
  • Climb to Tin Tian, Big Buddha
  • Soak in the Blue Lagoon
  • Kiss the Blarney Stone
  • Sleep in an Irish castle
  • Attend the Palio horse race in Siena
  • Hike the cities of Cinque Terre
  • Make a wish in the Trevi fountain
  • Ride in a Gondola in Venice
  • Sleep in a Tuscan Villa
  • Swim in the Blue Grotto
  • Climb Mt Fuji
  • Float in the Dead Sea
  • Ride a camel in the Wadi Rum desert
  • Float down Mekong river
  • Explore Tam Ting caves
  • Stay at the Boat Hotel in Coccoa Island
  • Eat in an underwater hotel
  • Swim in a Cenote
  • Swim with whale sharks
  • Snorkel the underwater museum
  • Gamble at Casino Monte Carlo
  • Explore the Van Gogh museum
  • See the Kinderdijk windmills
  • Explore the Waitomo Glowworm cave
  • Get warm near the Champagne pool
  • Go black water rafting
  • Hike the Franz Joseg glacier
  • Board down a volcano
  • Sit on the edge of Preikestolen
  • Swim in Jellyfish lake
  • Hike the Inca Trail
  • High through the Crooked forest
  • Drink Port in Porto
  • Climb to the top of Sigiriya rock
  • Hike the Matterhorn trail
  • Sit in the outdoor Jacuzzi at Iglu-Dorf hotel
  • Ski the Swiss Alps
  • Let go of a floating lantern at Yi Peng Festival
  • Balloon over Cappedocia’s fairy chimeeys
  • Hear the call to prayer at the Blue Mosque
  • Soak in Pamukkale hot springs
  • Shop at the floating market
  • Do the edge walk at CN tower
  • Cinque Terre
  • City of Cusco
  • Machu Picchu
  • Works of Antoni Gaudi
  • Albuquerque international ballon fiesta
  • Battle of the Oranges
  • Burning Man
  • Cannes film festival
  • Carnival of Rio de Janerio
  • Carnival of Venice
  • Dia de los Muertos(Day of the Dead)
  • Edingburgh Fringe Festival
  • Electric Run
  • Hogmanay
  • Holi Festival
  • Human tower competition
  • Kentucky Derby
  • La Tomatia
  • Macy’s Thanksgiving parade
  • Mardi Gras
  • National cherry blossom festival
  • Obon festival
  • Olympic games
  • Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
  • Pingxi lantern festival
  • St Patricks day
  • San Vino wine fight
  • Sandfest
  • Snowbombing
  • Songkran water festival
  • Sundance film festival
  • Up Helly Aa fre festival
  • Swim in a thermal bath
  • Eat a Michelin star restaurant
  • Be in two countries at the same time
  • Swim in a waterfall
  • Own a pet
  • Send a message in a bottle
  • See a total solar eclypse
  • Go to a carnival
  • Ride a segway
  • Learn a magic trick
  • Ride a zipline
  • Go to the opera
  • Raft the Grand Canyon
  • Hike the Milford track
  • Sleep under the stars in NamibRnad
  • Swim with turtles in Ningaloo
  • Descend into a volcano
  • Sleep on a private island in Scotland
  • Go hiking in snowshoes
  • Trek to Icelands Black falls
  • Canoe down the Yukon River
  • Drive Scotlands North Coast 500
  • Ride on the Hogwarts Express
  • Trek the West Highland Way
  • See a bale at the Bolshoi
  • Ride in a supersonic jet
  • Cycle through the Canadian Rockies
  • Take part in the Clipper round the world race