How many times do you hear a friend or a family member, tell you that they are going away, or doing something exciting? Then you think about how you would like to do that too, but you don’t. Let me tell you, thinking about the things you want to do before you die is a never-ending cycle in your mind? why? because you are lazy and have no drive in terms of planing to do those crazy bucket list ideas. You aren’t taking initiative to accomplish your bucket list items. I’m not sorry for being a little harsh, but someone has to tell you, why not from someone like me, who means it with love.
Start Your Bucketlist
Life is full of adventure for every budget, so that should not be an excuse. Everyone has something they have to get around to make sure they are enjoying life, so take your time, plan and figure out. Shoot, you can even grab your girlfriends to help you out. It’s time for you to live. But I want to help you out with a list of 82 things to do before you die. OK, let’s take it one step at a time because we all plan to live long, but a least make a shortlist of 40 things to do before you’re 40. You get the point, right? Check out my random list of suggestions.
82 Fun, Random, and Crazy Bucket List Ideas
- Swim Naked (yep, I said it)
- Drive a Race Car
- Eat a live bug
- Participate in a Flash Mob
- Go Sky Diving
- Try a hot air balloon ride
- Run a Half Marathon
- Spend the day at an amusement park
- Pay for a family’s Meal
- Pay a bill for a stranger
- Go Zip Lining
- Climb a Mountain or long trail
- Participate in a Color Run
- Fly First Class
- Visit Thailand
- Visit Africa
- Visit Paris
- Swim with Dolphins
- Travel Solo
- Learn a new language
- Learn to play an instrument
- Visit the White House
- Visit an Art Gallery
- Go to a Korean Spa
- Take a Cooking Class
- Surprise a family member with a trip
- Participate in a 5k run
- Eat something you never had
- Take on a new hobby
- Start a business
- Go on a blind date
- Go to Switzerland to ski (seems Fun right?)
- Go on an all guy or girls trip
- Write letters to Congress on changing your community( don’t frown, this is a good one)
- Get on a TV show
- Become a Public Speaker
- Do some mission work
- Volunteer at a homeless shelter
- Go to a gun range to shoot a gun
- Ride a motorcycle
- Ride an elephant
- Meet your favorite famous person
- Attend a murder mystery dinner
- Attend a jazz festival
- Attend a Wine festival
- Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras
- Get a College Degree
- Take up a new trade
- Attend and participate in a Pole Dancing Class
- Take a Mud Bath
- Become a model for a day
- Get a bikini wax
- Start a Family
- Go wine tasting
- Host a couples game night
- Pray for a random stranger
- Learn to fish
- Drive a boat
- Go parasailing
- Do an ancestry test
- Learn more about your heritage
- Go to Ireland
- Host a couples party
- Host a singles game night
- get a tattoo
- Write a Book
- Start a nonprofit
- Share your life story with other women, or young girls
- Learn to sew or knit
- Learn to do makeup or hair
- Take a train ride
- Learn to fly a Plane
- Take Your Children on a date to teach them etiquette
- Take an etiquette class
- Experience Hot Yoga
- Learn to ride a bike (*side eye*, some of you never learned to ride a bike)
- Create a personalized birthday bucket list and Go Rock Climbing like Pamela
- Get invited to a movie Premier
- Take self-confident boudoir photos
- Take a bike ride around a city
- Go horseback riding
- Learn a new dance/dance class
The Point of Cool and Crazy Bucket List Ideas
The point of a bucket list is to get you to have a goal and to not let life pass you by. My friend Libby realized this very thing. She was writing things and decided one day to start living out the ideas she wrote on her bucket list. I have written my own personal bucket list and I intend to cross at least five of them off every year. I try to balance it between something fun, something random and giving of my time or resources. What does life really mean if you aren’t helping someone else? Yeah, I like to think oft as a well-rounded list. Honestly, like I stated before everything does not have to be, I want to own a private airplane and fly to Dubai, (hmm that doesn’t sound half bad). But until that happens I’m happy with doing things I can do and saving and preparing for other things that I want to do. So what is on your bucket list for this year?
P.S. Check out these great blogs for a marriage bucket list (genius) and a travel bucket list (Yes to this).