100 Bucket list ideas to get you off the couch

There’s something magical about the word majestic and that’s one of the secrets to having a great bucket list – challenging yourself to experience the MAJESTIC and feeling incredibly ALIVE while you’re still able.

What I love about bucket lists is that there’s no right or wrong way to make them, and the items on your list can evolve with you over time. Write a new list every few years if your aspirations and interests change. Dream big and come up with your own adventurous and ambitious bucket list ideas.

Tips on how to make a bucket list

• Write your bucket list ideas down (trust me, just do it!)
• Have a minimum of 10 items (life is too short to have a tiny list)
• Think BIG (even if something seems impossible right now)
• Get specific (you’re more likely to accomplish things this way)
• Don’t worry about what other people may think (bucket lists are about YOU)
• Read your bucket list regularly and get active (b/c only you have the power to make things happen!)

I’m the type of person who sets high expectations for myself and I love to cross things off my to do list.  But even though I make a lot of goals for myself each year, there are things I want to do in life that are bigger than my day-to-day objectives.

A bucket list will bring a lot of challenges and a lot of joys to your life. And that’s what living is all about! Twenty years from now we all want to look back and smile at all the troubles we overcame, all the things we learned, and everything we tried. Failure is better than never giving yourself a chance at success.

100 Bucket list ideas

1. Become a self made millionaire
2. See all of the National Parks
3. Travel entirely by train on a 6 month trip through Europe
4. Ride a donkey up the mountain to Santorini
5. Get entirely out of debt
6. Become a homeowner
7. Land a six figure job
8. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
9. Start your own business
10. Visit all 7 continents
11. Make a time capsule and bury it in your back yard
12. Take a cruise around the world
13. Grow out your hair and then donate it to a cancer/hair loss charity
14. Be an extra in a movie with your favorite actor/actress
15. Create your own mobile app
16. Get a stamp on every page in your passport before it expires
17. Start a scholarship fund for your favorite school or group
18. Rent a flat in a foreign country for a month
19. Apply and get selected for your house to be on an design or garden show
20. Go to the next World Cup
21. Create a video that goes viral on youtube
22. Read 52 books in twelve months
23. Watch an event live at the Olympics
24. Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef
25. Visit each of the 50 states
26. Write a journal entry every day for a year
27. Go hang gliding in Kitty Hawk, NC
28. Publish a book
29. See every country in Europe
30. Become a parent
31. Take a cross country road trip
32. Window shop at every store in the Mall of America
33. Go on all the rides at Disneyland
34. Complete a triathlon
35. Teach someone how to read
36. Climb an ancient ruin while your knees are still good
37. Trek through the Amazon rainforest
38. Hike Half Dome in Yosemite
39. Visit every National Park
40. Start your own blog and share your life experiences
41. Try skydiving indoors or outdoors if you’re brave enough
42. Ride in a hot air balloon race
43. Swim with whale sharks in the Philippines
44. Give a graduation speech to 3,000 students
45. Zip line across the Amazon rainforest
46. Visit every island in South East Asia
47. Have dinner with your favorite musician
48. Participate in Brazil’s Carnival
49. Make it to the final table at the World Series of Poker
50. Visit Victoria Falls
51. Save a life becoming a bone marrow donor
52. Take a selfie with your favorite celebrity
53. Stay a week at an overwater bungalow in Fiji
54. Learn how to play a musical instrument and perform in front of strangers
55. Go on a river cruise through Egypt
56. Make homemade ice cream with all your relatives at a family reunion
57. Learn how to fly on a trapeze at a circus school
58. Publish a book of your best recipes and gift copies to your friends
59. Take panorama pictures from the top of the London Eye and the Eiffel tower
60. Get a black belt in karate
61. Go on a camping trip in Alaska
62. Rent a boat along the Congo River
63. Kiss a dolphin
64. Learn how to fly a plane
65. See all the ancient wonders in Egypt
66. Have a conversation with a stranger in a foreign language
67. Sing the national anthem in front of 500 people
68. Star in a TV commercial
69. See lions, tigers and bears in the wild
70. Walk the entire length of the Great Wall of China
71. Swim to and stand behind a giant waterfall
72. Swim with sharks in Palau
73. Audition for a game show
74. Become the president of a community organization
75. Learn how to scuba dive
76. Help someone complete an item on their bucket list
77. Be a featured artist at a local gallery or business
78. Watch molten lava flows at an active volcano
79. Hike down the Grand Canyon, camp out overnight, and watch the sunrise
80. Ride a camel in the Sahara desert
81. Fly first class on an international flight that’s  at least 10 hours long
82. Take a picture of yourself every day for a year and turn them into a video
83. Rent an RV for a month
84. Go on a humanitarian trip to Africa
85. Sing karaoke solo in front of total strangers
86. Learn how to drive a stock car at Talladega Raceway
87. Attend the Iditarod sled races in Alaska
88. Spend the night in a Medieval castle
89. Revisit a favorite family vacation spot with all your siblings as adults
90. Win a state or national food/baking contest
91. Attend a movie premiere
92. Visit 100 countries
93. Attend the Super Bowl
94. Take a trip to see glaciers and polar bears
95. Climb Mt. Fuji with your best friend
96. Ride the top 10 highest roller coasters in the world
97. Buy a vacation property in your favorite getaway town
98. Get paid to quit your job!
99. Go on a safari
100. Retire early!

I hope I’ve given you some inspiration to create your own bucket list!

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