My Bucket List

Things to do before I die; items in bold – completed.

This is an ongoing list, I will try to add one adventure for every one I cross off so check back often to see what I’ve done…

Adventure:

• Go Skydiving
• Go Scuba Diving
• Go Snorkeling
• Ride a camel
• Ride an elephant
• Ride in a helicopter
• Ride in a hot air balloon
• Swim with dolphins
• Swim with sharks
• Swim with stingrays
• Go white water rafting
• Go hang gliding
• Go jet skiing
• Jump from a cliff into deep water
• Fly in a blimp
• Go on a canopy tour (zip line)
• Go fire walking
• Go rock climbing
• Go parasailing
• Go on safari
• Mush a Dog Sled
• Bungee Jump
• Run with the bulls
• Visit an active volcano

Career/Creativity:

• Perform in a play/musical on Broadway
• Go to the Oscars – as a nominee and WIN
• Go to the Emmys – as a nominee and WIN
• Go to the Tonys – as a nominee and WIN
• Get paid to do stand-up comedy
• Write a One-Man Show ala Freak
• Write a travel book
• Write a comic book
• Be a Regular on a sitcom
• Be in a series of TV commercials
• Be in a series of NATIONAL commercials
• Host a TV Show

Community:

• March on Washington
• Help plan a March on Washington
• Get arrested for a cause

Just for Fun:

• Ride a gondola in Venice
• Ride a mechanical bull
• Ride a parade float as Grand Marshall
• Fire a pistol
• See a Solar eclipse
• See a Lunar eclipse
• See the aurora borealis
• Win big in Vegas
• Fly first class
• Sit in the audience of The David Letterman Show
• See every show that opens on Broadway (2003/09 season) 
• Get rid of clutter and only keep what matters most

Learning / Education:

• Learn to knit
• Learn wine appreciation
• Learn to play the Saxophone
• Learn Spanish
• Learn American Sign Language
• Learn to build a website from scratch
• Learn the art of photography
• Learn to can/jar

Money/Finances:

• Pay off all debt
• Open IRA
• Buy a twelve story building in NYC

The “Out-There” Dreams:

• Be a contestant on The Amazing Race
• Be a contestant on Survivor
• Be a contestant on a game show
• Host Saturday Night Live
• Release an album
• Be interviewed on Oprah
• Be Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
• Have a street named after me
• Be inducted into a Hall of Fame
• Be awarded a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Make the front page of the newspaper
• Be interviewed on The Today Show
• Have and E! True Hollywood Story

Personal:

• Get a tattoo
• Try out a new profession in a different field
• Identify someone who has inspired you the most in your life. Let him/her know how much he/she has inspired you
• Make a difference in someone’s life
• Change the world
• Have my portrait painted

Self-improvement/Health:

• Lose 25 lbs
• Lose 50 lbs
• Lose 75 lbs
• Make my goal weight and maintain it
• Quit smoking
• Have Health Insurance

Sports:

• Attend a World Series Baseball Game
• Join a bowling league
• Attend the Olympics

Time of Year:

• Times Square on New Year’s Eve
• New Orleans @ Mardi Gras
• Rio @ Carnival
• Germany @ Octoberfest

Travel:

• Pack my bags and set off to a random location with no itinerary planned
• Go on a trip around-the-world
• Visit all seven Continents

• Africa
• Antarctica
• Asia
• Australia
• Europe
• North America
• South America

Visit all 50 of the United States:

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Travel – Sites to See:

• Niagara Falls, NY & Canada
• The Grand Canyon, Arizona
• The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
• Pike Place Market, Seattle
• Empire State Building, NYC
• Statue of Liberty, NYC
• Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
• The Gateway Arch
• Hoover Dam
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial
• Visit all US National Parks
• La Brea Tar Pits
• The Amazon rain forest, Brazil
• Victoria Falls, Africa
• The Galapagos Archipelago
• St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican, Rome
• The Acropolis, Greece
• The Moai Statues of Easter Island, Chile
• The Kremlin, Russia
• The Church Of The Spilled Blood, Russia
• The Pyramds of Giza, Egypt
• Stonehenge, United Kingdom
• The Sydney Opera House, Australia
• The Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, England
• The Parthenon, Greece
• Machu Picchu, Peru
• The Coliseum in Rome
• Petra, Jordan
• Christ Redeemer, Brazil
• The Great Wall of China
• Chichen Itza, Mexico
• The Taj Mahal, India
• Bora Bora
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
• The Eiffel Tower, France
• The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
• The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
• The Nasca Lines, Peru
• The CN Tower, Canada
• The Panama Canal, Panama
• The Channel Tunnel, England
• The Petronas Towers, Malaysia
• The Louvre, France
• The Hermitage, Russia

You’ll notice a lot of the items on my list have to to with travel, I can’t help it, I’ve got a bad case of the wanderlust… creating my bucket list was hard work; while compiling it I found these websites to be quite helpful:

• The Personal Excellence Blog
• Bucket Lists
• Squidoo
• Kickass Lifestyle
• The Abundance Blog
• One Hundred Things To Do

What do you want to do before you die?