Recently, someone near and dear to me had a close call with death. Thankfully, he was given more time another chance at life. This gave me a new view on my on life. I decided to take a look at all the things that I wanted to carry out, experience, achieve and enjoy. I gave myself 30 minutes only.
Here is my bucket list.
- Write a book
- Take singing lessons
- Sing The Star Spangled Banner at a baseball game
- Take my grandmother on a cruise
- Build or buy a house
- Finish college
- Marry the one I love
- Bungee Jump
- Own my own on business
- See my kids through college
- Star in a movie
- Give an Academy Award
- Go back to Munich
- Hitchhike across United States
- Take my kids to Disney World
- Travel the world
- Own a convertible
- Meet the president
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Go to a spa
- Go to a nude resort
- Buy some land
- Party with a rock star
- Build my grandmother a house
- Start a greenhouse
- Start a worldwide fundraiser for charity
- Get in shape
- Quit smoking
- Invent something
- Win the lottery
- Put back enough money for all 3 of my children for cars, college, weddings, land, and their first home.
- Give a political speech
- Throw a surprise party
- Something special for my mom, step-dad, and all my brothers and sisters
- Something special for the rest of my family
- Go to the Kentucky Derby
- Do something nice for a total stranger
- Save a starving child
- Be on a reality t.v. show
- Dance in a rap video
- Star in a rock video
- Learn to play golf
- Go to a hockey game
- Write a song that becomes #1
- Go skinny dipping at midnight anywhere the ocean is crystal clear blue
- Stay the summer with my kids on an exotic island
- Make my own wine
- Take a shower in a waterfall
- Write the story of my life
- Tell kids and family I love them as often as possible
- Be well-known for good reasons
- Send a message in a bottle
- Kiss the Barney Stone
- Swim with Dolphins
- Learn to play tennis
- Learn to play the harmonica
- Vacation the South of France with family
- Stay the weekend at a casino
- Ride a camel
- Model for a magazine
- Be a mentor
- Start a charity concert
- Give someone my autograph
- Learn to love myself
- Do something nice for someone daily
- Sail on a yacht
- Go to Aspen
- Have a backyard plant garden with a hanging bed, treehouse, and personal get-away
- Meet someone famous
- Give an award
- receive an award
- Take my children to all national parks and camp in every one
- Take them to Washington D.C.
- Sing in a church choir
- Be my best everyday
- Visit American troops
- Write the names of people on the back of all my grandmothers black and white photos
- Be influential
- Go to the Superbowl
- Throw a major party
- Take a weekend trip with each of my children one at a time
- Spend New Year’s Eve at Times Square
- Take my kids to see Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
- Donate money to a group home of mentally challenged adults so that they may go somewhere on vacation they have never been.
- Go to a party at the Playboy Mansion
- Write a famous Broadway Play and Star in it
- Pour concrete for a sidewalk and me and my children walk in it and put our handprints
- Play in the rain with my kids
- Record old stories from my grandmother and her sisters childhood as told by her
- Pose for a painting of our family portrait
- Have a family picture with my mom, step-dad, brothers, sisters, in-laws and all our children
- Have a picture of my children made with my grandmother and her sisters
- Bury a time capsule
- Learn how to cook like Martha Stewart
- Learn how to Sew
- Be able to tell the one I love and let go that I am sorry and explain why and the words come out right
- Dance on Stage
- Pose for a nude painting
- Sleep on a hammock on the beach
- Own a cottage on the beach
What are some of the things you would like to do before you die? Give yourself 30 minutes so you do not have time to back out of an idea. Comment back with a link to your own. I would love to read yours!
How long did it take you to come up with your list?
I gave myself a 30 minute time limit. The idea was not to create some crazy list that never got checked off. The idea was free the mind to the fact that anything is possible!
Cool stuff (:
Really love #62!
Thank you very much!! I’ve always wanted to be able to do #62!!
I know people who would like to do No 45, No 48, No 82 and No 98 but if you knew them you would want to wipe the thoughts straight from their heads !
I have been in class all day long and I want to Thank You for making my day!! I needed that laugh after U.S. History 2, Web Development, and Algebra!! That was great! Thanks Again!!
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