I figured since I’ve talked about my Life’s To Do List before, that I’d share it with you, along with the basics of how to make a bucket list, to help you get started on one for the New Year.
Remember, this list is ever evolving and changing. I add things. I delete things. In my physical, Life’s To Do List Journal, I keep pictures and memorabilia from things I have checked off.
Your list should serve as a reminder of the things you have done and the things left to do. Write it all down – silly, serious, simple – doesn’t matter, and then choose where to begin. And you can begin anywhere. I crossed off many other items before crossing off #1.
Lastly, don’t forget to take pictures, keep ticket stubs, and paste them into a journal to look through every once in a while as a reminder of how lucky you are and of how good life has been.
If anyone would like to help me fulfill any of the items on my list, I’ll gladly take you up on your offer! ✓
What will be on your list?
P.S. Accepting that you can’t do all of the amazing things in life.
1. Get married ✓
2. Have children ✓
3. Have success
4. Make another film ✓
5. Learn to sail
6. Visit Maine ✓
7. Ride in a float in a parade ✓
8. Volunteer ✓
9. Karaoke…LOUDLY ✓
10. Dance on a bar ✓
11. Get a dog ✓
12. Be in love in Paris
13. See Europe ✓
14. and then go back
15. See the Eiffel Tower ✓
16. Learn the guitar
17. Do something I’m terrified of ✓
18. Go horseback riding
19. Ride on a firetruck
20. Ride on a mechanical bull ✓
21. Take a trip by myself
22. Rent a house with friends ✓
23. Swallow my pride ✓
24. Go to Cuba ✓
25. Take up a sport ✓
26. Publish my writing ✓
27. Take a road trip ✓
28. Meet Paulo Coelho
29. See the Pyramids
30. Make a difference (even if small) ✓
31. Attend a Yankee’s vs. Red Sox game ✓
32. See an opera ✓
33. Earn my Master’s
34. Sing on stage ✓
35. Vegas Baby! ✓
36. Attend one of those fancy NYC parties (or other hot city) ✓
37. Stay at the Waldorf Astoria or The Plaza (or both!)
38. Give back ✓
39. Write my family’s story
40. Write a novel
41. Hold an Oscar or other fancy award ✓
42. Ride a camel
43. Visit Africa on safari
44. Swing on a trapeze ✓
45. Stay at an Ice Hotel
46. See the Mona Lisa in person ✓
47. Sleep on a beach overnight
48. Get my own star ✓
49. Adopt a pet ✓
50. Work on an ice cream truck ✓
51. Hear Jesse’s Girl (Rick Springfield) LIVE ✓
52. Hear Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen) LIVE ✓
53. Ride in a police car ✓
54. Go to a drive-in
55. Visit Savannah, Georgia
56. Go to a DMB concert out of state ✓
57. Visit Charleston, South Carolina
58. See all 7 Wonders of the World:
-Chichenitza [Mexico]
-Taj Mahal [India]
-Petra [Jordan]
-Christ the Redeemer [Brazil] ✓
-Colosseum [Italy] ✓
-Great Wall of China [China],
-Machu Pichu [Peru]
59. Take an RV/van camping
60. Climb the “Rocky” stairs ✓
61. Attend a DMB concert that goes on LIVE CD ✓
62. Line dance
63. See the Grand Canyon
64. Go on a for realsies sleigh ride
65. Oktoberfest in Germany
66. Carnival in Rio
67. Drink a beer out of a stein ath the original “beer garden” – Hofbräuhaus ✓
68. Picnic in central park ✓
69. Drive cross-country
70. Visit the Christmas Village (in PA or Germany)
71. Ice skate at Rockefeller Center under the tree
72. Learn to Tango ✓
73. Go to a political convention
74. Visit Montreal
75. Plant a tree ✓
76. Have an adult sleepover with friends ✓
77. Donate my hair to Locks of Love
78. See a movie opening night ✓
79. Visit God family in Texas ✓
80. Go on vacation with my sister
81. Visit the Hamptons
82. Visit all 7 continents:
North America ✓
South America ✓
Europe ✓
Asia
Australia
Antartica
Africa
83. Climb a tree
84. Go to Coney Island
85. Walk on Beale Street (Memphis) ✓
86. Sing at Carnegie Hall
87. Attend the music festival at New Orleans
88. Walk for a cause
89. Drink wine in a French Château ✓
90. Gondola ride in Venice ✓
91. Go dogsledding
92. Grape stomping
93. Play Santa for Christmas ✓
94. Kiss under a mistletoe
95. Go to Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day (do they celebrate that there?)
96. Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
97. Meet Oprah
98. Teach at the college level
99. Design my own pair of shoes
100. Create a vision board
101. Pay off my credit card debt ✓
102. Walk in the Colosseum ✓
103. Go to a boxing match
104. Help Habitat for Humanity
105. Take a nap under a tree
106. Work at a soup kitchen
107. Teach Beckett to salsa dance
108. Get certified and teach a Zumba class
109. Live in a different country ✓
110. Live in Europe
111. Be part of a dance flash mob
112. Take a trolley in San Francisco
