158 Bucket List Ideas
Do Something New
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I was trying to reframe my mindset this morning and looked up new things I could do today to kick-start my enthusiasm for life.
I read several listicles online and found a lot of repetition and generic activities. I also only found one or two things I haven’t done. So, I decided to write my own list.
Below are ideas for (possibly new) things to try.
Some of these are not pandemic-friendly (obviously travel and other group items will have to wait until after Covid), but planning a trip for when it is possible can kick start a whole set of actions — saving money, travel research, excitement, participation in online groups, etc.
So, here goes:
1. Go zip lining
2. Run a 5K
3. Run a 10K
4. Run a 10K at 10,000 feet (aka Leadville)
5. Try glass blowing
6. Take a glass blowing course
7. Create and post a YouTube video about something you enjoy
8. Create a website
9. Start a business (it could be an Etsy shop!)
10. Make jewelry and wear and/or sell it
11. Learn the names and metaphysical properties of 100 crystals
12. Go skinny dipping with a large group of hippies
13. Participate in a sweat lodge
14. Get a mantra from a Hindu guru (regardless of your faith)
15. Buy a deck of tarot cards
16. Get an astrology reading
17. Take a new language course
18. Visit the Sydney Opera House
19. Master snowboarding
20. Try surfing (and catch a wave)
21. Complete an undergraduate degree
22. Complete a master’s degree
23. Meditate with like-minded people
24. Go to India
25. Stay in an ashram
26. Get certified to teach yoga
27. Take a tai chi course
28. Teach a yoga or tai chi course
29. Write a script for a tv pilot episode (sending to an agent optional)
30. Try an assortment of essential oils
31. Try a vaginal steam (or another type of grooming for males)
32. Kiss a stranger in an airport
33. Role play with a stranger that you are bf/gf for 3 hours during a flight layover (okay, this is really specific; this could be role play with your bf/gf in a location of your choice…)
34. Take a trip around the world (literally — an around the world airline ticket)
35. Drive across the United States
36. Work on a cruise ship (also specific, this could be take a cruise or a boat ride)
37. See an active volcano in person
38. Ride in a helicopter
39. Create a piece of art, frame it, and hang it in your home
40. Take an international trip (or two!) by yourself
41. Take an international trip with someone you love
42. Visit a black sand beach
43. Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef
44. Read 10+ books every year (or in my case, try to keep it down to 10!)
45. Learn about and practice daily energy hygiene
46. Take a course in wild edible plants
47. Go on a plant walk with an herbalist
48. Donate money or time regularly to a cause you believe in
49. Get a pet (or two!)
50. Try different types of meditation practices
51. Buy a house
52. Purchase an RV
53. Try living in an RV
54. Go dancing at a club
55. Try kombucha
56. Go to a Broadway show
57. Go to an opera at the Met in NYC
58. Meet and get an autograph from one of your favorite celebrities
59. See Michelangelo’s David
60. Hug someone and tell them you love them
61. Learn about tantra
62. Eat a wild mushroom (picked by someone who knows about these things)
63. Change your diet for a while and see how you feel (go vegan, raw, or whatever appeals)
64. Consistently keep a journal
65. Write a list of your fears and accept them
66. Learn about Feng Shui and re-arrange your living space (or even make a couple of small changes)
67. Color your hair
68. Buy an expensive piece of clothing (not to impress others, just because you love it!)
69. Look in the mirror and tell yourself you are beautiful/handsome
70. Accept a compliment without trying to dismiss it
71. Stay at a nudist resort with friends (not “clothing optional”!)
72. Take an outdoor shower in the nude
73. Sunbathe in the nude
74. Have fun with a partner outdoors
75. Try a session in a Harmonic Egg, flotation chamber, or similar experience
76. Use your imagination to take a mental fantasy trip with a loved one
77. Go camping in a tent
78. Cook dinner for 20+ people (post pandemic…)
79. Watch the sunrise
80. Visit the Greek Islands
81. Visit a favorite landmark in NYC
82. Help build a home with Habitat for Humanity
83. Cook a meal for the homeless (every month!)
84. Host an English-style formal tea for friends or family (and make traditional treats!)
85. Have formal tea in a restaurant (such as Claridge’s in London or the Whitby in NYC)
86. Hang out with a monk or swami, listen to them
87. Take an active listening course
88. Attend a kirtan
89. Read the New Testament (regardless of your religious beliefs)
90. Read the Bhagavad Gita (regardless of your religious beliefs)
91. Read the Native American Code of Ethics (regardless of your religious beliefs)
92. Read anything by Joseph Campbell
93. Attend a program at a local state park
94. Buy stock in a company you believe in (Robinhood lets you buy partial shares)
95. Visit the Grand Canyon
96. Visit Yosemite
97. Attend the Sundance Film Festival
98. Learn how to write a movie script
99. Make a custom-made stuffed animal without using a sewing pattern
100. Talk to a tree
101. Sing to a plant or animal
102. Talk to the stars
103. Send gratitude to the Sun
104. Get a massage
105. Get a mud wrap
106. Get acupuncture
107. Try cupping
108. Take an Epsom salt bath (every week!)
109. Organize your office (home or work)
110. Sleep somewhere unusual (safely of course)
111. Go to the Olympics
112. Work with a nutritionist
113. Buy a raw food cookbook and try several recipes
114. Drink celery juice every morning for a month
115. Try a private sound healing session
116. Take a fermentation class
117. Participate in a mead circle (hint: you might have to go to Asheville, NC for this one)
118. Stay in a hostel (optional: in the forest…check out one in GA)
119. Share something really honest and vulnerable about yourself with another person
120. Take a belly dancing class
121. Take a chakra dancing class
122. Get a tattoo or piercing (a temporary tattoo or henna can count!)
123. Start a blog
124. Tell someone you love them
125. Forgive yourself for something you think was a mistake (hint: there really are no “mistakes,” generally speaking)
126. Attend a painting class
127. Sponsor a kid to go to space camp
128. Commit to establishing internal peace and start doing practices to help you
129. Decide to end a habit that is no longer helping you and create a plan to help you stick to change
130. Buy some new socks and drop them off at a homeless shelter
131. Go swimming in a natural hot spring
132. Barter with someone for something (trade goods or services without money)
133. Smile at a stranger
134. Give someone a compliment
135. Create a family cookbook of favorite recipes and give it as a gift at the holidays
136. Watch a foreign film with subtitles
137. Write a script for the rest of your life (starting with where you are today and imagine the most desirable possible future — listen to your heart!)
138. Visit a famous historical battle site and learn something about conflict; pay respects to the dead
139. Eat with chopsticks
140. Book a photographer to take some professional pictures of you — just to have
141. Play a (kind) joke on someone (consider their feelings and do something they will think is funny)
142. Bake brownies and leave them on your neighbor’s doorstep with a nice note
143. Visit a museum
144. Visit a planetarium
145. Study numerology
146. Eat a picnic in the forest
147. Braid someone’s hair
148. Make smores
149. Create a plan for reducing your carbon footprint
150. Go to a therapist and talk out something that has been challenging you emotionally
151. Go ice skating
152. Drive a motorcycle (with help or lessons if needed…)
153. Visit a cave
154. Try kayaking
155. Ride a horse
156. Celebrate the changing of the seasons for a full year cycle
157. Sing in front of someone
158. Join a caroling or wassailing group (a choir or acapella group could count)
I did find one online bucket list site that interested me. I have not included their ideas on my list, so if you are interested, you can check it out here. (Not a promotional link, just something I found online and like.)
Also, the 158 items listed above are all things I have done. (Numbers 84 and 137 are two of my favorites. I love tea and I just wrote my life script and it is pretty awesome…)
I am working on my own bucket list and may publish that later. If you have any ideas, please leave a comment!
