Monday, June 6, 2011

My Bucket List

Back at the beginning of January, I sat down and thought that I would come up with some new years resolutions. Well, honestly I think they are kind of silly. I think you can come up with resolutions just about any time you want. So I decided to go a different route.

Sometime last year I heard someone say that they had a list of 100 goals for their life. I thought this was kind of a cool idea. I had a list of 21 things I wanted to do before I'm 21, but that's not going to happen since I've got less than two months and lots of stuff to still do. Having a bucket list for the rest of my life sounds good though. No deadlines. So, instead of making a list of new years resolutions, I've spent the last five months brainstorming 100 things I want to do before I die. I've got the rest of my life to do them. Ready, set, GO.


  1. Graduate from college. [Dec 2011]
  2. Get my motorcycle license.
  3. Learn how to hot wire a car.
  4. Marry my best friend in the temple.
  5. Learn how to hip hop dance.
  6. Make an awesome quilt.
  7. Build a bookshelf that is usable.
  8. Publish a story.
  9. Bake a cake from scratch, successfully.
  10. Eat an entire pizza.
  11. Milk a cow.
  12. Zip line through a rainforest.
  13. Eat real sushi in Japan.
  14. Go to Disney World/Land.
  15. Ride a double-decker bus through London.
  16. Be in a movie.
  17. Buy a house.
  18. Change the oil in my car.
  19. Have children.
  20. Ride a roller coaster 10 times in a row.
  21. Go on a cross country road trip, purely with sightseeing intentions.
  22. Learn how to shoot a bow and arrow.
  23. Mix together a huge tub of cornstarch and water to play in.
  24. Be an EFY counselor.
  25. Become a snowboarder.
  26. Run a half marathon.
  27. Do a triathlon.
  28. Read all of the Newberry winners.
  29. Read all the Caldecott winners.
  30. Go para-sailing.
  31. Own a convertible.
  32. Watch all 6 Star Wars movies in one day.
  33. Learn how to proficiently play the guitar.
  34. Learn how to proficiently play the ukulele.
  35. Be able to play hymns on the piano.
  36. Have a dog.
  37. Make out in an elevator.
  38. Go on a cruise.
  39. Know every word to every Family Force 5 song.
  40. Learn how to Latin dance.
  41. Read all of Shakespeare's plays.
  42. Touch a cloud.
  43. Go scuba diving.
  44. Be able to write legibly with my left hand.
  45. Work at a library.
  46. Coast all the way down 9th East in neutral (from about Heritage to Golds Gym). [June 2011]
  47. Toilet paper someone's house.
  48. Take pictures in a photo booth. [September 2011]
  49. Catch the bouquet at a wedding. [sorta... August 2013]
  50. Become a fully licensed teacher (not just "provisional").
  51. Eat a half gallon of ice cream in one sitting.
  52. Learn how to do a back hand spring.
  53. See a ballet in Russia.
  54. Visit all 50 states.
  55. Visit all of the continents (Antarctica not included).
  56. Go for a hot air balloon ride.
  57. Be able to walk on my hands.
  58. Sit first class on an airplane.
  59. Ride on a private jet.
  60. Shake the prophet's hand.
  61. Eat an entire rack of ribs.
  62. Go in every building on campus.
  63. Read all of Jane Austen's novels.
  64. Hike Mount Timpanogos.
  65. Stand on top of the Kimball Tower.
  66. Write a memoir.
  67. Read all 7 Harry Potter books in one week.
  68. Ride on a train as a form of real transportation.
  69. Watch all the Lord of the Rings movies in one sitting.
  70. See the aurora borealis.
  71. Go play in the sand dunes.
  72. Have my picture taken with a celebrity.
  73. Bury a time capsule.
  74. Learn how to frown. [2012]
  75. Live in a foreign country for at least six months.
  76. Catch a fish. [September 2013]
  77. Karaoke. [July 28, 2011]
  78. See a movie in 3D. [October 2011]
  79. Indoor skydiving.
  80. Go to the Bean Museum.
  81. Go to a planetarium.
  82. Ride a mechanical bull.
  83. Learn how to circle breathe.
  84. Donate my hair to Locks of Love.
  85. Ride in a helicopter.
  86. Tie dye a shirt. [June 2011]
  87. Splatter paint something awesome.
  88. Give up something for Lent.
  89. Take a picture of myself every day for one year.
  90. Make a tin can telephone.
  91. Watch Titanic.
  92. Sneak milk and cereal into the movie theater. [June 2011]
  93. Learn how to do the worm.
  94. Get a hickey.
  95. Chinese fire drill.
  96. Be on the radio.
  97. Ride in a limo.
  98. Stay in a hotel suite in Vegas.
  99. Go to the Smithsonian.
  100. Go skinny dipping.

2 comments:

  1. You've inspired me to add to mine, I only have 85 things. I'll have to show you mine. :)

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