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Self-Care Wisdom

What's on Your Bucket List?

8/3/2022

 
​What is a bucket list and how do you make one for yourself? Explore these bucket list ideas to create your bucket list.
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​A bucket list is a list of experiences one wants to have before they die. Often, a bucket list includes big accomplishments, travel, and fun things we’d like to experience in our lives. Given that engaging in positive activities is good for our well-being (Catalino, Algoe, & Fredrickson, 2014), checking off things on our bucket list may also be good for our well-being. Simple pleasures may be especially beneficial to our well-being since contentment is thought to be central to what it means to live a fulfilling life (​​Cordaro, Brackett, Glass, & Anderson, 2016).
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So, let’s get started exploring ideas so you can create your own bucket list.

Bucket List Ideas

​Here are some common things​ that might go on a bucket list:
  1. Go to college
  2. Fall in love
  3. Get married
  4. Find a job you enjoy
  5. Have kids
  6. Buy a house
  7. Become a grandparent
  8. Retire
For many people, travel is a big part of their bucket list. So here are some ideas that might involve travel.
  1. Swim with jellyfish
  2. Go on a cruise
  3. Stay at a bed and breakfast
  4. Go on safari
  5. Hike in a rainforest
  6. See penguins in their natural habitat
  7. Go to an aquarium
  8. Attend a luau
  9. Stay in a resort hotel
  10. Stay in an underwater hotel
  11. Stay in an ice hotel
  12. Travel in a train
  13. See all 7 continents
  14. Go wine tasting at a vineyard
  15. Visit a butterfly sanctuary
  16. Take a hot air balloon ride
  17. Live in a foreign country
  18. Visit all 50 US states
  19. Walk on a glacier
  20. Sit in a hot spring
  21. See the northern lights
  22. See redwood trees
  23. Go snorkeling
  24. Swim with the dolphins
  25. Learn how to hula
Is travel not really your jam? Here are some more fun bucket list ideas:
  1. Run a marathon
  2. Finish reading a classic novel
  3. Set a Guinness world record
  4. Go sky diving
  5. Go bungee jumping
  6. Go parasailing
  7. Ride a motorcycle
  8. Learn how to skateboard​
  9. Learn a different language
  10. Be in a parade
  11. Ride a mechanical bull
  12. Go skinny dipping
  13. See your favorite band in concert
  14. Go kayaking
  15. Learn some magic tricks
In addition to doing fun things, we may also have some career-related things we want to put on our bucket list. Maybe we want to climb the ranks in our job or make a certain amount of money. Here are some more ideas:
  1. Become an expert in your field
  2. Mentor someone
  3. Master a new work-related skill
  4. Speak at a conference or event
  5. Start a business
  6. Lead a major project
  7. Write a book
  8. Teach a workshop
  9. Take a job in another country
  10. Become a philanthropist
  11. Go back to school for your Master’s or PhD
  12. Become a millionaire
  13. Achieve financial independence
  14. Retire early
Finally, here are a few more unique things you might want to add to your bucket list:
  1. Support a cause that’s important to you
  2. Paint a painting
  3. Go green
  4. Host a natural disaster refugee
  5. Ride in a limo
  6. Go vegan for one month
  7. Try acupuncture
  8. Conquer a lifelong fear
  9. Dye your hair a crazy color
  10. Get a tattoo
  11. Get a six-pack
  12. Become a black belt in karate
  13. Reach your goal weight
  14. Knit a sweater
  15. Learn how to snowboard
  16. Learn how to ski
  17. Learn how to surf
  18. Learn how to code
  19. Learn how to play an instrument
  20. Learn how to drive a stick shift
  21. Go on a blind date
  22. Be on TV
  23. Eat at a Michelin star restaurant
  24. Build your dream home

Final Thoughts on Bucket Lists

Making a bucket list is a fun way to clarify which activities and experiences you think will bring you joy and life satisfaction. As long as you don’t get too caught up in feeling like you have to do them all, this list can help serve as a road map for creating a life you love.

References

  • Catalino, L. I., Algoe, S. B., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2014). Prioritizing positivity: An effective approach to pursuing happiness?. Emotion, 14(6), 1155.
  • Cordaro, D. T., Brackett, M., Glass, L., & Anderson, C. L. (2016). Contentment: Perceived completeness across cultures and traditions. Review of General Psychology, 20(3), 221-235.

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