The List

A little introduction here: I am 22 years old; born and raised in Ohio. I wanted to create a "Bucket List", but I think that they have a gloomy air around them. Instead, I wanted to make a list of things I want to do while I'm alive: the things that every person says "I'll do that" to but never actually does. Granted, I realized that I wanted to do these things because I lost my dad to cancer when he was only 45, and I was only 17, so I figured I should get in as many things as possible as soon as possible. This list is my quest to fulfill a full life. Some things will be basic and some will involve deep emotions. Some will require intense physical training, while others will require time and money (and will of course :P).

Here we go!


  1. Graduate High School
    2.
  2. Graduate College
  3. Get a Master's Degree
  4. Enjoy my job
  5. If I don't enjoy my job, quit.
  6. Go to the top of the Empire State Building
  7. Go to the top of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower)
  8. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
  9. Ride the "Tallest Rollercoaster in the World"
  10. Set foot on all seven continents
  11. Help someone broken down on the side of the road
  12. Go white water rafting
  13. White water raft through the Grand Canyon
  14. Go canoeing
  15. Go kayaking
  16. Go skydiving
  17. Solve a Rubik's Cube
  18. Go snorkeling
  19. Go Scuba Diving
  20. Scuba dive at the Great Barrier Reef
  21. Own a pet
  22. Complete a marathon
  23. Complete a mud run
  24. Run a marathon on all seven continents
  25. Complete the Ironman 70.3 (Half Ironman Triathlon)
  26. Complete the full Ironman Triathlon
  27. Change someone's life
  28. Save a life
  29. Spend the night in an igloo
  30. Swim in Devil's Pool (atop Victoria Falls)
  31. Aurora Borealis
  32. Grand Canyon
  33. Paricutin (Mexico)
  34. Victoria Falls (Zambia/Zimbabwe)
  35. Mount Everest
  36. Great Barrier Reef
  37. Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
  38. Amazon Rain Forest
  39. Galapagos Islands
  40. Mt. Fuji
  41. Iguassu Falls
  42.  Angel Falls
  43. Visit Mt. Rushmore
  44. Visit Yellowstone National Park
  45. See a wild polar bear
  46. Gamble in Las Vegas
  47. Party in the streets of New Orleans, LA
  48. Attend Karnival in Cologne, Germany
  49. Attend Rio Carnival in Brazil
  50. Go to a professional football game
  51. Go to a professional baseball game
  52. Go to a European professional soccer game
  53. Go to a professional basketball game
  54. Attend the Olympic Games
  55. Attend the Super Bowl
  56. Attend a NASCAR race
  57. Go to a professional hockey game
  58. Visit Yosemite National Park
  59. Visit the Everglades National Park
  60. Go to Walt Disney World
  61. Go to Disneyland in a foreign country
  62. Travel to all 50 United States
  63. Visit Volcano National Park
  64. Visit Mount McKinley
  65. Visit Niagara Falls
  66. Visit Mammoth Caves
  67. Visit Death Valley National Park
  68. Visit Arches National Park
  69. Visit Crater National Park
  70. Visit Glacier National Park
  71. Visit Great Sand Dunes National Park
  72. Visit Redwoods National Park
  73. Visit Sequoia National Park
  74. Get in the Guinness Book of World Records
  75. Go deep sea fishing and eat what you catch
  76. Go bungee jumping (Royal Gorge Bridge)
  77. Become a collector of something you find interesting
  78. Cross a country on bicycle
  79. Learn to speak another language fluently
  80. Visit the resting place of an iconic person
  81. Drive a Ferrari
  82. Drive the Great Ocean Road in Australia
  83. Drive on Route 66
  84. Drive on the Autobahn in Germany
  85. Climb Pacaya (an active volcano in Guatemala)
  86. Attend Oktoberfest in Munich or Frühlingsfest in Stuttgart
  87. Fly a plane
  88. Watch the sunset
  89. Watch the sunrise
  90. Witness a solar eclipse
  91. Witness a lunar eclipse
  92. Stargaze at the Atacama Desert in Chile
  93. Volunteer for an organization for several years in a row
  94. Spend time with my grandparents
  95. Spend time with my aunts, uncles, and cousins
  96. Get married
  97. Have children
  98. Be a children's sport coach or assistant coach
  99. Watch a rocket launch
  100. Learn to dance a specific style
  101. Take a hot air balloon ride
  102. Learn to do the Scorpion Pose (Yoga)
  103. Learn to do a handstand
  104. Write a book
  105. Visit and tour a castle
  106. Visit Neuschwanstein Castle
  107. Ride a gondola in Venice, Italy
  108. See the Leaning Tower of Pisa
  109. Visit the Colosseum
  110. Visit Olympia (site of the original Olympic Games)
  111. See and touch a blue ice glacier
  112. Go to Stonehenge
  113. Kiss the Blarney Stone
  114. Attend the Running of the Bulls
  115. Ride all of the roller coasters at Cedar Point
  116. Go on an African Safari
  117. Milk a cow
  118. Start a fire by rubbing sticks together
  119. Ascend the Statue of Liberty
  120. Ascend One World Trade Center
  121. Pay my respects at the 9/11 Memorial
  122. Work at a job focused around customer service
  123. Visit Machu Picchu
  124. Swim with dolphins
  125. Walk along the Great Wall of China
  126. See the Berlin Wall in Berlin
  127. Ride an elephant
  128. Be part of an Improvise Happiness Flash Mob (or something similar)
  129. Break glass with a ball-peen hammer
  130. Restore a car
  131. Build my own car
  132. Go CouchSurfing
  133. Ride in a car with a "ride share" program with someone you've never met before
  134. Leave a big tip for excellent service
  135. Pay for someone else's meal
  136. Eat something extravagant
  137. Kayak in the Bioluminescent Bay of Fajardo, Puerto Rico
  138. Be a movie extra
  139. Ride a segway
  140. Tour the White House
  141. Send something into space
  142. Learn CPR
  143. Donate blood
  144. Attend a movie midnight premier
  145. Play around in a 24 hour store between 3-5 in the morning
  146. Shop on Black Friday
  147. Go to a Drive-in Movie Theater
  148. Participate in a Polar Bear Plunge
  149. Pet a live Tiger
  150. Go whale watching
  151. Hold a Koala
  152. See a wild kangaroo
  153. Shoot a gun
  154. See the Mona Lisa in person
  155. Shake hands with the President of the United States
  156. Make something that you consider art
  157. Visit the Auschwitz Concentration Camp
  158. Hike the Appalachian Trail
  159. See Christ the Redeemer in Brazil
  160. Visit Moscow
  161. Help someone else fulfill a goal
  162. Buy a house
  163. Walk the Golden Gate Bridge
  164. Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
  165. Ascend the Space Needle in Washington
  166. Visit the Smithsonian Museums
  167. Cook something from scratch
  168. Visit a United States Embassy
  169. Be in Times Square for New Years Eve
  170. Take a ride in a cart pulled by an animal
  171. Eat S'mores at a bonfire with someone who has never had them
  172. Be a part of a wedding party
  173. Complete a videogame from start to finish
  174. Complete a TV series in order from start to finish
  175. Watch a movie marathon
  176. Walk across a glacier
  177. Go to a world renowned technology conference
  178. Take a photography class
  179. Perfect a magic trick
  180. Go zip-lining
  181. Go tubing, skiing, or wake boarding behind a boat
  182. Ski in the Alps
  183. See "Old Faithful" at Yellowstone National Park
  184. Sleep in a hammock
  185. Sleep underneath the stars
  186. Shave your head
  187. Go skinny dipping
  188. Grow out your beard for one month
  189. Be a member of the audience for a TV Show
  190. Participate on a gameshow
  191. Write a letter to someone who changed your life telling them you appreciate it
  192. Shower in a waterfall
  193. Go one week without technology
  194. Write my living will
  195. Cry uncontrollably
  196. Create a scholarship fund honoring someone
  197. Eat something YOU grew in YOUR garden
  198. Attend a huge rock concert
  199. Attend a huge country concert
  200. Attend a concert for a lesser known band
  201. Catch a foul ball at a baseball game
  202. Do a flip off of a diving board
  203. Listen to an album from beginning to end
  204. Go sledding
  205. Learn to play a song on an instrument
  206. Go on a mission trip
  207. Live in a hotel for at 10 days or more
  208. Help someone dig their car out of snow
  209. Live in a foreign country for at least 6 months
  210. Work in a foreign country
  211. Build a tree house
  212. Give up your seat for someone else
  213. Attend the calling hours for someone you didn't know to support a friend
  214. Sleep outside for a week
  215. Drive over 100mph
  216. Build a log cabin
  217. Chop down a tree
  218. Give someone a massage and not expect anything in return
  219. Run electricity to a light or outlet
  220. Tip over someone else's canoe
  221. Flip your canoe right-side up
  222. Prepare dinner for a holiday meal
  223. Teach someone a new skill
  224. Help someone jumpstart their car

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