Here’s an update on the progress of my personal bucket list. Items I’ve done are crossed out. 27 out of 100 is pretty good!
- Start a blog.
- Fix an engine.
- Backpack through Europe.
- Attain a Black Belt in Karate.
- Learn to do a backflip.
- Swim with Dolphins.
- Learn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (in Brazil?). [I learned the Basics]
- Do a handstand push up in the middle of the room.
- Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway.
- Climb a Baobab tree.
- Perform 100 consecutive push ups.
- Perform a “muscle up.”
- Run a marathon.
- Ride a camel in Egypt.
- Ride an Elephant in Thailand.
- Study Tae Kwon Do.
- Scuba dive with Manta Rays.
- See a Whale Shark while snorkeling.
- Learn to surf.
- Learn to Eskimo roll a kayak.
- Be able to play 10 songs impeccably on guitar.
- Learn to walk across a Slackline.
- Commute on a Skateboard.
- Be able to sing in harmony.
- Play the lead role in a play and/or film.
- Give a “coffee shop concert”.
- Get a poem published.
- Become an author.
- Become an entrepreneur.
- Make six figures in a year.
- Give a six figure sum to charity.
- Sail a yacht to Hawaii.
- Sail around the Mediterranean in a Catamaran.
- Go on a kayak camping expedition in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
- Race in a dinghy regatta…and win.
- Learn Kendo in Japan.
- Live in my dream home.
- Decorate a room in said home with my own artwork.
- Take Golf lessons (in Scotland?)
Meditate for 10 straight days.- Visit Dharamsala India.
- Live in Valparaiso, Chile for a time.
- Live in Hawaii for a time.
- Climb Mt. Whitney
- See the Aurora Borealis.
- Spend at least a week in the wilderness.
- Go skydiving.
- Go Bungee Jumping.
- Whitewater raft down the Grand Canyon.
- Go Canyoneering.
- Go rock climbing.
- Fly in a wingsuit.
- Kayak surf in Central America.
- Go Kiteboarding.
- Go windsurfing with my Dad.
- Hike in the Swiss Alps, staying in a hut.
- Go heliskiing.
- Go Telemark backcountry skiing in Canada.
- Paraglide in Torrey Pines, Interlaken, or Chamonix.
- Go vagabonding in Central and South America.
- Read Emerson and Thoreau.
- Create a Muse, become location independent, and live the 4 Hour Work Week.
- Master the art of storytelling.
- Patent an incredible invention.
- Visit Antarctica.
- Help someone who is unable to repay me.
- Go on a “Volunteer Vacation”.
- Learn how to say a moving and powerful grace.
- Go paddle boarding.
- Learn to Salsa dance, and Tango in Latin America, and perform each publicly.
- Become conversationally fluent in Spanish.
- Race motorcycles (in Europe?)
- Become the most outgoing person I know.
- Perform 20 consecutive chin-ups.
- Become moved to tears by the simple beauty of nature.
- Meet the most vibrant, alive, and beautiful woman in the world.
- Master the art of simple conversation.
- Inspire others to live a simpler life, and become wealthier for it.
- Drive a Lamborghini.
- Make wine with my Dad.
- Do something that touches someone so much they cry.
- Spar with a professional level Cage Fighter and/or champion wrestler.
- Be able to do 10 pistol squats on each leg.
- Ride the Copper Canyon Train in Mexico.
- Get an article published in a magazine.
Meet a handful of my favorite authors.- Make women swoon.
- Take lessons in Spanish Guitar.
- Go surfing on the Isar river in Munich.
- Climb, then ski down Mt. Shasta.
- Live in New Zealand. Again.
- Witness a solar eclipse.
- Put a letter in a bottle. Throw it into the ocean.
- Climb 6 of The Seven Summits. (forget Everest!)
- Rescue an animal from a grim fate.
- Fast for three days. Nothing but water.
- Bike the Pacific Coast Highway.
- Attend the Olympics.
- Go to Oktoberfest.
- Milk a cow, then drink said milk.
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