Bucket List

Basic bucket list ideas

Bucket list items may be of any kind. Your bucket list will likely mix many different things. Some basic things almost everyone strives to achieve and very personal and significant achievements.

Let’s focus on things that are natural for the course of life of many of us. They are basic for most societies, but if something on the following list doesn’t seem good for you – skip it (except for school, maybe).

1. Graduate from high school.
2. Go to college or university to pursue higher education.
3. Learn a new language.
4. Find the love of your life.
5. Have children.
6. Buy a house.
7. Buy a car.
8. Get a perfect job.
9. Have a successful career or establish a successful business.
10. Be the best version of yourself.

Summer bucket list ideas

Your bucket list may be for a shorter term than a lifetime. After our childhood, when summer was our most beloved time of the year because of school vacations, the only time we belonged to ourselves, we keep postponing all plans to summer. That’s why having a little bucket list for this time may be a good idea. Some of these things may seem too insignificant compared to your life-long goals. Or they may be relevant only for these three months, but it will be a sin not to do them.

So, what can one put on their summer bucket list? Here are some ideas to use or develop.

1. Go on a road trip with friends.
2. Attend a music festival or concert.
3. Go camping or hiking.
4. Visit a new city or country.
5. Attend an outdoor movie screening.
6. Watch the stars in the night sky.
7. Explore new places in your own city or country.
8. Visit a museum or exhibition.
9. Watch sunsets and sundowns on the roof.
10. Try yourself in extreme sport (but carefully).
11. Discover new passion.
12. Plan an event with your friends to summarise you beautiful summer.
13. Gain new experiences.
14. Find new hobbies.
15. Go on small adventures with your best friend.

Family bucket list ideas

Spending more time with your family is always an admirable goal. Building plans together keeps you closer to your relatives. You have a subject to discuss, and then you have memories to reflect upon together. That’s why a separate bucket list for your family is a good idea as well.

We have a couple of ideas to help you create your own.

1. Go on a family camping trip.
2. Have family game nights.
3. Start to grow vegetables and fruits together.
4. Create a family time capsule.
5. Have family movie nights.
6. Capture all special moments together.
7. Visit new cities or countries together.
8. Have regular dinners out every time in new places.
9. Go on a hot air balloon ride.
10. Take a dog or cat from a shelter.
11. Cook food you all like together.
12. Travel around the world with your loved ones.
13. Transform your yard or living room into a cozy space for all of you.
14. Prepare a bag of care packages and deliver them to a homeless shelter.
15. Celebrate another country’s holiday in this country.

Travel bucket list ideas

For many, a bucket list is about traveling only. Exploring new places is in people’s blood. Thankfully, we don’t have to spend months on a ship to get to another continent anymore. That’s why “Visit Antarctica” is a pretty achievable goal today.

However, a travel bucket list idea like visiting Paris or taking a gondola ride in Venice may sound so boring that people prefer not to create such a list at all. We offer a bit of a different approach and hope that the ideas we’re about to suggest will help you come up with something really special and memorable.

1. Give a hug to a thousand-year-old sequoia.
2. See the northern lights.
3. Take a trip in a cabriolet car in the Tuscany countryside.
4. Take a waterfall shower.
5. Take a cooking class in a county you’re visiting to learn how to cook local cuisine.
6. Go to at least the most famous museum and gallery in every city you visit.
7. Go on treasure hunt.
8. See Great Barrier Reef
9. Walk down the Great Wall
10. Eat a croissant beneath Eiffel Tower.
11. Visit an Ancient City.
12. Take a swim in Dead Sea.
13. Take a picture of Taj Mahal on your plum.
14. Climb a mountain.
15. Take a picture in front of White House.

Learning bucket list ideas

Wait, what? Learning? But a bucket list is supposed to be about fun. Don’t worry. It still will be about fun, as long as you don’t add trigonometry.

There are so many interesting things to learn. Each of them may become a thrilling experience to change your life. Many of us don’t know how to swim or ride a bike. However, it’s never too late to learn how to do things we didn’t learn when we were kids.

Here are a couple of suggestions to get you inspired.

1. Learn how to cook your favorite meal.
2. Learn how to sculpt with clay or make pottery.
3. Learn how to take analog photographs.
4. Learn to play a musical instrument.
5. Learn to dance.
6. Learn how to drive a car or motorcycle.
7. Learn how to grow your own fruits and vegetables
8. Learn how to fight.
9. Learn a new language.
10. Learn how to make your own beer or wine.
11. Learn basic woodworking skills.
12. Learn how to code or program.
13. Learn the basics of astronomy and stargazing.
14. Learn how to perform basic car maintenance.
15. Learn how to meditate or practice mindfulness.

Creating things bucket list ideas

Even a small, far-from-perfection thing made by our hands has a special vibe and place in our homes and hearts. The fear of failing may stop us from attending some classes or trying DIY methodologies. That’s why a bucket list is also about the bravery to try things you have never done before.

Here are ten fun things you may consider adding to your bucket list.

1. Write and publish a book.
2. Paint your self-portrait.
3. Make your own jewelry.
4. Create a piece of furniture.
5. Make a short film about something you adore.
6. Design your home interior.
7. Create your own podcast.
8. Make a cup to drink your morning coffee or tea.
9. Make a family recipe book.
10. Paint your house walls with your favorite colors.
11. Compose and record an original song.
12. Design and sew your own clothing item.
13. Create a mosaic art piece for your garden or patio.
14. Build a unique terrarium or miniature garden.
15. Design and code your own website or app.

Reading bucket list ideas

Look at that pile of unfinished books near your bed. Maybe, you should start with them. There are many lists of books you need to read before you die. For example, 100 All-time books by Times is a great basis to start with and with many options to choose from.

We would like to take the liberty of suggesting some more books for your reading bucket list.

1. The Incorrigible Optimists Club by Jean-Michel Guenassia.
2. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie.
3. Sweetness by Torgny Lindgren.
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.
5. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway.
6. The Hive by Camilo José Cela.
7. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.
8. Beauty Is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan.
9. If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino.
10. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.
11. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara.
12. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman.
13. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling.
14. My Life in France by Julia Child, Alex Prud’Homme.
15. 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster.

Shopping bucket list ideas

Without no one’s help, we can quickly spit out ten things we would like to buy. It may be a very different staff. Something may take years to save enough money, while something may be relatively cheap, yet still, you were forbidding yourself to buy it. A shopping bucket list doesn’t necessarily mean you will have to buy all items. Since a bucket list is about long-time planning, you may change your mind over time. However, it’s good to have your wishes documented somewhere, so you won’t forget about any of them.

Here are some things to purchase you may want to add to your shopping bucket list.

1. A house or apartment.
2. A vintage car.
3. A designer bag.
4. A vintage analog camera.
5. A luxurious set of bedding.
6. A collection of rare or antique books.
7. A powerful computer or laptop.
8. A ukulele.
9. A piece of artwork.
10. A telescope.
11. A high-end chef’s knife set.
12. A luxury watch or timepiece.
13. A professional-grade camera or drone.
14. A set of noise-cancelling headphones.
15. An electric bicycle or scooter.