My bucket list was born in an AP History Class somewhere between the crossing of the Delaware and the Declaration of Independence. It’s amazing what your 17-year-old mind can dream up when boredom strikes. I’ve started to make additions to this list every year, on my birthday.
Travel (Domestic)
Participate in a traveling service trip
See the Northern Lights
Visit Niagra Falls
Go to the Grand Canyon (Parts I, II, and III)
Go on a tour of the National Parks in Utah
Find my favorite spot in the whole wide world
Visit All 50 States
Collect Something from all 50 states
Statue of Liberty – see it and climb all the way to the top
Visit Ellis Island
Eat something delicious from Pikes Place Market in Seattle
Write my name in the sand on the West Coast
Go backpacking in the Rocky Mountains
Be in 4 places at once (four corners, here I come!)
Visit Mount Rushmore
Travel (Abroad)
Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef
Hike to Machu Picchu
Walk along the Great Wall of China
Visit Bangkok, Thailand
Visit all countries in the EU
Get a face full of mist from Iguazu Falls
Go on an African Safari
Life Milestone
Attend my brothers’ college graduation
Find my better half
Marry that person
Own a dog
Find a career that is fulfilling
Tell my best friend she looks beautiful on her wedding day
Go to a school reunion and try not to be as awkward as I am right now
MEET JIMMY BUFFETT!
Learn
Learn how to not say “Yes” when I really want to say “I would rather wake up with my head stapled to the carpet”
Read the Bible–cover to cover but not all at one time
Chart my family tree
Learn how to cook one thing extremely well (a signature dish if you will)
Read a classic novel (done, but no post)
Create a list of the Top 5 fiction authors that satisfies me.
Learn some of the major constellations
Always keep up my French
Learn some sign language beyond the alphabet
Learn more about heart healthy cooking
Write my Top 5 Movies List that satisfies me
Write my Top 5 Best Healthy Dinner Recipes that satisfies me
Learn more about my Grandparents’ lives firsthand.
Learn how to say “cheers” in 10 different languages.
Sport
Run an 8K (done, but no post)
Learn a martial art
Complete a sprint triathlon
Put up a wall taller than me (waterskiing)
Learn a proper dance…of the ballroom variety, even if I only ever show it off in front of my bathroom mirror
Go sailing
Skydive
Ride in a hot air balloon
Go geocaching!
Try paddle boarding
Attend at least one major sporting event–the Olympic Games, the Super Bowl, the World Series…
Skinny dip (done, but no post 😉 )
Send a message in a bottle
Write a fan letter to a my current or childhood hero.
Invent a drink and name it after myself
Wine taste — know what kinds I like and which kinds are better left in a dusty cellar
Take one picture and only one picture each day for a week. Put together a collage.
Treat myself to a full body massage
Go a whole week without watching TV
Build a tree house
Assemble a pointless collection
Buy/sell shares(done, but no post)
Bury a grudge
Make jam from scratch
Find the best fish tacos. Ever.
Buy a homeless person a hot meal
Keep in touch with old friends
Always know my neighbors
Grow my own basil/oregano/herbs
Send flowers to my mom for no apparent reason
Overcome a fear (snow skiing, 2014)
Contribute to a Wikipedia article (done, for Mark Cuban, no post)
Sleep outside underneath the stars
Write a charity into my will
Find a dang Sonic – they sure have enough commercials up here in the Midwest!
Collect my loose change in a large water bottle and then donate it to charity
Win a contest
Buy a lottery ticket (done, no post)
Write a letter of thanks to a good product/service
Sing Karaoke (done. 21st birthday. Taylor Swift. It was awful :D)
Vote (done, no post)
De-clutter. Get rid of 100 things.
Throw a formal New Years’ Eve party
Go to a wacky festival
Record (after the fact) some of the meaningful conversations I have with strangers.
Launch this blog as my own site
The Other A-List 
You neglected to put meet Jimmy Buffett on your list. Shame on you!
Just added it! I am SO embarrassed that I forgot my number one priority in life 😉