The Long-Term Bucket List

The other day, I was part of the #GRLPOWER chat, where we talked about our life philosophies. One of these things involved talking about our goals. In the answers to this question, I stumbled upon this tweet from this blogger; 

A4: My blog is all about my bucket list and my quest to achieve it! Everything from licking the Taj Mahal to writing a book #GRLPOWR

— Amanda Whitehurst (@thenext7blog) September 27, 2016

And it got me thinking. I have too many things I want to get done in my life, from the littlest things to things that seem unachievable. So, here’s my bucket list, to say yep, I can actually get these things done! 

1. Get a dog. Sorry cat, you just aren’t doing it for me
2. Write a book. Not necessarily publish it, just actually finish writing it
3. Redecorate my room/house
4. Get a university degree
5. Be a teacher. Let’s be honest, this one might change when I decide to change my career path
6. Be a better Brownie leader. At the moment I’m barely qualified, I need to do more! 
7. Meet a hero (or two). Anyone I look up to counts
8. Kiss someone on the Eiffel Tower
9. Meet an elephant
10. Take a hundred and one cliche travel photos. You know, touching the top of the Pyramids, falling off the Grand Canyon, all that kind of stuff
11. Go to a country with a completely different culture
12. Eat some crazy foreign food in a foreign place
13. Make a ridicously difficult type of food
14. Fly first class
15. Be part of a protest
16. Go to a music festival
17. Volunteer for a longer than a day. I’ve done plenty of Guiding stuff, but nothing else!
18. Become friends with a stranger in an unexpected place. School and work etc don’t count
19. Learn how to drive
20. Lose my scarf in the wind. Because I want to be in a cliche movie
21. Record my life for a month Whether that’s a diary, photos, collecting tickets, or whatever
22. Go the Olympics
23. Sit in the front row for an event
24. Grow a plant. Maybe not forever, but planting it and letting it grow for a while
25. Do something terrifying. I’m a wuss, so this should be relatively easy
26. Go to a New Years Eve party
27. Stay awake for 24 hours
28. Visit all 50 American states. I’ve done three so far
29. Visit every continent. I’ve done two so far
30. Visit every Disneyland. I’ve done one so far
31. Go to another country with my sister. As in my host sister in America, I would love to travel with her again
32. Go to a carnival. This is different to a fair, okay? In my mind, anyway
33. Go shopping without worrying about the price
34. Have something custom made
35. Do something strange with my hair. Whether that’s dying it, cutting it, etc
36. Go to a class outside of school
37. Send a message in a bottle
38. Swim with dolphins
39. Meet an internet friend
40. Make something arty. Nothing over the top, I’m terrible at creative stuff
41. Go to a traditional event
42. Go somewhere by myself. Nowhere dramatic, maybe just to a movie? 
43. Go second-hand shopping for a full outfit
44. Have a white Christmas
45. Buy a real Christmas tree
46. Get a book signed
47. Have a candlelit dinner
48. Learn a tricky skill
49. Break a world record. Apparently my future university does this every year, so hopefully I can tick that off soon?
50. Go camping for longer than a weekend 

Ta da! We’ll see how well this goes. If you have a bucket list, send me a link. I’d love to see what things you want to achieve. And hopefully I’ll be back soon with another bucket list related post to update you on what I’ve completed