Welcome to my life bucket list, which I started taking seriously in 2018. It’s a continuous work in progress, being updated, rejuvenated and completed over my lifetime.
My hope is that you can use these bucket list ideas and accomplishments to inspire your own adventurous bucket list.
Making a bucket list of things to do has changed my life for the better. And I wish the same for your and your adventures.
500+ Bucket List Ideas:
Lifetime, Travel, Adventurous & Fun
Travel
- Visit Dover, England
- Visit Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Camp on a beach
- Camp on Stewartby Lake
- See the Northern Lights, Iceland
- Visit Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
- Sleep in every European country
- Explore the Coliseum in Rome
- Climb to the top of a mountain
- Float in the Dead Sea in Jordan/Israel
- Visit Stonehenge, England
- Visit York, England
- Visit Minsk, Belarus
- Visit Moscow, Russia
- Visit New York, USA
- Visit Rome, Italy
- Visit Florence, Italy
- Visit Milan, Italy
- Visit Lake Como
- Visit Venice, Italy
- Visit Belgrade, Serbia
- Visit Copenhagen, Denmark
- Visit Stockholm, Sweden
- Visit Malaga, Spain
- Visit Mallorca, Spain
- Visit Madeira, Portugal
- Visit Luxembourg
- Visit Liechtenstein
- Visit Berlin, Germany
- Visit Munich, Germany
- Visit Tallinn, Estonia
- Visit San Marino
- Visit Bruges, Belgium
- Visit Bucharest, Romania
- Visit Isle of Scilly, England
- Visit Monaco
- Visit Oxford, England
- Visit Cambridge, England
- Visit Liverpool, England
- Visit Krakow, Poland
- Visit Prague, Czech Republic
- Visit Budapest, Hungary
- Visit Bratislava, Slovakia
- Visit Vienna, Austria
- Visit Nashville, Tennessee
- Visit Paris, France
- Visit Barcelona, Spain
- Visit Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Visit Oslo, Norway
- Visit Dublin, Ireland
- Visit Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Visit Edinburgh, Scotland
- Visit Cardiff, Wales
- Visit Bath, England
- Visit Nice, France
- Visit Athens, Greece
- Visit Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Visit Lisbon, Portugal
- Stay at an All-Inclusive Resort
- Visit Vilnius, Lithuania
- Visit Lake Bled, Slovenia
- Visit Riga, Latvia
- Take a ferry from Dover to Calais
- Visit Helsinki, Finland
- Visit Warsaw, Poland
- Visit Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Visit Verona, Italy
- Visit Barry Island, Barry
- Visit the Isle of Wight, England
- Visit Jersey
- Visit Guernsey
- Visit Cornwall, England
- Visit Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Visit Hamburg, Germany
- Visit Medellin, Colombia
- Visit Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fly First Class
- Take a train cross country
- Take a boat trip on the Danube
- Visit Pyramids in Egypt
- Visit the Statue of Liberty
- Visit Wawel Royal Castle, the world’s largest castle, in Krakow
- Attend a Formula 1 race
- Go camping
- Go on holiday with friends
- Walk across a country border
- Go for a picnic
- Visit Vietnam
- Visit Malaysia
- Visit Japan
- Stay at a Margaritaville Resort
Music
- See Alan Jackson live
- Meet Alan Jackson
- Have song lyrics recorded
- Write song lyrics for a top 40 hit
- Promote an artist to have a top 10 hit
- Have a song dedicated to me (Cameo from Stacey)
- See Dolly Parton live
- Meet Alanis Morissette
- Meet Miley Cyrus
- Meet Tenille Townes
- Have a famous singer perform a private concert for me
- Attend Tortuga Music Festival
- See Alanis Morissette live
- See Ryan Adams live
- Meet Ryan Adams
- See Luke Combs live
- See Zac Brown Band live
- See Brooks & Dunn live
- See Cole Swindell live
- See Uncle Kracker live
- See Midland live
- Attend CMA Fest
- Visit the Grand Ole Opry
- Attend a Music Festival
- Visit the Ryman Auditorium
- See Willie Nelson live
- Attend C2C
- Meet a favourite musician
- See the Dixie Chicks live
- See Kenny Chesney live
- See Miley Cyrus live
- See George Strait live
- See Darius Rucker live
- See Keith Urban live
- See Lene Marlin live
- See Scooter live
- See Ingrid Andress live
- See Sheryl Crow live
- See Tenille Townes live
- Smash a guitar on stage
- Stand in the front row at a gig
- Send an anonymous gift to a friend
- Give a cardboard cut-out of myself as a gift
- Get a bobblehead made of myself
- Get a bobblehead made for a friend
- Give a t-shirt with my face on as a gift
- Give a friend an item with my face on it as a gift
Sporting Events
- Attend a Boxing event
- Go to the Super Bowl
- Attend a football match at the Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
- Attend a football match at the Phillips Stadion, Eindhoven
- Attend a football match at De Kuip, Rotterdam
- Attend a football match at the Allianz Arena, Munich
- Attend a football match at Brunton Park, Carlisle
- Attend a cricket match
- Attend a basketball game
- Attend a Rugby Union game
- Attend a golf tournament
- Attend a football match at Hillsborough, Sheffield
- Attend a football match at Camp Nou, Barcelona
- Attend a football match at Pride Park, Derby
- Attend a football match at Wembley Stadium, London
- Attend a football match at the Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
- Attend a football match at Old Trafford, Manchester
- Attend a football match at Anfield, Liverpool
- Attend a football match at St James’ Park, Newcastle
- Attend a football match at Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
- Attend a football match at the San Siro, Milan
- Attend a football match at the Mestalla, Valencia
- Attend a football match at the Emirates Stadium, London
- Attend a football match at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester
- Attend a football match at the new Tottenham Hotspur stadium
- Attend a football match at the Riazor
- Attend a football match at the Parc des Princes, Paris
- Attend an NFL game
- Attend an English Premier League football game
- Attend a Rugby League game
- Attend an ice hockey game
- Visit the London Olympic Stadium
- Touch the Premier League trophy
- Photo with the Lombardi trophy
- Photo with the Premier League trophy
- Attend a UFC event
- Attend Wimbledon
- Watch a match at Wimbledon from Centre Court
- Attend Roland Garros
- Attend a football match at the Estadio de Vallecas
- Attend a football match at the Ennio Tardini
- Attend a FIFA World Cup match
- Attend a UEFA European Championships match
- Meet a favourite wrestler
- Meet a favourite footballer
- Attend an Olympic Games
- Attend an Athletics event
- Attend the ATP World Tour finals
- Attend an American Football match at Ohio Stadium, Columbus
- Attend an American Football match at Neyland Stadium, Knoxville
- Attend an American Football match at the Notre Dame stadium
- Attend a football match at the Estadio Azteca, Mexico
- Attend a football match at the Maracana, Brazil
- Attend a football match at the Olympiastadion, Berlin
- Attend a football match at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome
- Attend a football match at the Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires
- Attend a football match at La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
- Attend a football match at the Stade Velodrome, Marseille
- Attend a football match at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland
- Attend a football match at the Stadium of Light, Lisbon
- Attend the Mosconi Cup
- Attend a beach volleyball match
Sightseeing
- Attend a theatre play at the Globe Theatre
- Buckingham Palace tour
- Ride London’s Mail Rail
- Visit Madame Tussauds
- Attend a West End theatre play
- Visit the Millennium Dome, London
- Visit La Louvre, Paris, France
- Attend Nissan Stadium, Nashville
- Cross London Bridge on foot
- Attend a coyote ugly bar in the USA
- Visit the English Football History museum
- Visit Winter Wonderland, London
- Visit the German Football History museum
- Attend a Weihnachtsmarkt in Germany
- Visit the Natural History Museum, London
- Tower of London tour
- Cross Abbey Road, London
- Buy something from Camden Market
- Visit Windsor Castle
- Visit Edinburgh Castle
- Visit Cardiff Castle
- Ride the London eye
- Visit Westminster Abbey, London
- See Buckingham Palace, London
- Visit the Royal Albert Hall, London
- Visit Tate Modern, London
- Attend an event on a moving boat
- Visit the London Dungeons
- Visit the British Library, London
- Visit the British Museum, London
- Visit the Museum of London
- Visit the Science Museum, London
- Visit La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
- Visit Park Güell, Barcelona
- Visit Las Ramblas, Barcelona
- Visit the historic Hofburg, Vienna
- Explore the Imperial Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens, Vienna
- Visit the Country Music Hall of Fame
- Visit the Johnny Cash Museum
- Visit the Country Music Walk of Fame
- See the White Cliffs of Dover
- Attend a small town festival
- See the Roman Baths in Bath
- See the world’s biggest Christmas tree, in Dortmund
Personal Goals
- Have a story published in newspaper
- Attend a TED talk
- Set a Guinness Book of World Record
- Take an improv class
- Perform a handstand
- Be a leader in my field
- Get a standing ovation
- Learn 10 card tricks
- Entertain the elderly at a nursing home
- Perform a magic trick to an audience
- Take funny pictures in a photo booth
- Slide on a garden water slide
- Learn to swim
- Solve a Rubiks Cube
- Give a TED talk
- Put a love lock on a bridge
- Meditate
- Keep a Bonzai plant healthy for a whole year
- Achieve my ideal weight
- Run a 10k
Entertainment
- Attend WWE WrestleMania
- Attend a wrestling show in Mexico
- Attend a WWE show
- Attend a WWE premium event
- Attend an indie wrestling show
- Go Go karting
- Go quad biking
- Ride a segway
- Go tobogganing
- Throw an Axe
- Ride in a Tuk Tuk
- Ride in a Rickshaw
- Ride a beer bike
- Go on a blind date
- Go speed dating
- Hug a stranger
- Plant a tree
- Learn the Heimlich maneuver
- Sleep in an overnight train
- Sleep in a treehouse
- Own an Instagram account with 10k+ followers
- Own a TikTok account with 10k+ followers
- Own a YouTube channel with 10k+ subscribers
- Own a Facebook group with 10k+ members
- Read 52 books in a calendar year
- Take a dip in an ice bath
- Speak in front of an audience about Asperger’s Syndrome
- Ride in a Lamborghini
- Win a private fantasy football league
- Stand underneath a waterfall
- Go Zorbing
- Meet a blog reader/Facebook group member
- Play American Football
- Go on a Road Trip (Rock am Ring?)
- Go Wild camping
- Attend Google offices
- Shoot a gun
- Shoot a bow and arrow
- Get a mohawk
- Perform karaoke in public
- Chill in a jacuzzi
- Dog sitting
- Ride a mechanical bull
- Walk 50k steps in a day
- Win a stuffed animal at a carnival
- Do the Crystal Maze live
- Ride in a Ferrari
- Attend a wedding
- Go Paintballing
- Partake in a pillow fight
- Sit in a sauna
- Hold a snake
- Make a tie dye shirt
- Ride in a limousine
- Be on the radio
- Attend Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- Sleep at a millionaire’s home
- Taunt at the top of a wrestling turnbuckle
- Stay at a 5* hotel
- Sleep in a hostel
- Sleep in a unique AirBNB
- Attend a foam party
- Attend a masquerade
- Attend a burlesque show
- Attend a murder mystery dinner
- Contact someone with the same name as me
- Create a video and upload it to the internet
- Get a caricature drawing by a street artist
- Get VIP passes to a show (I feel I’ve done this?)
- Have 15 minutes of fame
- Learn a line dance
- Party in a Private Booth at a Nightclub
- Pose with a figure at a wax museum
- Read the book before watching the film
- Get a professional body massage
- Have a professional photo shoot (Blackburn count?!)
- Spend a day at a resort spa
- Make a piece of jewellery
- Create an ice sculpture
- Cook every dish in one cookbook
- Write my name in the sand (Barrie on Barry beach surely?!)
- Escape an escape room (07 May 2023)
- Photobomb someone
- Race a remote control car
- Participate in a robot wars
- Jump in an indoor bouncy castle
- Ride on a roller coaster
- Stay awake for 24 hours
- Win a game of monopoly
- Get my name on a nameplate on my house
- Dive into a swimming pool
- Play 18 holes of golf
- Play a game of tennis
- Play a game of badminton
- Play 5-a-side football
- Play an 11-a-side football match
- Take a self defence class
- Take a yoga class
- Kick a football on a professional football pitch
- Win a game of pool
- Play a game of snooker
- Fly in a private jet
- Ride in a gondola
- Ride on a cable car
- Buy 1st house
- Buy 2nd house
Food & Beverages
- Create/design my own margarita
- Drink moonshine
- Drink a margarita at one of Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritavilles
- Go whiskey tasting
- Make a vegan pizza from scratch
- Attend a medieval banquet
- Eat Chinese food
- Eat a Currywurst in Germany
- Eat Indian food
- Eat Italian food in Italy
- Eat Lebanese food
- Eat Mexican food
- Eat at a Michelin 3-star restaurant (Italy surely?)
- Bake a vegan cake
- Cook a vegan Christmas dinner for a guest(s)
- Eat paella in Spain
- Drink Jack Daniel’s Whiskey in Tennessee
- Drink Kölsch at the Kölner Dom
- Drink Glühwein at a Weihnachtsmarkt in Germany
- Do a body shot
- Attend a beer festival
- Cook Christmas dinner
- Drink from a fresh coconut
- Eat a meal cooked by a celebrity chef
- Drink vodka from a vodka ice luge
- Drink at an ice bar
- Make a cocktail
- Successfully learn to use chopsticks
- Leave a 100% tip for a waiter
- Take a cooking class
- Have a stranger buy a drink for me
- Attend Oktoberfest
- Eat a croissant in Paris
- Have dinner on a rooftop
Work
- Find a career I love
- Earn £250,000 in a calendar year
- Earn £500,000 in a calendar year
- Earn £1,000,000 in a calendar year
- Start a Marketing Agency (Adrian count??)
- Have my own business cards
- Hire my first full-time employee
- Gain a client via referral
- Be headhunted by a director (London agency)
- Own a successful business
- Win an award
- Be a guest speaker
- Meet a mentor in person
- Be a mentor
- Speak at an event
- Become a millionaire
- Help somebody become famous
- Rank #1 in Google for my own name
- Get paid to write about football
- Have a client that turns over £1m+ per year
- Pass Google Ad(Words) exam(s)
- Own a website that gets 1m+ monthly traffic (do I have any old screenshots?!)
- Earn 4+ figures from Affiliate Marketing in a single month (proof?)
- Be paid to travel abroad
- Do online marketing for a charity for free
- Manage £1m+ of client ad spend in a calendar year
- Become a Google Ads Partner
- Pass the Meta Certification
- Build a website for a friend
- Have my logo printed on an item of clothing
- Have my logo printed on a cake
- Do 100 consecutive pushups
- Hold a plank for a minute
- Bench press my own body weight
- Get 1 million views on a single YouTube video
- Attend a Christmas Panto (Aladdin?)
- Kiss under the mistletoe
- Kiss a loved one on New Year’s Eve
- Walk 10k steps every day for a whole month
Charity
- Walk for charity/Raise money for charity
- Raise £1,000+ for a charity in a single event
- Do a full days’ volunteer/charity work
- Do 100+ hours of volunteer work
- Donate clothes to charity
- Donate books to charity
- Buy food for a homeless person
- Sponsor a friend’s charity run
- Sponsor a stranger’s charity run
- Donate to a crowdfunding campaign
- Help a local food bank
- Help a local pet shelter
- Donate toys at Christmas
- Become a registered organ donor
Film & TV
- Meet a favourite actor
- Meet The Rock
- Meet Sandra Bullock
- Photo with a celebrity (surely done this?)
- Chat with a celebrity (surely done this?)
- Have dinner with a celebrity
- Be on TV
- Be on a TV show
- Be a TV game show contestant
- Be a member of a TV studio audience
- Be in a film
- Have a documentary published
- Write a film script
- Publish a short film
- Act in a theatre play
- Apply to be on a reality TV show (Big Brother + that one running from the police)