We have all at one time or another made a list, it might be a to do list, a shopping list or a bucket list. But the question is… did you tick them off?

In our lives I am sure we all have scribbled paper to pen and wrote a list, a bucket list, of everything we wished for our grand life. When I was 17 years old, about to finish high school, I picked up a pen and wrote a list of 84 things I wished to do before I died. For some reason at the age of 17 years old I thought life was incredibly short and wanted to do as much as I could as quickly as I could. As the years have gone on I have slowed down a bit and the things on this list is not as important to me as they once were.

Is a bucket list silly?

This list may sound naive or silly but I am posting it here as a reminder to reconnect with the dreams you had when you were 17 years old and about to enter the big, wide world. What did you want to do before you knew what you were meant to? What did you want to feel and experience before you got busy and stressed? Who did you want to be?

Have a read then I invite you to make your own list or think back to what 17 year old you dreamed the world to be and create THAT.

Introducing…

A list I made when I was 17 and all I wanted to do was explore:

 

1. BUNGY JUMP

1. EAT A SCORPIAN

1. LIVE IN AFRICA

1. SKY DIVE

1. LEARN SIGN LANGUAGE

1. LEARN TO SURF

1. GO TO UNI

1. HIRE A VAN AND EXPLORE NEW ZEALAND

1. IRISH DANCE AROUND THE EIFFEL TOWER

1. HITCHHIKE

1. FLY A KITE

1. HAVE A TEQUILA SHOT

1. GET MY FORTUNE READ

1. RIDE A GOONULA IN VENICE

1. GO TO LAS VEGAS FOR MY 21ST

1. KISS THE BLARNEY STONE

1. LEARN MANDARIN

1. SEE THE MONA LISA/VISIT THE LOURVE

1. WITNESS SOLAR ECLIPSE

1. RIDE IN A HOT AIR BALOON

1. GET MY SCUBA DIVING LICENSE

1. RIDE A MECHANICAL BULL

1. SAIL ACROSS A SEA

1. GO ON A HELICOPTER RIDE

1. GO TO IBIZA

1. ATTEND SAN FERMIN

1. ATTEND LA TOMATINA

1. TRY SPANISH TAPAS

1. FLY IN A BLIMP

1. DRIVE A RACECAR

1. GO ZORBING

1. MOVE TO A NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY

1. GO WATER RAFTING

1. EXPERIENCE TIME SQUARE ON NEW YEARS

1. GO TO CARNIVAL IN RIO DE JANEIRO IN BRAZIL

1. ATTEND MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLENS

1. TOUCH THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA, EGYPT

1. ENTER THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS

1. BUILD A HOMELESS SHELTER

1. DONATE BLOOD

1. AUDITION FOR TELEVISION

1. GAMBLE AT MONTE CARLO, MONACO

1. SWIM WITH DOLPHINS

1. MILK A COW

1. RIDE A CAMEL

1. SEE A BROADWAY PLAY

1. ATTEND THE OLYMPICS

1. TAKE UP YOGA

1. VISIT TIBET

1. BACKPACK

1. VISIT WAIKIKI BEACH, OAHU, HAWAII

1. CLIMB SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE

1. GO TO DISNEY LAND

1. VISIT ALL 50 U.S STATES

1. GO ON A CRUISE

1. GO ON ‘THE LONDON EYE’ FERRIS WHEEL

1. DO COUCHSURFING

1. LEARN TO JUGGLE

1. GO SNOWBOARDING AND SKING

1. RUN A MARATHON

1. VISIT THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

    

   1. MACHU PICCHU, PERU
   1. THE COLOSSEUM, ROME
   1. PETRA, JORDAN
   1. CHRIST REDEEMER, BRAZIL
   1. THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
   1. CHICHEN ITZA, MEXICO
   1. THE TAJ MAHAL, INDIA

1. LEARN HOW TO SALSA DANCE

1. CLIMB MT EVEREST

1. RIDE IN A SUBMARINE

1. RUN TO THE TOP OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

1. LEARN SPANISH (still perfecting)

1. CATCH A FISH WITH MY BARE HANDS

1. SEND A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

1. SHOWER IN A WATERFALL

1. GO TO JAMAICA

1. TAKE AN AFRICAN SAFARI

1. VISIT ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS (6 visited, only 1 left!)

1. RIDE AN ELEPHANT (I did this ethically)

1. VOLUNTEER ABROAD

1. LEARN PORTUGUESE

1. PARTICIPATE IN BURNING MAN

1. GO TO LOVE PARADE IN GERMANY

1. GO TO GLASTOBURY, ENGLAND

1. ATTEND OKTOBERFEST, GERMANY

1. MOVE TO ITALY (3 months I lived there… close enough)

1. VISIT MARRAKECH, MOROCCO AND GO BY CAMEL INTO THE SAHARA

1. BACKPACK SOUTH AMERICA

1. PARTICIPATE IN THAILANDS SONGKRAN (WORLDS BIGGEST WATER FIGHT)

1. LEARN ITALIAN

Do you have a bucket list?

Comment your number one on your list!

Happy trails,

Kiera xx