Before I Kick the Bucket…

This is kinda shotty, likely-missing-a-few version of my paper bucket list. As I develop this section, I’ll fill it in with links to the goals I’ve accomplished on the list.

Find out about how my bucket list changed the course of my life.

February 6, 2020

Edited to remove things that aren’t interesting to me nine years after this list was created, and to add the list of places I want to visit that I haven’t.

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Acadia national park 6:36
Montréal 5:51
Ithaca 4:16
🇺🇸
Disney World
Glacier National Park, Montana
New Mexico ancient native ruins 
Alaska Cruise
Charleston, South Carolina
Hawaii
——-
🇦🇺   🇳🇿 
Uluru, Australia
New Zealand
🇨🇦 🇮🇸 
Iceland
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Whistler, Canada/Banff/ Kootenay

🇲🇽  🇨🇱 
Rio de Janeiro / Brazilian Rainforest
Patagonia 
Galapagos Island
Chichen Itza, Mexico
🇪🇬  🇮🇱 
African Safari / Cape Town
Egypt / Israel / Petra, Jordan
🇬🇷 🇪🇸 
Greece
Spain
Italy
Germany
France (Southern)
Ireland
🇨🇳 🇵🇭 
Bali, Thailand
Bohol, Philippines
El Nido, Philippines
Dive in Batangas, Philippines 
Cebu Dive trip + Canyoneering

🇷🇺🇮🇳 
Moscow / St. Petersburg, Russia
Taj Mahal, Delhi, India
🇦🇶 
Antarctica Cruise
  1. Become an early riser ✓
  2. Go on a cruise ✓
  3. Run a 5k ✓
  4. Run a 10k ✓
  5. Run a half marathon ✓
  6. Run a marathon ✓
  7. Do an obstacle course race ✓
  8. Skydive ✓
  9. Wakeboard ✓
  10. Try hot yoga ✓
  11. Go paintballing
  12. Go surfing
  13. Build a snowman ✓
  14. Begin doing daily yoga ✓
  15. Visit the Smithsonian ✓
  16. Swim with dolphins ✓
  17. Go to a nude beach ✓
  18. Learn blow glass ✓
  19. Skinny dip ✓
  20. Visit the White House ✓
  21. See an active volcano ✓
  22. Road trip cross country ✓
  23. Ride on a motorcycle ✓
  24. Ride in a helicopter ✓
  25. Go white river rafting ✓
  26. Climb a mountain ✓
  27. Become certified yoga instructor
  28. Participate in Habitat for Humanity ✓
  29. Grow my hair to my waist ✓
  30. Visit ground zero ✓
  31. Be a maid of honor
  32. Visit a real castle ✓
  33. Have a Zen garden
  34. Go the top of the Statue of Liberty
  35. Drive a jet ski ✓
  36. Have a compost heap ✓
  37. Make granola ✓
  38. Ice skate outdoors ✓
  39. Go to a shooting range ✓
  40. Learn to play tennis
  41. Ride a mechanical bull ✓
  42. Learn to pole dance ✓
  43. Go to a spin class ✓
  44. Ride in a paddle boat ✓
  45. Ride a unicycle
  46. Paint a portrait
  47. Have a book published
  48. Win a costume contest ✓
  49. Learn speed reading ✓
  50. Weld a sculpture
  51. Sell something I have made ✓
  52. Construct a building from the ground up
  53. Make a tire swing
  54. Ride a passenger train ✓
  55. Bike a century ride
  56. Compete in a sprint triathlon ✓
  57. Ride in a hot-air balloon ✓
  58. Go to a day spa ✓
  59. Plant a garden
  60. Compete in an Olympic distance triathlon ✓
  61. Compete in a half-iron distance triathlon ✓
  62. Take the family to Disney ✓✓✓
  63. Visit Alaska
  64. See the Taj Mahal
  65. Indoor skydiving ✓
  66. Put my head under a waterfall ✓
  67. Visit Machu Picchu ✓
  68. See the Pyramids
  69. Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef ✓
  70. See a kangaroo in Australia ✓
  71. See the Grand Canyon ✓
  72. Visit the Colosseum
  73. Go on an African safari
  74. Ride a zipline through the jungle ✓
  75. Do an aerial obstacle course ✓
  76. Try the trapeze
  77. Go parasailing ✓
  78. Visit Jerusalem