OK, so I know Bucket Lists are pretty common these days.  Everybody is writing them.  Some people are even following through on their wishes.  Not sure if I can do the same but I do know there are some things I would like to be able to do before I kick the proverbial.  Many of them are very tame, in comparison to other people’s. But that’s ok I guess. Some of them are quite pedestrian.  But you have to start somewhere I suppose, and one person’s dream is another’s reality.  To me, owning a home is a big deal – it seems unattainable, and yet I know people who have bought and sold many houses.  It’s all relative.

Actually, I think my bucket list needs some work.  I think it is supposed to be more spectacular.  I think I’m supposed to write things like “Climb a Mountain” or “Run a Marathon”.  Most of the time I would be happy to just get out of bed on time and not bump in to things a lot.  But, as I said, it’s all relative and personal.

So here goes, in no particular order (and I will no doubt add to this as the months go by and I think of extra stuff I should have included) :

1. Write a book
2. Sky Dive
3. Travel to Iceland
4. Love myself
5. Read all the books in one of those “1001 Books You Must Read before You Die” lists, like THIS
6. Learn to dance
7. Dye my hair purple
8. Learn to walk in heels without falling down
9. Visit Stonehenge
10. Buy a house
11. Study something I am passionate about
12. Find a job I enjoy, not just tolerate
13. Volunteer at an animal shelter
14. Stand up for myself when it really counts
15. Learn to play guitar
16. Cultivate a viable vegetable garden
17. Swim with whales/whale sharks/sharks/manatees
18. Get a tattoo (maybe…I keep changing my mind on this one)
19. Learn glass blowing
20. Sleep on the beach for at least one night, under the stars
21. Go on a luxury cruise
22. Write a love letter to everyone I know and care about, so they know how I feel about them before it is too late
23. Perform a random act of kindness on a grand scale
24. Have my own business – nothing crazy or huge, just something that is my own
25. Fly in a hot air balloon
26. Sing with other people (not just by myself, in the car)
27. Meet Jamie Oliver
28. Become a morning person (my 6 year old nephew literally leaps out of bed in the morning, beaming and laughing and singing.  EVERY. MORNING.  He is sunshine on a stick.  I want to be like that).
29. Be medication free
30. Have dinner on a rooftop.  I’m not going to push my luck by saying a romantic dinner.  Any old dinner will do.
31. Go on a proper road trip
32. Learn to meditate
33. Buy, and use, a hula hoop
34. Do yoga regularly
35. Be at peace with myself and my body
36. Bake my own bread
37. Stop being an insomniac
38. Learn to make a “proper” curry, from scratch
39. Learn to make kimchi
40. Eat something wonderful and fattening in Paris
41. Become vegan – or as close to it as I can
42. Have coffee/tea with a stranger
43. Go thrifting in New York
44. Be part of a vintage pin-up photo-shoot
45. Learn to drive a manual car
46. Achieve 1000 followers on my blog
47. Complete an art journal
48. Learn to sew my own clothes
49. Stop procrastinating
50. Teach my craft
51. Create a Youtube channel (which would require me to achieve points 33 & 49 simultaneously)
52. Appear in one of my favourite magazines (for a good reason)
53. Go a whole week without watching TV
54. Read a book a week
55. Make and enjoy a stack of pancakes, all by myself
56. Grow my own herb garden
57. Take an op-shopping tour of Australia
58. Get a fringe
59. Have a market stall
60. Take a long, cross-country train ride
61. Send a message in a bottle (haven’t worked out how to do that in an environmentally-friendly way, yet, but I am working on it)
62. Create a shrine/altar in my home
63. Be kissed by someone lovely when I’m not expecting it

That will do for today 🙂  How about you?  Do you have a bucket list?  Have you ticked anything off yet or added new things?  Any items you’ve changed your mind about?

Have a great day everyone 🙂