Bucket List

Life is short. It really is. I feel that there is never going to be enough time for me to do everything I long to do. So I thought about prioritising, about listing  every single thing that could ever make my life complete. This list goes through 100 of these goals. Some of it has been done, some could be done today, and some are going to be challenging to say the least. I see it as some sort of guidelines to make my life matter and count, to never hold any regrets when standing on the edge of my grave.

Remember, it’s all about the journey, that’s why I’m going to make mine count.

1. Live abroad
2. Learn Spanish and speak it regularly
3. Live in New York City for at least a year
4. Go swimming on a rooftop pool
5. Take a road trip across the States on route 66
6. Get with C. (my current boyfriend)
7. Graduate from college and throw that freaking hat up in the air
8. See the Sphinx and Egyptian pyramids
9. Visit the Treasure in Jordan
10. Swim (or rather float) on the Dead Sea
11. Drink Turkish coffee in Istanbul and play backgammon
12. Visit every continent
13. See the Great Wall of China
14. Trek the Inca Trail
15. Gamble money in Vegas (and preferably win)
16. Have the perfect wedding and the happiest marriage
17. Ride a tram in San Francisco
18. Eat at an authentic American dinner in a remote American town (with ideally Elvis Presley playing in the background)
19. Go hiking down the Pacific Crest Trail
20. Go skydiving
21. Indulge in wine tasting in Bourgogne and New-Zealand
22. Indulge in wine tasting in Cape Town
23. Indulge in wine tasting in Loire Valley (yes I LOOOOVE wine)
24. Go picnic in Loire Valley
25. Celebrate the festival of Holy Colours in India
26. Climb Mount Everest to base camp
27. Take acting classes for fun
28. Tour the Savannah in central Africa
29. Celebrate Carnival in Venice
30. Smoke a cigar in Havana
31. Learn how to sail
32. Sail across the Atlantic
33. Practice tennis regularly
34. Eat sushi and Ramen in central Tokyo
35. Eat a BiBimBap leg crossed in a traditional Korean restaurant in Seoul
36. Witness the cherry tree blossom in a Japanese parks
37. Go play in a video game arcade venue in Tokyo
38. Visit a Cat Café in Tokyo
39. Play baseball on top of a building in Tokyo
40. Sing Karaoke in Seoul
41. Go to a strip joint in Bangkok (and dance on stage)
42. Learn oil painting
43. Take cooking classes
44. Stop smoking (in progress)
45. Swim with dolphins
46. Learn professional photography
47. Party my ass off in Ibiza
48. Clap as the sun set in the sea from Café del Mar
49. Go on a 3-day bender in Berlin
50. Run a half-marathon
51. Learn scuba diving
52. Snorkel to see the Great Barrier Reef
53. Go snowboarding in Vancouver
54. Go horseback riding on the beach
55. Learn rock climbing on a Corsican mountain face
56. Go hiking in Corsica
57. Save someone’s life
58. Witness a natural disaster and survive it
59. Sunbathe in the Maldives
60. Drink whiskey buckets on a Thai beach
61. Get pregnant, give birth and raise a child
62. Be the best I can be for my kid, the most inspiring, creative, entertaining and loving mother
63. Buy a vineyard in the South of France and produce my own wine (kind of my retirement plan)
64. Breed lots of farm animals (especially goats, ducks and chickens and potentially make my own goat cheese)
65. Grow and cultivate my own food
66. Learn how to drive
67. Drive an Aston Martin DB5
68. Go backpacking across South East India
69. Take the Orient Express
70. See all the Star Wars back to back (will have to wait for the new ones to tick this one off)
71. Witness the Northern Lights
72. Go dog sledding in Northern territories
73. Go ice-skating on a frozen lake
74. Bathe naked under a waterfall
75. Climb up the Empire State Building
76. Fly a plane
77. Go rollerblading on Santa Monica Boulevard
78. Go see a Broadway show
79. Get my first real job
80. Get a tattoo (got 2 in the end)
81. Get a flight to a random destination
82. Witness a perfect night sky
83. Complete a run for charity
84. Blow up dynamite
85. Go to an Ice Bar
86. Drink a bloody Mary at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris
87. Eat a burger at Ferburger in Queenstown
88. See Daft Punk Live
89. Practice a combat sport
90. Participate in the Vegas WPT
91. Solve a Rubik’s Cube
92. Take a ride on an elephant
93. Watch a movie in a drive in cinema
94. Be someone’s bridesmaid
95. Go to a masquerade ball
96. Eat an authentic Italian Pizza in Italy
97. Eat curry with my bare hands in India
98. Attend Oktoberfest in Munich
99. Witness an active volcano
100. Be at peace with my father’s passing