Originally Published April 18, 2020
“Oh the places you will go” -Dr. Seuss
There are three types of people in this world- your savers, spenders, and experiencers. For example, my mother is a saver, because she likes to deposit that hard earned cash into her savings. She doesn’t eat out much, engage in retail therapy, or take trips too often. Then you have your spenders, or those people who get a paycheck and immediately purchase goods and services. Last, but not least, you have your experiencers. Experiencers are all about living life, taking risks, and pursuing adventures! This is what I most identify with, although retail therapy is nice from time to time (especially in this current quarantine).
As an experiencer, I love anything to do with opting outside. I want to live my life on my own terms and to its fullest, YOLO! So it made me think why not create a bucket list? I’ve done this as a kid, but now that I’ve developed into a confident and independent young adult, why not solidify those top goals?
My Bucket List
I decided to compartmentalize (yes I am very type A) my bucket list items into three areas: new skills, life milestones, and travel. Of course, it is difficult, if not impossible, to itemize every goal, as life is dynamic and ever changing. I might undergo experiences that are important to my development and growth that I thought I didn’t need but proved to be most beneficial. And I might complete some bucket list items that I presumed would add value to my life, but did not actually change feelings of happiness or accomplishment. Keeping this in mind, my bucket list is coined by current life ambitions.
Here are my top 10 goals (20 for travel) for each bucket list entry in no particular order:
New Skills:
- Feel competent & happy in my career
- Design/establish a blog/vlog to express myself
- Train my own puppy/become a great dog mom
- Establish some sort of business partnership (I like fashion, but I want to figure out what I am really passionate about)
- Complete a 5k for a good cause (e.g. where funds go to cancer research)
- Become proficient at meditation/yoga
- Learn a second language
- Learn how to budget better
- Increase clinical types of skills
- Overcome a fear
Milestones:
- Get a corgi puppy!
- Get engaged/married to my best friend
- Become a parent 4. Earn a minimum 75k yearly salary
- Buy a home
- Go on vacation at least twice a year
- Make a time capsule with my husband and kids in the future
- Pay off all my student loans without too much stress and financial burden
- Stay in love & live a happy and healthy life
- Be remembered/create a legacy
Travel:
- Live in another country for at least a year
- Bathe in the Blue Lagoon, Iceland
- Go on an African safari
- Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
- See the Northern Lights
- Visit the best castles in Europe and ride the Hogwarts Express in Scotland
- See Holland/Netherlands when the tulips are in bloom
- Ride a camel and visit the pyramids in Egypt
- Experince the Acropolis of Athens and Greek Islands, Santorini and Mykonos
- Swim in a Cenotes in the Yucatan Peninsula, visit the Azulik Tulum Treehouse, and tour the Mayan Ruins
- Vacation in Banff and at Lake Louise
- Go camping at a variety of national parks
- Go sight seeing along the Amalfi Coast, Italy
- Frolic in the Lavender Fields in the South of France
- Go sailing on Halong Bay in Northern Vietnam
- Wonder through the Christmas villages in Germany and Austria
- Watch/ride in the hot air balloons in Cappadocia, Turkey
- Soak up the sun in Bora Bora
- Hang out with kangaroos in Australia
- Visit an elephant sanctuary in Thailand
You’ve seen my bucket list, what does yours consist of?
