The term bucket list derives from the kicking of the bucket during medieval executions. It is something commonly associated with death, but in reality it is a set of life goals.
“Bucket List – A number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime.”
It is with this focus that I have developed an annual list of 100 items that I will attempt to tackle throughout the year. For want of a better name, I have decided to call this The Edison Project. It is a way for me to continuously challenge and improve myself through experiences. It is highly improbable that I will complete all 100 items within a year. Therefore I will replenish the list each year.
Whilst I appreciate my experiences may mean nothing to others, I will power through and document my progress as and when I complete a new item. I don’t have an end goal in mind, but I hope it goes some way to inspiring others to push themselves further.
So here it is, the full 100 bucket list for 2014.
- 365 Project
- Make a song
- Go watch an NBA game live
- Study a language
- Past life regression
- Buy a house/flat
- Visit one of the home nations
- Learn to play a musical instrument
- Create and sell a piece of art
- Design and sell an item of clothing
- Complete a sticker book
- Join a gym and bulk up
- Visit one of the seven wonders of the world
- Visit a random city abroad and take a stranger for a meal
- Climb a mountain
- Take part in a running event
- Surf a wave
- Go scuba diving with sharks
- Watch a football match in the Nou Camp, Bernabeu, San Siro and the Maracana
- Experience Rio Carnival in Brazil
- Learn to dance
- Experience the Northern Lights
- Ski down a mountain
- Fly a plane
- See the cherry blossom in Japan
- Watch a sumo wrestling fight in Japan
- Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway
- Couch surf
- Drive a super car
- Learn to sail
- Get married
- Have children
- Learn to stargaze
- Grow my own Bonsai Tree
- Own a pet
- Complete a road trip
- Cook a meal for my mum
- Bake a cake
- Go on a safari
- Go fishing and catch a fish
- Sleep outside beneath the stars
- East in San Sebastian
- Go to Burning Man
- Play football at White Hart Lane
- Go to a football World Cup
- Visit Stonehenge
- See a Formula One Grand Prix race
- Have a photo taken with a Hollywood star
- Go white water rafting
- Swim with dolphins
- Take part in a TV show
- Donate blood
- Go speed dating
- Stay in a bungalow in Bora Bora
- Visit every continent
- Experience Oktoberfest
- Experience a bull fight
- Go rock climbing
- Go to a ballet
- Go to an opera
- Play in a poker tournament
- Visit a vineyard in France
- Drink a cup of coffee in Milan
- Buy a tailored suit
- Try every restaurant in Brookmans Park
- Shave my hair off
- Make money from a photograph I have taken
- See the Pittsburgh Steelers live
- Watch a space shuttle/rocket launch
- Grow a beard
- Send a message in a bottle
- Spend a day saying yes
- Learn to make a cocktail
- Abseil down a tall building
- Cut down a tree with an axe
- Sleep in a tree
- Sleep in my parents garden
- See whales in the wild
- Sleep in a castle
- Eat snails
- Paint a fence/wall
- Learn to make a balloon animal
- Learn a yo-yo trick
- Build an igloo
- Visit a Buddhist monastery
- Visit five temples in Cambodia
- Start a fire on a beach
- Go horse riding
- Ride a rickshaw
- Visit Auswitz
- Stay in a ice hotel
- Celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans
- See the Tour de France
- Learn a magic trick
- Visit the Eden Project
- Fly in a helicopter over London
- Solve a Rubik’s Cube
- Fly to a random location in Europe and work my way home
- Visit at least one European capital city
- Get someone else to start a bucket list