The Bucketeer's List

This is my bucket list as it was after about one month from its inception.  I'm posting it primarily by way of illustration for my short article: How I Became the Listing Bucketeer.  Obviously my actual list is a never-ending work in progress, but I'm not promising to keep this version up to date.


Priority 1:

1.       [redacted to protect personal privacy] – DONE!

2.       Find my passion / discover my life's purpose – do it in a way that inspires others who are also searching – in progress!!!.

3.       Start a blog or column and post at least once a week for 5 months - restarted.

4.       Get my Conflict Resolution certificate – in progress.

And at least one item from each of the Travel Bucket – every year.

Travel Bucket:

5.       Ask in person for the keys to the city in Italy that bears my name – DONE!

6.       Climb a Mayan ruin such as Chichén Itzá or Tikal or Cobá. – DONE!

7.       Climb to Machu Picchu.

8.       Experience an active volcano more powerful than when I saw Arenal or Kilauea.

9.       Explore the lost city of Petra, Jordan .

10.    Explore the ruins of Pompeii or Herculaneum.

11.    Go on a safari in the African savannah, perhaps out of Botswana.

12.    Visit Vilnius, Lithuania and meet with someone bearing my old family name.

13.    Return to Australia, visit my old friends, and snorkel the Great Barrier Reef.

14.    See the Christmas Truce Memorial in Frelinghien, France & the Museum in Ypres, Belgium.

15.    Spend a Christmas in the Alps with my wife.

16.    Stay with on old friend in Cognac, France or suggested rendezvous elsewhere in Europe.

17.    Take my wife and visit the Hotel Weinbauer in Schwangau, Germany.

18.    Visit Stonehenge & some of the Arthurian sites in the UK.

Priority 2:

19.    Create a source of income other than technology or passive investment. - The spirit is starting to form.

20.    Learn Italian well – DONE!

21.    Live in an intentional community that suits me, such as a small “retirement” commune, “free-country” project, or other. - The project has been launched.

22.    Write a novel or book about something I really care about and get it published - about to be restarted!

And at least one item from the Experience Bucket – every year.

Experience Bucket:

23.    Bareboat charter:  skipper a multi-day sailing trip.

24.    Bike or walk across an entire country - Half Done!

25.    [redacted to protect personal privacy]

26.    [redacted to protect personal privacy]

27.    Join a Zorba-style dance in a Greek taverna.

28.    Sail a Hobie Cat with a member of my family.

29.    Sing “Sabor a Mi” to a woman (or several) in a Latin American cantina. – Did a great "practice" run the other day; now for the other "real" thing.

30.    Soar in a fixed-wing glider. – DONE!

31.    Take tango lessons in Argentina.

32.    Watch a space launch (not necessarily in the US), with one of the boys.

Priority 3:

33.    Create enough passive income so that I don't have to work another day in my life - well over half done!

34.    Dance with my sweetheart on my 110th birthday

35.    Live in an ocean-view or oceanfront country house built to my own design, and with plenty of time and space for trees and wildflowers - Started as part of another item on this list.

36.    See the 160s on the bathroom scale again.  Done and then some!

And at least one item from the Learning Bucket – every year

Learning Bucket:

37.    Learn a foreign language well – DONE!

38.    Teach English to students in a foreign country - awaiting the right opportunity.

Candidates & Possible Candidates:

There are two more sections to my list, one containing items that are going to be on the list, but need more specifics in order to arouse sufficient passion.  There are currently about ten of these.  The other contains items that I'm tossing around, but so far, while they might be fun to do, I'm not sure they're bucket-list material.  I'll probably knock off two or three of them this year regardless.

For completeness sake, some things I've already done: 101 Things that have made Life so-far worth Living

Want to Create Your Own Bucket List?

See the short list of helpful resources at the end of my article: How I Became the Listing Bucketeer.
Or check out Marelisa's list of 525+ Ideas for Your Bucket List
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