When you finish reading this you're probably going to think, 'why the heck should I do any of this stuff?'
And my questions for you is:
Why the heck not?
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” - Oscar Wilde
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** = Thing's I've done
- Take a bubble bath
with waaaaay too much soap**
- Be nude outside (even if for just a few seconds)**
- Go back for desert seconds... or even thirds... fourths, etc.**
- Go nuts with outside Christmas decor
- Bust a pinata
- Jump in a pool with all your clothes on (or bathtub if you can't swim)**
- Suck helium
and sing a song**
- Pump a whole can of shaving cream into your hand
- Have a caricature made**
- Slap someone (with their permission)**
- Photobomb a strangers photo
- Men - Shave your legs; Women - Don't Shave for a week**
- Ride a roller coaster that looks terrifying
- Cross dress**
- Hold and armful of puppies
- Get a tattoo**
- Try 100 different kinds of beer**
- Shoot a gun**
- Submerge your hand into a large bowl of uncooked rice
- Stomp grapes (doesn't even have to be for wine)
- Go to a formal event**
- Solve a Rubik's cube
- Smash a watermelon with a sledge hammer
- Stay awake for 48 hours
- Perform on stage**
- Create your own holiday - celebrate it every year.
- Ride and elephant**
- Be a part of a flash mob
- Eat a deep fried Oreo
- Audition for American Idol
- Wear a hoop skirt**
- Go commando for a day (no undies)**
- Attend a protest - even if you don't know what they're protesting
- Smash a guitar
- Ride a segway
- Learn to juggle**
- Buy a scratch-off lottery ticket**
- Sell something you made on Etsy
**
- Tour a factory
- Scratch a CD on purpose**
- Go to Medieval Times**
- Make someone cry... tears of joy
- Take a pin-up style photo (yes, dudes too)
- Gain 5 lbs on purpose then lose it.
- Throw a massive "just because" party**
- Learn to read sheet music**
- Wear a wig
all day**
- Go to a renaissance festival
**
- Break a dinner plate on purpose
- TP your own home**
- Try aaaaall the ice cream flavors
- Play in the mud
- Ride a mechanical bull
- Make an old school zine and share copies of it
- Complete an entire word puzzle book
- Learn to skateboard
- Climb a tree**
- Go to a rodeo
- Grow your hair
super long
- Cut your hair very short**
- Start a petition
- Smoke a hookah**
- Own a tiara or crown**
- Win a costume contest**
- Make a Rube Goldberg machine
- Break a world record
- Create a new world record
- Start a campfire
- Shear a sheep
- Memorize a famous poem
- Drink from a baby bottle
- Break a piggy bank
- Wear a corset
- Make pasta completely from scratch (sauce, noodles and all)
- Win an auction - online or in person**
- Watch a foreign movie with no subtitles
- Eat an exotic fruit
you've never had before
- Be in in a Mardi Gras
parade**
- Set piece of furniture on fire (um, outdoors please)
- Try at least 10 different types of ethnic cuisine
- Learn to belly dance
(dudes too)**
- Own a formal gown
or tuxedo
**
- Fast for 24 hours
- Go to a comic convention**
- Publish an ebook
- Wear a kilt
- Direct traffic
- Throw a birthday party for a child**
- Eat an insect**
- Recreate the fax machine scene from the movie Office Space
- Sleep in a haunted house
- Milk a goat
- Go bra-less**
- Smoke a cigar
**
- Smoosh a cake with your hands**
- Go Zorbing
- Learn a card trick**
- Go panning for gold
- Make a full Thanksgiving dinner
- just because
- Twerk. Try it. Go on. Just once.**
Want more? Check out my next bucket list post!
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If you haven't considered participating in these activities, I bet you're thinking about it now, aren't you?
Satisfy your curiosity today and just DO it!
