This is a list of things that i would like to do before i die. (AKA kick the bucket). there is also a paragraph desribing the bucket list.


Benjamin Houlton
Bucket list
  1. Have kids
  2. Become an architect
  3. Win the lottery
  4. Adopt a child
  5. become a millionaire
  6. Visit Russia
  7. Visit Germany
  8. Go to college
  9. Have a wife
  10. Graduate college
  11. Go to Washington D.C
  12. Plant a tree
  13. Own a car
  14. Own a RV
  15. Own a boat
  16. Be rich
  17. Invest in my 401k
  18. Retire
  19. Pay all the bills
  20. Build my own house
  21. Own my own company
  22. Own a dog
  23. Own a cat
  24. Have a summer home
  25. Visit all of Europe
  26. Own a hospital
  27. Own a restaurant
  28. Be healthy
  29. Have 10 children
  30. Have no debt
  31. Swim with a dolphin.
  32. Skydive
  33. Watch the launch of the Space Shuttle
  34. Walk the Great Wall of China
  35. Listen to the Dalai Lama Speak
  36. Ride a camel into the desert.
  37. Get to know my neighbors.
  38. Learn to ballroom dance properly.
  39. Fall deeply in love - helplessly and unconditionally.
  40. Write a novel
  41. Ride the Trans-Siberian Express across Asia.
  42. Work a night in a soup kitchen
  43. Sing to the Elderly
  44. See a lunar eclipse
  45. Sleep under the stars.
  46. Touch a Tiger
  47. Learn how to complain effectively -- and do it!
  48. Forgive my parents.
  49. Learn to juggle with three balls.
  50. Learn to ride a unicycle
  51. Buy my own house and then spend time making it into exactly what I want.
  52. Grow my own vegetables
  53. Spend a whole day eating junk food without feeling guilty.
  54. Give a speech in public
  55. Scuba dive off Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
  56. Go up in a hot-air balloon.
  57. Give to a charity -- anonymously...
  58. Go deep sea fishing and eat my catch.
  59. Create my own web site.
  60. Spend a half-day at a concentration camp and swear never to forget.
  61. Create my Family Tree.
  62. Walk to the crater of a volcano
  63. Run a marathon
  64. Look into my child's eyes, see myself, and smile.
  65. Reflect on my greatest weakness, and realize how it is my greatest strength.
  66. Make a hole in one
  67. Learn to bartend
  68. Visit the Holy land
  69. Have my portrait painted
  70. Tell someone the story of my life, sparing no details
  71. Be an extra in a film
  72. Attend at least one major event, The Olympics, The World Cup
  73. Learn to speak a foreign language
  74. Send a message in a bottle
  75. Be a member of the audience in a TV show
  76. Buy a round-the-world air ticket and a rucksack, and run away
  77. Plant a tree
  78. Witness the birth of a baby
  79. Shower in a waterfall
  80. Be someone’s mentor
  81. Sit on a jury
  82. Spend a day at Disney land being a kid
  83. Write down my goals and then do something about them
  84. Experience weightlessness
  85. Drive across the country from coast to coast
  86. Own a Porsche
  87. Write my will
  88. Visit new York
  89. Climb to Everest base camp
  90. Fly First Class
  91. Go Whale watching
  92. Win an Award
  93. Win a trip
  94. Fly a kite
  95. Wake up on a beach
  96. Be interviewed on TV
  97. Visit Te Awamutu
  98. Make someone cry of happiness
  99. Ride in a military jeep
  100. Be debt free
  101. Sponsor a child
  102. Have a coffee on the sidewalk in Paris
  103. Visit ground Zero
  104. Visit Area 51
  105. Teach someone illiterate to read
  106. Visit Machu Picchu
  107. Accept myself for who I am
  108. 1. Travel round the world. You may want to do it all in one single trip or break your trips down into one country per year.
    2. See the Seven Wonders of the World. The Seven Wonders of the World is a list of the world’s most spectacular natural or manmade structures. Read about it here 3. Fly first class on an international trip. You like the idea of being given the royal treatment so that you can arrive in style.
    4. Travel the Silk Route – a network of trade routes across the Asian continent. It connected the Asia with Europe and Africa. The route has been used for almost 3,000 years. It gets its name from the lucrative Chinese silk trade during the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 CE).
    5. Visit Bhutan –reportedly one of the happiest countries on Earth! Bhutan is one of the most unusual countries in the world. It is a small, landlocked nation nestling in the Himalayas tucked into the gap between India and Chinese-occupied Tibet.
    6. Scale Mount Everest or any other mountains.
    7. Attend a street party like the Mardi Gras. The Mardi Gras celebrations refer to festivities after Epiphany and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday.
    8. Visit an Indian ashram or place of spiritual interest.
    9. Go whale watching in Alaska or New Zealand.
    10. Go on a road trip.
    11. Go on a luxury cruise vacation.
    12. Attend New Year’s Celebration in Times Square.
    13. Spend a night in a medieval castle in England.
    14. Admire Antoni Gaudí’s works including his magum opus, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain.
    15. View the famous Northern Lights in Iceland.
    16. Explore ice caves, pinnacles and seracs in New Zealand.
    17. Visit Japan during the Cherry Blossom Festival.
    Sports & Special InterestsSporting interests move you into action. They get your adrenalin going.
    18. Engage in an extreme sport like wakeboarding, ice yachting and snow boarding.
    19. Go on a diving expedition. Consider diving in some of the best dive spots in the world: The Great Barrier Reef, the Bahamas or the southern Red Sea.
    20. Take part in a marathon or triathlon. Marathons or triathlons challenge you both physically and mentally.
    21. Fly in a helicopter for a bird’s eye view of the world.
    22. Ride in a hot air balloon.
    23. Master the art of Kung Fu. Like Kung Fu Panda. Like the Dragon Warrior.
    24. Be able to do the difficult yoga poses or asanas.
    25. Learn taichi or qigong.
    26. Bungee jump.
    27. Be able to do the splits.
    28. Do 100 consecutive pushups.
    29. Execute a somersault.
    30. Accomplish all the difficult yoga poses.
    31. Fly a plane.
    32. Experience zero gravity.
    33. Go white water rafting.
    34. Play golf in the best spots around the world.
    35. Horseback riding.
    36. Parasailing. It is not as scary as it seems. Really.
    Food & CuisineFood is another category that you can have on your bucket list.
    37. Sample exotic cuisines from all over the world.
    38. Become a vegetarian.
    39. Cut gluten from your diet.
    40. Reduce sugar intake.
    41. Bake a birthday cake for a special someone.
    42. Be able to cook and churn out delicious meals for the family.
    43. Go on a detox diet for 21 days.
    CharityCharity is your contribution to mankind. Life becomes more fulfilling when you extend your services for others.
    44. Volunteer in your local community.
    45. Build a home for the poor in a less developed country. Join Habitat for Humanity.
    46. Make a difference in the lives of others. It may be a simple random act of kindness or it may be a dedicated effort or cause that you join.
    47. Shave your head for a good cause.
    48. Make micro-loans to the poor and provide financial assistance in setting up small businesses at Kiva.
    Leaving a LegacyYou leave something for others to remember you by.
    49. Write your memoir. So your life – with its trials, tribulations and triumphs – has been pretty unique, if anyone is to ask. You have got experiences that you would like to record.
    50. Publish a book. Writing a book and actually publishing it is two separate things. Your book may or may not be a memoir. But it is your literary piece, your contribution to the world. To publish is to see it in print and distributed.
    51. Plant a tree and name it after you.
    52. Establish a foundation in your name.
    Learn Something NewPursue a hobby or interest that you had been thinking of doing for a long time. You hope to develop basic proficiency with some active learning.
    53. Learn a new language. Consider Japanese, Thai, French, German or Na’vi.
    54. Learn how to bake.
    55. Learn to meditate. You have heard about the benefits of meditation and you would like to try. Read my beginner’s guide on meditation.
    56. Learn sign language. Learn sign language for common words. It can be rather fun!
    57. Learn to play a new musical instrument.
    58. Learn how to balance your own accounts without hiring an accountant.
    59. Learn how to invest excess funds to improve your earnings yield.
    60. Learn how to interpret dreams.
    61. Learn how to do intuitive card readings.
    62. Learn painting.
    63. Learn photography.
    64. Learn how to start a business.
    65. Learn animal communication.
    66. Learn how to do magic tricks.
    67. Learn self hypnosis.
    Success BreakthroughsWhat does success mean to you? It may mean just one or more of the following indicators…..
    68. Start the business of your dreams.
    69. Achieve financial freedom.
    70. Start a blog.
    71. Public speaking. Public speaking is supposedly one of the greatest fears that many have.
    72. Conquer your fear of . Fears that you can work on include heights, cockroaches and snakes. If you have more than three, you may want to create a list of fears that you wish to conquer over.
    73. Meet someone famous. You have got a role model that you look up to. Having the chance to meet means the lifetime opportunity of being touched by his or her presence.
    74. Get featured in the media for something that you did. Being featured in a public media may be an experience that you desire and getting your first shot at stardom.
    75. Ride in a limousine.
    76. Own your dream home.
    77. Own your dream car.
    78. Attend the concert of your favorite pop or rock singer.
    79. Graduate and make your parents proud.
    80. Create meaningful work.
    81. Own multiple investment properties all over the world.
    82. Build assets worth US$
    million.
    83. Reach the top of your profession.
    Love, Romance and Family RelationshipsWhat are your ideas about love, romance and starting a family? This is an important category with bucket items to think over.
    84. Fall in love. Falling in love is a big deal to many of us. To be in love is to experience a warm fuzzy feeling of connection with a special someone. You love being in love.
    85. Find a soul mate. Finding a soul mate may not be quite the same thing as finding a romantic partner. Finding a soul mate is for life. You are ready for commitment.
    86. Have the wedding of a lifetime.
    87. Become a parent. You have a deep longing to have your own children.
    88. Sleep on the beach with your loved one under the stars.
    89. Kiss passionately in the rain.
    90. Be able to write a poem or compose a song for your loved one.
    91. Have a romantic getaway at an exotic location.
    92. Celebrate important anniversary milestones in your marriage.
    OthersThe category of “Others” is a useful one. It allows you to brainstorm into all kinds of possibilities.
    93. Get a tattoo.
    94. Become an acclaimed food critic.
    95. Become an extra in a Hollywood Blockbuster movie.
    96. Swim with the dolphins.
    97. Swim with the sharks.
    98. Ride on a horse into the most amazing sunset.
    99. Build a tree house.
    100. Invent something new and revolutionary.
    101. Attend a high society gala event or costume party.
    102. Participate in a street parade or carnival.
    103. Heal yourself from
    ___ (sickness, disease or illness).
    104. Migrate to a country of choice.
    105. Get reunited with a long lost parent, relative or friend.
    106. Fold a thousand paper cranes to make a sincere wish. According to Japanese legend, if you fold 1000 paper cranes, you get to make a wish.
    107. Go on a Noble Silent meditation retreat. Try a Vipassana Goenka retreat, for instance.
    108. Assume a leadership position.
    109. Survive an endurance camp.

“Dreams are the touchstone of our character”. Henry David Thoreau. The way that I interoperate this quote is that everyone has dreams, and people’s dreams define who they are. The way that I will use this quote to help guide me to accomplishing the things on my bucket list is, I will make sure that my dreams are unique. I will also use this quote to accomplish my things on my bucket list, by making sure that my dreams will always define who I am as a person. The last way that I will use this quote to make sure that I accomplish the things on my bucket list is by, making sure that all my dreams help support my character.
Some of the underlying themes that I see in my bucket list are that my dreams will be very easy to accomplish if I put my mind to it. One of the other themes that I noticed in my bucket list is I have many things that I might not accomplish before I die. I also see that many of the items include me helping other people around me. Another theme that I also see throughout my bucket list is that many of the things on my list are things that I might not be able to do without some else helping me. I think that my list will lead me to being a very adventures person. One of the examples that might show that I am an adventures person is one of the things on my list is that I would like to climb to the Everest base camp. My bucket list also shows that I might be a person that really likes to travel around top many places.one of these examples is that I would like to go to the Great Wall of China.
I think that it is really good to write a bucket list. The reason that I think that it might be really good to write a bucket list is because then I will be able to have something to look forward to and try to accomplish. Some of the things that I learned about myself are that I am a really adventurous. My list also showed me that I really would like to travel in the future.I think that because I am really adventures that this might really have a large impact on the places that I might live in the future.