Hallo dear friends! After reflecting on whether it’s a good idea or not to share your bucket list and dream goals, it was for me clear that I should share mine!
I want to share with you an original and funny way to build an effective Bucket List!
I’ve discovered this method by watching this Ted lecture by Travis Bell and I thought it was a good idea and needed more exposure!
But before, I want you to know what I think about Bucket List (and keep this in mind while reading after!!)
/!/ IMPORTANT BUCKET LIST DISCLAIMER /!/
- For me, traveling is not a simple list to “check”: it’s rather experiences to live, letting the unknown coming in, meet unexpected people, etc… That’s why, this “bucket list” is not something to take to the letter, it’s flexible and give ideas and ambition.
- But I do not expect to get the pleasure only by being able to say “okay I did it.” but rather, getting the pleasure while living it.
- Most of the time, we tend to be disappointed when doing the experience because we put too much expectation on it. Hence you should not insist too much or put yourself pressure with it.
- This bucket list was made to learn about myself, what kind of things I would like to experience in life etc… But I will never consider it “finished” and there are things I forgot of course, or I would like to do.
- This list is more about giving an orientation, and to remind me of directions I could take for more excitement in life.
- A list of goals is not a wishlist, but a statement of your intentions. Without deadlines, they have little motivational power and no emergency. It’s better to make your target line challenging but realistic (ambitious goal with an impossible deadline can be demotivating and damaging)
BUCKET LIST SUMMARY
Here is the method: with each first letter, you can find different goals you can set for an exciting life!
- ☆ Goal!
- ★ Done!
- Meet
- Your proud achievement
- Buy a special something
- Ultimate challenge
- Conquer a fear
- Kind act
- Express myself
- Take lessons
- Leave a legacy
- Idiotic stuff
- Satisfy a curiosity
- Travel adventure
Hope you will get inspired!! Let’s get started 😀
MEET
Who do I want to meet in life? (just because) Who do I admire?
- ☆ A spiritual monk and be his/her student for a while
- ☆ An inspiring everyday hero that nobody talks about
- ☆ Meet readers of my blog
YOUR PROUD ACHIEVEMENT
What do I want to achieve?
- ☆ Grow my own veggies / create a sustainable garden (collective & shared if possible)
- ☆ Plant a tree and watch it grow over the years
- ☆ Expose my work in a gallery
- ☆ Do a TED conference
- ☆ Dare to wear a tight top without a bra in public
- ☆ Achieve my ideal extreme minimalistic lifestyle
- ☆ Be able to name every country and locate them! (+ learning about their culture)
- ☆ Create a community (FB group or online platform) around this blog
- ☆ Mastering lucid dreaming
BUY A SPECIAL SOMETHING
For you or someone else…
- ☆ Give a portion of my salary to an association
- ☆ Give a 100$+ tip to someone in a difficult situation
ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
Ripple effect on another side of life, bring enthusiasm
★ Reach 100% of a zero-plastic lifestyle- ☆ Reach 100% of a zero-waste lifestyle
- ☆ Only eat 100% local food (goodbye almonds!)
- ☆ Be financially independent (while doing what I love)
- ☆ Live as an entrepreneur of my own business
- ☆ Make a design brand/clothes/useful things with recycled plastic found in the ocean/sustainable and without carbon emission
- ☆ Spend time in an Ashram (& weeks in entire silence)
CONQUER A FEAR
- ☆ Clear my debts toward my dad (not really a fear, rather a burden but nvm)
- ☆ Vlogging in the street while talking to myself
- ☆ Shout with all my might in a forest (externalize blockages, daring to assume my voice out and loud)
★ Traveling alone without any plans and ticket back
KIND ACT
What strikes me in this world? That doesn’t require money but my attention?
- ★
Do international volunteering abroad - ☆ Create a product whose profits would go to an NGO
- ☆ Volunteering in an orphanage
- ☆ Hug homeless people
★ Host people on Couchsurfing or Workaway★ Donate my hair for an association- ☆ Being a very active and engaged activist and make an impact in an efficient way
EXPRESS MYSELF
- ☆ Create a big piano medley of songs I love
- ★
Create & design my blog - ★
Share my art online - ☆ Finishing my 5 years “one line a day journal” (deadline: 2021)
- ☆ Make a travel diary
- ☆ Wear really weird clothes and find a more unique & personal style
TAKE LESSONS
Which skill do I want to master? What are the things that I always wanted to be able to do?
- ☆ Learning Art Therapy
- ☆ Learning Sign Language
- ☆ Mastering aerial silk
- ☆ Learning Public speaking skills
- ☆ Mastering cello
- ☆ Learning how to sing
- ☆ Mastering Non-Violent Communication (NVC)
- ☆ Mastering Charisma skills
BONUS: Languages
My goal for languages is to reach my own definition of “fluency” (= being able to talk without thinking, understanding any kind of conversation and reading whole books)
(As a French native speaker)
EnglishA1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ★- Spanish A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
- Japanese A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
- + get my JLPT N2 diploma ☆
- Esperanto A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
- German A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
- Italian A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
- Arabic (classic) A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
- Russian A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
- Chinese (Mandarin) A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
- Greek A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
- Swedish A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
- Portuguese A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
- Korean A1 | A2 | B1 | B2 | C1 | C2 ☆
LEAVE A LEGACY
What I am gonna leave years after? What about people I love?
- ☆ Create a Family Recipe Book
- ☆ Release my music album with my compositions and arrangement
- ☆ Draw an autobiography of my life & life-changing things that happened
- ☆ Create an orchestra music/cover and spread it
- ☆ Create an online course and teach
- ☆ Spread my art
- ☆ Publish a book
- ☆ Do a documentary
- ☆ Create a series of interview with inspiring people
“IDIOTIC” STUFF
- ☆ Do the Red Paperclip challenge
SATISFY A CURIOSITY
What do I want to feel, touch, experience?
- ☆ Experience 0 gravity
★Live in a different country- ☆ See rare natural phenomena (Light Pillar/Halo/Sundogs/Lenticular clouds…)
- ☆ See Milky Way at night
- ☆ Have a picnic under cherry blossom in Japan & Hanami (it’s cliché I know)
★Be part of an orchestra and perform together- ☆ Sleep under the stars
- ☆ Get hypnotized
★Act in a movie- ☆ Participate in a 1 month International Artists residency
- ☆ See a natural fluorescent forest
- ☆ Experience a VR mmorpg game
★Be an Erasmus student★Red Head festival in The Netherland★ See Northern Lights★ See Geysers★ Meditate while being in a VR world
TRAVEL ADVENTURES
- ☆ Backpack through World without taking any plane
- ☆ Visit every continent
- ☆ Do a Yoga retreat/meditation
- ☆ set off a random location with no itineraries
★Do a WorkAway experience- ☆ Hot-air balloon
- ★
Be hosted on Couchsurfing - ☆ Paragliding
★ Do an Interrail trip
BONUS: Places to discover (ideas)
Not in particular order… I’ve no idea if they are worth it by the way haha
- Danxia Landform, China ☆
- Rainbow Family Village, Taiwan ☆
- Jeju Island, South Korea ☆
- Banaue, Philippines ☆
- Machu Pichu, Peru ☆
- Lofoten Islands, Norway ☆
- Black Forest, Germany ☆
- North Korea Tour ☆
- Kaindy Lake, Kazakhstan ☆
- Petra, Jordan ☆
- Cinque Terre, Italia ☆
- Pamukkale, and Cappadocia, Turkey ☆
- Panjin Red Beach, & Wulingyuan Scenic Area, China ☆
- African desert & Sahara ☆
- Wind Cathedral, Namibia ☆
- Greenland ☆
- Faroe Islands ☆
- Général Carrera, Chile ☆
- Samarkand, Uzbekistan☆
- Giant’s Causeway, Ireland ☆
- Tunnel of Love, Ukraine☆
- Zion / Antilope, USA ☆
Maui, Hawaii★- Meteora, & Cyclades, Greece ☆
Death Valley & Yosemite, USA★Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia★Iceland roadtrip★Hiroshima, Miyajima & Koya-san, Japan★
if you want to pin and share this bucket list method on Pinterest, you’re welcome!!
I guess that’s it! I’ll do my best to update it often 😉
I’m so curious to know yours! If you have an article or anything, make sure to share in the comments the link or the things you want to do!
Maybe we have common elements in our bucket list?
Well, looking forward to hearing from you!!
See you soon ♥
