Sitting on a bar stool at a beach bar, twirling around, I incessantly bothered my Mom for the umpteenth time about when I could have a new stroller for my doll. Everyone else was playing with their dolls as if they were real kids. Here I was, forced to hold my plastic baby in my arms. She handed me a paper napkin, “I have an idea.”

She instructed me to write down my hopes and dreams. Everything I wanted out of life. Eager to please, I looked inquisitively at the clean white napkin. I wrote down a baby stroller first. Logical. Then the list blossomed: a house, a boat, a pink swimsuit (I was at the beach after all), and to own a shop.

I've been working on my bucket list since I was a child. And while I haven't checked off everything on that napkin, some items have most definitely come to fruition.

I truly believe if you write down your goals they are more likely to happen. So for now, here is my ultimate life bucket list: 100 things I'd like to see, do, eat, and a few general life goals. Hopefully, this might give you some ideas for your bucket list.

100 Bucket List Ideas for Life

From adventure and travel to life-long goals, here is my 100 must-do list. Things I want to do before I die. Because ANYTHING is possible, especially when you write it down. I hope these bucket list ideas help you create your very own list. I know that when I write things down it helps me to visualize and accomplish things.

I update my list regularly and check off the ones I've done! Helps keep me accountable, and excited.

1. ~~Own a home~~
2. ~~Move to Europe~~

3. Be on a Mardi Gras float
4. Write a novel (working on this one!)
5. Own a white convertible
6. Invent something
7. ~~Take a cooking class in Italy~~
8. Stay in an over-water bungalow
9. Go to 100 countries (currently just over 50)
10. Achieve my goal weight
11. Write a nonfiction book
12. ~~Ride a camel in Morocco~~

13. Go dog sledding in Scandinavia
14. Road trip across the US (purchasing an RV to begin this soon!)
15. ~~Watch the Eiffel tower light up~~

16. ~~See elephants in Chiang Mai~~
17. Spend a month in Australia and New Zealand
18. ~~See a Broadway play in New York~~
19. ~~Fly first class~~
20. ~~Go to a Swedish bath~~
21. Ride in a hot air balloon
22. ~~Visit Dubai~~
23. See the Northern Lights (tried this a few times, especially in Iceland, but I'll do it one day!)
24. ~~Go to Tomorrowland~~

25. See a New York Yankees Game in New York with my Dad
26. Float in the Dead Sea
27. Eat breakfast with giraffes in Kenya
28. Go to Banff, Canada
29. ~~Bet on a horse in the Kentucky Derby~~

30. ~~Own my own business~~ (This blog is my job!)
31. ~~See Britney Spears perform live~~
32. Visit Cuba
33. Volunteer as a Big Sister
34. Go to Alaska
35. Hike Machu Picchu
36. ~~Watch sunrise at Angkor Wat~~
37. ~~Go to Oktoberfest in Germany~~

38. Discover more about my family history (my mom is currently doing this!)
39. ~~Ski in the Alps~~
40. See cherry blossoms in Japan
41. See lavender in Provence
42. ~~See the tulip fields in Holland~~
43. ~~Sunset in Santorini~~

44. ~~Visit the Amalfi Coast in Italy~~
45. Fly in a helicopter
46. Do something positive to change the world
47. See the hot air balloons of Cappadocia
48. ~~Go to Antelope and Grand Canyon in Arizona~~

49. Complete NaNoWriMo
50. See the pyramids of Egypt
51. ~~Make a wish at Trevi fountain~~

52. Fly in a private jet
53. ~~Go glamping~~
54. Make a million dollars
55. Get lei’d in Hawaii
56. ~~Attend Carnival in Nice~~

~~57. Spend the night in a castle~~
~~58. Take a boat ride in Lake Bled, Slovenia~~
59. Release baby turtles into the ocean
60. Zipline in Costa Rica
61. Host my own crawfish boil
62. Be 100% debt free (not even home debt)
63. ~~Experience Christmas markets in Europe~~

64. ~~Learn to drive a stick shift~~ (Michael bravely taught me when we were in high school.)
65. Celebrate my 50th wedding anniversary
66. ~~Travel solo~~

67. See all the 50 greatest movies of all time
68. Read 100 of the best books of all time
69. Be an extra in a movie
70. Complete my Europe bucket list
71. ~~Go to Jazz Fest in New Orleans with my Mom~~
72. Take my parents on a trip
73. ~~Walk the walls in Dubrovnik, Croatia~~

74. ~~Swim in Iceland’s thermal pools~~
75. See the Taj Mahal
76. Walk the Great Wall of China
77. ~~Cruise the Danube in Budapest~~

78. ~~See changing of the guard in London~~
79. ~~Eat in a Michelin star restaurant~~– first one was in Heidelberg when we got approved for our visa to live in Germany!
80. ~~Explore a winery~~
81. ~~See the Smoky Mountains~~
82. ~~Learn how to take photos with a DSLR~~
83. ~~Hike the Dolomites in Italy/Germany~~
84. Recreate my wedding dance
85. See all the best castles in Europe

86. Go to every state in the US
87. Take underwater pictures
88. Read one book a week for a year
89. ~~See the Matterhorn in Switzerlan~~d

90. Start a foundation
91. Rescue an animal
92. Go to Glastonbury music festival
93. ~~Swim in the rain~~ (Done in Korcula, Croatia, August 2018.)
94. Drive Route 66 (I've done a section of it with my Mom on the way to Taos.)
95. ~~Release a lantern at Yi Peng Lantern Festival in Thailand~~