Last updated; May 19th, 2022
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Do you ever feel your life is flying by in the blink of an eye? Do you worry about all the things you want to do, often before hitting a certain age? Or maybe you just need that extra push to get off the couch and get moving? Looking back at the past six months, have you reached any goals, visited a new place, or maybe taken that one chance you’ve been thinking about for a long time? If not, now is the time! 🌍✈️🤩
I strongly encourage everyone to create a Bucketlist of their own and in case you need some inspiration, here’s mine;
First – start by writing my own complete Bucketlist!- Write a letter to myself & read it in two years (track progress)
- Finish a “101 things to do in 1001 days” challenge
- Check into a hotel alone (Dinner, SPA, Netflix and relaxation!)
Live in a big city (San Francisco 2007 + Leiden 2016)Live abroad for more than a year (3 years in the U.S. + 1 year in the Netherlands)- Move abroad again (for a short period)
- Travel the world (set food in every continent)
- Fill your passport with stamps/visas before it expires
- Throw a dart on a world map and book a ticket where it lands
- Visit a new country every year until I die
Visit a total of 20 countries- Visit a total of 50 countries
- Visit a total of 100 countries
- Have dinner in the sky
- Visit my former host family in San Francisco
- Celebrate 4th of July in the U.S.
Work as an Aupair (in San Fransisco, 2007)Ride the cable cars in San FranciscoSee the sea lions at Pier 39 in San Fransisco- Unwind in the Blue Lagoon, Iceland
- Spend a long weekend in Reykjavik
- Have a drink at the ice hotel
Have a stranger buy a drink for you- Look for a bargain at flea markets
Celebrate Thanksgiving in the U.S.Celebrate Kings Day in the Netherlands- Buy a same-day-plane-ticket to another country
- Eat a colorful meal at Oslo Raw
- Go on a cruise (combine Caribbean and USA)
Walk the Coastal Path in Stavern- Make a wish at the Trevi fountain in Rome
- Ride a gondola through the canals of Venice
Serve in the military (Completed the mandatory military service in the Royal Norwegain Air Force, 2008-2009)Shoot with a weapon- Go on a safari in Africa
- Visit Sri Lanka
- Take the train from Ella – Kandy
- Sip tea in the plantations of Sri Lanka
- Chill in a hammock with a colorful drink and do absolutely nothing
- Visit Hawaii
- Visit Australia
Visit Svalbard (Worked there in 2018)- Climb the Sydney Harbor Bridge
- Go swimming at Bondi Beach
- Swim in the Bondi Saltwater Pool
- Walk the Bondi to Coogee Coastal Trail
- Sail in the Whitsundays
- Drive on the other side of the road
See the Acropolis, AthensGo island hopping in Greece (I’ve been to Paros, anti-Paros, Naxos, Paxos, Crete, Rhodos, and Kos)- Go backpacking in Asia
- Create a Asia Bucketlist before traveling
- Walk on a suspension bridge
- Ride a tuk-tuk
- Hold/feed a monkey
- Get a Thai massage
- Visit a Buddhist temple
- Eat tons of delicious street-food
- Rent a private long tail boat
- See a monk (and kindly ask for a picture)
- Try snorkeling/diving in Koh Thao
- Spend the night at Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok
- Visit a floating market in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
- Volunteer at Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Release a lantern at the Loi Krathong festival in Thailand
- Visit a local farmers market
- Be “held” by the Golden Bridge, Vietnam
- Have dinner & drinks at a rooftop bar in Bangkok
- Watch the sunset in Oia, Santorini
- Walk on a black sand beach
- Visit New England in the fall (transition between fall & summer)
- Eat a lobster-roll from a local crab shack in New England
- See the fall foliage in New England
Become an organ donor- Go on a road trip in Norway
- Go on a road trip in the U.S.
- Do a self-guided tour in a city
- Order room service
- Make homemade ice cream
- Make homemade apple cider
- Jam to the music at Coachella
Jam to the music at Stavernfestivalen- Jam to the music at the Flying Dutch
- Jam to the music at Fjordfesten
- Jam to the music at Verven Festivalen
- Dance on a bar
- Get backstage at an concert and meet a famous artist
- Learn to knit a pair of wool socks
- Learn to knit a sweater
- Visit a national park
Go on an girls trip abroad (been to several and will do many more in the future!)- Invite my girlfriends on a sleepover
- Make new friends
Meet an online friend in person- Re-connect with an old friend
- Make a friendship scrapbook photo album
- Surprise visit a friend I haven’t seen in a long time
- Have a crazy night out with good friends
- Dance on the bar
Visit a cat cafe (Cats & coffee are the best combo!)- Go on a trip abroad with my mom and sister
- Go on a vacation in the U.S. with Fee and TK
- Head back to GF and have a good time “for old times sake”
- Create a “little street library” in my hometown
- Attend a book signing with a favorite author and buy a copy
- Host, join and/or participate in a book club
- Read a book before the movie
Read a book in a day- Read one book a week for a year
- Become a DELTA Gold Medallion SkyMiles Member
- Visit an UNESCO World Heritage Site in Norway
- Visit an UNESCO World Heritage Site in the world
- Meet the indigenous population of Norway
- Experience the “southern hospitality” in the U.S.
- Drive Highway One from San Diego – San Francisco
Fly a helicopter (in the Air Force)- Spend the night at a local bed & breakfast in the U.S.
- Spend the night in a castle
- Spend in the night in a water-villa
- Spend the night is a hostel
- Spend the night in a tree-house
Go skinny-dipping- Hike between the colorful villages in the Cinque Terre, Italy
Eat gelato in ItalyItalian food Bucketlist; pesto, Parmesan, tiramisu, raviolli, carbonara, foccacia and Italian meat & cheeses.- Cruise along the banks of Lake Como
Visit Duomo di Milano (the Milan Cathedral)- Visit the Colosseum
Do the “Italian Aperitivo”- Ride a gondola in Venice
- Visit the Amalfi Coast
- Swim in the crystal clear water of Sardinia
- Savor Lake Tahoe’s unspoiled beauty
Celebrate Halloween in the USA- Overlook Los Angeles from Griffith Observatory
- Eat street-tacos from a food truck in California
- Go rollerblading at Venice Beach
- Enjoy wine-tasting and good food in Sonoma
- Whale watching in Monterey Bay
Go swimming at Miami Beach- Take a food truck tour of LA = fusion food capital of the world!
- Eat Mexican Food in the Mission District, SF
- Celebrate new years eve in another country
- Celebrate Christmas in another country
- Celebrate my birthday in another country
- Rent a house/villa with a private pool
- Have my nude body artistically painted
- Volunteer in a third-world country
- Try house-sitting
- Travel solo
Go to the movies solo- Go to a restaurant solo
- Go strawberry picking and make strawberry jam
- Go apple picking and make apple jam & apple cake
- Go berry picking and make lingonberry/blueberry jam
- Try couch surfing
- Swim in the Dead Sea
- Swim in a waterfall
Visit the Auschwitz & Birkenau Consentration camps- Swim with dolphins in their natural habitat
- Swim with sea turtles in their natural habitat
- Release baby turtles into the ocean
- Cook a traditional dish from a different culture
- Be a foodie in Mathallen, Oslo
Eat a meal from a food truck- Attend a local food festival
- Complete a cooking class
- Go on a food tour
- Create your own personal recipe book
- Make fresh pasta
- Make fresh pesto
- Make Dutch oven bread
- Toss pizza dough in the air
- Cook every dish in a cookbook
- Learn to eat with chopsticks
- Enjoy dinner & a show at Wallmanns
- Learn a good bartending trick
- Order something completely different on the menu
- Order the most expensive thing on the menu
- Experience afternoon tea in England
Eat pasta and drink wine in ItalyEat tapas and drink san miguel in SpainEat gyros and drink mythos in GreeceEat tacos and drink corona in Mexico- Eat pad Thai with rice noodles in Thailand
- Eat croissants and drink coffee in France
- Eat curry in Sri Lanka
- Eat a great steak in Argentina
- Eat a meal prepared by a celebrity chef
- Pick fresh fruit from a tree and eat it
- Take a professional cocktail making class
- Sleep in an iglo at Kakslauttanen Arctic Resport in Finland
- Leave a 100 % tip for someone who deserves it
Try paranglidingRide a jet-ski- Create my own signature dish
- Create my own signature drink
- Learn to surf
- Learn a new language (Duolingo is a perfect place to start!)
- See the Northern Lights
- See the Midnight Sun
See Alexander the Great statute in Skople, MacedoniaVisit the heart and soul of Skopje – the Old Bazar- See a koala in their natural habitat
- See a kangaroo in their natural habitat
- Ride a snowmobile
- Go dog-sledding
- Walk barefoot for a whole day
- Visit a museum of interest
Visit a stave church- Try indoor skydiving
- Try crossfit
- Jump of a cliff
- Fly a private jet
- Meet a celebrity
- Meet your favorite blogger
- Be in the audience of a TV-show
- Live in NYC for a month and get to know the city like a local
- Party on a NYC rooftop
- Read a book at the NYC Public Library
- Visit the Ground Zero memorial
- Find the best coffee shop in New York City
- Visit Brooklyn Flea Market
- Visit Grand Central Station
- Walk across Brooklyn Bridge
- Take in the views of NYC from Top of the Rock
- Walk the High Line with a take-away ice coffee
- Stay in the Plaza Hotel around Christmas time
- Attend a free yoga session in a New York City park
- Have a picnic in Central Park
- Go on a bike ride in Central Park
- Vacay in the Hampton’s
- Fly a trapeze through Trapeze School New York
- Become a certified spin/mindfulness instructor
- Try stand-up paddle boarding
- Attend a relax retreat (wellness, food, SPA and relaxation)
- Spend a full day at the SPA
Have a fish pedicure- Take a mud bath
- Be portrayed in the media for something I’m proud of
- Fly first class on an international flight
- Become debt free
Buy my first home alone- Buy my dream home in Stavern (long term goal)
- Buy my dream car
- Buy a cabin in the Norwegian mountains
- Invest in property abroad
- Buy something from an auction
- Make a a large purchase with only cash
- Develop a passion project & transform it into a business
- Start investing money wisely (ask a financial advisor for help)
Pay off my credit cards- Save 20 000,- in my emergency savings account
- Save 10 000,- in my vacation account
- Pay off my student loans
- Earn six figures
- Be a self-made millionaire
Go to college abroadGraduate from college (UND class of 2013 with a degree in Criminal Justice studies!)- Create a passive income
- Try a new profession
- Start a non-profit organization
- Go to graduate school/take courses to further my education
- Land my dream job
- Start my own business
- Have my own business card
- Have my own office space
- Be a brand ambassador
Sell something online- Invent something
- Build a community of like-minded people
- Complete a research project I’m passionate about
- Connect/work with past teachers/professors
- Attend a conference/networking event
- Attend a public speaking event
- Take advantage of a free online class/course
- Be invited as a speaker at a public speaking event
- Have a meaningful conversation with a stranger
- Publish my own fill-in-Bucketlist book
- Get paid to travel
Go on a roadtrip in the USA (we drove from ND-FL)Experience an American college keg partyExperience crazy spring-break in the U.S.- Be someone’s mentor
- Collect money for a good cause
- Hold a management position
- Receive a fan letter for making a difference in someones life
- Be on the cover of a magazine
- Be interviewed in a podcast
- Pay for a strangers coffee
- Make “just because” gifts for your friends because they deserve it
- Buy lunch to a homeless person
- Climb the Pulpit Rock
- Climb Galdhøpiggen
Climb Gaustadtoppen- Tour a beer/cider brewery
- Brew your own beer/cider
- Get in good shape (where I’m comfortable!)
- Manage to do 10 hand-standing push-ups
- Complete a 7 day detox cleanse
- Learn to meditate
- Complete the “30 days of yoga with Adriene“
- Walk 10 000 steps for 30 consecutive days
- Do 50 squats per day for 30 days
- Do a color run
- Do a 30×30 challenge (30 minutes activity for 30 days)
- Attend a mindful meditation silent day retreat
- Try a booth camp class
- Try soul-cycle
- Try Pilates
- Try kickboxing
- Take a self-defense class
- Climb a rock wall
- Work out with a personal trainer
- Participate in an obstacle race
- Try whitewater rafting
- Play tennis just for fun
- Make my own body scrub
- Find the perfect banana bread recipe
- Find the perfect green juice recipe
- Find the perfect Sangria recipe
- Find the perfect smoothie bowl recipe
- Find the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe
- Remodel an old piece of furniture
- Finish a fun DIY project
- Participate in a bike race
- Take a photography class
- Shop at the Rose Bowl flea market in Los Angeles
- Attend a black-tie event
- Attend a movie premiere
- Attend a gallery opening
- Attend a masquerade ball
- Attend a gay pride event
- Attend a day-drinking party
- Attend a white/black party
- See Taylor Swift live
- Buy a national costume (Vestfold Bunad)
- Grow an herb garden at home
- Grow a vegetable garden at home
- Grow something from a seed
- Build a walk-in-closet in my new apartment
- Create the perfect bar-cart for my apartment
- Paint some art for my living room
- Send an anonymous gift to someone who deserves it
Gamle in Las Vegas- Find the perfect designer bag
- Find the perfect pair of shoes
- Find the perfect pair of jeans
- Find the perfect dress
- Find the perfect bikini
- Find my signature scent
- Own Tiffany Jewelry
- Buy a cute outfit at a second hand store
- Go shopping with a personal shopper
- Dress up fancy and go somewhere just for fun
- Get a hot-stone massage
- Get a foot massage
- Get a manicure and pedicure
- Get a blow-out
- Get a facial
Get a Brazilian wax- Create the perfect morning routine
- Create the perfect bedtime routine
- Try arctic sauna and ice swimming
- Have a SPA day at home
- Do a complete make over (hair, body and style)
See a dermatologist for skin care treatments and productsGo skinny dipping in the sea- Have a professional photo shoot
- Create a gratitude journal jar
- Experience weightlessness
- Take a one week vacation by yourself
- Visit 10 new restaurants
- Read 10 memoirs
- Read 10 books
- See 10 documentaries
- See 10 movies
- Watch 52 films in 52 weeks
- Go to a drive-in movie theater
- Have a movie marathon
- Have an outdoor picnic
Volunteer for a cause I’m passionate about (HOHV)- Treat my parents to a well deserved dinner
- Treat my parents to a well deserved trip abroad
- Pay off my parents debt
- Travel to surprise visit someone
- Go on a date
- Go on a double date
- Go on a date in another country
- Invite someone out
Have a one night stand- Have a new years eve kiss
- Fall in love and be happy again
- Hike a new trail
- No shopping for a month
- No alcohol for a month
- No sugar for a month
- No coffee for a month
- Go vegetarian for a week
- Go vegan for a week
Eat a meal at Jamie Oliver’s restaurant- Have breakfast in bed
- Hand write a letter to a good friend
- Hand write a letter to someone special
- Hand write a nice note and leave on a strangers windshield
- Complete the “Sell 100 things in 2022” challenge
- Eat a meal cooked by a famous chef
- Extract honey from a bee hive
Stay in a 5 star hotel (Mexico, 2013)- Eat a meal in a Michelin restaurant
- Participate in a trivia
- Book a staycation Farris Bad SPA Hotel
- Go camping
- Go glamping
- Sleep under the stars
- Prepare an entire meal on a bonfire
- Have an outdoor bonfire night with good friends
Sleep outside in a hammock- Go on a cabin trip in the Norwegian mountains
- Make s’mores over a campfire
- Throw an epic theme party
- Party in a private VIP booth in a night club
- Leave a club or bar as the sun is rising
- Attend a unique small town event
- Read a book on the New York Bestseller List
- Get a tattoo
Try zip-lining (Down Holmenkollen skijump)- See a volcano (hike all the way to the top)
- Visit Fee and Gie in the U.S.
- Visit Yasmine in Indonesia
- Visit Millie in England/Rwanda
- Visit Heather, Evelyn and Gigi in the Netherlands
- Have dinner & drinks at a rooftop bar
- Host a “friendsgiving” dinner
- Host a game night
- Host a Christmas party
- Host a fall inspired dinner
- Host a “boozy brunch”
- Host a family reunion
- Host a reunion with friends from college
- Host a Halloween party
- Carve pumpkins for Halloween
- Decorate my home for Halloween
- Dress up for Halloween
- Celebrate Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts
See a musical- See a live TED-talk
- See a Broadway show
- See a Las Vegas show
Try plogging- Adopt a rescue animal (kitty cat ❤ )
- Visit one of the eight wonders of the world
- Take a sabbatical vacation from work
- Invite friends over for a backyard barbecue
- Invite friends over for an outdoor movie night
- Invite friends over for day-drinking
- Eat breakfast with Giraffes at the Giraffe Manor
- Send a care-package to someone going through a tough time
- Send flowers to someone going through a tough time
- Spend a rainy day watching movies in pj’s
- Say “yes” to something I normally wouldn’t do
- Meet the indigenous population of Norway
Try pole-dancing- Display a year of your life in pictures (365 pictures in an album)
- Visit a nude beach
- Go night swimming
- Go bowling
- Go ice skating
- Go horseback riding
- Crash a wedding
Ride a limousine- Go celebrity hunting in Malibu, CA
- Celebrate a local holiday
- Have a swap-meat with girlfriends (swap clothes)
- Relax in a natural hot spring
- Watch a sunrise & sunset in the same day
- Go to a shooting range and shoot with a weapon
- Take a cool jumping picture
- Visit a mosque
- Visit a cathedral
See Big Ben, LondonGo treasure hunting at Portobello Road Market, Notting Hill- Float in the dead sea
- Have a professional photo shoot (just for fun)
- Finish a crossword puzzle without cheating
- Walk on the Great Wall of China
- Jump into a pool fully clothed
- Rent a place through AirBnb
- Fly in a hot air balloon
- Do the Hollywood Sign hike
- Have a nutritious smoothie at Sunlife Organics
- Go on a canoe/kayaking trip
- Have a pen pal
- Celebrate my 35th birthday like no other!
- Be in two places at once
See a dragshow- Create a fun vision board for your future
- Make a recipe with random fridge leftovers
- Throw someone a surprise party
- Ride a jet-ski
- Eat a meal with locals while traveling
- Sign a petition
- Start a petition
Drive on Autobahn- Write a list over everything I’m grateful for
- Master the art of self confidence
Go on a bike ride outside- Spend a night at the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel
- Take a photography class
- Visit a nearby historical monument
- Create a library at home for free (only free books)
- Take a bath with bubbles & reality TV
- Spend the night at Britannia hotel in Trondheim
Do something crazy and out of character- Take in samba dancing and party vibes in the carnival in Brazil
- Have a home gym
- Enjoy Happy Hour at Henry’s in LA
- Take a vow of silence for a day
- Have a “me day” where I do and buy whatever I want all day
- Go to a huge sporting event
Visit the European Christmas markets- See a polo bear
- See penguins in their natural habitat
- Bundle up in front of the fire with a blanket, hot cocoa and a book
- Do a wine & paint class with girlfriends
- Spend the night in a glass container (literally!)
- See the twinkling lights of the Eiffel Tower at night
- Experience the true Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany
- Have fun in the heights at Høyt & Lavt
- Rent bikes on the Koster Islands in Sweden
- Have fun at after-ski
- Try cupping
- Rent a lake house in Minnesota with friends from college
- Visit the Minnesota State Fair
- Visit Charleston, SC
- Ride a bike on Sullivans Island, SC
- Stay on a houseboat in the Netherlands
- See the tulips bloom in Keukenhof
Ride a bike like a local in the NetherlandsExperience the madness of Red Light District, AmsterdamVisit Rotterdam MarkthallTry stroopwaffles (Dutch specialty)- Ride a boat on the canals in the Netherlands
- Build a capsule wardrobe with quality pieces
- Try zip-lining in Costa Rica
- Extend an invite to someone who is alone on Christmas eve
- Create a Bucketlist with your best friend
- Visit a mosque
- End goal – finish this Bucketlist before I die!
Countries visited so far (19); Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Turkey, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Greece, Macedonia, USA, Mexico, Canada, Cyprus, and Poland.
Do you have your own Bucketlist? 🙂
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2 responses to “My Bucketlist! 📝”
Hi Rebecca! This is a very extensive and inspiring bucket list! I have a couple of common items with you, which made me realize that my bucket list are just scattered inside my brain. Perhaps I can also list them down like this just how you did it. Good luck! Following your blog now and cheering for you as you achieve them one by one! 🙂
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Hi Sher, and thanks so much for this wonderful comment! I’m glad my Bucketlist is giving you some inspiration to scramble it down on a piece of paper, it’s definitely the best decision I made! 📝 I’ll be making sure to check out your site and tag along on your adventure! 📸😊
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