I love lists. I love checking things off my list. Here’s my favorite list of all time—my bucket list. In no particular order:
Scuba dive in a shark cage- Fly in the Good Year blimp
- Create a SmileCloud
- Visit Stonehenge during a solstice
- Jump through a fake window
- Be the corpse in a TV show
- Do the pig swim in the Bahamas
- Create a Sportsball T-shirt
Hunt for T-Rex fossils- Create cycling art
- Host a Park(ing) Day
- Make a professional-looking sandcastle
- Spend the night in an igloo or quinzhee
- Learn all the words to “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
- Find a (piece of a) meteorite
Read a romance novel- Draw and voice an animation series
Take a dinoflagellate bioluminescence tourSee the Northern LightsSew a quilt- Hold a handstand for more than 5 seconds
Conquer the splits- Conquer the middle splits
- Become fluent in Spanish
Hang upside down from a NYC subway rack- Study to be a health advocate
- Graffiti a wall (legally)
Ride in a self-driving car- Get shot out of a cannon
Create a cyanotype- Try fire dancing
Stare in awe at the Northern LightsBike across the countryWalk across a country- Earn a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records
Attend laughter yogaTake a religion studies class- Get a “key to the city”
Fly in a hot air balloonComplete a flip and catch on the flying trapeze- Have a street (or something!) named after me
- Get everyone I know to participate in an airport scavenger hunt
Take a painting class- Start a flash mob
- Hop on a round-the-world flight
- Hang out with a ventriloquist
Attend a silent meditation retreat- 3D print something AWESOME
Host a bug dinner- Join a chorale
See lava up close and personal (safety first!)- Make my own candy bar
- Gameify email
- Be an extra in a movie/TV show
- Doodle every day
Tell someone I’m thankful for them every day- Learn how to read tea leaves
- Attend a seance
- Build a robot
Capture paint throwing in slow motion- Fly with a jet pack
- Host a zombie apocalypse preparedness class
Make it rain $$- Meet one new person a week for coffee
Buy drinks for everyone in a barEat camelRide the vomit comet- Hug a panda
AND a koala Write a song- Get my shayna punim on a billboard
Open a cake baking businessBuild a champagne tower- Go sky diving
- Buy customized m&ms with slightly risque words on them
- Become a pool shark
- Host a geocaching scavenger hunt
Win a pie-eating contest- Learn calligraphy/hand lettering
Achieve that really tough locust variation in yoga class!Jello wrestling/mud wrestling. Try it.Donate platelets or blood every week- Start a peanut butter bar tasting and pairing class
- Spend the night in an ice hotel
- Eat moose
Drive through a drive-in liquor store (because CRAZY!)- Drive on the Autobahn
Participate in a food fightTry acupunctureGo rock climbing/boulderingFly in acroyogaPlan a bookstore scavenger hunt- Live on/
visit all continents Participate in an undie runSpend the night in a pillow fortTake a pole dancing class- Attend the Iditarod
Learn to drive stick shiftHost a childhood diary reading partyBecome an Academy Award WatcherSmoosh a firefly on my forehead to see if it still glows- Start a podcast
- Write a book
- Organize a Human Library event
- Grow Diverse Sources to 1,000 members
- Bake birthday cakes for cats and dogs
- Create a wine bar out of a piano
Make a stop-motion animation- Carve a tree stump into a gnome
- Host media-training events for scientists
- Draw a weekly comic strip
Sell some of my art!- Interview people around the world for descriptions of what their anxiety would look like if it were a physical being. Turn it into a website!
Have recommendations? Advice? Cautionary tales? Message me at mabloudoff(@)gmail.com.