100 Things to Add to Your Bucket List

If you know me and have read some of my other blog posts, you know that I’m kind of obsessed with bucket lists. Last week, I published this post, 6 Things You Can Cross Off Your Bucket List Today. I talked about bucket-list-worthy things you can do at this very moment.

Today, we’re going to go a little broader and I am giving you 100 things to add to your life bucket list. Some are really big, and others are things you can do today. Some are super-specific and others are way broader. Some are ideas of things I have done and loved, others still remain on my own bucket list.

You may have already done a couple of these. You can do it again or proudly cross it off right now. When you were a kid you might have done a few of these. In that case, I would highly recommend adding them to your list and doing them again.

The goal of this post is to get you inspired. I want you to get excited about your current bucket list and add more things that you can’t wait to do. Write these down word for word or revise them to be more specific to you.

100 things both big and small to add to your bucket list:

1. Waterski under the moon
2. Watch the sunset in a National Park
3. Run through a wildflower field
4. Swim underneath a waterfall
5. Go tubing down a creek on anything but a tube. Think flamingo floaties, DIY rafts, etc.
6. Run barefoot in the desert sand
7. Touch one of the Flatirons in Boulder, Colorado
8. Buy a last-minute plane ticket to somewhere new
9. Kiss someone in the rain
10. Make pancakes after midnight
11. Go on a road trip with your best friends
12. Go sledding in the middle of the night
13. Visit two different National Parks in the same day
14. Ride a tandem bike
15. Spend an entire day without shoes (if you stay inside all day it doesn’t count:)
16. Sleep under the stars in the middle of nowhere with no light pollution
17. Do a sunrise hike
18. Spend the night on a floating water trampoline
19. Go to a random concert where you have no idea who is playing
20. Watch the sunrise by the ocean
21. Dance barefoot with flowers in your hair
22. Go camping in the mountains with friends
23. Go at least 7 days without showering
24. Write a letter to someone you love. Don’t tell them about it and leave it somehwere where they will find it
25. Paint while watching the sunset
26. Go out to dinner by yourself
27. Drive on the Pacific Coast Highway
28. Sit somewhere outside under the stars. Without turning on any lights, pick out a few random colors and start painting something. Don’t look at it under light until after you’re done.
29. Spend the whole day without looking in the mirror once
30. Touch one of the arches in Arches National Park
31. Eat ice cream for breakfast
32. Lay in the grass for a few hours. Zero plans or intentions- just be.
33. Go swimming while its raining
34. See the Continental Divide in Colorado
35. Wear wildflowers in your hair
36. Pay for a stranger’s coffee
37. Stay up all night until the first breakfast place in town opens then go get breakfast. It doesn’t count if it stays open 24 hours.
38. Go on a trip and only bring a backpack, no suitcase or duffel bag
39. Make your neighbor cookies for no reason at all
40. Roll down a grassy hill
41. Spend at least one entire day in a swimsuit. From pajamas to pajamas, no real clothes between.
42. Drive on Route 66
43. Swim in the ocean at sunset
44. Write a letter to your younger self
45. Write a letter to your future self
46. Watch the sunrise every morning for a week
47. Kiss someone under a sky of stars
48. Dance with a stranger
49. See the Hollywood sign
50. Swim in an alpine lake
51. Paint something cool on your legs
52. Pet a cow
53. Learn how to skateboard/longboard
54. Try surfing
55. Go on a trip with your significant other
56. Go skinny dipping
57. Cliff jump
58. Go on a desert road trip
59. Take a nap beside a river or creek
60. Go backpacking in Colorado
61. Make a list of 10 places in your home state or town that you haven’t seen before. On your next free day, close your eyes and pick one. Go there.
62. Visit every U.S. National Park
63. Dance barefoot in the rain
64. See the Grand Canyon
65. Longboard down a desert road
66. Go to a music festival
67. Swim under a full moon
68. Do a cartwheel on the beach
69. Bunjee jump
70. Visit a ski resort in summer and ride the chairlift up
71. Swim in an infinity pool
72. Swim beside a sea turtle (always be respectful and keep your distance)
73. Go to the top floor of the tallest building you can find to see the city from above
74. See a concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado
75. Watch the sunset in a new place every night for a week
76. Sleep in the back of a car
77. Visit every tourist attraction in your hometown/state
78. Watch the sunrise in a National Park
79. Stargaze in the desert
80. Make a list of 10 things you absolutly love about yourself and hold onto it forever
81. Sleep in a hammock for the night
82. Tandem water ski (have two ropes attached to the boat so two people can ski at the same time)
83. At a drive-thru, order whatever the person in front of you ordered
84. Ride a gondola to the top of a mountain
85. Go tubing behind a boat
86. Paint something cool on a pair of jeans and wear them out
87. Have an underwater photoshoot
88. See real dinosaur tracks
89. Buy a sticker or magent at every stop on a road trip
90. Get rid of all of your clothes that don’t make you feel good. Clothes that are the wrong size, don’t fit right, too itchy to wear, etc. Just get rid of them.
91. Drive with your favorite music playing loud and the windows rolled down. Let your hair blow wild and free.
92. Go rock climbing outdoors
93. Spend the entire day at the beach from sunrise to sunset
94. If you have kids, write them a letter for them to open once they’re a certain age. If you don’t yet have kids but will some day, write a letter to your future kid.
95. Make a wish on a dandelion
96. Try snowboarding
97. Give flowers to someone you love for no apparent reason
98. Hug a tree in Sequoia National Park
99. Cage dive with sharks
100. Swim or surf under a rainbow

There you go- 100 bucket list items for you. I hope your bucket list grew at least a little bit, and you’re ready to cross some things off.

How many have you done already?

I can’t wait to hear which ones you’ve done already and which ones you are most excited about adding to your bucket list. Let me know down below!