2024 Bucket List

During my last year in Hawaii, I decided to create a Bucket List, a list of everything I wanted to do on the island before I left. Making that final year bucket list, not only helped me keep track of all the fun things I wanted to do during that final year, but it kept me motivated and on task to do fun new things. And then I got to thinking, why only make a bucket list when you know your time is limited? Isn’t life limited?

It can be so easy to take for granted the time we have. As humans, we fall into a routine and sometimes we need a little reminder to shake things up. To explore and try new things. So, to help me keep things interesting. To keep pushing myself to do new things, to take chances, and to explore I make annual Bucket Lists. Similar to my New Year’s resolutions, every year I sit down and make a list of all the different things I want to try or do in the year. They don’t always all happen, but it’s a fun way to organize my ideas and keep track of everything I do in a year.

Also, this list is a living document, so as I think of things or as priorities change this list will change and grow.

So what do I want to do this year?

Hikes and Other Outdoor Things

• Complete 30 hikes
  1. Powder Canyon Loop Trail – 01/04/2024
• Hike Zion’s Narrows
• Bungee at the Bridge to Nowhere
• Go camping 6 times
• Go camping with a group

Travel

• Visit a new National Park
• Visit Catalina Island
• Go to the Grand Canyon
• Visit Arrowhead Lake
• Explore Calico Ghost Town
• Take a day trip on the train
• Visit the PNW

Other

• Read 12 books
  1. Grimoire Girl: A Memoir of Magic and Mischief by Hilarie Burton Morgan
• Work on the VW (something…anything)
• Go to 6 concerts
• Re-pierce my nose
• Do something crazy with my hair

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2023 Bucket List

What did I want to do last year and how well did I do? (It was a rough year)

Hikes and Other Outdoor Things

• Complete 24 hikes – COMPLETE
  1. Blue Ridge Trail – 01/08/2023
  2. The Slot – 02/05/2023
  3. Bonita Falls – 03/05/2023
  4. Etiwanda Falls – 03/19/2023
  5. Millard Canyon Falls – 03/24/2023
  6. Escondido Falls – 03/25/2023
  7. Mount Rubidoux – 03/31/2023
  8. San Antonio Falls – 03/31/2023
  9. Trail Canyon Falls – 04/01/2023
  10. Switzer Falls – 04/04/2023
  11. Grotto Trail – 04/07/2023
  12. Santa Ynez Canyon Waterfall – 04/07/2023
  13. Desert Queen Mine and Eagle Cliff Boulder – 05/07/2023
  14. Hagador Canyon Trail – 06/03/2023
  15. Bonita Peak – 06/06/2023
  16. Shoemaker Canyon – 06/19/2023
  17. San Antonio Ski Hut – 06/26/2023
  18. Eaton Canyon – 07/21/2023
  19. Lewis Falls – 07/24/2023
  20. Bertha Peak – 08/01/2023
  21. Moro Rock – 08/28/2023
  22. Tharp’s Log – 08/28/2023
  23. Big Trees Trail – 08/28/2023
  24. General Sherman Tree Trail – 08/29/2023
  25. Bridge to Nowhere – 08/16/2023
• Hike Zion’s Narrows
• Bungee at the Bridge to Nowhere
• Go camping 6 times
  1. Joshua Tree National Park Jumbo Rocks Campground – May 2023
  2. Sequoia National Park Lodgepole Campground – August 2023
• Go camping with a group

Travel

• Visit a new National Park
• Visit Catalina Island
• Go to the Grand Canyon
• Visit Arrowhead Lake
• Explore Calico Ghost Town
• Take a day trip on the train
• Visit the PNW

I may not have completed anything on my travel list, but I did spend a lot of time in Joshua Tree, went to Las Vegas for the first time, and visited 7 Magic Mountains.

Other

• Read 12 books
  1. On Writing by Stephen King – 03/09/2023
  2. Stress Less, Accomplish More by Emily Fletcher – 05/31/2023
  3. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
• Take a pole dancing class
• Do 1 thing to the VW every month
• Make plans to go to The Rose Parade
• Visit Griffith Observatory

My other list was pretty bad too, but one thing I didn’t anticipate was the amount of concerts I would attend in 2023. Last year I saw Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, Neon Trees, and Durry in concert. I also went to the When We Were Young Festival and Emo Orchestra.

Cover Image by Joshua Woroniecki from Pixabay