2025 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 12 hikes
• Bungee at the Bridge to Nowhere
• Go camping 6 times
• Camp somewhere new
• Kayak in Big Bear
• Learn to ski

Travel

• Visit Arrowhead Lake
• Explore Calico Ghost Town
• Take a day trip on the train (not San Diego)
• Visit the PNW

Other

• Read 12 books
• Eat at 6 new restaurants

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2024 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 30 hikes – I didn’t do 30 hikes, maybe more like 10, I just did a really bad job of keeping track of them
• Go camping 6 times – Sadly only went camping twice
• Go camping with a group
• Hike Zion’s Narrows
• Bungee at the Bridge to Nowhere

Travel

• Visit a new National Park
• Visit Catalina Island
• Go to the Grand Canyon
• Visit Arrowhead Lake
• Explore Calico Ghost Town – But I did go to Oatman
• Take a day trip on the train – COMPLETE – Spent the day in San Diego
• Visit the PNW

Other

• Do something crazy with my hair – COMPLETE – I have blue hair
• Read 12 books
• Work on the VW (something…anything)
• Go to 6 concerts – COMPLETE
• Re-pierce my nose – COMPLETE

Cover Image by Joshua Woroniecki from Pixabay