✓ Project Bucket List

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Back at the tail end of 2023 I was in a massive rut, I was spending my evenings scrolling my life away, and I realised that I couldn’t sit around waiting for things to get better. I had to make a change. So, ta-dah, introducing ✓ Project Bucket List – 100 different challenges, with just 4 years to complete them, starting on January 1st, 2024.

The idea is that you have a clear goal and a short enough timespan to get it all done, that you have no choice but to get out of your comfort zone and get out there.

Because I’m a sucker for systems, I’ve created a list of rules for Project Bucket List, based on SMART goals:

      1. You must have a set number of items. Once you start, you cannot add or take away items.
      2. You must have a specific time period. You cannot extend your bucket list.
      3. You must have clear, measureable win conditions. “walk more” is a bad goal. “Hike 50 different routes” is a good goal.

If you’re thinking you like the sound of a Bucket List, why not create your own? I’ve written exact guidelines on how to make a bucket list, and how to stick to it.

Have a peruse through the list below, and if there’s any you’d like to help me with, please reach out.

Also, I’ve started filling out each item with a bit of a story as I’ve started completing these. I’m going to be releasing all of these as a book at the end of the project, so you can read them now while they’re free, or you can wait until I print them on paper!

    Visit Africa ✓

    Visit Africa ✓

    Tangier, Morocco awaits – a mixing pot of chaos of barters and wads of cash. Money passes hands in quick bursts, no cards, no tax, just trade.

    Bungee Jump  ✓

    Bungee Jump  ✓

    I stop dying and start flying, soaring through a canyon as onlookers cheer. For a second, I’m mother-fucking Spider-Man.

    See a cave painting ✓

    See a cave painting ✓

    The Grand Canyon? Try the “Holy Fuck Canyon”. A brutal hike, six ancient reindeer, and an encounter with art that left me floored.

    Ride a Horse ✓

    Ride a Horse ✓

    First time on a horse, and I picked Monument Valley at sunrise. Epic mesas, wild dogs, and a guide who hunts drones for fun. The Wild Wild West!

    How to make a bucket list
    1. Get into flying (Original: Get pilot’s license)
    2. Climb Scafell Pike, Snowdon, and Ben Nevis
    3. Experience hunting
    4. Make a leather bag
    5. Kayak all of windermere ✓
    6. Weigh 95kg again
    7. Do a Marathon Hike ✓
    8. Sort pension out properly
    9. Write and record a song
    10. Make another short film ✓
    11. Make a guitar
    12. Ride a horse ✓
    13. Climb Stromboli
    14. Do a thru-hike
    15. Go to a concert for an artist from the list ✓
    16. Visit Scotland
    17. ride a motor bike ✓
    18. Swim in a mountain river ✓
    19. Fix up something mechanical ✓
    20. Rock climb ✓
    21. Walk Caminito del Rey in Malaga ✓
    22. Ski
    23. See the northern lights ✓
    24. Surf
    25. Eat at a Michellin star restaurant
    26. Drive a boat ✓
    27. learn a martial art
    28. Learn to dance ✓
    29. breathe fire
    30. catch a fish
    31. Bungee jump ✓
    32. Go to the US ✓
    33. Go to star observatory ✓
    34. Play sultans of swing on guitar
    35. Explore a cave in the dark ✓
    36. Hold a tarantula ✓
    37. Eat a freshwater fish ✓
    38. Go to a spa ✓
    39. Do archery ✓
    40. Return to Cornwall
    41. Go to the theater 
    42. Herpetological study in Sardinia / Srilanka / Costa Rica / or Arizona ✓
    43. See a Rothko in person ✓
    44. Lasso something
    45. See a blackbird at an aviation museum ✓
    46. Sunrise at stonehenge ✓
    47. Make a documentary
    48. Do a cooking class
    49. Participate in a conservation effort
    50. Contribute to a citizen scientist project ✓
    51. Make chocolate from scratch
    52. Try beekeeping ✓
    53. Walk on hot coals
    54. See Monument Valley ✓
    55. Go to a Buddhist session ✓
    56. Learn navigation properly ✓
    57. Find a fossil ✓
    58. Make a stained glass beetle ✓
    59. Make a shirt from scratch ✓
    60. See / Hike Cadini di Misurina
    61. Have a conversation in Russian
    62. Donate blood ✓
    63. Learn first aid ✓
    64. Yoga – do the crow pose
    65. Do something at an open mic ✓
    66. Eat entirely for free by foraging ✓
    67. Perfect homemade pasta ✓
    68. Go to a Natural History Museum “late” session (or similar)
    69. Zipline on Velocity 2
    70. See a manta ray
    71. Breed a beetle
    72. Create a videogame ✓
    73. Faroe OR Skye OR Shetland
    74. Take singing lessons
    75. Try falconry
    76. Make a taxidermy piece
    77. Film something in super 8
    78. Do a cycle holiday (Cornwall to scotland?)
    79. Drive a mustang ✓
    80. Make a pair of Heelys
    81. Try smithing ✓
    82. Night Hike
    83. Write a great story
    84. Stand on a tiny island where I see all sides ✓
    85. Visit Sicily
    86. Plant 100 trees ✓
    87. See a cave painting ✓
    88. Learn all the constellations
    89. See bioluminescent algae ✓
    90. Go to a rage room ✓
    91. Learn bar tending tricks
    92. Learn to draw people ✓
    93. Do wine tasting ✓
    94. Do a muscle up
    95. Read house of leaves ✓
    96. Design and invent something
    97. Visit Africa ✓
    98. Experience Amsterdam
    99. Go to an Abandoned City ✓
    100. Play Clair de lune on piano

     

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