The New Year’s Bucket List

The tradition of New Year’s Resolutions is as old as most of us can remember. Many of us get caught up in the idea of a new year, and desire to be better versions of ourselves come January 1^st. To help with this, most of us create lists, both physical and mental, of the things that we want to achieve. However, when January 1^st comes and goes, the story is different. At the end of the day, that list of resolutions is either forgotten or pushed so far under the pile of life that it may as well be forgotten. So, instead of making a list of resolutions and things that you wish to change about yourself, how about make a list of things you would like to experience in the coming year? That is, ditch the resolutions list and make a bucket list instead. Funny enough, it is having the experiences on the bucket list that can actually help you to become the person you wish to be and they are also the key to living the life that you want to live.

Let’s take for example if your resolution is to become a more adventurous person. Making that resolution is all well and good, but becoming an adventurous person means you actually have to do adventurous things. New year’s resolutions don’t always come with a plan to help you achieve that goal. So instead, change that resolution to: I want to go sky diving or zip lining. Doing these adventurous things will set you well on your way to becoming more adventurous as a person.

New Year Bucket List ideas

            This list contains some dangerous and some risky ideas for you to undertake during the new year and have been divided into sections for your reading convenience.

 

 

Health and Fitness

• Complete a 5K run/walk at least once a month
• Complete the 100 Push-Up Challenge
• Exercise 4 times a week
• Go a week drinking only water
• Go hiking
• Start drinking green tea on a regular basis.

Travel

• Visit a country you have always wanted to visit
• Cruise the Caribbean
• Go on a random road trip

Adventure

• Try zip lining
• Go snorkeling
• Ride a mechanical bull
• Go paddle boarding
• Go camping

Personal Development

• Learn to forgive
• Improve your spirituality/Get in touch with God
• Treat yourself to something nice once every month (at minimum)
• Be yourself
• Be honest about everything in life
• Be self-sufficient
• Be passionate about a cause
• Do something new every month for a year

Business and Career

• Be your own boss/ become a business owner
• Become a famous businessman/woman
• Be recognized as an authority your field
• Ask for a pay raise

Outreach

• Go on a mission trip/ do more volunteer work
• Donate canned goods and/or clothing to the needy.
• Be a mentor to someone
• Be a regular blood donor
• Be a true inspiration to someone
• Do 365 random acts of kindness in a year

Entertainment

• Attend a concert
• Attend a local sports game
• Attend a cultural festival
• Attend a costume party
• Experience a white Christmas

Education/Learning

• Become bilingual
• Complete a degree/course
• Complete a novel/book
• Complete a rubik’s cube
• Complete all of your favorite author books
• Do a first aid course

Financial

• Be completely debt free
• Have x amount in savings (you choose our amount)
• Save for a house
• Put 3 dollars every single day in a jar for one year
• Stay on a strict budget and save for a goal

Relationship

• Ask a guy on a date
• Be cupid for a couple who will end up married
• Confess your feelings
• Connect with an old friend
• Create a new family tradition
• Go on a blind date
• Go on a romantic getaway
• Find “The One”

Food

• Try an Interesting new food
• Eat at a new restaurant once a month
• Go wine tasting
• Learn to cook/bake new dishes
• Cook 30 recipes from 30 different countries in 30 days
• Cook a meal from every culture

The positive of the New Year’s bucket list is that it actually combines the best features of a regular bucket list, and New Year’s resolutions. It gives you a plan that can help you achieve all the things you would put on a resolutions list. Also, the best thing about bucket lists is that there are about self-explorations, not self-judgment on the person that you were for the last 365 days. So what are you waiting for? Get started on your New Year’s Bucket list today!