Bucket List's.

Yesterday I briefly mentioned my Bucket List - this reminded me that I hadn't looked at my list in well over a year! So I rummaged about and eventually found the shabby bit of paper. It was a small list, I had wrote when I was sick one day to try and cheer me up, it had some cool typical stuff on it like 'Skydive' and 'climb Everest' or even 'be a millionaire,' it made me laugh - I have to admit, but I was reminded of the great feeling of hope and inspiration I had when I wrote it. So with that I grabbed my bedside book and set out to write a new and improved bucket list with 100 things on it that I must do before I die. For those of you who have no idea what I'm on about here you go:


A bucket list is a list of things you want to do in your life before you 'kick the bucket' (die) 


"Gosh isn't he bright a cheerful talking about death on a lovely sunny Thursday" (surprisingly it is sunny today in Ireland) Yes! Yes I am bright and cheerful talking about death because why should we be afraid of it? Death is one of the few things we know for certain will happen, so why hide, why run away from the inevitable? Nowadays there is a massive taboo about death, it's the elephant in the room, the conversation that causes heads to drop, well guys if your one of these people I suggest it's time you raise your head, open your eyes and shout at the elephant.

One reason people are afraid of death is because they don't know when its going to happen, but they know it will happen, like the rain! We all know it will come we just don't know when (unless the weather guys actually get it right), you don't see (most) people running around frantically sobbing about the possibility of rain... Death is not a disaster, it is a goal, it is the tape at the end of the race, the line we all cross, it is the final chapter of your life, the last thing before the credits, sure no one wants to die but no one has a choice! Use death as the deadline (no pun intended) for everything you want to have done in life. How can you turn death into a positive thing? How can you ensure when you look back on your life you can say 'I was happy,' how can you prevent living just a normal life? Turning what could be ordinary into extraordinary? Simples. Write a Bucket List. 


Not sure what you put on your 'To do list for life?' that's ok you don't have to write a thousand in one sitting, add one or two things every now and again and soon you will have quite the list! It's important to make sure that the things on your list aren't impossible and on the other hand not too simple! It's a delicate balance but you'll be able to get it alright, but the most important thing is only put things down that you WANT to do, not because they look cool, or because it would be a cool story (bro) to tell someone, stick to things that you really wanna do :)

So before I bore you to tears here is my Bucket List!



My Bucket List

1. Write a novel
2. Make an album
3. Stick to a New Years Resolution - DONE
4. Go a week without speaking
5. Compliment a foreigner in their own language
6. Write a song - DONE
7. Live life being blind for the day (blindfolded or something)
8. Drink a coffee in Italy
9. Go somewhere in the world McDonald's isn't
10. Save a life
11. Cry with happiness
12. Sleep in the desert
13. Float in the Dead Sea
14. Get to somewhere on a Camel
15. Vlog
16. Stay awake 3 days in a row
17. See Coldplay live
18. Run a marathon
19. Fall in love
20. Pay it forward
21. Trek in the Amazon
22. Win a competition
23. Buy a lottery ticket
24. Buy a beer in Germany
25. Skydive
26. Life on the streets for a week
27. Get married
28. Travel to every continent
29. Go to a Gatsby styled party
30. Go to a gaybar :L
31. Go to a Jazz Club/Blues bar
32. Take an unbelievable photo
33. Learn to drive
34. Break a bone
35. Ask a stranger out for coffee
36. Buy a stranger an ice-cream
37. Pay for a strangers bill at restaurant
38. Surf
39. Share a pizza in the street with strangers.
40. Buy a guilty pleasure (something really stupid, expensive that I really want)
41. Scare someone so much they scream
42. Get so scared I scream
43. Scuba dive
44. See the Grand Canyon
45. Make a wish in the Trevi Fountain
46. See a wish come true
47. Witness something truly majestic
48. Smile at a funeral
49. Pop open a champagne
50. Find someone with two completely different eye colours
51. Busk
52. Skinny dip
53. Play a huge game of real life Where's Wally - DONE
54. Read an entire book aloud
55. See a kangaroo in the wild
56. See dolphins in the wild - DONE
57. Dance a jig in an Irish pub
58. Live a week without checking the time
59. Gamble in Las Vegas
60. Fire a gun
61. Take a yellow 'cab' in New York
62. Use a red telephone box in London
63. See a penguin in the wild
64. Hear Big Ben chime
65. Visit the Empire Estate Building (with a golf ball)
66. Get a Chinese in China
67. Eat maple syrup in Canada
68. Make an awesome chalk mural
69. Sing Galway Girl to someone with black hair and blue eyes from Galway :
70. Cook something EpicMealTime style
71. Read War and Peace
72. Read the Koran
73. Read the Bible - DONE
74. Earn 'ONE bit' of money from dancing in the street.
75. Go zorbing
76. Eat Swiss cheese in Switzerland
77. Travel somewhere by husky
78. Walk 500 miles in two weeks
79. Shout croissant at the top of the Eiffel Tower 
80. Lean on the leaning tower of Pisa
81. Ride a bike in Holland
82. Go to mass
83. Go to a Mosque
84. Walk along the Great Wall of China
85. Eat a kiwi in New Zealand
86. Have a tea party in the street - DONE - Took part in the Worlds largest street Tea party!
87. Visit someone in prison
88. Be a best man
89. Work on an oil rig
90. Fill an entire journal
91. Climb to one of top 5 tallest mountains in the world
92. Complete a Rubiks cube
93. Use a whole pencil without losing it
94. Be on T.V
95. Be an extra in a movie
96. Go on a cruise
97. See the Colosseum
98. Be in a photo with people from 10 different countries
99. Dance with an African Tribe
100. Ice skate on a frozen lake
101. Live a happy life
102. Bring happiness to the lives of others
103. Keep adding things to my Bucket List
104. Complete my Bucket list- or die trying.

There it is. Just over 100 things I want to do before I die, some easy, some difficult, some stupid, some fun, some pointless and some serious! There are definitely more things I want to do so I will continue adding to it :)

Don't be afraid to add awesome things that you have already done to the list and don't forget to tick them off, try to take a photo for each one as well. Anytime you feel down or need motivation, read your list. Also don't wait around get started NOW! Writing it is the first step :)

If your stuck or need motivation I suggest you watch "The Bucket List" a movie with the beautiful Morgan Freeman, it's a great wee movie, sure it has some flaws but don't we all.

If you wanna make your list online here's a nice wee website for it:  http://bucketlist.org/ 

I hope this has giving you something to think about, I would apologies again for the rambling but that implies I won't do it again... If you do make a bucket list or have any other thoughts I would love to hear from you! 

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"Sail through life driven by hope and steered by dreams" - Matthew Thompson

Have a great day whatever you end up doing, get dreaming.

Live a lot not a little! thanks for reading :)

Matt.