Bucket List
The English phrase “kick the bucket” means to die, from which is derived the expression ‘bucket list’ or a list of things to do in life before dying. Actually, the expression was first coined in a semi-entertaining Hollywood movie of the same title. Of course, we all have many hopes and desires related to our relationships with family and friends – these being the most important aspects of our lives, but are there any other personal things you would like to do/achieve in your lifetime?
Students: What kinds of things would you include in your bucket list, if you had one? What types of things/activities, goals, etc. would you like to achieve in your lifetime? Be specific and give reasons. You might like to arrange ideas by categories such as career, travel, adventure, self-improvement, and so on.
A few of my personal examples:
1. For adventure, I would love to spend a night or two in a haunted castle, especially one with actors who told stories of ghosts and made strange noises at night. There are several places in Europe that offer this experience.
2. Another adventurous experience I want to try is skydiving. I’ve seen it on TV many times and I can only imagine what a rush (of adrenaline) it must be to actually jump out of a perfectly safe airplane into the air and free fall to the ground. It would be brilliant.
3. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa. Actually, my sister and her husband did this last year and she said it was an amazing experience. The trek up the mountain was arduous, but the view from the summit was incredible.
4. For self-improvement, I want to compose, produce and sell electronic music. Actually, I’ve made some songs, but I haven’t sold any yet. It’d be a great thrill to have my songs on the radio someday for people to enjoy.
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In the case of career, I would like to get my MBA first, than work in a corporation for under 5 years while earning extra pocket money doing private English tutoring. After that I might or will have enough experience and mature enough to take over my fathers businesses in the United States.
In the case of traveling, I do not like traveling to much and wish not to.
As for self-improvement, I wish to develop my knowledge in business, in the field of consumer behavior. Additionally I hope to become a better Christian, and learn more patience.
Well, I guess, my bucket is filled with a bunch of socks, so the first thing I need to do is the laundry. Okay, okay, I’m sorry, really, sorry, I’m trying to be serious right after! I used to want to be a scholar, which then must include the categories of self-improvement and adventures within the goal. I wanted to be a linguist because, at first, I enjoyed mimicking people’s accents, even in foreign languages, and I found my talent in that area. My other goal was to learn 5 other languages besides English – Japanese, Chinese, German, Spanish, French. Then, self-improvement would be still learning and studying languages daily. For the last decade, I found it really hard to be fluent in a language like a native speaker. Whenever I watched a new movie, there were always more than 30 to 40 vocabulary I was not aware of, more than 10 phrases I was not used to, and more than 15 names of certain products, celebrities, books, and companies I never knew before. Thus, I finally realized a language involves more than just words, but lots of cultural backgrounds, and living environment. A language was like a daily living. I spent some of my teenage years in the U.S. and now, in order to deepen my study and language ability, I dream of living in other nations, starting from Japan. I spent several months in Europe this summer, and that was quite a cultural shock, which was completely different from what I had experienced in North America. Anyhow, that was not enough time to practice a new language or make more friends, but just another way of speaking in English again. If I can stay in a country to learn the language of it, I might plan on living there at least for 3 years. I think studying what I like, and if that thing connects directly with the profession, like a scholar or a professor, is the ultimate target in my life.
There are five things I want to da before I die. There’re 5 things I’d like to do before I die.
First, I want to treval the world with my famliy. First, I’d like to travel around the world with my family. Because, that’s because I can make a lot of beautiful reminiscences while travelling.
The second thing that I would like to do is having travel once a year with my friends. I thought it would be great having exciting times with friends keep having travel and we could make wonderful memories. Also Before I die, I won’t be lonely if I have all the happy memories I could remember.
Third, I’d like to hold my own solo exhibition. That’s because I want to show people around me what I’ve made and drawn so far. And the exhibition will be able to show them everything that I possess.
Fourth, Exchanging jokes with a foreigner. If I can exchange jokes with a foreigner, wouldn’t that mean that I can speak English very well?
Last thing that I would like do is writing letters to all the people who I made connections with. I want to say “Thank you for being with me all the time.” We could share memories of the letter for a long time. The written letter of my signiture would be precious thing that I have something behind me even though I passed away. People will remember me reading the letter which I wrote.
That’s it for my bucket list as indicated above.
#4 Only if the foreigner spoke English!
My bucket list would include visiting over fifty countries, getting a book (or several books) published, winning the nobel prize, and essentially staying physically and mentally happy and healthy. Oh, I also want to eat Baskin Robbins’ 31 flavours in one sitting.
I recommend ‘MINT CHOCOCHIP’ in Baskin Robbin’31 !!! It’s my fffffffavorite flavor!
Oh, I’ll be trying them all. But I like the yoghurt and cheesecake ones with a bit of berry inside it. Mint chocochip is also a great chocolate bar by cadburys, possibly the most delicious chocolate makers in the world. Unfortunately they are hard to come by here…
Here’s my bucket list:
1. Get in the best physical shape possible. This means losing all unnecessary fat in my abs and thighs. Getting toned abs, arms, shoulders, and legs. Whenever I see beauty paegants like Miss USA, it motivates me so much to get in shape.
2. Eat as much my favourite sushi as I want for one dinner. I can say that it’s best favourite food; however, it’s quite pricey, so I never done this before.
3. Learn Japanese. I always had a big aspiration to learn Japanese because a lot of the things I like are from Japan like video games, animation. And I never enjoyed watching dubbed animation.
4. Perfect English grammar. I always felt the need to improvement my grammar.
I want to achieve several things before I die.
One thing I want to attain is an ability to sing outstandingly. I’m not good at singing. When I sing, people around me said to me that I have even tones. Moreover, I had weak rhythm sensations. So whether it is only one chance, I want to sing very well.
The second thing is to go abroad for long periods with my family. This hope is maybe too common for some people to achieve. But in case of my family, my family members are too busy for respective works to go for a trip. And also except for my dad, members of my family have never gone abroad. So when my younger sister graduates her high school process, I want to go for long travel with my family. While we are traveling, we can talk each other sincerely what we will have not revealed. And at there, we can have tranquility and peace of our mind. I think this hope may happen few years later.
The Third thing is to find a way to my future. My dream is fixed. But sincerely, I cannot find my way to future I want. To find my way is really complicated more than I expected before. I realized hard real world and knew that I have to find my future way in no time.
I had extra things to attain apart from these three things. I will try to achieve my bucket lists before my death. Keep it up:)
Wow…
Professor Todd’s bucket lists are so coooooooool~~~!
second that!
I have bucket list. my bucket list is so simple. just four! It`s follow next.
First, I want to go to Italy and see the musical, Notre-Dame de Paris with my husband. Notre-Dame de Paris is my favorite musical. I think because it`s good representation of love. also it`s very beautiful musical. so I want to see with my husband.
Second, I want to climb the Alps mountains and loudly screaming. Clean, fresh air and the snow-covered make my heart and soul clear.
Third, I want to eat kimchi dumpling until I`m sick of the kimchi dumpling. I really like kimchi dumplings. However, I have cost and diet problems. so I eat kimchi dumplings just few pieces. If I have the opportunity to eat kimchi dumplings, I`m sick of the kimchi dumpling!
Four, I want to go to African grasslands. I usually watch th TV program . I want to see animals actually look! I am very fond of animals, meadows and also very fond Arboretum. I expect African plains even more beautiful and dynamic there! So I want to go to the African grasslands.
I seldom think my bucket list, so i can’t come up with very unique idea. I am so shy, because my wish is simpler than others’ wish. First, I wish I enjoy the World Cup in Korea again. In 2002, I was a student but Of course, I watched a game. If the World Cup holds in Korea again, I will enthusiastically cheer for Korea team. If possible, I wish the World Cup before I became a grandfather. Second, I want to board the plain. ^^ I have never boarded the plain. Sometimes my friends was surprised by this fact.So I want to travel another country by train.
cheer up,
There is Pyung chang winter Olympic soon!!
Are they not for another seven years…?
1.I want to be more healthy. My physical development point is 79 now.
I will make it 90!!! For that, I will diet. ( I mean I will eat proper foods such as vegetable, fruit, not instant foods.) Of course, I have to walk a lot, too.
2.I want to be a generous girl. It needs real patience and it’s really hard to achieve,,,, but I will be!
I have four things I would like to do before I kick the bucket!
First, I would like to go skydiving in Austrailia. One of my cousins went on a trip and said it was one of the most amazing experiences in her life! I’ve always wanted to do something scary but fun!
Second thing on my bucket list would be to go around the world with the one i love during my late years. By the time I am about 60 years old, I would love to go around the world with my future husband. By then, I think I will have different view of seeing the world and would be great to see what I see by then.
Another thing I would like to do is go to africa for community service. I’ve always wanted to help out in my mind and never actually put into action. I want to do this as soon as possible, hopefully in next few years.
Last thing on my bucket list is the ability to speak more than three languages! Not only that I want to learn many languages, but it’s also that being able to speak many languages is a proof that I have worked hard in my life. I want to show myself as an achievement!
I’d like to travel all around the country luxuriously and enjoying every culture or excitement in all country. To achieve that first I will make money also learn things that I could help to enjoy like swimming, taking photo, riding airplane etc. After that I will enjoy more! I really wish to
do bucket list and I will all you guys can achieve also! Thank yoooooou~
What are in my bucket list… I think this is a not easy question for me. Maybe I have some works or things that I want to do, however, the first thing that come up with to me is to teach an night class. To be more specific what I wish to do in the future is to live my life teaching some children or the old who cannot or could not have chances to be learned. I think poverty cannot and should not be an obstacle to study. So for the poor, we should offer some chances to study. That’s why I wish to teach an night class(I don’t know the english word ‘night class’ has the meaning of something to volunteer.).
For this what I said, I should get ready some ablilties to teach otehrs. In this reason, I majored in English in high school, and I’m also majoing in English in university.
This homework is the time for me to rethink what I have ever hoped.
I often thought that ‘What can I do before I died?’ I imagined a lot of activities, but I can’t remember now. I’m think about three things that included in my bucket list.
First, I want to learn to play musical instruments in earnest. Particularly, I want to play the piano, a classic guitar, a bass guitar. I want to play musical instruments not just a hobby but professional quality.
Second thing I want to experience is skin-scuba diving. In fact, I am scared in the deep water and I can’t swim at all. However, I want to experience skin-scuba diving before I kick the bucket and overcome my fear of deep water.
Last thing I want to try is overseas trip with my family. I could not travel with my family because of school schedule, financial concerns. I want to travel Venice, Antelope Canyon in U.S.A, The Phi Phi Island, Santorini Island, Maldives, and Machu Picchu etc.
I want to learn guitar too! 😀
I really would like to have my own farm when I get old and retire from work. With a bighouse in countryside,flowers,trees, green fields and lakes. It will be wonderful to have a farm with various kind of animals such as horse,cats,dogs,ducks and hens. It is the only dream I would want to acheive one day, living in the place just like where you can see it from the pictures. In that picture I picture myself running with dogs, riding a horse, fishing in the lake and watching a beautiful scene of blue sky.
1. Although I don’t know if I really can do it, I’d like to do bungee jump at the famous bungee jumping place overseas.
2. When I become old, I’d like to manage a gorgeous restaurant where many people can make happy memories.
3. I’m not used to doing something alone. When I get a chance, I’d like to travel abroad alone. I think that will be very interesting and helpful experience to me.
In my bucket list, there are a lot of small things that are same as usual days.
First, I hope to marry and have two or three of boys and girls. With my husband, I will travel to other countries such as England or Swiss. Also I will raise my children with full of love. This is the most important thing that I want to achieve. All of the things without a happy family are meaningless.
Second, I want to write a book about my life which was very dynamic and dramatic. When I was in high school, I envy usual students who spend their time commonly. Writing a book will give me a chance to recover my scars from the past.
Third, I hope to take a memorable picture with my lover. In fact, I usually don’t take a picture. But it will be a wonderful memory if I take a picture with my lover at a special place such as shimmering ocean.
In my bucket list
1. I hope to skydiving and various sports before getting older. (i’m so a timimd ㅠ.ㅠ)
2. for myself, i’d like to nose plastic surgery.
3. I want to meet to Go! yoonha who i favorite a korean singer(I’d like very much to meet her)
4. I would like to see North Korean leader mr. Kim Jong-il to die.
5. I Hope to take lessons on the piano, When I was little, I no learned how to play the piano.
My bucket list would include visiting Italy, and watching a soccer game, which is between Real Madrid and Barcelona. It must be fantastic to see Messi and Ronaldo right in front of me!!! Another thing is…it sounds like strange…that is, before i get married i wanna meet the most gorgeous woman in the world, and i will ask her out…Wow…will it be cool unless i won’t fail to ask. hahaha
During my lifetime, I have three things I want to achieve. First of my bucket lists is reading 365 books for a year because I think reading books not only creative thinking is available but logical thinking is available. Another on my bucket lists is to be a diplomat resolves several nations’ territorial dispute. I’m especially responsive to Korea’s Dokdo, including territorial dispute of China and Japan, so I want to be a wise person assist in effecting a peaceful settlement of these territorial conflicts. The last thing of my bucket lists is living a dedication’s life. I will visit countries having poor educational conditions such as Africa, then I will share my knowledges and make educational conditions for people who want to educate.
Your bucket list looks fantastic! I want to participate in reading 365 books with you!
There are several things I want to do before dying. First of all, I want to travel Europe by my self. Through many video clips and books, I have imagined traveling Europe can be the most romamtic experience. Second, I want to ride famous roller coasters all over the world. I like thrilling rides, but in Korea, there are only boring coasters. Lastly, I want to live in small house in the countryside. It is also my parents’ wish that design and build their own house. It seems to be very peaceful life for the rest of their lives, and so my life too.
Well, in the case of job, the first that I want to is working in Busan which is my hometown. At there, I want to enjoy both my job and living with my lovely family. Because Korea usually has most companis in Seoul and Gyunggi, so I can not spend time with my family much in the future.
Second, I want to try bungee jump ! Although it is dangerous, its thrill is enough to experience.
Third, the most important content in my bucket list is a successful marry. It is significantly wonderful that make my life with husband and my children who love me during all their lives.
Fourth,Travel around the world. Experiencing is better than seeing! So i want to travel around the world (Especially Indiaaaa!!!!!!!) and feel their life and culture . It will be beauriful time in my life~!
1, I would like to spend a week or a month with my family in traveling, with seeing gorgeous scenery, making agreeable conversation, and having a good feed. The reason is that my family live together, but we cannot often see each other because of hectic routine.
2, I want to take a trip around the world, even though it is difficult to achieve. I have traveled other countries until now. Whenever I took a trip, I have felt a lot of new things, such as many different cultures, various people’s life, and so on. They make me be able to see a wider perspective.
The first thing I want to put in my bucket list is to go and participate in various festivals in Spain and Brazil.
When I learned spanish in my highschool class, I knew about Spain’s festivals first time. As that is the one, the real and pure excitement that I want to feel, my heart pounded with excitement when I saw the videos about sapin’s festivals.
I got interested in Brazil’s samba faestival when I watched one animation movie about samba. In that movie, I was fascinated by showy colors and festive musics. I really want to participate this festival!
One day in my university period, I really go to this two nations and enjoy these parties.
My first bucket list is learnling a various language.
Then, find a jop like tour guide or occidentalist and travel many countries.
The world is infinite and great, but most of people live in limited region.
So, they generally experience only simple and ordinary things.
I think that it is boring and wasting valuable life. My second bucket list is so simple.
It just share that traveling together my absolute love.
Recently, I have a new dream! Before I am not that interested in traveling. It’s because I like resting at hom and I don’t like taking a risk like going to a new place. But I saw “the places you should go before you die” It includes Las Vegas, San Francisco and Hawaii where I have been. My new dream is to go the rest of lists, and collecting some souviners like stamps. It would be cool if I write a diary and publish a book! Another thing that I would like to put in bucket list is to get some unusal certificate. In fact, anything will be fine, because I don’t have any certificates now. It could be driver’s license. The more, the better.
What I want to do before I die is owning my favorite soccer club. I love sports especially soccer pretty much. So, I like to watching and playing it both. Playing soccer is easy one for me because there are a lot of friends who like it. As playing it, watching soccer match is not difficult due to advanced mass media. But ,in my opinion, it is an alternative way of visiting the stadium. An experience of visiting stadium to support my favorite club was fantastic. I can’t forget when they beat the rival. it is not easy to watching soccer directly through my eyes like visiting stadium as a student.(because of money, time, etc.) So, if I have a chance to own some clubs, I want to own my domestic club(K-League) and foreign club(English Premier League). And then, I’ll hire star players to make club supporters happy by winning the title.
There are 2 things I want to do before I leave the earth. The one thing is that I want to have my family go abroad together with my earned money. Until now, my parents and my older brother have supported me so I’m really thankful I can grow well and be happy with my life. I want to spend some time with my family happily. Another thing is that I want to run a private library in remote area. I want to help the poor children to read a lot of books and I imagine myself spending the day in the room filled with a lot of books.
Travel.
The first thing what I want to do before I die, is to travel alone. Some day, I’ll backpack all around the world. The countries I want to visit are Europe and India, because I want to experience another culture. Besides traveling alone make it possible easily to meet new people and I can go anywhere I want to go without interrupt by another people.
Future house.
Before I reached the age of 40, I will build my own house. I will make a large pool in the back yard, and an attractive big garden in front. Also inside my house, there will be filled with lots of luxurious furniture. ^^
At first, I want to trip around the world. Recently, I saw the movie “Eat, Pray, Love”. At there, the protagonist goes many countries and eat their food, experience their tradition, feel their atmosphere, and finally, she got the meaning of the life. Like the protagonist, I want to go and see other countries and meet people who are different with me. Then I can find many precious things while live my life.
Second, I want to buy everything what I want even for one day. I have many things what I want to have, but I can not buy all of them because of the lack of money. For this reason, I will save the money and at one day, I will buy everything what I want without concerns.
the first thing i would like to do before dying is to have my passport full of all countries’ stamps. Because i really enjoy travelling and knowing different cultures. If I go to new country, I could their traditional food and get interested in their language. For example, when I went to Japan, I really liked Sushi and shopping streets. Since I felt like learning Japanese, I’m taking Japanes class in my university. Not only having a passport with all countries’ stamps but also I want to have foreign friends from all nations on the world so that I could easily travel all around the world.
My Bucket List is that I want to marry before I die. I really want to marry with someone. My dream is making my family with someone I really really love. I would be happy if I could live with a person I love until I die. Imagining to have my family makes me smile. After I work and when I come to my home, if there were my husband who smile and say ‘you come home?:)’ and my lovely children, I would feel as if I have the whole world.
First, I want to write my autobiography. In my old age, I might have much time. Therefore, I will write my own story for me and my child. Because I like scribbling, It will be very happy experience to me.
Second, I want to travel around the world with my soulmate. My soulmate would be husband, friend or somebody. Sharing a experience with soulmate would become wonderful experiences to me, and I will never forget this experience until my death.
There are three things I want to do before I die.
First, my mom laugh once a day
The second thing that buy a home where my mom can live comfortably
Third, revenge on people that joked on me
I don’t know when I will die exactly.
but the thing is that I don’t have much time left.
That’s it for my bucket list as indicated above.
I have four things I would like to do before I die.
First, I would like to travel around the world and enjoy foods from other countries. I really hope to go abroad and I like to eat. Every country has its own unique culinary tradition. Also, it will be better if I could be with someone I love.
Second, I want to receive an ovation from a large number of people. I don’t know yet what may happen, but that means I impress people. I want to be a person can create a sensation among people.
Another thing on my bucket list would be to marry a nice spouse. Without a doubt, a lovely marriage is very important to lead a happy life. I would love to meet a nice guy and hold a wedding. Sometimes, people criticize wedding ceremony is empty formalities and vanity. However, most people dream of a fashionable wedding day with a nice white dress.
Finally, I would like to be a multi-lingual. Actually, I want to learn and have an excellent command of a foreign language from a child. Nowadays, fluency in English is essential, and I want to learn Chinese and Japanese. I know that being a quadrilingual is very difficult, but if I get a chance, I would like to challenge and learn so many things.
This was a meaningful time for me! 🙂
I have many things in my bucket list but I want to prioritize several special things.
1. I want to publish my own poetry collection book. I like writing poet , and I want to be a poet someday. So, if I could be a poet, the collection book must be my first career of my profession.
2. I also want to go world travel abroad some many place. At first, I want to look around whole Europe. When I saw beautiful picture of Europ, I always wonder the world that I never visit. I want to see everything through my own eye.
I have so much things that I hope to do.
For travel, I want to go all the world’s seven wonders that recently has selected. Those includes the Amazon Rainforest, Halong Bay,Iguazu Falls, Jeju Island,Komodo National Park, Puerto Princesa River, Table Mountain. Since I like the beautiful sights of nature, I want to travel at least these 7 wonders to enjoy the nature.
I play drums at the church and I really like music. I want to play for the band and release an album.
Moreover, I will buy a beautiful house for my parents.
This is my most important and “must do” bucket list.
Sorry, I’m late. I really want to have my own Business Cruise. It would be awesome traveling seven seas with my cruise. And I might want to have a fabulous party with people I like. This is my one of bucket list
first of all, I want to travel Europe with my mom. Some of my friends went to Europe and they said that trip was great and many coutries in Europe are very beautiful. Also my mom really wants to go Europe especially Italy So I want to go there with my mom.
Second, I want to be good at some sports ; swimming and dance sports.
I think swimming is important because it related to life problem. When you’re drowning you can survive by swimming. Unlike swimming, Dance sports in not related to life but It’s good sprots. I leared dnace sports two months and I was fascinated dance. Now I can’t learn dance because of time, someday I want to master all kinds of Latin Dance sprots.