It’s so hard to have goals if you never write them down, and for some reason I really love reading other people’s bucket lists. When we give up on all dreams it seems we tend to give up on hope, living in fear of getting away from what is comfortable. I am trying to get down a long list, seems the older you are the longer your list should be, so mine will just run and run.
This is an ongoing and active list, I generally have these lists all over the place so I am trying to get all my ideas on one page, this one. This isn’t really a “bucket list” per-sa but more of a mix of goals, things I want to do, things I strive to achieve, some of which are unobtainable, those are my dreams. What’s on your list? I would love to read it, post some in the comments below or give us a link to your bucket list!
- Take a ship across the Atlantic
Get my pilot’s license / fly solo- Circumnavigate the world, (in a boat) or (a plane)
Take a camping / kayak / retreat trip for at least two weeksWatch Auburnand go to (Pasadena 2014)and win BCSone time in my lifetime(2011 WAR EAGLE!)Go on a long trip (1 month, 3 months,6 months, 1 year)Visit Niagara FallsWork, orvolunteer, to fulfill the mission, at a cutting edge tech org making a difference for the Kingdom (YouVersion.com)Complete Project 365, taking a photo-a-day for a yearStudy the spiritual disciplines (study, worship, service, prayer, fasting, solitude, meditation, confession, fellowship)- Go to the new Ground Zero Memorial
Pray continually throughout each year (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)Complete an Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Accounting ( UAB 1996)Complete a Masters DegreeComplete the Masters Degree in Seminary (MA Theology, 2012)Complete an advanced or secondary Masters- Watch the Yankees play the Dodgers in the World Series
Read 50 books in one year- Publish a [photography] book
- Publish a [written] book
Have an image of mine on an album cover (Cornerstone Live 2012)Setup an observatory in my back yardCompletely clean out the attic in the house (June 2012)- Live in another country
Work in or for a ministry- Visit Rome / Greece
- See the Boston Pops live at either 4th of July or New Years
- Photograph at least five planets in our solar system (
Saturn,Jupiter,Venus, Mars, Uranus) Produce (and publish online) an image of a nebula or galaxy- Visit the Holy Land
Kayak in the Great Lakes- Be instrumental in bringing someone to Christ
- Memorize a book of the Bible
Ride / Cycle more than 500 miles- Own a sailboat (
Jackpot,LAUGHALOT,Catalina, next one?) Learn the “great” classical music composers (Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, Tchaikovsky)Read all 25 books described in the book by Renovare (The Imitation of Christ,The Practice of the Presence of God,Mere Christianity)- Be a liveaboard on a sailboat for any length of time
Live on a sailboat short-term (a week)Live on a sailboat long-term (a month, 6 months, a year)Take one photo a day for a year (about Project 365 2012 :: Gallery at P365.me)Live full-time in a motor home (bus)Learn to snowboard and/orskiTouch the Alaska PipelineRead the entire Bible- Visit the Pentagon Memorial
Work in ministry for1 year, 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, and 35 years, Lord willingBe the wedding Photographer, onceLive in Las VegasTake a character to the highest level of WoW. (Ischuros) :: [Completed June 2, 2012, Mists November 30, 2012]- Deleted
Make goals each year, and review them (2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013, 2014)Read 52 books in one year (2009)- Deleted
- Reach 1 million emails sent/received, (600,000 June 2012)
- Take 1 million photos (709,000 June 2023)
Write 1 million words in my journalLive in the Colorado MountainsWork full-time at something Ireallylove (my own business, seminary,Âthe Church)Work with an organization that is changing the world(Church Body)Drive a Greyhound bus across the countryVisit every state in the U.S.Sail across a large body of water- Give away a year’s salary
Complete a Life Plan as Outlined by Hyatt’s book (Jan 2012)Build a Spamodify the spa in the bathroomRide a motorcycle at 100mphWrite 1,000 articles on my blog (March 28th, 2012)Go on a long fastInvest in other people’s lives through a small groupLead a small groupMake the Dean’s List in Seminary- Deleted
Have an image of mine publishedTake 500,000 photos (350,000 as of 2012)Read all of C.S. Lewis’ “Signature Classic” non-fiction books- Read all of C.S. Lewis’ “Harvest” non-ficture books
Ride a train across the countryForgive fully and completely for a wrong against meWork for God’s body of Believer’s, the Church(2008)Get Married and stay married(30 years with Deborah)- Deleted
Travel to all 50 states in the United StatesMake the garage into an interior useable room- Take an actual vacation (2 Days in St George Island, 1 Week, 2 Weeks, 1 Month)
Build a pond in our back yardRead the whole Bible every other year for 10 years (1998,2009,2010, 2011,2012 (June), 2013)Read the Bible cover to cover in one year.- Read the New Testament in 30 days
Learn the very basics of a foreign language(Hebrew)Visit every continent (North America, South America,Asia,Australia,Europe,Africa, Antarctica)Live in Auburn AlabamaFill 10 Moleskine journals with daily entries (5-7 Summer 2012)Get a bike (and ride at least 5 miles a day or 25 miles a week)Get publicly baptized as an adult (Birmingham 1996)- Go to the NCAA Final Four
- See Auburn playing in the Final Four
Write in a journal every day for1 year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 yearsGo on a mission trip to serve people in another country (Uganda)Backpack the Appalachian Trail for 2 weeksGo on a Biblical Archeology Dig (changed mind)Fly to a foreign country with no plans (Hong Kong / Bangkok)Fly an RC helicopter or plane (drone)Create aBird Sanctuaryaround our house- Deleted
Make a Bluebird trail of boxes/houses around the houseRead and log 100 books in a book journalWrite in my journal every day for a month, a quarter, six months, and a year (July 2012), 5 years- Watch a soccer match from the English Premiere League in England
- Operate a
motorcycle, car, tractor, motor home, bus, train,plane - Deleted
Serve God’s church as a staff leader (Church Administrator or some other capacity) [13 years]Write a poem,print a poem,gift a poem- Go to a World Series
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5 responses to “My Bucket List”
Thanks for this list Scott. It is has inspired me to start my own! Hope you don’t mind if I borrow a few of yours. I especially like learning about the Renovare recommended Christian classics.
yeah i’m trying to get through Renovare’s list, it’s pretty epic… start your own list and take some of mine, by all means 🙂
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