A bucket list is a list of things you want to accomplish before you “kick the bucket.”
Here’s my current list…
• Adopt a child
• Pay off school loans
• Be 100% debt free
• Run a 10K
• Run a 1/2 Marathon (in under 2 hours)
• Run a Marathon (in under 4 hours)
• Complete a Sprint Triathlon (.47m swim / 12.4m bike / 5K run)
• Complete an Olympic Triathlon (.93m swim / 24.8m bike / 10K run)
• Complete a Half Triathlon (1.93m swim / 56m bike / Half Marathon run)
• Run the Warrior Dash
• Compete in a Muddy Buddy Ride
• Complete a Tough Mudder
• Go on a bicycle tour
• Attend a game in the Cape Code Baseball League
• Visit every MLB ballpark
Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium, Comerica Park, Tigers Stadium, Progressive Field, US Cellular Field, Ranger Ballbark in Arlington, Great American Ball Park, PNC Park, Citizens Bank Park, Dolphin Stadium, Nationals Park, Shea Stadium, Turner Field, Busch Stadium, Miller Park, Minute Maid Park, AT&T Park, Chase Field, Coors Field, Dodger Stadium, Petco Park, Camden yards, Fenway Park, Rogers Cetre, Tropicana Field, Kauffman Stadium, Metrodome, Angel Stadium, Oakland Coliseum, Safeco Field
• Attend a MLB Homerun Derby
• Attend The Masters
• Attend the Rose Bowl
• Attend a NASCAR race
• Teach a class in college
• Travel to:
Hawaii, Alaska, Colorado, Seattle, Oregon, Australia, Africa
• Visit Yosemite National Park
• Revisit Zweibrucken, Germany
• Read through the entire bible
New Testament / Old Testament
• Volunteer at:
Soup Kitchen, Habitat for Humanity, Disaster Relief, Political Campaign, School, Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Coach a little league team
• See a moose in the wild
• See a whale in the wild
• Take an Alsakan cruise
• Raft through the Grand Canyon
• Enjoy an alcoholic beverage
• Write a book
• See in concert:
U2, Switchfoot, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Angels & Airwaves, Bon Jovi
• Read:
Moby Dick, The Inferno, Don Quixote, War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Catcher in the Rye, The Tale of Two Cities
Things already accomplished before list was created:
• Lived in Germany
• Traveled to Paris
• Hiked Grand Canyon (twice)
• Traveled to Mt. Rushmore
• Traveled Hoover Dam
• Caribbean Cruise
• Traveled to Chicago, New York, Washington DC, Las Vegas
• Traveled to Spring Training in Florida and Arizona
• In Concert: Mutemath (x4), Barenaked Ladies (x2), Harry Connick Jr., Hootie and the Blowfish, Third Day, David Crowder Band, Jimmy Eat World, Lifehouse, Paramore, Paper Route







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