My bucket list…

A “bucket list” is a list of things you’d like to do before you “kick the bucket” — they can be anything! You’ll notice that some of the things on my list are much easier to accomplish than others. So what’s on your bucket list?

Misc:

1. Run a marathon
2. Run 5k in under 20 minutes
3. Run 5k in under 19M 46S
4. Learn to Tango
5. Learn to Salsa dance
6. Adopt a big dog
7. Bowl a perfect game
8. Hit a home run
9. Sleep in a castle
10. Learn to play the piano & play one song really well
11. Eat a deep-fried Twinkie
12. Eat a deep-friend Snickers bar
13. Be an extra in a movie
14. Ride a Segway
15. Go whale watching
16. Learn to solve a Rubik’s Cube in 10 minutes or less
17. Make a Youtube video that gets over 100,000 views
18. Learn.practice Pilates
19. Take a Yoga class
20. Shoot a crossbow
21. Shoot a machine gun
22. Learn Kendo
23. Find inner peace
24. Take up tai chi
25. Visit a psychic
26. Visit a movie set
27. Ride a high-speed TGV train
28. Help create a documentary

Contributions:

1. Become part of a volunteer project
2. Donate at least $250,000 to charity
3. Help someone else achieve their dreams
4. Provide at least 25 free photo shoots in a year
5. Have a significant positive impact on someone’s life

Photography:

1. Do a swimsuit shoot on a tropical beach
2. Work with a famous & respected celebrity
3. Do a photoshoot with a model & exotic animals
4. Publish a coffee table photo book of my works

I actually have a ton more photography related things I’d like to do — but the list would be a mile long — and more are easy enough that I just have to DO them.

Adventure:

1. Go skydiving
2. Go bungie jumping
3. Hike the Appalachian trail
4. Take a real elephant ride
5. Ride a camel in the desert
6. Ride a zip-line
7. Walk into a casino and bet it *all on black
8. Bathe in a river out of necessity
9. Walk across a rope bridge
10. Watch a snake charmer
11. Crash a wedding
12. Play the protagonist in a choose-your-own adventure
13. Get on a major talk show
14. Climb a volcano
15. See monkeys in the wild
16. Win a giant stuffed animal at a fair
17. Visit the Playboy Mansion
18. Swim with dolphins
19. Take a ride in a helicopter
20. Go cliff jumping into deep water
21. Sneak into a waterpark
22. Go to an airport and get a ticket for the first available flight to anywhere
23. Ride a mechanical bull
24. Sleep on an overnight train
25. Go on a cross-country motorcycle trip
26. Stand close to lava
27. See THE three: Corn Palace, South of the Border, Largest Ball of String

Travel & Landmarks:

1. Stand in the 4 corners in the USA
2. Stand astride the equator
3. Visit Thailand
4. Tour Australia
5. Visit the Parthenon
6. Take a photo from the top of the Eiffel Tower
7. Gaze at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
8. Ride a scooter in Italy and say “Ciao” to everyone
9. Go snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef (again)
10. Tour New Zealand
11. Visit Iceland
12. Go on a safari
13. Take a gondola ride along the canals of Venice, Italy
14. Visit Florence, Italy
15. Visit Rome
16. Visit Egypt & the pyramids
17. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
18. Visit the Taj Mahal
19. Visit Mayan Ruins
20. Visit Petra in Jordan
21. Spend at least a week in a Buddhist Monastery
22. Tour the U.K. & Ireland
23. Go horseback riding in Ireland
24. Visit the Galapagos Islands
25. Eat a Belgium Waffle in Belgium
26. Travel to all 50 states in the USA.
27. Walk at least a mile of the Great Wall of China
28. Visit Yosemite National Park
29. Visit the Grand Canyon
30. Hike in the Grand Canyon
31. Watch Old Faithful erupt
32. Visit the Field of Dreams
33. Visit Cannon Beach, Oregon
34. Take a long road trip across America
35. Sleep in my car for at least a week
36. Visit Devil’s Tower
37. Visit Mile 0 in Key West
38. Visit Mount Rushmore
39. Take a photo holding up the leaning tower of Pisa
40. Climb up the Statue of Liberty
41. Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway
42. Meet a witch in Salem, MA
43. Look for signs of aliens in Roswell, New Mexico
44. Visit Area 51

Visit all U.S. National Parks:

1. Denali
2. Gates of the Arctic
3. Glacier Bay
4. Katmai
5. Kenai Fjords
6. Kobuk Valley
7. Lake Clark
8. Wrangell – St. Elias
9. American Samoa
10. Grand Canyon
11. Petrified Forest
12. Saguaro
13. Hot Springs
14. Channel Islands
15. Death Valley
16. Joshua Tree
17. Kings Canyon (see more of it)
18. Lassen Volcanic
19. Redwood
20. Sequoia
21. Yosemite
22. Black Canyon of the Gunnison
23. Great Sand Dunes
24. Mesa Verde
25. Rocky Mountain (see more of it)
26. Biscayne
27. Dry Tortugas
28. Everglades
29. Haleakala
30. Hawaii Volcanoes
31. Yellowstone
32. Mammoth Cave
33. Acadia
34. Isle Royale
35. Voyageurs
36. Glacier
37. Great Basin
38. Carlsbad Caverns
39. Great Smoky Mountains
40. Theodore Roosevelt
41. Cuyahoga Valley
42. Crater Lake
43. Congaree
44. Badlands
45. Wind Cave
46. Big Bend
47. Guadalupe Mountains
48. Virgin Islands
49. Arches
50. Bryce Canyon
51. Capitol Reef
52. Canyonlands
53. Zion
54. Shenandoah
55. Mount Rainier
56. North Cascades
57. Olympic
58. Grand Teton

Visit all U.S. States & Territories in a meaningful way (more than just driving through) fashion:

1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. American Samoa
4. Arizona
5. Arkansas
6. California
7. Colorado
8. Connecticut
9. Delaware
10. District of Columbia
11. Florida
12. Georgia
13. Guam
14. Hawaii
15. Idaho
16. Illinois
17. Indiana
18. Iowa
19. Kansas
20. Kentucky
21. Louisiana
22. Maine
23. Maryland
24. Massachusetts
25. Michigan
26. Minnesota
27. Mississippi
28. Missouri
29. Montana
30. Nebraska
31. Nevada
32. New Hampshire
33. New Jersey
34. New Mexico
35. New York
36. North Carolina
37. North Dakota
38. Northern Marianas Islands
39. Ohio
40. Oklahoma
41. Oregon
42. Pennsylvania
43. Puerto Rico
44. Rhode Island
45. South Carolina
46. South Dakota
47. Tennessee
48. Texas
49. Utah
50. Vermont
51. Virginia
52. Virgin Islands
53. Washington
54. West Virginia
55. Wisconsin
56. Wyoming

Visit all 7 Continents:

1. North America
2. Australia
3. Europe
4. South America
5. Africa
6. Asia
7. Antartica

Swim in all 5 Oceans:

1. Pacific
2. Atlantic
3. Arctic
4. Indian
5. Southern

People:

• Meet Ellen Degeneres
• Meet Oprah
• Meet Will Smith — because Will Smith is made of awesome (video below)
• Drink a beer with Danny Wallace
• Meet Tom Hanks
• Get a photo with Chuck Norris
• Spend a day with a police officer
• Spend a day with firefighters
• Having a bowling contest with Stephen Colbert
• High-five Conan Obrien
• Meet a spiritual guru

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Phrases to say in context before I die:

• “I’ve been kicked out of better places than this.”
• “Whoa, slow down there cowboy.”
• “Quick, follow that car!”
• “A martini. Shaken, not stirred.”
• “Do you feel lucky, punk?”
• “Say hello to my little friend.”
• “Gimme some sugar, baby!”

Family:

• Find & marry the love of my life
• Raise happy & healthy children
• Be the best Dad in the world
• Be the best husband in the world

With Someone — you know, like super-duper special:

• Go wave-running in the ocean
• Camp on a beach under the stars
• Dance under the stars
• Watch a meteor shower
• Passionately kiss in the rain
• Visit Yellowstone National Park

Writing:

• Write & publish a novel
• Write a best-selling novel
• Write my trilogy (V9)

What’s on your list?

About Zero Dean

My name is Zero. I'm an optimist, explorer, life adventurer, photographer, artist, and motivational doer. I also write stuff & teach stuff & eat stuff. I took all the photographs on my site (that have my name on them). If you like them, you're welcome to share.