Unique Life Bucket List Ideas – 100+ Best Things To Do Before You Die

Last Updated on 9th July 2023

If you’re looking for some of the best and most unique life bucket list ideas, you’ve come to the right place!

I’ve always been one to have some sort of constant life and goal checklist to hand; I’ve been thinking up dreams and goals ever since I can remember and I’ve shared a fair few of them on my blog including my reverse bucket list and the ultimate travel bucket list.

The guide below includes my top life bucket list ideas, including all my travel, finance and lifestyle hopes, dreams and goals of everything that I would love to achieve in my life, plus an extensive list of all the things I’ve already been lucky enough to experience and tick off.

Remember to let me know in the comments what some of your ultimate life bucket list ideas are!

1. Live in New York for at least 3 months (I’ve lived there for one month as of January 2022!)

2. Write a novel/series of books – I was commissioned to write a book about New York City in May 2022!

3. See all the wonders of the world

4. Treat my family to an amazing holiday

5. Visit Banff, Canada

6. Volunteer in Fiji with turtles

7. Go to as many European Christmas markets as possible

8. Earn one million pounds

9. Live in at least 5 different countries

10. Go island hopping in Greece

11. Eat in at least 3 Michelin Star restaurants

12. Become fluent in another language (I’m in the process of learning Spanish!)

13. Learn how to make pasta in Italy

14. Visit all 7 continents

15. Go on a huge American/Canadian road trip (we’ve done an epic 3-month USA road trip as of March 2022)

16. Make my family proud of me (I think I can tick this off now!)

17. Go interrailing

18. Watch at least one Olympic event

19. Visit Lake Bled

20. Go on an Iceland road trip

21. Visit a vineyard and do a wine tasting

22. Ensure everyone I love is as happy as possible

23. Go on a huge European trip

24. Watch a baseball game in America (we did this in San Diego on our 3-month trip across America!)

25. Live in New Zealand (again)

26. Go skydiving

27. See the Grand Canyon (we did this in February 2022 as part of our epic USA road trip!)

28. Have my work published in top travel magazines/websites

29. Own a self-sustaining home (preferably in New Zealand)

30. Go to the Rio Carnival

31. Visit Antarctica

32. Go to a festival (Tomorrowland or Glastonbury)

33. Visit America’s top National Parks (we visited 12 national parks on our road trip, including Yosemite, Bryce Canyon and the Grand Canyon!)

34. Volunteer in another country

35. Go in a hot air balloon

36. Teach English in another country (we did this in Playa del Carmen in Mexico in March 2022!)

37. Go skiing in the Alps

38. See Niagara Falls

39. Fly first class

40. Hike Machu Picchu

41. See the Northern Lights (properly – it didn’t work too well in Iceland)

42. Own my own home

43. Go on a safari

44. See the hot air balloons in Cappadocia

45. Inspire people to travel the world

46. Achieve a life of perpetual happiness

47. Visit 100 countries

48. Go on a solo trip

49. Go on a cruise

50. Go on a road trip along the West Coast of Australia

51. Visit Bora Bora

52. Go to the Maldives

53. Visit Madagascar

Life bucket list ideas I’ve already ticked off

1. Live in New Zealand

2. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef

3. Start my own business (this blog and freelancing!)

4. Go on a road trip

5. Visit Angkor Wat at sunrise

6. Travel the world (already made a good start on this!)

7. Visit Rome

8. Swim with turtles

9. Bungy jumping

10. Watch the sunset (Bali, NZ, Australia, Thailand & more)

11. Watch the sunrise (New Zealand, Cambodia)

12. Cuddle a koala

13. Visit the Whitsundays

14. Hang out with elephants

15. See kangaroos in real life

16. Kayak in the Big Lagoon

17. Go stargazing

18. Get at least one tattoo

19. Live with my boyfriend

20. Visit New York

21. Watch a Broadway show

22. Write an ebook

23. See the Sydney Opera House

24. Found my dream job

25. Passed my driving test

26. Became excellent at saving money

27. Found the person I want to spend my life with

28. Own and convert my own campervan to travel with

29. Go on a huge UK road trip

30. Go on a Scotland road trip

Related posts:

• The Ultimate Travel Bucket List
• The Ultimate Oceania Travel Bucket List
• My ‘Before I Go Travelling’ Bucket List
• Reverse Bucket List
• The Ultimate American Road Trip Bucket List

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What are some of the things on your ultimate life bucket list? Let me know in the comments or on Instagram or Twitter at @imjustagirl_16.