My Bucket List

 

 

I am a sucker for goal setting. One thing I do diligently every year is to fill my yearcompass (https://yearcompass.com/)

And I dream and I aspire for more in my life.

What's interesting is that I also teach people to set SMART goals. But all that mojo fades - and how quickly it does.

But it appears in flickers some days, especially when I ask myself difficult existential questions. Or when I get jealous of someone who's done what I have always wanted to do.

I was earlier on a community called dayzeroproject (https://dayzeroproject.com/) to create my bucket list. So, each list pans across approx 2 and half years (1001 days). I did ok I should say. Must have achieved around 40% of the list every time.

I wonder why I never got more than 50% there. Anyway, the moral of the story - I love bucket lists! But haven't got too far ticking off many tasks on it. So here I am once again, attempting to create a bucket list and add meaning, fun, adventure, happiness, growth, achievement, and contentment to my life.

 

Here are some things I would like to add to my bucket list and achieve it sooner or later:

Travel/Nature

1.      Visit Hampi

2.      Stay in Pondicherry for a week at least

3.      Travel to Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand

4.      Visit the Kaas Plateau, Satara

5.      Spend some time at the Gokarna beach (or camp, if possible)

6.      Road trip to Shivaji Maharaj’s 12 important forts

7.      Stay at least overnight in a treehouse

8.      Go to Darjeeling

9.      Road trip – motorbike to Ladakh

10.  See Dawki Lake, Meghalaya

11.  Rann of Kutch festival

12.  Visit a wildlife sanctuary – Sunderbans or Gir or Tadoba or all

13.  See the waterfalls at Chikmagalur

14.  Visit either the Andaman or Lakshwadeep islands

15.  Visit Kolkata during Durga Puja

16.  Watch the Northern Lights

17.  Visit a vineyard

18.  Laze in a hammock

19.  Visit Maldives

20.  Watch the sunrise and sunset in one day

21.  Pray at the Golden Temple, Amritsar

22.  Travel on the ‘Palace on Wheels’

23.  Visit Disneyland, Florida

 

Hobbies/JLT

1.      Artwork on the wall at home

2.      Learn dance steps to a song

3.      Record a song (karaoke)

4.      Knit woollen wear for a baby

5.      Cook a Mexican dish from scratch

6.      Make homemade face packs

7.      Go snorkelling

8.      Grow herbs at home

9.      Read 100 books

10.  Learn to speak basic Spanish

11.  Write a blog every month

12.  Start a podcast

13.  Visit a tulip garden

14.  Visit a butterfly house

15.  Spend a night in a houseboat

16.  Go skinny dipping

17.  Make an origami article

18.  Get my nose pierced

19.  Have my fortune told

20.  Attend a beer festival

21.  Eat at a molecular gastronomy restaurant

22.  Learn to use chopsticks

23.  Complete a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle

24.  Learn to drive an auto

25.  Get my motorcycle licence

26.  Paint a rock

27.  Crash a wedding

28.  Binge watch a series

29.  Go without media for a day

30.  Watch a play

31.  Create a fairy garden

32.  Create a name board for my home

33.  Make a comic book or a zine

34.  Learn to change a flat tyre

35.  Kiss on a Ferris Wheel

36.  Photobomb a stranger

37.  Eat all flavours of ice cream at Apsara

38.  Climb a lighthouse

39.  Visit an aquarium

40.  Watch the sunrise on a mountain

 

 

 

Sport

1.      Run a marathon

2.      Zipline

3.      Learn to swim

4.      Meditate on top of a mountain

5.      Make an object from pottery

6.      Go stargazing

7.      Cycle on a scenic road (preferably near a beach or river)

8.      Take a sunrise hike

9.      Go for a nature walk

10.  Ride on a tandem bike

 

 

Social contribution

1.      Educate or train underprivileged children

2.      Participate in an Annadaan campaign (feeding program)

3.      Tithe regularly for a year

4.      Perform 5 random acts of kindness

5.      Make a skill development book for young adults

6.      Learn the alphabet in sign language

7.      Donate blood

8.      Volunteer in the kitchen in a religious place – Golden Temple or any other Gurudwara

9.      Conduct a free session for kids at my school – SIWS

10.  Participate in a cleaning drive

 

Spirituality

1.      Visit the midnight Christmas mass

2.      Pray every day

3.      Learn a Sanskrit mantra by heart

4.      Learn to sing 5 Carnatic songs

5.      Forgive

6.      Take a 90-day Great Invocation challenge

7.      Meditate for 21 days non-stop

 

Health and well-being

1.       Get to my ideal weight/ BMI – 58kgs

2.       Hold a plank for a minute

3.       Wear a bikini

4.       Walk 10000 steps for at least a month

5.       Create an exercise habit

 

 

Luxury

1.       Stay overnight at a five-star hotel

2.       Take a cruise

3.       Have champagne

4.       Get a spa (Myrah)

5.       Buy fancy lingerie

6.       Stay in a fancy resort

7.       Take a bubble bath

8.       Stay cozy inside and do nothing on a rainy day

 

Money

1.