2017 Bucket List: 40 Things To Do This Year
Now that day 1 of 365 has set in motion, don’t just linger inside the boxes of your new year resolutions. Instead, hit the ground running and go do something creative, daring, and adventurous -- for yourself, with a friend, or for the greater good. If you don’t know where to begin, here’s to embracing the new year with a bucket list of 40 things you ought to do to make your 2017 a year of achieving your goals, fulfilling your dreams, and simply making your life more worthwhile.
For yourself.
- Read 50 books. From Harry Potter to Jane Austen to The Happiness Project, just grab whatever catches your attention and flip through the pages.
- Learn a Filipino dialect.
- Disconnect from social media for a week. I know your life depends on being online but it’s also quite rejuvenating to put your phone down once in a while.
- Take your passport wallet with you and travel alone.
- Write yourself a letter and read it ten years later.
- Say yes to everything for a whole day.
- Make a scrapbook full of memories.
- Learn to meditate.
- Wear your quirky camera strap around your neck and become a decent photographer.
- Reconnect with an old friend. Add him on Facebook and schedule a coffee date.
- Sew something you can wear.
- Start a blog. Let it be your thought catalog, your personal diary, or your creative portfolio.
- Consistently go to the gym for two months. Just have your headphones on and the Spotify ‘Cardio’ playlist on full blast; you’ll have your motivations singing in no time.
- Watch all the 2016 Golden Globe Winning Best Pictures. There’s always time for five-star movies.
- Create a new ice cream flavor.
- Create a signature dish.
- List ten things you are grateful for each day and keep them in your organizer so you’ll have a piece of constant inspiration wherever you may be.
With a friend.
- Go skydiving.
- Ride a hot air balloon.
- Throw a dart on the map and go to where it lands. It might just be your most unforgettable adventure.
- Pack your bikinis inside your duffle bag, head to the beach, and learn to surf.
- Stand on top of a mountain.
- Go scuba diving.
- Set up camp, bring your trusty foldable backpack, and sleep under the stars.
- Sail a boat.
- Horseback ride on the beach.
- Swim with turtles.
- Keep your paint brushes inside your pencil case and take an art class.
- Vlog your summer trip.
- Complete a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle.
- Ride a tandem bike.
- Celebrate a holiday in a different country.
- Watch the sunrise and sunset in one day.
For the greater good.
- Donate blood.
- Make a homemade beauty product.
- Start your own social enterprise.
- Take your wallet out of your tote bag and pay for the coffee of the one next in line.
- Drink only water for a week. When you head to school or to the office, bring your multi-way backpack with your own
- water bottle so you can resist the urge to spend for a drink.
- Start an herb garden.
- Run in a charity race.
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