If you are looking for simple bucket list ideas for your own list, look no further. We have compiled over 100+ things you can add to your bucket list.
The great thing about bucket lists is that they can be as easy or as hard as you want them. Often people get the notion that a bucket list has to be all crazy items like jumping from a plane. But simple bucket list ideas such as “watching the sunset as often as possible” are not only free and easy, but good for your soul.
Simple Bucket List Ideas
Watch the sunset as often as possible
Go to a festival
Join a book club
Donate items in your house that you are not using
Volunteer
Do a juice cleanse
As part of your fall bucket list, go leaf peeping to see the colors changing
Host brunch at your home
Take a free online class and learn something new
Finish a 500+ piece puzzle on your own
Get up early for sunrises
Learn photography – even if it is on your phone
Have game nights with friends or family
Get a pen pal
Start a new hobby
Grow fresh herbs in your kitchen window to cook with
Make a cookbook
Practice random acts of kindness and pay for the order of the person behind you
Make your own scarf
Have your own spa days at home
Donate blood
Rent a convertible and drive somewhere beautiful
Live abroad
Redecorate a room in your home on your own
Get your dream job
Spend 24 hours without your phone
Take a pottery class and make something to bring home
Write and publish an e-book
Randomly show up at the airport and buy the next flight
Do staycations and get to know your city better
Host a dinner party
Dye your hair a new color
Decorate your home for a holiday of choice and go all out
Get a library card
Do a Christmas cookie exchange with friends/family/co-workers
Make an incredible resume – you can use Canva for free
Start a skincare routine
Make a mixed CD of your favorites
Attend a high school reunion
Create a budget and start a savings
Facetime or Skype distant friends and relatives regularly
Make your own coffee or sugar scrub
Join a club
Binge watch an entire show
Cook new dishes
Clean out your email inbox and organize
Splurge on a designer item you had your eye on
Create a photo book
Host a Super Bowl party
Hand write letters to friends and family
Take a road trip
Try new restaurants in your area
Name a star for someone
Adopt a pet
Organize your junk drawer
Go to the local state or county fair
Start a walking club in your area
Take a new workout class
Start a gratitude journal
Set goals for immediate and 5-10 years
Build a garden in your back yard
Watch TED Talks each morning before work
Take classes or continuing education in your career to advance and get promoted
See a favorite band live in concert
Try new wines from around the world and document them
Spend more time with your family
Help build a parade float/ride on a float
Create a scrapbook
For Halloween make your own costume
Take funny photos for holiday cards and send them to family and friends
Throw an ugly Christmas sweater party
Binge watch all the best movies from your lifetime
Read all the best books on the 20th Century list
Do a Color Run
Spend a day on a boat
Go to a football game
Visit a Christmas market and drink mulled wine and shop
Teach a class
Clear your phone of clutter – phone numbers, pictures, texts, apps …
Host a murder mystery dinner
Watch all the new Hallmark Christmas movies for that year
Take a first aid course
Try an internet trend, like the crazy recipes you find on TikTok
Stay in on a rainy day with a cup of tea, cozy blanket and good book
Make a family tree
Get a tattoo
Visit a National Park on your USA bucket list
Learn a new language
Host a yard sale
Do a social media detox
Take a cooking class
Learn about and save for retirement
Make a plan to advance in your career
Create good habits
Learn to make charcuterie boards – your own way!
Get all the seasonal fun items at Trader Joe’s
Go stargazing
Date a lot of people to find your person
Take college classes about something you know nothing about
Go camping and build a bonfire
Spend a day in bed being lazy
Buy a new outfit that makes you feel good
Watch documentaries about things you are not well versed in
See a Broadway show
Learn to play an instrument
Start a business
Have a slow morning with breakfast in bed
Take a trip with your best friend
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