What's on your bucket list? And a chance to WIN!
I'm really enjoying reading all your responses to my October 21 post, where I asked you to tell us about how you stay young. With all these great ideas, we'll be able to stay young-at-heart and enjoy healthy living for years to come!
You'll find more ideas for attaining a lifestyle that encourages longevity in Dan Buettner new book, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest. Buettner has traveled the globe to uncover strategies for longevity found in the Blue Zones: places in the world where higher percentages of people enjoy remarkably long, full lives.
For a chance to WIN a copy of The Blue Zones, just Subscribe To This Blog and post a reply to let us know what's on your "bucket list" - that is, what's on your list of things to do before you die? Now that our healthy lifestyles are helping us live longer, how do you want to spend your time? Let us know about the things you want to accomplish before you pass on - the places you'd like to see, the things you'd like to do.
You have until Tuesday, November 17 to let us know. I'll announce the winner here on Wednesday, December 2.
October 27th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
On my list of things to do before I die are:
-see Egypt
-see Israel
-go on a cruise
...anything else I get to do would be a bonus!
October 27th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
See a tornado.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
In my agenda I have a list of things I want to do before I die,including
- speak fluent french (working on that one now)
- buy...ok, maybe rent...a cottage on Georgian Bay
- seethe Chateau Versailles
- go horse-back riding through the Loire Valley
- do volunteer work
- research my family tree (in process)
- and nore... life is short!
October 27th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Visit Machu Piccu in Peru and Pulpit's Rock in Norway!
October 27th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Kinda boring......but I'd be elated if I could just clear the accumulated junk out of the house!
October 28th, 2009 at 4:55 am
The 1st thing on my "Bucket List" would be to go to Germany to see my son, who I haven't seen in approx. 6 years. If I could afford to, then I would want to tour Europe, then the world. I want to see the landscapes,feel the cultures,touch the trees, smell the plants, feel the life.,swim in the water...oh my,I would love to travel.
October 28th, 2009 at 5:34 am
Publish my book
October 28th, 2009 at 10:28 am
I would love to visit space, even for a brief minute in time.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:37 am
I want to live each day I'm alive to the fullest.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Grandchildren, definitely want to have grandchildren before I pass...my mother never got to see hers and I feel that was one of the biggest "rip-offs"!
October 28th, 2009 at 10:47 am
I realixed when I was about 14 that i would not have enough time to do and see everthing I wanted.
Samarakand is on my list for 2010 and the name Zanzibar always made me smell spices so must get on with that.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:50 am
I need to see the pyramids with my family before I go.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:52 am
I must see the pyramids with my family before I go.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Go on a trip with my 2 boys ....like Domican Replubic.
October 28th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Oh I already subscibe.
October 28th, 2009 at 11:03 am
My Bucket List so far:
- Get married in a tropical climate
- Have children, watch them grow and see them have a family of their own
- Travel the world and at least visit every continent
- Skydive at least once
- Buy a brand new car off the lot
- Finish school with an MBA
- Win the lottery (haha!)
October 28th, 2009 at 11:22 am
I am subscribed and on Bucket List consists of the following:
Would love to go to Austraila
Retire from work
See both my boys married and happy.
October 28th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
My to do list before I die !
Where do I start ........... First thing is to finish raising my two beautiful girls who are now 16 & 14.
After that I am going to travel to Africa and work with the youth of the world. This has been my childhood dream and it is starting to beome much more important to me. Making a difference in this world is my goal in life ! One person at a time can make a difference , so I hope you consider this after reading my blog !
WISHING EVERYONE A BEAUTIFUL FUTURE.
Leona
October 28th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
I've been fortunate enough to see some of the bucket list covered... have a family & watch them grow to be happy healthy adults, have grandchildren, learn to snowboard & skateboard (both at age 44), get my class 2 driver's license (this year at age 49- weekend job driving bus for an adventure rafting company this summer & will drive for the ski hill this winter). These are the highlights, but yet to cover...
Learn to SURF!!
Go to Australia!
Go back to Europe
Visit my little sister in LA
Get out of my 9 - 5 job & find an adventure job... (bus driving will help with that I think!)
The list goes on, but these are top choices
October 28th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
WEll there are loads of things I want to do and have but my major thing right now is to work on being the person I envisioned myself being as an adult. The child I was would have understood be missing out on that parasailing in Tibet. She wouldn't have accepted me being leass of a person than she expected to be.
October 28th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
travel overseas
October 28th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
-adopt a child from a poor country
-visit Africa and help people in need
October 28th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
On my bucket list are travel locations like NYC, Europe and Hawaii to name a few.
I'd also like to walk the Great Wall of China and visit the Egyptian Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Grand Canyon and any other wonder of the world.
I'd also like to own a cottage and have a eco-friendly house.
October 28th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
to grant me a list of wish list..i want so much..onmly 100years to live and 35 gone..
October 28th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
My bucket list includes a vacation on St. Lucia,meeting Paul McCartney in person and having lunch with him,see the pyramids of Egypt and helping as many hurt and homeless pets and wildlife as i can.
October 28th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I would say take my wife and kids to Australia, and publish a book.
October 28th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Ooooh, that's on my bucket list, too. I would do anything, anything, anything to meet Paul McCartney! Just thinking about it makes my heart go all fluttery.
October 28th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I already subscibe.
October 28th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
I just crossed off "Visit Barcelona and see the work of Antoni Gaudi" from my list. My "bucket list" is really long! A sample is: Visit Antarctica, Machu Pichu & St. Michael's Mount (Cornwall, England); learn ocean kayaking; visit the Museum of Tolerance in Las Angeles; go on a civil rights tour in Montgomery, Alabama; visit San Fransisco and hop on a cable car; and most importantly - build an eco-friendly, locally sourced house using products & energy that are recycled or from renewable resources only!
October 28th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
My "bucket List" is over 2 feet long and some of the things I've done that were listed on it are: to stand under a waterfall, to be loved more than life itself by a man (and I was), to own my home, to drive a Harley, to visit beautifull countries and to eat the food that is from that location as well as going to countries that run out of water and/or food and being able to help someone in need.
October 28th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
I'd love to get to every continent at least once. ...still have Africa, South America and Antartica to go.
October 28th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
see my disabled son grow up to be independent, successful and supported by people who love him.
October 29th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I want to conquer my fear of heights. I think the best way for me to do that is to go parachuting. I am currently researching where the best place would be to jump out of a plane.
October 29th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
"A Town Like Alice" was one of my favorite books, so I'd like to see the places in Australia that were in the book, particularly Alice Springs, and then visit Ayers Rock while I'm in that part of the country. And then seeing as how I'm already on that continent - go scuba diving off the Great Barrier Reef.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Bucket list
1. Learn sign language
2. See the most beautiful place in the world
3. cook and entertain for friends and family
4. Be able to choose the hours that I work
5. Be romanced like in the movies.
6. Have house that feels like home again.
7. Live, laugh, and love unconditionally.
I know that in my life time I will probably experience all of this in due time and think in some ways I already have, I just have never thought yo look at the things that made me truely happy, fulfilled or complete as accomplishments.
October 29th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Get Married
October 29th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Bucket List:
~ see my daughter happy in her life
~ see my daughter married
~ be blessed with grandbabies
As for my life. I have been blessed 10 fold... my bucket list is my most hoped for wishes I hope to see accomplished!
October 29th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Tell all my family members I love them.
October 30th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Bucket List: Remain married to my husband, travel eastern Canada, go up in a hot air balloon with my husband and mountain climnb
October 30th, 2009 at 9:15 am
1. Write a song
2. Show my paintings at a gallery
3. Visit either Iceland, India or Peru (preferably all 3)
4. Laugh uncontrollably every day
October 30th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Learn to play the piano.
See my second daughter meet the man of her dreams.
Have grandchildren.
Stay healthy.
Finish knitting the pair of socks that are driving me berserk...!!
October 30th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
I would love to visit England. Home of my ansestors. I would also like to do skydiving and scubadiving
October 31st, 2009 at 12:26 pm
-I want to mountain bike in at least 3 countries.
-Get married.
-Have children.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:01 pm
-skydive
-bungie jumping
-visit barcelona
-visit disneyland
-visit Ireland
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Drink Guinness in a Irish pub, celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans, cruise the Panama Canal and Alaska, be a season ticket holder to the Montreal Canadiens, visit Churchill, Manitoba, to see the polar bears, drive a Formula One racecar, sky dive, see the Olympics in person, and tour England, Ireland, Greece, Italy, France and Scotland. And do it all with my husband. Except for the Formula One car and sky diving, I don't think he'd go for that, but he'd be there cheering me on.
November 2nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
go whitewater rafting on the colorado for my 63 birthday
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:17 pm
- Skydive
- set foot on every continent, only 2 done so far
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
-Travel all over the world
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
My bucket list includes:
- having a child
- traveling to exotic locations (Tokyo, Australia, Bora Bora, Milan, Athens, France, etc)
- go ziplining in a rainforest
- get my PhD, and other qualitifactions (i.e. TESL)
November 4th, 2009 at 1:05 am
African safari
Eco trip in the Rain Forest
Skydiving in the Carribbean
November 4th, 2009 at 7:34 am
clean out my basement.When my mother became ill and had to move,the stuff in her house was so old and musty that i dont want my kids to have to go through my stuff like that.
November 4th, 2009 at 9:01 am
I already subscribe.
November 4th, 2009 at 11:54 am
To see the Northern Lights
Trip to Egypt
November 4th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
On my bucket list,
swim with dolphins, orcas, in Vancouver,
go to australia, new zealand
create a pan canadian resource for kids with mental illness
create a foundation that will give money to cancer patients in financial crisis.
go see my nephews, relatives I have not seen in long time
November 4th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I want to retire.
November 4th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
On my bucket list- Hawaii, Spain for La Toma Tina, and Australia
November 5th, 2009 at 10:20 am
I have so many things on my list, I could fill my bucket to the top! I have on my list many obvious things such as places I want to travel to (Australia/England/Switzerland etc), however, at the top of my list would be to get together with all my online friends I have made at a website I frequent. I have made some of the best friends I've ever had through my online communications and I would just love to gather us all in one room and party for a night!
November 5th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
I would love to live long enough to see my great grandchildren. My four beautiful granddaughters are sure to have beautiful children. I would also love to go to Hawaii this is something I have wanted to do for years but so far have been unable to afford it
November 5th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Visit Australia and China again, Thailand for the first time. Mexico in the spring.
Have a gallery showing.
Live long enough to see 8 grandchildren grow up and marry.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
I would like to visit all seven continents, and I'd better get started as I've only been here in North America!
November 6th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Would love to take cruise on the Med and visit all the wonderful ports.. Venice, Rome,.. Athens.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
BUCKET LIST:
To take my two children on a beautiful vacation/adventure and truly relax and
enjoy our time together! Seems we are
always running in other directions and
we have never really had a holiday to
remember!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Laugh loud and often each and everyday
Make someone else do the above!
Surround myself with dogs I have 2 but would love 4
Make a difference in a dogs life for the better
be a good true friend
be there for someone
Fill my home with friends and laughter as often as possible
November 9th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Would love to visit Salt Spring Island.
November 9th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
My Bucket List:
Believe it or not that is a harder question to answer then it appears. The obvious is to be the best Mom & Nana I can be!
Now on a selfish list:
-Visit Budapest!!!!
-Travel to an exotic island
-Go to the "Ellen" show (and not be stuck in the RifRaf Room lol
-Travel and explore our very own great country from the Maritimes to Vancouver Island
-Meet President Obama
November 9th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
To swim in warm ocean waters around the world and meet wonderful people!
November 10th, 2009 at 6:12 am
All inclusive vacation to the Dominician Republic.
A happy new year with my 3 ans a half year old daughter, by the name of Kailyn.
November 10th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Want to finish my family tree and visit the towns and places my ancestors did.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
I'd like to
-live in the country with my own garden-as in harmony with the natural environment as I can be.
-publish a book.
-travel to Egypt.
-not take myself or life too seriously.
-dance naked in the rain.
-love and be loved without condition.
-seek out the best in everyone - always.
-finish my Folklore degree.
-positively impact people's lives regularly - in big and small ways.
-maintain childlike enthusism and wonder for as much as I can - like for Christmas and nature.
-see Bruce Springsteen sing 'Rosalita'in person!
-take another trip or 2 to California, and hang out with all the different and beautiful types of trees.
November 11th, 2009 at 4:07 am
1. see my kids in a happy relationship, married with kids.
2. get my 20 yr old figure back!
3. ride on my honeys own harley davidson.
4. cruise wherever.
5. own a brand new hot rod lincoln.
6. hear my daughter say, wow i now realize what it takes to be a mom, thanks mom!
7. be in a movie, walk the catwalk.
8. grow my own garden.
9. sit on that bench with my best friend and watch the young handsome men walk by and reminisce. remember when.........
November 11th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
go to Africa and go on a balloon safari!
November 13th, 2009 at 10:43 am
My Bucket List:
~ Re-connect with my long lost daughter to remind her once more how much we miss her and how much she is and always will be loved by us.
November 16th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
i would love the travel outside of canada!!
thanks
wadesherry@hotmail dot com
November 16th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Become a black belt
November 17th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I am subscribed!
My bucket list:
1. See the following people, have dinner with them and possibly get their autographs and a picture with them:Wayne Gretzky, Morgan Freeman, and Scarlette Johanson.
2. Visit Australia,New Zealand,Sweden, Japan and tour Europe.
3. Go see a Stanley Cup final series(all 7 games).
4. Get back my teaching job full time.
5. Learn to surf in Hawaii.
6. Win a million dollars.
7. Have a son and daughter.
8. Write a children's book and maybe a film.
These are my top 8 or so wishes.
November 17th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
My "Bucket List" contains:
See all of my kids succeed in their goals and families.
Travel as much as possible.
Pay off all my bills and not leave them for my kids.
November 17th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
I subscribe to this blog
My Bucket List is:
to win the lottery so my children and grandchildren will be taken care of
to live long enough to see my grandkids get married and have children
to get rid of all the clutter and downsize to a smaller home
to finish everything I have started
to pay it forward
to spend quality time with my grandchildren
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:47 pm
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