Bucket List

This is my bucket list: everything I want to see, do and achieve in my lifetime, and a record of everything I've ticked off so far.

It started in 2008 on a single sheet of paper. The film The Bucket List had just come out, I was 24, and writing down the things I wanted to do before I die felt like the obvious next step. That page has grown into the list below, split into travel, adventure, experiences, nature, fitness and personal goals.

Some goals took a weekend. Others took months on an overland truck, years of marathon training or a ship across the Drake Passage. Every goal I've ticked off has its own page with the story, a photo and practical tips, so if one of them catches your eye you'll know what it really involves and how to go about it.

The list never gets shorter. The more of the world I see, the more I add, so it will probably never be finished, and I'm fine with that. Some of these goals are realistic, some are ambitious and a few are pipe dreams, but nothing happens without writing it down first.

If it inspires you to start your own, make one in My Passport. It's free, you can borrow any goal from mine, and you can tick them off as you go. For ideas on timing, see where to go each month.

“The size of your dreams must always exceed your current ability to achieve them.”