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They’re sort of  like something every “lifestyle design” blogger seems to have on their site.

I feel bucket lists can all too easily become a “been there, done that, got the t-shirt” kind of exercise.

Because of this I was a bit hesitant to write up a bucket list myself. But on the other hand, I have to admit that I do actually like reading other people’s bucket lists. It also helps to bring the person alive to the reader a bit more.

So I guess it’s only fair that I offer up my own bucket list as well.

I’ve therefore sat down and quickly compiled a list of things that occurred to me. I havent thought too much about this, I’ve just written it down as it came into my head.

It’s not comprehensive by any means. There’s probably plenty of other stuff that will occur to me later on. So I will most probably be adding to it in the future.

Here it is…

At the top of the list are things I’ve wanted to do in the past and have already done…

• study evenings to pass A-levels and win entry to university. DONE
• study at university and pass BSc Honours Degree in Economics and Politics. DONE
• Live in London. DONE
• migrate to the European Continent. DONE
• learn German, pass Institute of Linguists Diploma in German. DONE
• live in Germany. DONE
• live in Berlin. DONE
• get on IT training course in Berlin with Siemens. DONE
• Do 1 month European InterRail train trip.DONE
• learn sailing – pass German exams for coastal and inland waters license; do catamaran course; sailing trip off Turkish coast; sail on Ijselmeer in Netherlands. DONE
• live in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne and Heidelberg in Germany. DONE
• become self-employed IT contractor in Germany.DONE
• travel extensively in Eastern Europe, DONE: made several trips, including to Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary,Yugoslavia, Austria, Slovakia.
• visit Prague. DONE (many times).
• mountain hike in Swiss Alps and Slovakian Alps. Travel in an open air chair lift (never again!). DONE
• do Chinese course in Taipei, Taiwan and spend summer living in Taipei. DONE
• live in Antwerp, Belgium. DONE
• learn Dutch and pass national Flemish certificate. DONE
• visit South East Asia – Thailand, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. DONE
• visit Amsterdam, Hamburg and Berlin, including East Berlin in Iron Curtain days. DONE
• live in Eastern Berlin after fall of Berlin Wall. DONE
• become Buddhist, learn meditation. DONE
• take up regular running. DONE
• get rid of landline phone and expensive cable tv/internet package. DONE
• start on path become minimalist. DONE
• climb Swiss Alps: Alpine Mountain WiWann, Switzerland. DONE
• found own online media company.  DONE
• learn Linux and set up own server Frankfurt, email, qmail, webserver, fileserver, samba, linux, linux firewall system. DONE
• set up several websites: DONE
• get out of salaried employment. DONE.
• Build a web services consultancy business.
• Join a Buddhist Group. DONE (though I’ve since left, I’ve had enough of organized Buddhism for the moment at least). DONE
• Write and publish a book online and offline.
• Write a short e-book. DONE (actually I’ve written at least two to date).
• Become a podcaster.
• Start learning a martial art. DONE (actually two: Judo and Tai Chi).
• Get the orange belt in Judo.
• Visit Australia and maybe travel on the Ghan train across Australia.
• Visit Japan and South Korea.
• Visit Shanghai and Beijing.
• Visit Singapore.
• Visit Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Burma.
• Visit India. DONE (Mumbai, Pune, Varkala, Bangalore).
• Visit India again!
• Visit Hong Kong. DONE
• Visit Taiwan. DONE
• Visit Guangzhou, China. DONE
• Start learning Chinese. DONE (still learning).
• Winter in Goa, India for a full 6 months.
• Become a minimalist and digital nomad and travel the world.
• Visit Toronto and Montreal – but not in the winter!
• Visit the USA and spend a summer there living and working on student work visa. DONE
• Visit New York City. DONE
• Support a major charity on a regular basis.
• Attend a live quality Internet Marketing Event (like eg James Schramko’s) in person.
• Get rid of a large part of my stuff to reach what I call the baseline. DONE.
• Get rid of even more stuff!
• Stop consuming and buying more stuff beyond what is essential for my business and basic life needs. DONE
• Accumulate $1 million in capital.
• Build a business that creates at least $1 000 000 in revenue per year
• Spend time living in the Far East, longer term, not with one or two month visa.

That’s all folks (for now)!

 Image: Old Bodie Bucket courtesy of Don DeBold