PopSugar's 100+ things to do before you die

 Some nice ideas here: 100+ Things to Do Before You Die:

Watch a Meteor Shower

Spend a Night in a Tree House

Stomp on Grapes to Make Wine

Try the Latest Food Fad (Like a Cronut)

Go Lavender Picking

Meet an Animal Who Is Internet Famous

Leave Your Mark in This World

Ride a Horse in the Ocean

Dance in the Rain

Literally Reflect at the World's Largest Salt Flat Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia

Give a Shelter Pet a Home

Stay in an Overwater Bungalow

Buy Expensive French Lingerie (for Yourself or Someone Else)

Go on an African Safari

Attend a Music Festival

Swing on the Edge of the World in Ecuador

Go to a Masquerade Ball

Leave a Love Lock Somewhere

Participate in a Holi Festival

Bathe in Milk

Jump Into a Pool (or Bath) Full of Jelly

Bake a Rainbow Cake

Visit the "Real" Santa Claus in Lapland

Live Happily Ever After

Create an Ice Cream Flavour

Celebrate Your 50th Anniversary

Explore a Shipwreck

Make a Snow Angel

Experience Zero Gravity

Eat in an Underwater Restaurant in the Maldives Called Ithaa

Stand on a Boulder Wedged Between Mountains at Kjeragbolten in Norway

Participate in a Flash Mob

Be Part of a TV Show Audience

Attend a Big Horse Racing Event

Build an Igloo

Donate Blood

Dress in Costume For a Book Release

Dress in Costume For a Midnight Film Premiere

Build a Gingerbread House

Take a Pinup-Style Photo

Attend a Comic Book Convention in Costume

Make a Rainbow Rose

Go Flyboarding

Image Source: Flickr user Maguide

Run a Marathon

Make Your Own Pizza

Go to the Top of the Eiffel Tower

Create a Family Recipe Book

Feel Great in a Swimsuit

See a West End or Broadway Musical

Tour Googleplex (why?)

Ride a Gondola in Venice, Italy

Ride an Elephant

Create a Reading Nook

Walk the Streets of Kyoto

Get a Henna Tattoo in India

Zip-Line With Family or Friends

Make a Call From Red Phone Box

Stand Under the Hollywood Sign

Cuddle a Baby Tiger

Visit All 7 Continents

Float in the Dead Sea

Watch Baby Turtles Hatch

Visit All 50 US States

See the Northern Lights

Skydive

Finish a Diary

Go on a Hot Air Balloon Ride

Pay a Stranger's Restaurant Bill

Jump Off a Cliff

Spend a Night in a Teepee

Go Dogsledding

Go Zorbing

Visit Stonehenge

Ride a Vespa

Skinny Dip

Break a Guinness World Record

Feed a Giraffe

Be a Movie Extra

Throw a Coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome and Make a Wish

Be in 2 Countries, States, or Counties at Once

Learn a Language

Take a Photo Every Day For a Year

Donate Hair to Cancer Patients

Watch the Olympics in Person

See Wimbledon in Person

Go to the World Cup

Finish a Book in One Sitting

Cage Dive With Great White Sharks

Backpack Through Europe

Go Deep-Sea Fishing

Drink Beer at Oktoberfest in Germany

Watch the Sunset in Santorini, Greece

Cook a 5-Course Meal

Visit a Chocolate Factory

Swim in Devil's Pool at Victoria Falls in Africa

Soak in the Blue Lagoon Hot Springs in Iceland

Take a Helicopter Ride Over a Volcano

Hear Oprah Winfrey Speak in Person

See a Famous Opera Singer Perform

Meet Grumpy Cat

Forgive and Let Go of Grudges

Fly in a Private Jet

Walk Behind a Waterfall

Swim With Dolphins

Watch the Cinderella Castle Fireworks at a Disney Park

Travel Somewhere New Every Year

Name a Star

Prepare a Care Package For the Homeless

Send a Message in a Bottle

Swim in the Largest Pool in the World at San Alfonso Del Mar, Chile

See the Fairy Pools in Scotland

Commenting someone's bucket list - sarcasm and advice

I just went through another Big Achiever's list of over 2000 goals she has achieved.

I find that very inspiring. I, too, want to have thousands of goals I have achieved!

Now, there are some things that irritate me on the list, and some things I think are "cheating" - as if there was the One and Only Proper and Correct Way of creating bucket lists :-D

Nevertheless, there's quite a lot of things on the list that "I want to do, too!" and quite a lot of things that "I don't want to do that, but something similar..." - there are goals that make me consider my life, situation, likes and dreams.

1) Photography
- there are a couple of "30 days to better photography" on-line. Go through those lists to improve your photography
- then practice by taking one of those hundreds of "photography bucket lists" on-line, giving you a theme or subject to shoot every day of a month.
- you can have an album at Facebook with your photos, arranged in different themes, like "album with things that are yellow" or "metal" or "winter-y" or what ever you like.

2) One of the easiest things to do is food and drinks. You have to eat and drink... or not necessarily, but most people do eat and drink every day. So with a little effort, you can get quite a lot things done worth doing and bragging about ;-)

- there are dozens of lists online about things you should try, taste or eat/drink
- there are dozens of lists of specific food items, drinks, like cocktails etc.
- you can cook, bake and make anything, or learn to do that. Brewing your own wine is a very impressive skill, smoking your own hams and lox, baking your bread, making your condiments, jelly and jam, and all kinds of things. That you can do at home, without needing to travel or pay a lot for the equipment or ingredients.

 3) Books, movies, tv series, music
Another great bucket list fodder. Things to do, cheap, at home, things you can do NOW.
Try to challenge yourself. That's kind of the idea with Bucket List. :-)

Some things to add to this kind of lists:
- find out data about your favorite author, actor, director, screenwriter, composer, singer...

- try out the art; write a small "play", act, write a song, sing - perform your creation at YouTube. That gives you quite a different appreciation of the art.

- create a "complete experience".
Make some movie snacks that are somehow connected to the story. Try to find some candles or potpurri or something like that so that you have an "appropriate" smell in your nose as you watch the movie.  The taste and smell are the senses that are not touched in movies, but the more senses you bring in, the more perfect experience you have.
Another sense is touch - so try to find something that appeals to that sense... might be hard to do, but one suggestion is to stage the movie watching area as if you were arranging a theme party, even when it's only you watching the movie.
And try to collect 2-4 movies that "belong together". For example, same theme, same actors, same director, same setting. I feel I "get" more that way.
The same with books. Engage your senses; have some soft music in the background, some snacks, wear something that could be from the book, etc.
The same with music. LISTEN to it. Find out information about the lyrics, is there history behind the lyrics or the composition, what about the performers? How did their lives look at the time of the writing of the music, songs, albums. Read their biographies, if you can.

- Also, start writing "playlists". You know, "the best Christmas movies", "my exercise playlist", "Summer reading list". When you watch a movie, read a book or listen to music, try to come up with some events or holidays it might fit.
You know all those "100 best movies"... someone wrote the list. Someone like you. That someone has most likely a lot of experience, have seen many movies, listened many songs, read many books, but there is no other difference. So share your opinion with the world. Share your favorite movies with the world. There are bound to be people out here who agree with you, and who will benefit from your opinion.

4) Travel
- start saving for travels.
- educate yourself about languages (I'm Finnish. 99% of the world speaks different language to me :-D), places to visit, buildings and monuments to see, or natural phenomenon to experience, and learn to make itineraries, learn to pack wisely, learn different tricks and tips to make your traveling experience better etc. There is a lot you can do to prepare for the day you have managed to save enough money.
- improve your physical condition - get fit, so that you have the energy to walk and walk and walk which is quite a big part of traveling, and learn to take care of your feet.
- play tourist in your home town. That is actually a great way to prepare yourself for "real" traveling :-D
- get practice in writing travel journals, if that is what you wish.
- get better with your camera, if you want to take photos when you travel.
- plan your travel wardrobe and "test drive" it at home. :-)

5) What I would like you to do is use Pinterest. 

Collect all kinds of things you find beautiful, likable, attractive, inspiring, interesting, fun, all things you would like to do, or be able to do. 

Then look at it, and find out how you can learn to make those things. Everything is made by someone. 

If you love jewelry, learn to make it. Silversmithy is quite manageable to do at home, and there isn't much space and equipment required to cut and polish stones, or to make glass beads.

If you love glass, learn to make it. You can start with stained glass windows or lampwork glass beads, and continue to blowing and cutting glass.

If you love cabinets, learn to make them.

If you love swords, learn to make them.

If you love motorcycles - yes, you can learn to make them, too, and at first, you can learn to drive one. Then you can learn to fix it. Then you can learn to build them.

If you notice you are mostly pinning clothes, learn to sew and make accessories.

If you pin mostly traveling, exercising and outdoors activities, do more of those things.

There are no "one list fits all" lists. This is about what makes YOU happy. What YOU find fulfilling, fun and wonderful. Things YOU want to do, have always wanted to do, try, taste, experience.

Now, the whiny part - so if you don't want negativity in your life, stop reading!

Over 100 of those 2000 goals are duplicates.

Some of them are multiples; that is, mentioned several times but with different words or combinations.
Like "climb a tree", "climb a tree in ---" "climb a 10 feet tree" "climb a 100 feet tree" etc.
or "watch [movie]", "see [movie]" or "watch [list of movies which this movie is part of]"
I'm not too fond of that kind of goal counting. I feel it's cheating.

So - again, if you want to have a lot of goals on your list, list every movie you have ever seen, every book you have ever read, every place you have ever visited, every thing you have ever tasted, eaten, drank or cooked, AND find out lists where these things appear, so that you can complete lists with less things to do.

Another thing that I find irritating and not "worthy" of being on the list is different brands and labels.
"Visit this [tourist attraction] or that [amusement park]". "Buy all --- thingamajoys and gadgamathings". Collect 'em all!

Also, the lady in question has listed "become a minimalist and reduce your things" AND "have a huge collection of ---". Several things, actually, like cups, shot glasses, souvenirs and movies.
Well... the "100 things challenge" counts collections as one item >:->

Sex, drugs and rudeness...
Why would anyone want to do something stupid, mean, destructive, inconsiderate, illegal?

Why would anyone want to have "one night stand" on their "must do before I die" list? Have a quickie against a wall wearing a skirt and no underwear?
I really wish people would leave the sex in the relationship with one's SO.
(Why? Because it is better and safer that way. Quality over quantity.)

Also, this woman has "never smoke" together with experimenting with all kinds of drugs and being high and drunk in all kinds of combinations and doing things when drunk, high or both. Using coffee, alcohol, hash and cocaine but not tobacco sounds a little weird.

I wish people would keep their bucket lists "clean".
I wish people would find more kind things to do, more RAKs, helping people, smiling, sharing, donating, engaging in good things, productive, considerate, fun and lovely.

Bucket List Journal

I have this household binder, with all kinds of printable factsheets and fillable lists and such. I have a Sabbath binder with "holiday grand plan" printed, so that I just need to follow a ready-made, reasonable and manageable list to get the dream holidays I want.

I think I need a List binder,  with a page (or more) for each entry on the list I want to do, with a reasonable and manageable list of steps to take to reach the goal, and a deadline. A place to record the journey and see my progress.

I want to do it this way, because then I have something tangible, instead of just words on the screen. [I mean, sites are closed, computers break, data is lost - a binder is harder to lose and easier to access at any time, without electricity, even when a site is down for maintenance, and so on. ;-)] Having printed something on paper makes it somehow more important, more real. I think. But I'm a book lover, so I would think so :-D

There's also another thing... if those "The Secret" -people are right, creating a "dream board" creates a force that helps you reach the dream.

Also, there's statistics (the legendary "they" say) that shows that people have better chances of losing weight if they keep a journal. Those same "they" also say that "if you write down your goals you are more apt to complete them. Set a realistic weight loss goal and the date that you want to achieve this goal. Write down everything you need to do to achieve your goal. Then it becomes a plan and not just a goal."

So - let's have a dream journal. Or The List Journal.

Write a page in your Dream Binder for every dream you have, how ever big or small, how ever reasonable and rational, how ever possible.

Then you need to cut it into steps and put a date on it.

A dream written down with a date becomes a goal.
A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan.
A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.

How to create S.M.A.R.T. goals:

SMART goals

To be able to keep a book on your achievements, you need to define your dreams and wishes. Make your wishes, goals SPECIFIC.
Write down
- what do I want to accomplish?
- why do I want to accomplish it?
- where do I want to accomplish it?
- when do I want to accomplish it?
- with whom do I want to accomplish it?
- with which limitations, requirements, equipment etc. do I need to accomplish it?

Make your goals MEASURABLE
- "get fit" is fine, but what does it mean? How do you measure fitness? Perhaps you wish to be able to perform certain fitness goals or get a certain result in a fitness test. Make it measurable, so you'll know when you have reached your goal.

Make your goals ATTAINABLE

Dreaming about impossible things is all nice and so, but feel unattainable and thus you won't even go for it. Sure, you might want to braid a mermaid's hair, but if you mean a real being that is half woman and half fish, that is probably not going to happen. Unless dreams count. So make your goal attainable.
What would be something real, attainable, possible, realistic, existing in this world that's close to this dream? Do you wish to braid Ariel's hair in Disney Land? Or perhaps go to some woman playing a mermaid? Or make a mermaid doll?

Or perhaps you think this isn't such a good idea after all, and decide to pursue something else in stead, something that is more realistic, more useful for your wellbeing and happiness, more useful for you to reach your other goals. But what do I know. One thing is for sure, it's only you who can say how serious your goals are. Something that might seem silly or stupid to me, might be the most important thing to you, and vice versa.

Also, some things are impossible TODAY TO YOU AS YOU ARE NOW, but you can learn, develop, evolve, grow, become more and better and adjust yourself to the requirements of the dream. Map your road in achievable steps. What is it you need to be able to do to be able to do something else?
For example, if I want to learn to drive a car, I get an instructor, sit in the car and drive slowly, slowly, in an area where I can't damage anyone nor the car. I get more and more used to driving, and soon I will be able to start driving among obstacles, then in slow traffic, then in heavy traffic, and while I get used to driving, I'm learning the traffic rules and training to control the car under difficult conditions, like ice on the road or rain or snow, and some basic car maintenance like filling the tank, changing the oil and tyres.
Now, I could start training to become a rally driver. Or start training driving lorries and buses and 18-wheelers and what ever there is.
So start small, take baby steps and take you to your goal step by step. Just like kids learn to run.

Make your goal RELEVANT

Do things that count. Do things that matter.

Bind your goal in TIME. Put a date on it. "Some day" never comes, neither does "tomorrow", "in the future", "one day" or "when I'm ..."
Another thing with TIME is that you can do anything 15 minutes a day. Do it for 15 minutes and then you can forget all about it until the next day and the next 15 minutes.
Or use the NaNoWriMo method and reach any goal working for it just one hour a day.

Some people add E.R. to this list. SMARTER. The E is ENJOYABLE and the R is REWARD or RE-EVALUATE (Practically the same thing. Keep an eye on what you have actually DONE and achieved. That in itself is a reward, it tells you you are not a lazy bum, you DO things, you REACH goals, YOU ARE MAKING YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!)

This is from TipJunkie

There are free printable project planner pages. I'm not too fond of them, just because they are printable, and full of prewritten text that is not relevant to me. I would like you to take a look at them and write down questions that are important to you, and then write each project page for itself, not fill in some form.

Important things to me are:
- what is it
- due date / schedule
- steps
- necessary equipment, tools, materials
- necessary contacts, people
- ideas, inspiration (sort of dream board)
- notes (things to remember, to consider, to check, to plan)

Create an Ice cream flavor

1) Think about your favorite ice cream flavors, desserts, candy, cocktails, fruits, spices...

2) Think about how those would be as ice cream and write a list; like "violet ice cream with candied violets and dried strawberries, striped with violet syrup"

3) Get a list of all existing ice cream flavors

4) Remove from your list all the existing ice creams

5) start experimenting.
Take some good vanilla ice cream and let it soften so that you can mix in different flavors.
You can get quite a lot of different flavors with essences, spices etc.
You can create ripple with sauces, syrups, jams and jellies.
You can make sorbet and mix with ice cream.
You can mix in pieces of fruit, cookies, candy. Dried edible flowers, nuts and almonds..

More ideas for flavor experimenting
What would your favorite flower be if it was ice cream?
What would your favorite animal be if it was ice cream?
How could you change your favorite ice cream to make it even better?

You could get ideas from this list: You Will Not Believe These Weird Ice Cream Flavors From All Over The World!

Or you could go all Japanese and create ice cream flavor no-one would ever eat - except the Japanese...

The 100 items challenge

Reduce your property. Everything will be easier.
It will be easier to keep the household clean and tidy and reduce health risks
It will be easier to find the items one needs
Well... possessions ARE a burden. I invest a lot of time to take care of it, a lot of worries about what to do with it if something happens, like "what would you save if your home started burning?", and a lot of time, money and effort to WANT things, to OWN things, to HAVE and to HOLD... Things.

Reduce your property to 100 items.

Oh... this is hard.
I think if I counted everything that I own, the list goes way beyond 100. The books alone... I think I have some 1500+ books... and movies and games and things like that...

Books are not included to the list, neither are dishes and cleaning supplies and other household necessities.
That frees a LOT of space.

Also, collections count as 1 item.
That's even better.

So, what's left?

1. artist supplies
2. computer
3. bed and bed linen
4. nightstand
5. sleep apnea machine
6. my mobile phone and charger
7. ear phones
8. MP3 player
9. my dictaphone and empty cassettes
10. keys
11. wallet/card holder with the cards inside
12. underwear
13. sleepwear
14. bath robe
15. towels
16. - 51. a capsule wardrobe of some 35 items, shoes and accessories counted in
(3 short sleeve t-shirts, 3 long sleeve t-shirts, winter coat, trench, shawl, gloves, winter boots, sandals, walking shoes, short jacket, 3 tops/blouses, 3 skirts, 2 pairs of trousers, 3 dresses, 4 knits, clutch/purse, little handbag, messenger bag, pumps, LBD, hat)
52. CD collection
53. DVD collection
54. my jewelry collection
55. camera with lenses, charger, batteries, bag and memory cards
56. sportsgear; running shoes, clothes etc.
57. my figure skates
58. my long distance skates
59. Rötkö (my toy dog from my childhood)
60. My toiletry bag with what's inside ( toothbrush, floss, toothpaste, hair brush, comb, hair ties, bath brush, hand cream, body butter, small scissors, foot file, nail file, nail polisher - if every item is counted as one, this will take my list to 73)
61. important documents (passport etc.)
62. portable harddrive
63. a couple of extra memory sticks
64. my grandfather's violin
65. my guitar
66. my soprano recorder
67. my treble recorder
68. photos of my family
69. my great-grandmother's embroidery sample
70. my great-grandfather's handmade knife
71. all our magic cards
72. collection of games... (yes, I know, I know... but I call it a collection and that will do. My list.)
73. Canasta cards
74. my grandfather's candlesticks
75. my tarot cards
76. my witchy things (a collection)
77. reading glasses
78. work table and chair
79. kitchen table and chairs
80. books and book cases
81. my living room rug
82. paper drawer
83. a comfy chair

---?
Right now it looks like it's not hard at all. Huh.

I will look to this deeper and try to diminish all my belongings to 100. Books not included. Nor art supplies and tools. Or furniture. Or kitchen things. Probably also not most of the interior decor, like rugs and artwork.

Social Media

The main thing about social media is GET ACTIVE!
You really don't need to care much about what you post, just as long as you post.

To get more influential, you should be reliable and interesting.
Post about things you are interested in. A lot of people are interested in the same things.
Learn something new every day. Read a lot.
Follow the trends. Get involved in the trending things, like tv shows or books or movies. 
(This is not so that you could follow the trends and post what everyone else posts, but to get an idea how trending works and how to create original content by the trends, perhaps even creating trends...)
Learn from others. Create content SIMILAR to others (Don't steal, don't copy!)
Get social, interact. Go to meetings, chat with people, always leave "likes" and "comments", follow people. Treat your readers as real people, and present yourself as a real person as well. Post enough details about your life that makes people remember that you are a real person.
Post pictures. Preferably your own. Get a camera and get used to it. Get Photoshop and get used to it. It's not difficult to get share-worthy photos or to create infographics.

Spread yourself to all social medias you can find and crosspost. Right now you should have
- Twitter
- Tumblr (for sharing photos, interesting pictures, infographics etc.)
- Instagram
- Facebook
- Pinterest
- blog on some free blogging site unless you can create a passive income through a blog to pay for a unique URL. I like Blogger. My husband likes Wordpress.

Examples of Social Media goals:

Be influential on Social Media
Achieve 1 million / 2 million / 5 million page views per month
Achieve 10 million page views per month
Achieve 10,000/20,000 subscribers

Delete your social media profiles for at least a week

Get a YouTube account
Get 10 / 20 / 100 / 1000 followers on YouTube
Start a vlog on YouTube
Make a YouTube video / make a YouTube craft video
Share my DVD collection on YouTube
Cover --- by --- / and put it on YouTube
Make a YouTube jam cover with a friend
Make a YouTube friend
Get 10 / 100 / 10.000/ millions of views to your YouTube video
Have at least 1000 hits / get millions of hits / that goes viral
Have a highest rated comment on a YouTube video
Get a reaction on a comment on YouTube from someone I find really cool
See one of my favourite youtubers in real

Get Facebook
Post something on Facebook and get 25 / 100 likes
Have 50 people like my Facebook page
Have over 1,000 friends on Facebook / Make a Facebook friend in every country of the world
Stay off Facebook for 2 weeks / Delete Facebook forever
Have a Facebook bingo
Have a Facebook profile picture wearing no make up
Start a postcrossing Facebook page for all my postcards
Suggest a trip/ activity on Facebook and see who's interested

Get twitter account / Have a verified Twitter accountHave over 100 / 1000 / 4000 / 50,000 followers on Twitter
Get a celebrity to follow me on twitter / Get Followed on Twitter by Someone FamousGet a twitter RT or reply from fave celebs
Have a celebrity reply to me on Twitter
Have one of my tweets retweeted
Be a trending topic on Twitter

Start a blog
Start and keep a blog
Write a blog and publish 101 posts
Start a blog / about one specific thing I love / Develop Blog / keep a blog
Publish a blog post every day for a year
Get your blog into the Technorati top 1000 / listed in Time Magazine's Best Blogs List
Have one of your blog posts get to the front page of one of the social media sites
Have one-thousand raving fans who buy everything that you create and sell from your blog
Add a video podcast to your blog
Build a blog with 10,000+ subscribers.
Design and build a blog template
Go away for a writing week, and live to blog about it
Leverage my blog audience to make a major positive impact in at least 10 people’s lives
Make a blog called "the critic inside you" #every one's a critic

Get 40 Likes in a single Post/Photo

Have a Wikipedia Page About Myself

Start a website

Get a Tumblr account

Have over one million pages read on my www.shelfari.com profile

Build A Passive Income Business Online
Meet an online friend / person I met online / from Bucket List / gaming
Place a small free ad online saying something nice

Social Media bucket list
Social media bucket list - 50 things to do before you die

Be and Become II

Be an inspiration to many people
Who is an inspiration to you? Can you do what e does? Can you do something equivalent? How do you define "an inspiration"?
Here's some inspirational people to give you ideas... and inspiration ;-)

Be brave enough to wax my own legs
Now, that's all it takes, isn't it.
But the goal isn't really to be brave, but to wax my legs, is it.

Be buried up to my neck in sand
Go to some beach with a lot of sand, and ask someone to do this for you, if you have no friends. I would go with a friend, though...

"Be Completely Covered in Glow In The Dark Body Paint" is another example of this sort of a goal. Just get the material you want to be covered and cover yourself. Take a photo, shower, post the photo in your Bucket List Blog and be done with it.

Be centimeters away from a real Space Shuttle
I think the best place to do this is to go to Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.

Be Dipped Back and Kissed
Get a boyfriend and ask him. Frankly, you could go to any stranger and ask him to dip and kiss you.

This is not a photo of a consensual kiss by lovers... 

this is a photo of a sexual assault.
He just grabbed her, dipped her and kissed her. 

She wasn't asked. 

They didn't even know each others' names...

Be dunked in a dunking booth / Be in a dunk tank
I would assume people arranging feasts with dunk tanks would be grateful for getting someone to sit there.

Be Generous With Compliments
Easy. Just do it.

Be Given a Compliment by Someone Famous
Then you need to be in places or do things where someone famous can give you a compliment.

(I, BTW, have received this. Yeah, it feels good. I had to recheck several times that SHE was reading my posts and commented them! SHE! WOW!)

Be given a Street Sign
Excuse me? Is this about the honorary street signs?

Be given a Teddy bear Inside a Balloon / an edible arrangement / roses
Give hints to your friends...

Be good/fluent at --- 
practice, practice, practice

Be greeted with a lei in Hawaii = Get leid
Now, a lot of people have some... weird ideas about this. This is a pun, a word play with "get laid", which means to have sex. The verb is "to lei", and it's an invented word, not in any dictionary yet. The correct verb is "to be given a lei" or "to be greeted/welcomed with a lei".
Now, it is not to be written with an apostrophe (lei'd). There are no words or letters omitted and it's not in a possessive case. Marking the plurals is a rather stupid habit and completely unnecessary.

Leis are interesting things. There are several different methods of making leis and there are traditional beliefs associated with them, so if you are going to an Pacific island where you expect to be leid, know that you should accept it from the hands of the giver and put over your own head yourself. If you can't wear it, you need to display it in some respectful and honorable place, and it shouldn't be just tossed in the garbage, but returned back to the forest where the flowers or leafs were picked from. A forest near your home is acceptable. Nevertheless, find out about these practices where you are traveling BEFORE going there, so that you won't make a complete fool of yourself and insult people who don't deserve to be insulted.

Be healthy enough and content with my body to wear a bathing suit to the beach

Hmm... I assume that the originator meant "skinny and fit" with "healthy".
I also assume that "content with my body" has nothing to do with accepting your body as it is, but trying to form it into something one has seen in a magazine, an ad, or television and one has got the idea of that that is the only kind of body that one may be content with.
In reality this is an offensive, misleading (and mislead) goal that is not going to be beneficial to anyone.

There are enough people who have some sort of illness or medical condition that makes their lives more difficult, and for normal people - even overweight normal people - to talk about "being healthy enough to wear a bathing suit in public" is ignorant and offensive. If you are healthy enough to be able to wear a bathing suit and go to a beach, do so and be grateful for not being sick. A lot of people cannot stay in sun for longer times, a lot of people can't go to a public beach because of agoraphobia, social phobia, panic anxiety, BDD, or some other such condition.

I wouldn't be surprised if many of the lists sharing a goal like this there's also a wish or goal to become happier or to live and not just exist... For you to be content with your body, you don't need to be healthy or skinny or fit. You need to be content with your body as it is. Right now. Right here. The body as it is as you are sitting there reading these words.

Really, you want to experience things. You want to go to beach and swim. You want to enjoy the sun and water and sand and beach and summer and everything like that. Are you really going to let what others MIGHT think of you to stop you?
Are you REALLY going to allow people's preferences and opinions decide whether you "may" go to a beach?
Do you REALLY THINK that a human being is TOO UGLY TO BE SEEN BY OTHER PEOPLE? REALLY?
This is not acceptable. No, not being on the beach wearing a swimsuit that makes you look something different than what some EXTREMELY OPINIONATED AND PREJUDICED A-HOLES WOULD LIKE, but telling people they are ugly and shouldn't. What the F does it have to do with you what other people are wearing and what they do? If you don't want to see a skinny elderly woman in a string bikini DON'T LOOK AT HER! If you don't want to see a fat man in speedos DON'T LOOK AT HIM!

Uh. Be content enough with your body to go to a public beach in a bikini AS YOUR BODY LOOKS NOW, WITHOUT LOSING ONE OUNCE OF WEIGHT, ONE INCH OF GIRTH, WITHOUT ANY EXTRA EXERCISE.

Be in a blizzard / dust storm / Go to a place where these things happen usually, at the time of the year when they happen, and be prepared to survive it as long as it lasts

Be in extremely good health and shape / excellent physical shape
Define "good health and shape", write it down in measurable steps and go for it.

Be invited to the Playboy Mansion’s annual Halloween Party

Uh... I can't understand why anyone would WANT to do that, unless one is a male who sees women as objects. But - it's possible. You can win tickets if you subscribe to Playboy; you can buy the tickets in an auction; you can get invited if you are a very sexy and beautiful woman or a man Hugh Hefner likes, like a rock star or actor or something like that.

"Lingerie or less dress code" - I don't think I have ever seen a fat woman there, so the physical requirements for women are quite high.

Also, I assume every man in Playboy Mansion sees every female as free game and will grope anything they want to. On the other hand, if you are a female and want to go to Playboy Mansion, you probably won't mind.

I really don't give a crap about "Halloween at the Playboy Mansion is the world's sexiest, scariest and most renowned Halloween party. With 5 acres of scare, three graveyards, two haunted forests, a 4,000 sq. ft freaky haunted house, a huge party pavilion and over 100 actors and performers to scare you…" "body painted Kandy Models & Playmates and of course over 1,000 of the world's most gorgeous women!" "Our monsters, professional scare actors, expert set designers and lavish haunted décor were unsurpassed anywhere in the nation…it scared your pants off…or lingerie as the case may be ;-)" "it is by far the most popular adult-only Halloween party in the nation."

Be in a Full Moon Party in Thailand
In a way this is a "drunken tourist" thing, but... there seems to be a bit more to that than that...

Be interviewed by Oprah / on the Today Show / by a national news publication or show
You should do something big and important, then. Or something stupid and showy. Or something. You could also give them a hint of that you'd like the opportunity...
One thing to do is to see who has been interviewed and what kind of deed usually gets you the interviews. Being an actor is usually a good start. ;-)

The same with these:
Be invited to a dinner party at the white house
Be Known Throughout The World 
Be listed as one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People"/ Time Magazine's Person of the Year
Be in the Newspaper / in a magazine
Become important and change the world
Become an A-list Hollywood actor
Be one of CNN's Heroes
Be on the cover of "Rolling Stone" Magazine
Be on the cover of a magazine
Be on TV
Be inducted into a Hall of Fame
Be made fun of on South Park
Be on Ellen
If you become a politician, it might be easier. Politician, actor, rock artist...

Be in a couch race
That sounds like fun :-D
Get a couch, put some wheels on it and roll...

Be in the stadium when --- beats --- in ---
Be in the stands when two rival South American club teams play each other in soccer
Get the tickets and go

Be important to someone / Be in a long lasting relationship / Be in a relationship on Valentine's Day
Most of us already are important to someone.
To be in a relationship on Valentine's Day and all that, start preparing a good time ahead and get yourself a beloved, to kiss on the New Year's Eve ;-)
Make sure that e knows to stay with you on Valentine's Day, and if e plans to leave you, to leave it AFTER February.

Be in a food fight
Well... I'm in principle against using food to anything else but feeding people, with all the hunger and famine in this world, but...  I can imagine using porridge or mashed potatoes or cream pies or puddings used in this purpose... perhaps like in Hook :-D

Be and Become

There's a lot of goals that start with words "be" or "become".

"Be a animal trainer for a day at ---" "jet fighter pilot / pin-up model / zoo keeper"

- any experience like this is readily available.

-- Find out what you wish to "be for a day".
-- Find out the criteria
-- Find out where you can do that. 
-- Find out how you can get there.
-- Find out how much the travel, living costs at site and the experience itself cost, and save the money.
-- Go for it.

Now, if you wish to be a marine mammal trainer at Sea World, you need to get yourself to Sea World. Sea World Resort is in Queensland, Australia.

There is a list of participation criteria you need to read and understand and fulfill before you can have this experience. For example:
- you have to be 14 or older
- you have to know how to swim
- you should know English
- you must be able to control your movements, be able to quickly get in and out the pool unassisted and be able to follow directions quickly and well.
- you may not wear any jewellery but you must wear closed in footwear.
(I can imagine you have to have your own wetsuit as well, but I can also imagine that they can provide you with one - find out about this. Might be that if you are unusually large or small, they don't have your size.)
- you may not be pregnant or have any open cuts or infections.

I'm sure there are such requirements about all the other stuff you'd like to do. Find out these requirements, and see that you fulfill them to your best ability.

"Be a cow / Playboy Bunny / Jessica Rabbit / Corpse Bride / or anything you like for Halloween"
- find photos of such costumes and create yourself one.

"Be a better friend" "Be a friend who listens" "be a good friend to all the women and men in my life who are so good to me" "Be someone's best friend"
- how do you define that? Create yourself an action plan, like "call my friends once a week" or what ever it is you consider being a better friend.

How to be a good friend

"Be a flower girl / bridesmaid / maid of honor"
For this you just need to have friend who plan to marry.
Flower girls are usually little girls, so if you are older than 10, it's probably not going to happen.
But - who knows. Never let things like that stop you from dreaming ;-)

Be an uncle/aunt to a nephew/niece
Technically you need to have siblings who want kids to achieve this goal, but it's possible that you could become a surrogate aunt/uncle to someone

Be a captain in marching band
Now, I don't remember there ever being any marching bands where I grew up.
Also, I thought the correct term is "drum major" or "field commander"...

Be a clothes designer / deacon / midwife / any other occupation
There are two roads to any occupation. You can be self-taught or get an education. 

Be a clown at the Manhattan clown parade
I don't have the slightest idea what "the Manhattan clown parade" is. But what ever it is, I'm sure there's a way.
Find out more about the event, contact the arranger/organizer and ask what's required, and get those requirements.

Be a contestant on a game show / reality show / Be a guest on a morning radio show / Be a member of the audience in a tv show / Be a seat-filler at the Oscars / Be an extra in a movie or television show / Be in a live studio audience while a show is being filmed / Be in a movie / Be in a music video / Be in a commercial
The requirements/application procedure is explained on the home page of the television channel that has the show you wish to participate in.
Or find out the movie company and apply as an extra.
It's actually easier than one could think, and less exciting. You probably won't meet any celebrities or talk to your idols, and quite possibly will be cut off the final product or not even recognize yourself, but - hey, you did it. And you can take photos of yourself and everything around you.

Be a Designated Driver
- get your driver's license and inform people of your intention. I'm sure you'll get a lot of offers.

Be a featured artist at a local gallery or business
- become an artist at a local gallery or business. You'll find the requirements at the gallery/business. Then you just need to find out how the featured artists are chosen at your local gallery/business and produce a good amount of work.


Be a flashmobber / Be part of a Flash Mob

Be a foreign exchange student

Be a foxy red-head
- dye your hair red
- get a costume that enhances your cleavage, waist and hips/bottom and shows a lot of skin
- get a strong makeup with red lips and dark lashes

You don't need to do anything else. You don't need to get bigger boobs or lose weight or have a perfect skin or be of any specific age. Makeup, hair color and revealing clothing, and you will be a foxy red-head.

To be a sex symbol, all you need to do is that except that you can have any color hair.
Or to be a pin-up. That and have someone take a photo of you. Or take your own photo. That will do as well.
You really don't need to be anything different from what you are right now, except show skin and wear makeup.

Be a human guinea pig
Find out about the medical research in your area and ask.

Be a loving and supporting wife to my husband / Be a role model
This is like being a better friend. Find out what this means, enhance those qualities in you, work with those you can get, try to get rid of the negative qualities or turn them into good qualities.

Be a photographer at a wedding / wildlife photography /
Learn photography

Be a polyglot
Learn languages

Be a secret helper - do a nice deed for someone, and don’t tell them about it!
Just do it!

Be A Spectator At ---
Find out what the -- is, how to become a spectator (most likely achievable with money), save the money and go.

Be a YouTube hit!
Create YouTube videos. You can start by copying, by having a vlog, by putting up some tutorials on things you know or want to learn, or product reviews - make videos. Sooner or later you'll create something interesting and original enough for people to get interested.

Be able to climb up a rope, the whole way
Be able to do a pull-up / 10 pull-ups / 30 consecutive pull ups
Be able to do 10 / 50 / 100 pushups at a time
Be able to do over 300 consecutive sit ups again
Be able to do a no hand cartwheel
Be Able to Do a Roundhouse Kick
Be Able to Do Half Moon Yoga Pose
Be able to do the splits
Be able to 'Starfish' and/or 'Iron X'
Be able to run a mile easily
Be able to swim 5K / without stopping / in one laps session / again
Be able to touch my toes without bending my knees

Be able to sing/rap/recite an entire song (by a certain artist) from memory
Start learning. Get the lyrics, read, read, read, until you remember, sing/rap along with the original artist until you learn to sing/rap/recite the song as you like, move on to a "karaoke" version - a music version without any singing - and there you are

Be able to drive / do what ever else you wish to be able to do
Learn. Simple as that.
Most skills are being taught. You just need to find out by whom and where and what are the requirements/cost/etc. and see that you have what it takes - the money or preliminary skills or what ever it is, like instruments or tools or materials or equipment.

Be able to fill a world map with pins of where I've been
1) Get a world map, attach it on a pinnable base like corkboard, and get a lot of pins
2) travel

Be able to tell if someone is lying
Frankly, you can't.
But you can learn body language and get observant and all that.

Be able to read and understand corporate balance sheets, income statements, and other financial documents
Become financially literate

Be all the results on the 1st page when my name is typed into Google
1) Get a unique name
2) Get REALLY active on-line - blog, social medias, everywhere

Be at --- / at night / on ---
Some place or another at any time of the day, on any day of the year, during this event or that happening. Just write it down and make it happen.

Be awarded a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame
To be awarded a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame, you need to do something for the entertainment industry in USA. Best chances you have if you are a popular actor/actress. You need to work for five years at least and be known for "charitable contributions" and/or have received awards.

Be elected to political office / Become a senator / governor of your state / mayor / president of your country
Politics... just join a party and get active with the politics.
Study political sciences, human and civil rights, sociology, ecology, economics, law... It's easier if you do this at a University, but there are "layman" politicians, who have become professional politicians without "formal" education. You need to study these subjects in any case.

Be Interviewed as an "Expert" on something
Become an expert on something. The more rare, unusual, stupid or specific "something" you choose, the better chances you have on being interviewed.

The weirdest, funniest, most awesome job titles ever
You do WHAT for living?

Be a part of a huge revolution or activist event
I suppose this is one of these "I was there when that happened!" wish. The thing is that one never knows what will become a huge revolution or activist event...

Be as happy as I can be

- be content with what you have. Be content with what you are. Be content with what you know, who you are, the weather, everything.
- don't worry. Get a worry doll or worry stone or a worry Goddess that you will allow to worry for you, and every time you notice you are worrying, give the worries back to your worrying entity.
- don't stress. Write down the things you stress about, you dwell in, you sweat, and make an action plan, and then do something. Stop stressing, dwelling and sweating.
- care more about others than yourself. Care about the people you care about, not about the people you really don't even like.
- never blame anyone. Not even yourself. Things happen. If you are OK with the consequences, fine, if not, change something. "It" or your attitude. You are 100% in control.
- same thing, never complain. There are three things to do if you find something you want to complain about: change it, change your attitude or ignore it.
- be with people who make you happy. Don't spend time with people who make you miserable, more than necessary
- laugh every day. Find something to laugh at.
- be honest. Don't lie. Don't pretend.
- Smile often. Laugh often. Enjoy things.
- do what you love
- the cliches that unfortunately are true. Keep smiling. Turn negatives into positives. See challenges, risks, dangers, catastrophes, crises etc. as possibilities, and Death as New Beginning.
There is a Finnish poem that goes something like this "it's time to rip everything that is rotten, damaged, old, so that the new growth has space to expand".
- express your feelings.
- write, create, write a journal, diary, express your thoughts in some creative way every day
- be grateful
- focus on the present. Live in the moment. Practice mindfulness.
In Terry Pratchett's Thief of Time there was a monk who was "constantly amazed"... he lived in the moment in such a way that everything he saw was as if he saw it the first time... and in a way it is.
I also thought about the quote “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you were dying, what would you miss... what would you mourn for never having seen? Or when someone you love dies, what do you miss? What will the raven's words, "nevermore", make you think?

Be called up onto stage at a concert / be in a front row at rock concert / be backstage at a major concert / be in a screamo moshpit / be in a VIP space
As far as I know, most of these experiences can be bought. Some of them are then a question of courage and "going for it". Go to the front row. Go in the moshpit.

Be bitten by a wild animal (and survive)
Frankly... an ant is a wild animal. Define better.
Also, being bitten by a wild animal usually signifies that you have been in wrong place at wrong time doing wrong things, and is nothing to brag about or an experience to desire... but you could become a wild life veterinarian or wild life conservator.
I suppose that one of the "safest" wild animals to go to just to be bitten are the big water birds, like geese and swans. Their bite will hurt, you will know you have been bitten; they will bite you if you go near their nests or young ones; and you most likely will survive the attack. (Or defense of their babies, to be correct...)
Nevertheless, I suppose you are talking about predators and venomous animals.

Become a 24 hour a day stoner
"I did not go through a phase in my youth where I was a totally irresponsible pot head.  I would like to take a month or two to get high continuously."
Frankly, I'm OK with this.

This, on the other hand, I am NOT OK with:
Be drunk at a zoo

Zombie related bucket list goals

Be in a Run for Your Lives event as a runner / as a zombie
Do the Zombie Charge
Do the Zombie Mud Run
Do the 5K Zombie Run
Take part in Zombie Evacuation

Do a Zombie Walk
Do a Zombie walk on Halloween
Have a really awesome costume for Zombie Walk
Get a group of friends to dress as Zombies. Walk around the mall.
Hang a sign around my neck dressed as a zombie that says "honk if you love zombies"

Dress Up as a Gory ZombieHave a Zombie Photo Shoot
Have a zombie themed wedding
Take a family portrait dressed as zombies

I have to say that I don't like the "monster zombie" rave out there. Like the zipper face, people with non-human teeth; people with claws and weird alien hands, or characters from horror movies or comic books, like Hellraiser. In my opinion people should look dead, but people nevertheless. Normal, ordinary people. Not sideshow freaks or Halloween monsters and nightmares, but zombies. 
I appreciate more inventive and original ways to die and depict the rotting corpse.
Someone was carrying sea shells and such on her face, as she was depicting a drowned person.
I also liked the beauty queen with a tiara stuck into her eye.
And, no, Corpse Bride is not a good costume for a Zombie walk, even though she was sort of a zombie.

Be chased by zombies / Kill a zombie / become a zombie killer /

Be Prepared to Survive Zombies
Build the perfect Zombie survival kit
Plan For The Zombie Apocalypse (make a meeting place, pack a bag, everything)

Do a zombie survival experience day out

Meet a real zombie in Haiti

Have my kids grow up with zombies

Celebrate National Zombie Day

Hug a Zombie in a Theme Park Haunted House

Play 10 different zombie video games

See the Top 100 Best Zombie Movies Of All Time
Make my own list of best zombie movies / tv series

Be a Zombie Extra in a Film or TV Show

Write a Zombie Chum list

Dance to thriller dressed as a zombie!

Make a zombie snowman

Language related ideas

I'm not going to talk a lot about learning foreign languages, the internet is full of advice and ways to learn foreign languages.

Here's some resources: Language Muse

The language related goals can be:

Learn --- / become fluent in --- / study --- (language) / learn to speak --- / teach myself --- / teach myself to speak --- / in --- ( a foreign country)

Use --- in --- ( a foreign language in a country where most people speak it)

learn 2 / 10 / 40 foreign languages

learn sign language

learn to read braille

Speak pig latin

Speak with an accent for an entire day / learn a foreign accent

Teach Someone a Language / Teach ---- language in ---- country / Become a language tutor / teacher

Learn to curse in --- / learn 10 curses in ---
Learn how to insult people in ---

Learn enough --- to understand --- ( foreign language, to understand songs, books, etc. written in that language)

Learn to say --- / a hilarious phrase / in --- / 5 / 10 / 20 languages

Learn a new language / a second language / a foreign language

Learn a rare language / an ancient language / a dead language / an endangered language
Learn a language my ancestors spoke / a language spoken where I live 
Learn a fictional language (Elvish, Klingon...) / a constructed language (like Esperanto)

Learn a New Word from an Unknown Language Every Day For 30 Days

Learn all 6 Official UN Languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish)

    If you want to learn a language with a large number of speakers and which is spoken in many countries, the ones to choose in order of 'usefulness' are: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), German, Japanese, Portuguese and Hindi/Urdu.
Which language should I learn? at Omniglot

...........The 5 Best Languages to Learn for the 21st Century

Learn morse code

Learn a programming language

Learn the alphabet in --- / learn the --- writing / learn to write my name in ---

Learn to sing --- in --- / Learn to rap in --- / Know 30 songs originating from 30 different countries

Choose a country and learn the language that is spoken along with its customs, cuisine, art, and its history

Travel somewhere you don't speak the language and figure it out.
Manage with sign language until you can use the local language. Don't use any language you know.

Be/become a polyglot 

Be a interpreter
Be a translator

Learn [language] to Flirt as a Pro

Be more confident about speaking [language]

Read books in [language] / Watch movies in [language]/ without subtitles

Tattoo related goals

Be a tattooed bride

Be featured in a tattoo Magazine

Become a tattoo/alternative model

Check out the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum

Cover One Full Body Part With Tattoos / Cover your whole body with tattoos

Follow a course to learn the art of tattooing

Get 1/5/10/20... tattoos

Get a spine tattoo / neck tattoo / sleeve / wings / ---

Get a tattoo on a specific body part

Get two tattoos on different body parts at one time

Get a word tattoo (saying something meaningful)

Get a quote tattoo

Get a tattoo for a medical condition/ribbon/illness/something similar

Get a --- tattoo

Get a tattoo by ---

Get a tattoo at ---

Get a tattoo with --- /sibling / child / lover / friend /...

Get a tattoo in the memory of --- / child / ancestor / parent / grandparent / spouse...

See someone get a tattoo

Get tattooed in a different country / on a trip

Get a small tattoo

Get a large tattoo

Get a tattoo in different language / script / invented language like Kryptonian, Elvish, Klingon...

Get an UV tattoo / white ink tattoo

A lot of people want a tattoo.

Things to think about

* tattoo is to be considered "for ever". Don't get a tattoo just because you want one, or because someone else has one, or because it's "cool" or you want goals on your list.
(Or do. Your business)

* Start with something small in a place that isn't very visible or painful.

PAINFUL PLACES TO GET TATTOOED
- TOES AND FINGERS
- BACK OF THE KNEE AND INSIDE OF THE ELBOW
- ARM PITS
- RIBS
- NIPPLES AND GENITAL AREA/GROINS
- FACE

The whole head and neck, hands and feet, stomach, sides and chest and inside or arms, knees and elbows, and along the spine are not easy places either.

Start with buttocks, thighs and calfs or shoulders and outside of arms, or the little triangle between shoulderblades.
Don't start with a toe, a finger or an earlobe.

After a small thing, you can choose to get something bigger or be satisfied with that.

* Remember that a tattoo is damaging your skin. A tattoo is dozens if not hundreds of small cuts, and must be kept clean and dry for as long as it heals.
Consider how to keep yourself clean, and try to time the tattoo to spring or autumn, when it's not too cold so that you need to use a lot of clothes that might irritate the tattoo, or not so hot that you want to go swimming or expose your skin for sun.
Also, you won't be able to shave that area for several weeks, or use any hair removal creams. Get your tattoo on an area that doesn't need to be shaved.
Also, see that you have had your hepatitis and tetanus shots.
If you have any medical concerns, talk about it with your tattoo artist. He/she should know.
Also, if you don't heal well or get spread scarring, you might not get a tattoo, because the risk of it not healing right is big.

* You might be allergic to tattoo inks. Some of the dyes are also used in make-up, so test some eye shadows and lipsticks, and if you are the least uncertain, go to a dermatologist to run some tests beforehand to know if you are allergic to dyes and which dyes.

* Cheap is not a good thing when it comes to tattoos. You want someone professional to do the job so that you can trust the safety measurements, cleanliness of the tattoo parlour, that the tattoo artist knows what he/she is doing, that he/she IS an artist and can adjust your design to fit your body and wishes, etc.
Ask how they sterilize the equipment. They should have an autoclave. (That's a high-pressure desinficting machine.)
Check the practicing licence and ask for references.
Make sure that you see what he/she has done previously.
It would be best if you can get a recommendation and see his/her tattoo on a person. Find out as much as you can about the artist.
If you want a tattoo by a certain artist, remember that the more famous an artist is, the more expensive and harder it is to get an appointment.

* Do not tattoo a girl/boy friend's name on your body, unless you are in a marriage severity relationship. Having been together for a year is not steady enough. World is full of people who have been forced to remove or disguise a name that once was the most beautiful in the world but isn't anymore.

Get plenty of examples of what you want.
Get examples of the font you want to be used, if you want something written.
Listen to your tattooist. He/she actually does know best what will look good and as you like.
Nevertheless, if there are any details you don't like, ask it be changed. You will be the one carrying the image on your skin the rest of your life, you won't like getting irritated by the detail you didn't change when you still had time.
If the artist gets upset, irritated, defensive, unwilling to change the detail or starts arquing about it, don't go through it. Don't let him/her talk you over to accept something you don't really like.

Also, know that if you have seen it on the internet, thousands of others have also seen it, and there will be a lot of people with the exact same tattoo.

* Give yourself a temporary tattoo of the kind you want and wear it for a week. You can also have a henna tattoo or draw it with a roller point pen, to know if that is something you won't regret.

* When you have made up your mind, go through it, as soon as possible.

* Get some rash cream or antibiotic ointment you can use to care the tattoo with, so that it won't develop into something nasty and painful.
Follow the care instructions. Ask to get them on paper, if you are the least uncertain of what is meant.
Don't use alcohol, peroxide or petroleum jelly on the tattooed area. Clean it with soap, pat it dry, don't pick any scabs, don't scratch it, don't rub it.
Don't go bathing or swimming as the tattoo heals. No hot tubs, bath tubs, pools or lakes.

* Take it easy. It's not as bad as you imagine.
Also, take a buddy with you.

* Ask questions. It's better to ask too many times than too few. If there's ANYTHING you want to know, ask. Make sure you know what's happening and what is being applied on you or what instrument is being used on you. It's your skin, you have the right to know.
Make sure that the tattoo artists washes his/her hands first, and desinfect your skin in the area where the tattoo is supposed to come.
The needles should be single-use and you should see how the artist opens the package.
The artist should be using new ink for you. You don't want him/her to dip the needle in ink that's already been used on someone else.
The cloth the blood is cleaned during the tattoo should be clean in the beginning.
When finished, the tattoo will be cleaned once again and bandaged.

* Tip your artist. 15-30% is nice.

* Go back for a touch-up. It's better to do too little than too much, so it's possible that the tattooist has been a bit too careful. That is a good thing. If you notice that the tattoo isn't quite as good as you thought, after it has healed, it's OK to expect that the tattoo artist touches the work up. He/she will also want the best possible result. After all, you will be a walking advertisement for his/her work.

* Prepare for the social consequenses. Some people see tattoos as very flammable subject and cannot let it be your business. Just remember that you don't owe any explanations to anyone.

Read this:
Beginner's Guide to Getting a Tattoo

This isn't really tattoo related...

How to compose your list

A bucket list is a list of things YOU WANT TO DO.
The idea of having 10, 100 or 10.000 is that there are that much things to do, experience, live, learn, see, hear, taste, feel, smell in the world that are pleasurable, enjoyable, lovable, likable... worth to experience. 

Bucket List is not a competition. It's a promise. It's personal.  It's something that doesn't need to have any importance for anyone but you, or any meaning, but it should have both importance and meaning to you. There are no "places you must see, things you should do", just places and things. Totally yours to pick and choose from.

If there were no obstacles; you have all the money you need, all the equipment, all the health and energy and capacity, what would you do? If you weren't afraid of anything...

Think back to when you were a kid. What did you want to do when you grow up?

Whom do you envy?  Start carrying a small notebook with you where you write every time you feel the envy or longing inside you when you see, read or hear about someone doing something or getting something or experiencing something.

Look at these different areas of your life and imagine how a life would be, look, if it was "perfect". How do the people live you wish you were like? What do they do? What do they have in their lives?

Self improvement is often a big thing in bucket lists, even when it's really not part of this. It's kind of assumed that we all continue to grow and learn as long as we live.

Money, economy and financial goals and wishes.

Sensory experiences. Foods you'd like to taste, music you'd like to hear... 
Are there some concerts you'd like to attend?
Any shows / performances you'd like to see?
Any events you'd want to witness? From birth of a foal to space rocket launch.
Festivals and happenings? "I was there doing that then..."?

You win the lottery of the century and get so much money you can't even count that much. Money is NEVER EVER going to be any problem to you. What do you do?
What would you do if you won million dollars?

How about relationships? Family, parents, siblings, children; other relatives? Friends? Neighbors? Community? Colleagues? 
How about love and romance?

How do you want your home life to look? Where do you live? How is your home decorated? Do you live on the road?

Would you like to learn to cook or bake, or perhaps brew your own beer or something?

Do you want to simplify your life, organize and declutter? Or perhaps get a collection like Jay Walker or Alex Jordan?

You happen to rub something in an antique store, and a genie appears. The genie gives you three wishes. What do you wish?

Fun and games? Hobbies?

What would you create? Food? Art? Stories? Crafted items? 

What would be an adventure to you?
What would be an experience to be proud of?
What experience would be thrilling?
What would you want to experience if you knew no-one else would ever know...? (You don't even need to publish those wishes... just try to find a way to do it...)
Witnessing what would make you happy just remembering it?

Imagine you received an anonymous letter to your birthday.
You open the letter and read that you happen to share a birthday with an eccentric billionaire and have been chosen among all who were born the same day you were born to receive a gift, an amazing experience, mind-blowing, fantastic, a dream come true!
What is it?

Health and fitness?

Physical goals are also a biggie in the world of bucket lists. A lot of people would like to run a marathon, for example.

Travel is the #1 theme of bucket lists. Where would you travel, if money wasn't an issue? (Or anything, like the bother of traveling, hygiene, food, sickness, political situation...) What would you like to see? Which festivals and street parties would you like to have been part of?
Are there some historical places you'd want to see because the event was important to you?
Are there any places you'd like to see because of a family connection?

How about classes and courses, education, learning new things and skills?

Are there any animals or plants or geological formations or natural phenomenon you'd like to see?

Do you have any career wishes? Status wishes?
Highschool reunion. You are exactly what you want to be. What and who are you? Rich? Beautiful? Successful? In your dream profession? In a dream relationship? Good and kind? Active? Passive? What?

So - another visualizing exercise... Close your eyes and relax...
You are happy, relaxed, enthusiastic... you are smiling, and have no what so ever negative feelings or thoughts. It doesn't matter what others think. It doesn't matter if others like it. 
What are you doing? Reading? Painting? Gardening? Cooking? Playing with your pet?

How about spirituality?

What would be meaningful and important? Who are your heroes? Whom do you look up to? Gandhi? MLK? Princess Diana? Mother Theresa? Who in the world history has done something extraordinary, heroic, important, powerful and amazing, and what is that they did?

Would you like to donate and volunteer and share caring and kindness in your community or in the world?
Are there any injustices and problems you would like to straighten, and what could you do about them?

How do you see the future and what can you do today to prepare for that future?

Are there any sports you'd like to try?

Who are your ideals and role models? Whom would you like to meet? With whom would you like to talk?

What could you do to be more like them?

Imagine you are a grandparent and tell stories of your life to your grandchildren. They look up to you, expectant, excited, and they sure have reason to, because you have had some experiences... you have lived... you have stories to tell!
What are they?

So, what are you afraid of? Write down 10 things you consider would be the "worst things possible", and... face your fears. Create yourself a 12 steps' program to follow so that in a year you are less scared of those things. Think if you were participating in Fear Factory... what would you meet that would stop you? Don't let it...

What dreams would you like to see come true?
What skills would you like to acquire?
What hobbies would you like to pursue?
What accomplishments would you like to achieve?
What fantasies would you like to act out?
What things have you seen other people do or accomplish and you thought, “Wow, that’s pretty cool! I’d love to do that!”?
What achieved challenges would give you the biggest confidence boost?
Are there things you would really, really like to be good at, but you doubt your capacity to do so? Go for it...

What if you were to die in a year? What would you do the last 12 months of your life?
If you have lost someone, what do you wish e had done before e died? How do you wish e had spend the last 12 months of e's life?

If you woke up tomorrow and didn't know anything about yourself, what would you like to find out?

What are you putting forward to tomorrow, or "when you have time" or "when you take the vacation" or "when you are retired"? Are you saving something for "that special day"? That special day is today. Perhaps tomorrow, if you are reading this on an afternoon or evening :-D

What do you regret? It's never too late. Not even if you regret not participating in the Olympics...

What would you want people to say at your funeral?

Read this article: How to Turn Goals into Strategies. It's actually wrongly named, as it's about the exact opposite - how to turn strategies into goals. It asks the very important question. What is it you wish to reach with the goal? How do you think you'd feel the day when you reach the goal?

"Get married" might actually mean "find someone who loves me for the rest of my life and share my life with him/her". Getting married is easy. Staying married and loving your spouse as your best friend, your confidant, your favorite companion, your support and comfort, that's difficult.

"Get fit" might actually mean "have energy to do all the things you want to do". Or "get sincere compliments for my looks and believe them", or "get small enough to buy the clothes I want".

I also recomment the following articles at DaVinci Dilemma - even if you don't consider yourself "multitalented"
How to take inventory of your talents
Stumped Talents - poll the audience
Make your mess your message

Have 100/1000/10000 goals on my list

This is also a goal that can be achieved quickly and right now, without any money, friends or special equipment.

There is an easy way of doing this (sort of cheating) and the proper way of doing this

The easy way:

- find as many lists you can and copy them

- find long lists, like 1000 movies to see in your lifetime or 1000 best books, and make each item an individual entry.

- There are tons of movie related lists online. 20 films of dogs, zombies, feminist movies, all the movies with "red" in the title, French movies, Spanish movies, Azerbaijani movies... and new ones are being made all the time

- post the same goal several times

- say it using different words and different spelling

- find lists with many shared items, so that you can check off an item from multiple lists

- try to find out as many possible "goals" you can from everything you do. Like "meet --- / have a photo taken with --- / shake ---'s hand / get ---'s autograph" That's already four goals. And you can multiply these four goals with as many people as you like. Celebrities, actors, authors, musicians, politicians, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny...

- Take a cook book and start from the beginning: "Cook ---" There is 4.500 recipes in Joy of Cooking. You can also add "cook every recipe from a cook book" to your list.

- Find out every food ingredient on earth and add it to your bucket list as "eat --- / try --- / taste ---"

- add all the possible surveys on-line. Write your own 5000 questions list.

- List things. "My favorite bands, books, movies, tv series, colors, hair ornaments, shoes, labels, foods..."

- collections. "Have 10/20/25/50/75/100/200/300 ---" and add any number

- own/have/buy/try/get (every item of a certain label / merchandise /what ever)

- use the same idea to generate goals when it comes to other things.
"See/watch/experience/be awake at sunrise /with ---(best friend, boyfriend, mother, cousin, namesake, whoever)/ in (all the places you wish to visit)/ on (rooftop, hill, tree, ocean, what ever) / naked, dressed in ---, dressed as ---"

- "celebrate ---" There's an ocean of "national day of ---" and other such observances and celebrations. Write each and every one on your list as a specific goal

- to get more, elaborate each of these. "Celebrate the pig in blanket day / wrapped in a blanket / eating pigs in blanket / you have made yourself / watching movies about pigs-in-blanket / in what ever place fits the idea."

- anniversaries - there are more themed wedding anniversaries than silver and gold wedding. There's a theme for every year from 1-50, 55th, 60th, 65th, 67th, 75th, 80th, 85th, 90th and 100th. And nothing stops you from creating anniversaries for ANYTHING that has happened or that you wish to happen to you and theme them accordingly, and celebrate them.

- drive (any vehicle/transportation method)

- ride (anything that can be ridden)

- visit all the amusement parks, carnivals, theme parks etc on earth and list every attraction as one goal.

- make a cover of all the songs / learn to play all the songs by any instrument invented

- learn to play any instrument

- play any game invented / invent a game - list them individually and in groups, as many as you can come up with

- visit every country, every continent, every capital

- write a list of all the restaurants in your home town, and the closest bigger cities, if you don't live in one with many restaurants

- learn every language / learn to say something in any language. There are as many words and sentences as you care to add to your bucket list...

- learn things by heart. 10 poems, 10 bible verses, 10 foreign words... and  variate the number.

- visit every lighthouse, hotel, restaurant, national park, temple and church...

- 1) get a camera
2) learn to use the camera
3) start taking photos
4) have a "photo album of ..." All blue things, purple things, white things, trees, hearts, stars, skulls, Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer, flowers, animals, pets, hands, numbers, letters, things that start with a letter, things in pairs, threes, fours, fives... just go to Pinterest to get ideas of what kind of "photo albums" you could have.
You can choose to have these photo albums on-line or print out the photos and have real photo albums.
This list is never-ending. There are all kinds of photography challenges and lists online. Fodder...

The proper way