A bucket list is a list of things to do before you die and comes from the term “kicked the bucket”.
Travel
- Visit every capital city in Europe
Status:Not Complete - Learn to Snowboard
Status: Completed – Mammoth Mountain - Learn to Surf
Status: Not Complete - Scuba Dive in warm waters
Status: Completed – Red Sea - Ride a Camel in the Desert
Status: Completed: Doha, Qatar at the TEDxSummit - Tour South America on a motorbike
Status: Not Completed - Visit the South Pole
Status: Not Completed - Pack suitcase and go to a random destination at the airport.
Status: Not Completed - Sail a boat that I own.
Status: Not Complete - Ride a train in India on the roof
Status: Not Complete
Athletic
- Swim the English Channel
Status: Not Complete (Attempted Sept 2011) - Swim Alcatraz
Status: Not Complete - Swim Tsugaru Channel, Japan
Status: Not Complete - Swim 5km in less than hour. (200 lengths x 25m pool)
Status: Not Complete - Swim 1000km/year.
Status: Not Complete - Attend the Swimming Events at the Olympics
Status: Not Complete - Half Marathon
Status: Not Complete - Marathon
Status: Not Complete - Sub 4 hour Marathon
Status: Not Complete - Half Ironman
Status: Not Complete - Ironman
Status: Not Complete - 100 pullups in a workout
Status: Not Complete - Maintain weight at 85kg
Status: Not Complete
Experience
- Get Married
Status: Not Complete - Speak French Fluently
Status: Not Complete - Learn Another Language
Status: Not Complete - Own a property on Central Park, NYC
Status: Not Complete - Commission a Famous Architect
Status: Not Complete - Grow a beard for an entire month
Status: Complete - Learn to Ballroom Dance properly
Status: Not Complete - Produce a Feature-Length Animation Film
Status: Not Complete
Professional / Academic
- Finish University
Status: Completed: University College Dublin - Finish Graduate School
Status: Not Complete: Did one year of Architecture at the Architectural Association, might do MBA/MSRED at some point. - Teach Graduate School
Status: Completed: M.Arch UCD Digital Computation and Emerging Technology 2012 - Earn a PhD
Status: Not Completed - Build a thriving company
Status: Not Completed - Design a Skyscraper
Status: Completed: Kohn Pedersen Fox -
Work for someone who leads their field
Status: Completed: Rem Koolhaas / Office for Metropolitan Architecture - Employ Staff
Status: Not Completed - Have £1M+ in the bank
Status: Not Completed - Give £1M+ away to something I believe in.
Status: Not Completed - Mentor a startup that raises £1M+
Status: Not Completed - Front Page a National Newspaper
Status: Not Completed - Front Cover an International Magazine that I read regularly.
Status: Not Completed - Speak at the TED Conference
Status: Not Completed (One of seventeen finalists in 2012, NYC) - Organise a TEDx Event
Status: Completed, TEDxDublin, TEDxLondon, TEDxGoodenoughCollege - Invited on the favourite talk show
Status: Not Completed - Write a best-selling book.
Status: Not Completed
Hi James,
This is a great list. I put one together recently needs some refining but it’s a start.
Let me know if I can help with anything on your list.
Hi James, we met once or twice in Bolton Street.
Great to see a fellow architect use their skills to forge a different path.
Best of luck with the bucket list. I’m assembling my own and have found your’s a source of inspiration.
Ps. I followed your Kickstarter campaign but ashamed to say I didn’t back you… but I’ll placing my order very soon!