• Here's a list of popular items found on bucket lists and life lists. Because so many items on this list were lost as people edited the page to customize their own list (instead of creating a new page), I created a template (Popular Life Goals) with all the items listed below and protected this page. When you "add" your own page, you can select the Popular Life Goals template and then start your list by editing the list of goals displayed on this page. If you want a new item added to the popular life goals on this page, post a comment by starting a new thread on this page. If you want to create a page for an item on this list with helpful tips on how to accomplish the task, post a comment by starting a new thread on this page and give the new page name. From any of the pages on this wiki, you can post comments, share information, and encourage those who have a common list item.

Adventure

• Break a world record
• Experience weightlessness
• Extreme skydiving
• Feed the sharks
• Go scuba diving
• Ride a camel
• Ride an elephant
• Ride in a helicopter
• Ride in a hot air balloon
• Skydive
• Swim with the dolphins
• Go white water rafting
• Be a contestant on The Amazing Race
• Be a contestant on Survivor

Career

• Become a manager
• Become an executive
• Own my own business
• Make the Fortune 500 list with my company

Community

• Start a non-profit organization
• Donate blood

Creativity

• Create a website
• Fill a journal with inspiring quotes, lyrics, images, and...
• Write and publish a book

Drama

• Write a screenplay
• Perfom in a play
• Direct a dramatic production

Entertainment

• See the Top 100 films of all time
• See AOL's list of Movies to See Before You Die
• Go to the Oscars
• Go to the Emmys
• Go to the Country Music Associate Awards show

Family

• Have a healthy baby
• Watch my child graduate from high school
• Watch my child graduate from college
• Host a family reunion and trip to Disney

Finances

• Pay off all debt
• Save $100,000
• Save $500,000
• Become a millionaire

Friends / Friendships

• Host a reunion with my high school friends

Fun

• Be a contestant on a gameshow
• Ride in a limo

Health

• Improve my blood pressure so that I no longer need medication
• Improve my cholesterol so that I no longer need medication
• Lose 20 pounds
• Lose 50 pounds
• Lose 100 pounds
• Make my goal weight
• Quit drinking alcohol
• Quit smoking

Hobbies

• Sell my craft on EBay
• Build my daughter a hope chest

Home

• Buy a house
• Build a log cabin in the mountains
• Build a media room for the family to enjoy

Learning / Education

• Learn to belly dance
• Learn CPR
• Learn to drive a stick shift engine
• Learn to knit
• Learn to play golf
• Learn to play the guitar
• Learn to play the piano
• Learn to play the violin
• Learn to scuba dive
• Learn to snow ski
• Learn to snowboard
• Learn to speak another language
• Learn to surf
• Learn to water ski
• Complete my college degree
• Complete my PhD
• Teach a college class

Literature

• Read the top 100 novels of all time
• Write a book and publish it

Love / Love Life

• Find my true love
• Get married
• Go on a blind date
• Join an online dating service

Marriage

• Celebrate my 25th anniversary
• Celebrate my 50th anniversary

Music

• Play an instrument in a band
• Form a band
• Donate instruments for the school band for those who cannot afford them
• 10 albums to hear before you die

Personal

• Get a tattoo
• Get rid of clutter and only keep what matters most

Play / Recreation

• Form a Dominos club
• Form a Buncos club

Relationships

• Make peace with my family

Spiritual Life

• Read the Bible from cover-to-cover
• Visit the Holy Land
• Form a prayer group

Sports

• Canoe through the Amazon
• Compete in an 'iron man' competition
• Go deep sea fishing
• Go hang gliding
• Go to all Nascar races
• Go to all Indy races
• Go to all games of my favorite football team
• Go to all games of my favorite baseball team
• Go to all games of my favorite basketball team
• Go to all games of my favorite hockey team
• Go to the US Open
• Raft through the Grand Canyon
• Run a marathon
• Visit all US baseball parks
• Visit all Nascar racetracks

Time of Year

• Celebrate the New Year in NYC, watching the ball drop at midnight
• Celebrate the 4th of July in Washington DC

Travel

• Go on a trip around-the-world
• Go to Egypt
• Go to Hawaii
• Go to Ireland
• Go to Italy
• Go to London
• Go to Niagra Falls
• Go to Paris
• Go to the Grand Canyon
• Earn 1,000,000 travel miles
• See the aurora borealis
• See the Great Wall of China
• See the rain forest
• Visit all 50 US states
• Visit all 28 places on the Smithsonian Magazine Life List
  
  

You might also consider including a timeframe for the goals around the times of your life (e.g., before I marry, before I graduate college, before I turn 30, before I turn 40).