Matthew Cullen's Previous Bucket List Versions

My bucket list in its current format can be found on this page.  However, I wanted to share the previous lists I have had, since there have been significant additions to the list over the last 20 years.  The lists below can be seen as a timeline of sorts to help give context to when items were added.  Keep in mind my list is always a work in progress.  You may notice there are some items below that are not on my current list.  While I wanted to complete these items at some point, I don't think they are important enough to be a priority or I really decided that I don't want to do them anymore. 

My original list (~2000):

  1. Build a house
  2. Have children
  3. Build a car
  4. Make furniture
  5. Get married
  6. Own a hockey rink
  7. Coach hockey
  8. Learn to fly a plane
  9. Learn to play the piano
  10. Become closer to God
  11. Sleep under the stars
  12. Rent the ice by myself
  13. Live in an apartment
  14. Camp by myself at Devil's Lake
  15. Take a photography class
  16. Own land
  17. Bench my own weight
  18. Hit a home run [in softball]
  19. Go skinny dipping
  20. Play a round of golf
  21. Learn to scuba dive
  22. Go kayaking
  23. Lose weight
  24. Eat Lobster
  25. Write a camping cookbook
  26. Get a masters degree
  27. Get another tattoo
  28. Write a book
  29. Be able to do 100 pushups
  30. Miniature golf weekly for a year
  31. Cook egg rolls
  32. Cook a new recipe every day for a month
  33. Go horseback riding
  34. Own a video camera
  35. Take a picture everyday for a year
  36. Keep a diary
  37. Write a letter every month
  38. See the sunrise once a week
  39. Keep a yearly journal for my kids until they're 18
  40. Write a song
  41. Spend a day at a museum
  42. Climb Watermarks at Devil's Lake
  43. Bike to Lake Michigan
  44. Get good seats at a Blackhawks game
  45. Visit the Hockey Hall of Fame
  46. Own a dog
  47. Make a scrapbook for myself
  48. Go to the drag races
  49. Make a cribbage board
  50. Hike all the trails at Devil's Lake
  51. Camp at Yosemite
  52. Wilderness camp by myself
  53. Make a quilt
  54. Make a memory quilt
  55. Plant a garden
  56. Learn to play bridge
  57. Stop biting my nails
  58. Be able to expert crossword puzzles
  59. Unscramble a Rubik's Cube

Laminated wallet list (1st additions - 2006):

  1. Drive a Zamboni
  2. Learn to sharpen hockey skates
  3. See a Stanley Cup game
  4. Take my picture with the Stanley Cup
  5. Have a woodworking workshop
  6. Take a woodworking class
  7. See a local high school play
  8. Get down to 195 pounds
  9. Run a 5K
  10. Make a hall tree out of hockey sticks
  11. Sell something on eBay
  12. Own a bubble hockey game
  13. Host a yearly bubble hockey tournament
  14. Have a man cave
  15. Make all the presents I give out at Christmas
  16. Go a week without watching TV
  17. Create a sports memory journal
  18. Skate on a professional hockey rink
  19. Get hockey season tickets one year
  20. Go back to school to become a guidance counselor
  21. Become less judgmental
  22. Start a side business making sports furnishings
  23. Visit all the pro hockey rinks
  24. Spend a day in Chicago
  25. Walk across coals
  26. Organize a wiffleball game
  27. Own a log cabin
  28. Make homemade pasta
  29. Learn to speak Spanish
  30. Bury a time capsule
  31. Paint on a canvas
  32. Visit Hawaii
  33. Visit Las Vegas
  34. Make a movie
  35. Record my parents' memories/stories
  36. Learn how to weld
  37. Research my family tree

Wunderlist items (2nd additions - 2013):

  1. Learn to write with my left hand
  2. Get a puzzle made out of a picture I took
  3. Take an art class
  4. Own an old Jeep
  5. Take part in La Tomatina in Spain
  6. Create a word wall
  7. Write my will
  8. Travel to Europe
  9. Sell a creation of mine
  10. Learn and memorize how to make guacamole
  11. Learn and memorize how to make lemonade
  12. Shave my head
  13. Shoot a 36 or under in minigolf
  14. See a comedian in person
  15. Go to the NHL All-Star game
  16. Abstain from soda for a year
  17. Bake a pie
  18. Own a house
  19. Move across country

Move to Washington - as suggested by my coworkers and family (3rd additions - 2019):

  1. Write the book I've been thinking about - Ursula & Naser
  2. Take a walk at midnight with my wife - Anna
  3. Make trips back to the Lodi-Merrimac ferry and ice cream stand - Cusack
  4. Go to Mount Rainier - Anon
  5. Visit a refugee camp - Aminah
  6. Run naked in the rain - Anon
  7. Travel through Europe - Anon
  8. Skydive/Skydive while holding a Dr Pepper - SR & Latoya/Anna
  9. Drink a large cup of coffee/Seattle's Best Coffee in Seattle - Latoya/Sharon
  10. Live your best life - Latoya
  11. Visit the space needle - Anon
  12. Make that egg roll - Naser
  13. Go skinny dipping - Linda Brandt
  14. Travel California Route 1 in a convertible -
  15. Cry in public - Teresa
  16. Write a best selling book - Anon
  17. Hug a stranger - Anon
  18. Have a beverage - Souzan
  19. Go to the Kentucky Derby - Evera
  20. Go ziplining - Anon
  21. Catch fish at Pike's Place- Anon
  22. Go on a week long meditation retreat - Teresa
  23. Drink wine at Sunset on the coast - Sharon B.
  24. Visit Bora Bora - Evera
  25. Travel to Canada (again!) - Anon
  26. Go through the redwoods with my Jeep and parents - Anon
  27. Visit San Juan Islands - Marie
  28. See orcas - Marie
  29. Kayak - Marie
  30. Continue listening to your wife
  31. Visit Barbados - Anon
  32. Go see Zion Williamson in person - Anon
  33. Visit the Elmina Slave Castle in Ghana - Evera
  34. Visit the Holocaust Museum in DC - Evera
  35. Continue to be me - Anon
  36. Jousting at Medieval Times or Renaissance Faire - Donald
  37. Attend annual bike race - Marie
  38. Horseback ride near the water - Gloria
  39. Be open to new experiences - Dad
  40. Visit the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis - Evera
  41. Go to Palestine - Naser

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