50 unconventional things to do in your lifetime

Most bucket lists are filled with activities such as skydiving and visiting the Great Wall of China. But there’s many fun and exciting things that are often overlooked. Sometimes it is because the activities are small and sometimes it’s because they are strange or seem unfeasible to the average person.

Here is a list of 50 unconventional things to do in your lifetime. You may find a few to add to your bucket list.

1. Search for UFOs and aliens in Roswell, New Mexico.

2. Go on a ghost tour.

3. Race a car or motorcycle on the salt flats of Utah.

4. Walk on a boardwalk at 2 am.

5. Be in a movie, whether as an extra or as the star.

6. Pan for gold in a mountain stream.

7. Watch the sun rise and set in the same day.

8. Go outside and dance in a rainstorm.

9. Become a viral video star.

10. Take the tour of Disney World’s underground tunnel system.

11. Camp at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

12. Have a credit on IMDB.com.

13. Be in a talk show audience.

14. Help someone help their self.

15. Adopt a pet from a shelter or rescue group.

16. Inner tube down a river.

17. Run a business.

18. Visit a food factory.

19. Go camping somewhere that has no contact to the outside world.

20. Help family members achieve their goals and dreams.

21. Watch all the top rated films of all time.

22. Take a spontaneous road trip.

23. Write an article for a newspaper or magazine.

24. Fail several times at something.

25. Make an oil painting.

26. Work at a zoo or aquarium.

27. Create a website.

28. Work a job you hate.

29. Get to know yourself and those closest to you.

30. Hunt for treasure.

31. Confront at least one of your big fears.

32. At least attempt to tackle every dream and goal you’ve ever had.

33. Befriend an enemy.

34. Make friends with very successful people.

35. Take one day to just watch the clouds and take one night just to watch the stars.

36. Travel for a full year.

37. Raise a Seeing Eye puppy.

38. Read all your favorite books again.

39. Work less, live more.

40. Vacation on a house boat.

41. Find what you were meant to do.

42. Live without email, IM, or your cell phone for a week.

43. Join a peaceful protest for a cause you support.

44. Be on a TV news program for something positive.

45. Watch a movie being filmed.

46. Stomp grapes at a vineyard.

47. Create an invention.

48. Get your name and biography on Wikipedia.

49. Learn how to drive a tractor.

50. Do all your favorite things from childhood: skip rocks, build a tree house, go fishing, whatever, but have fun!

Photo by Linda Rose

Fun & Travel, Life | June 16th, 2008 | Published by Andrew Galasetti

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16 Responses to “50 unconventional things to do in your lifetime”

Sj says:
June 16th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Love these 50 unconventional things,they don’t require much effort and seems to offer more benefits.
Andrew says:
June 16th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Yeah they don’t require to much effort. May be just time.

-Andrew
Shilpan | successsoul.com says:
June 17th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Andrew,

I like ‘Work less, live more’ mantra. It’s a great list.

Shilpan
Andrew says:
June 17th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Thanks Shilpan!

-Andrew
asithi says:
June 18th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I wonder if #9 is the reason why YouTube is so popular.

Got #27 checked off! It’s a blog, but close enough.
Andrew says:
June 18th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
It’s great that you started a blog. And a blog is a website.

-Andrew
Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker says:
June 19th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Wow!!! I have done 16 things from your list. I spent 3 weeks in India with no access to cell phones, emails, or TV last September.

When I was in my 40’s a friend and I planned a day where we wore tee shirts, shorts, flipflops and did our hair in pig tails and we visited an Animal I. Q. Zoo where a parrot shot a cannon at the audience, went to an alligator park, and then went to Tiny Town which is what it sounds like a room sized miniature town. We giggled and had fun all day long. Neither of us had much of a childhood. We loved the day.

On my blog which I only started a year ago, I have confronted most of my fears to show my readers that it can be done by anyone. I loved the movie The Bucket List. What a great way to live your life.
Andrew says:
June 19th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Whoa! Awesome. That’s great that you did 16 things on this list. I haven’t even done that many yet.

-Andrew
frank rizzo says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:49 am
Well, at age 76, I did 16 out of the 50. I will try to do a few more. Befriend and enemy? not a chance…this Sicilian would crumble. Other then that…a great list.
Andrew says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:06 am
Hey Frank,

16 out of 50 is great! Befriend an enemy - it’s not good to hold grudges. And as they used to say, Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.

Glad you like the list.

-Andrew
Sarah says:
June 29th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Befriend an enemy is probably one of the only worthwhile things to do on this list.
Andrew says:
June 29th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Hey Sarah,

I’m sure there is a least one more thing on this list that is worthwhile. Keep an open mind and try new things. You never know the people you can meet and what you can learn.

-Andrew
Myrna says:
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
I like your list. It’s practical, do-able, and you won’t be setting yourself up for failure with most of them. The bucket list I’d prefer doing is just a dream, and probably not feasable.
Andrew Galasetti says:
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Glad you like this list Myrna. Don’t say that about your bucket list. Once you take a little action and think your dreams are goals, they are so much more achievable.

-Andrew
allan says:
July 10th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
i’m working a job i hate = cashier at shoprite. it doesn’t make me mad really it just helps me realize what i really want to do
Andrew Galasetti says:
July 10th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
That’s great Allan. Too many people let jobs they hate get them frustrated when they should be getting motivated towards something else.

-Andrew