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!
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Love these 50 unconventional things,they don’t require much effort and seems to offer more benefits.
Yeah they don’t require to much effort. May be just time.
-Andrew
Andrew,
I like ‘Work less, live more’ mantra. It’s a great list.
Shilpan
Thanks Shilpan!
-Andrew
I wonder if #9 is the reason why YouTube is so popular.
Got #27 checked off! It’s a blog, but close enough.
It’s great that you started a blog. And a blog is a website.
-Andrew
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.
Whoa! Awesome. That’s great that you did 16 things on this list. I haven’t even done that many yet.
-Andrew
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.
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
Befriend an enemy is probably one of the only worthwhile things to do on this list.
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
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.
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
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
That’s great Allan. Too many people let jobs they hate get them frustrated when they should be getting motivated towards something else.
-Andrew
At twenty I can proudly say that I’ve already done 14 of the things on this list. Hopefully in the next twenty years I’ll double that!
Hey Leigh,
That’s awesome! You probably can finish the 50 earlier than 20 more years.
-Andrew
nice.. i only ‘need’ to check off 20 more of the list and i’m done.
Only 20 more Mark? That’s great!!
-Andrew
What a great list – makes me feel pretty good. I’m only 24 and I’ve done 36 things!
That’s awesome Steff! You should feel good. Care to share a few that you did do?
-Andrew
This list has given me a whole new outlook on what to do with my life!
Goal #51 – Try to complete all 50 items on the list!
Hey Dwight – Glad to hear!! I like that #51 you added
-Andrew
I’m 22 and I have done 25 of the things on the list. YAY!
That’s awesome Laura! You have plenty of time to do the next 25.
-Andrew
I started my list when i was 15, it started out as 100 thing i want to do before i die, im only 19 how and have managed to do 19 of the things on this list. my favorits are 31, facing a fear. for my 18th birthday i went parachuting and faced my fear of hights. 42, live without cellphone, email, and im. well i was in the woods for 3 weeks on a personal self seeking adventure after what was possible the worst year in recorded history. i have no electricity no phone or anything else. i would recomend it for everyone because it really just allows you to focas on things that are better then Texting and Iming.
love this list.
That’s awesome Marcella! 19 is a lot.
-Andrew
We do #16 all the time. Tubing is very cheap, relaxing, and great fun for the whole family. Very nice post, I shall save it for future use.
That’s great Trevor! I wish I could tube more.
I’m glad you liked this post and are going to do more of the “things” listed.
-Andrew
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i think you are defeating the very ‘unconventional’ nature of these ideas in publishing them in a list. whats unconventional is acting without even a thought towards whether or not its been done or if its ‘popular’. not to say that this isn’t a fine list of ideas, because it is, its just a little bit contradictory to what your intention seems to be.
with good intentions,
thomas
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for your concern. However, I still believe these are unconventional ideas when you look at what’s popular in society. This article isn’t going to totally change society’s view but it will encourage many people. So I wouldn’t say that it’s popularizing these ideas. What you seem to be suggestion is that this list is a list of “spontaneous” things to do. If I were to create a list like that, it would defeat the purpose.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Thomas! I really appreciate it.
-Andrew
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Wow! I’m 12 and i’ve already done 16 things on the list! haha hopefully i can finish it eventually.
Congrats that’s great!
-Andrew
Come on! Most of them fall into just a few themes (oh! You should be in a movie!), and they are all lame. We can all do better than this…
I think I’m pretty unconventional and I’ve only done 18 of these – but I guess I’ve done a lot of other unconventional stuff that isn’t on the list. That’s the thing about being unconventional, I guess. We all do it in our own way. Loved reading the list anyway
Hi Karen,
Yeah, that’s true. No one list would be able to list all the unconventional things someone could do because we all have our own ideas.
-Andrew
#28 is real easy to do
Bill
@ Bill – I’m sure most of us have done that already!
-Andrew