The idea of a “bucket list” has been popular for a while now, and essentially involves writing out all of the assorted activities you want to do, and experiences you want to have, over the course of your lifetime.
Usually, bucket lists will include things like “seeing the pyramids,” “skydiving” and so on — and many people find that these kinds of lists can be highly powerful and motivating as a way of helping to focus their energies and get the most out of life.
At the same time, though, there can also be “weekend bucket list ideas” that are more the kinds of the kinds of things that you could achieve over the course of a weekend, than the kinds of things that you have to plan a whole expedition for.
Here are a few weekend bucket list ideas to try out.
Watching a great theatre performance in a renowned location
Most of us are, by and large, pretty accustomed to visiting the cinema and watching the latest Hollywood blockbusters, but far fewer people actually end up going to the theatre.
Despite the theatre being the direct predecessor to the modern cinema, though, it’s by no means the case that the cinema automatically does everything better than the theatre.
A good play, put on in an acclaimed theatrical hot spot such as Broadway, or London’s West End, can be an incredibly deep, rich, and immersive experience, where the action unfolds right in front of your eyes and where your imagination is brought into action by the creative use of sets and lighting.
Watching a great theatre performance in a renowned location is absolutely something that should be on everyone’s weekend bucket list.
Attending a cultural event featuring dancers and musicians
When you go to see a dance performance such as the one put on by the Shen Yun dancers, you are not just exposing yourself to a bit of light entertainment — you are actually engaging in an experience that gives you a window into another culture.
Attending a cultural event that features dancers, music, and various things that help to make the history of a people or place come to life vividly, is definitely a worthy way of spending a weekend.
Joining a walking tour in your own city
If you live in a reasonably big city — or anywhere near a reasonably big city — there’s a significant chance that you end up more or less taking a lot of it for granted as you just go about your everyday life.
But every big city tends to have a lot of depth, history, and fascinating tales associated with it — it’s just a matter of peeling back some of the layers and exploring things directly.
Joining a walking tour in your own city, or in a city near where you live, can be a very eye-opening experience that helps you to much better appreciate the area you live in, while simultaneously being a fun way of getting a bit of light exercise.