My Story – The Things I Want To Do Before I Die!

My name is Michael Dunlop, I’m 22 years old and I make a living from a network of websites I set up a few years ago. I live in Southampton, England and I spend the majority of my time working on my bucket list of 500 things I want to do before I die.

Our Magnet Collection…

My very first trip away without my family was to the isle of White which is a island just South of England. On my last day there I was in the gift shop looking for something to bring home for my gran, I didn’t visit her much at time because I was only 11 but I remembered she had a few magnets on her fridge. She would always call me a monkey, partly because of my naughty behavior and because I loved to climb trees, because of that when I saw the gorilla magnet, I HAD to get it! That was the first fridge magnet I bought.

Fast forward a  decade and I’m now traveling a lot, at least compared to the average person. Every time I go some where abroad I always buy a fridge magnet and when I arrived home, I would drive over to my Gran’s house and give it to her. My gran wasn’t able to leave the house much due to illness and it was my way of letting her know she isn’t forgotten. A few months ago my gran died at the age of 87 and I keep all the magnets on my fridge to remind me of where I’ve gone and of course her. Every trip I take, I continue to collect magnets.

Everyone’s idea of living a great life is different, for some it’s to be rich and successful, others want to visit the world, most want family and love but not many people achieve everything they want, at least not knowingly. Myself? What do I want? I think that’s quite obvious…

Zip-Lining in the Jungle in Costa Rica!

So far I have been able to do a lot of great things, but really I haven’t even begun. Every time I travel, I always Google my bucket list items with the city or place I’m staying, I’ve been able to go Snowmobiling on a glacier in Island, Zip Lining in Costa Rica and fire a gun in the murder capital of the world.

My Bucket List

Things I Want To Do Before I Die

Go Skydiving (yeh that’s at the top of everyone’s list)

Quad Biking x10

Take a Helicopter Ride

Hang-Gliding

Eat at a Michelin Star Restaurant

Attend Summer Solstice at Stonehenge

Bungee Jump

Go Off Roading With Dune Buggies

Experience Zero Gravity

Zip Lining

Jet Skiing x 10

Run With The Bulls At Pampalona

Dive With Sharks

Go On Safari

Paragliding

Indoor Skydiving

Fire-Walking

Ride a Mechanical Bull

Fire a Gun (Ak47, M16, Saw, Glock & a Rifle)

Ride a Snowmobile

Go on a Road Trip

Visit a Real Blues Bar

See Cirque Du Soliel

See Penn And Teller

Go Whale Watching (Great way to be sick for 3 hours )

Water Skiing

Bobsledding

Goals I Want To Achieve Before I Die

Become a Millionaire

Make In a Day: $10, $100, $1000, $10,000, $100,000

Learn Another Language

Restore a 1967 Mustang

Places I Want To Visit Before I Die

Visit The Grand Canyon

The Eiffel Tower (again)

Hang out on Necker Island

The Blue Lagoon (Island)

There you have it, that’s my list, it’s a work in progress of course. Every day I think of new and exciting things I want to do, to be honest, I don’t think a bucket list is to be ever competed, it’s just a guideline of things I gotta do! If you have any recommendations or suggestions for my list, let me know in the comments below!