Wander, Stitch, Repeat: My 200-Item Bucket List
Browse by theme:Wandertracks | Tastytrails | Katy’s BigWorld | Faunatrail | Floratrail | KatyMade | ThinkTrail |
We Die Once, We Live Every Day
These are the things I want to do, see, and experience in this lifetime. I hope they inspire you to start your list too.
I first wrote this list in 2017, as a way to track the dreams that light me up. Since then, life has taken me on quite a journey.
- Watch a movie alone in a cinema(any genre)✅
- Watch a concert once
- Meet a famous person 😊 (worldwide)
- Swimming with sea creatures (particularly, DOLPHINS)
- Ride a cruise ship
- Fly in a hot air balloon
- Experience waterfalls
- Extreme rides (Frisbee, roller coaster)
- Experience Winter (snow)
- Experience Spring (cherry blossoms)
- Experience Summer
- Experience Autumn
- Paragliding
- Skydiving
- Zipline
- Experience Sunrise
- Experience Sunset
- Experience Stargazing (meteor showers)
- Visit an animal park (panda)
- Disneyland
- Rollercoaster
- Dancing Fountain
- New year outside the Philippines
- Christmas outside the Philippines
- Ride in an Elephant
- Mountain climbing
- Rock climbing
- Join a run (3k, 5k, 10k)
- Eat weird food (tarantula, insects)
- Join a color fun run
- Cliff diving
- Learn a new foreign language
- Join a costume party
- Watch a musical
- Receive a love letter 😉😊
- Eat a 10-course meal
- Create a Recipe book
- Meet/Eat with a stranger and befriend
- Ride a cable car
- Visit a fortune teller
- To be surprised!
- Go fishing
- Go camping
- Picnic with family/friends
- Change someone’s life?
- Be a matchmaker
- To be a godmother of my friend’s child
- Donate to a charity
- Learn to ride a bicycle
- Learn new sports
VISIT AND TASTE THE BEST DISHES IN EACH
- Visit Eiffel Tower
- Great Wall of China
- Zhangjiajie, China (glass bridge, forest park)
- Jeju Island, Korea
- Palawan, Philippines
- Bali, Indonesia
- Santorini, Greece
- Japan – Universal Studios
- Hongkong (Ocean Park)
- Niagara Falls
- Visit a castle
- Garden by the Bay, Singapore
- Phi Phi Island, Thailand
- Royal palace in Korea
- Angkor Tom, Cambodia
- Sanqing Mountain, China
- Banaue Rice Terraces
- Sculptures in Ireland
- Catacombs in Paris
- Halong Bay Vietnam
- Siquijor, Philippines (Waterfalls)
- Namsan Tower, Korea
- Trickeye Museum in Seoul, Korea
- Mt. Pulag, Philippines
- Mt. Apo, Philippines
- Own a café/business
- Fly first class!
- Fly in a helicopter
- Own a driver’s license and car
- Participate in volunteer work in a community
- Own a blog! (Photography, travels)
- Become a bride’s maid 😊
- Buy a car for parents
- Treat sister and brother
- Further my education
- Visit 20 cafes in Baguio and Benguet
- Professional massage experience
- Win a lucky draw
- Ghost hunting with siblings/friends
- Grant my sister’s one wish
- Grant my brother’s one wish
- Own a lifetime pet!
- Finish cross stitch – family picture ✅
- To be loved! 😛
- Chief RT – Employee ID
- Treat mom to wherever/whatever she wants
- Tour my parents
- Own a house
- “Teddy Bear”
- Be an RRT?
In 2022, I got a little wild. I let myself dream even bigger. I added more goals to the list, even though I hadn’t checked off all the original ones yet. And that’s okay. Growth doesn’t always wait for completion.
- Visit Kedarnath
- Northern lights in Finland
- Sit on the edge of Troll Tunga
- Attend the floating lantern festival
- Visit 100 countries
- Visit all 7 continents
- Visit personally the attractions in World Sights Park, Riyadh
- Retire early!!!!
- Bungee jumping
- 40 poems – free verse
- 2 weeks solo vacation
- Become a millionaire!
- Egyptian Pyramids
- Ride a camel
- Canyoning
- See 20 animal species of each alphabet (A-Z)
- See 20 flower species of each alphabet (A-Z)
- Learn proper photography
- Taste 50 pasta dishes
- Drink 100 different flavours of bubble tea
- Visit 20 waterfalls
- Hike/Visit 20 mountains
- Explore 40 caves
- Finish 50 cross-stitch projects
- 100 sunrise in different countries
- 100 sunset in different countries
- 404 cafes/restaurants around the world
- Monetize blog/Youtube account
- Join story bridge adventure climb – Brisbane
- Three Sisters in NSW
- Kangaroo Island
- Get a PR in another country
- Be debt free
- Get a promotion
- Visit 20 animal zoo
- Write a letter to your future self
- Volunteer at an Orphanage
- Explore the Ancient Ruins of Petra in Jordan
- Explore the Waitomo Glowworm Cave in New Zealand
- Castle Hop in Ireland
- Own a Maine coon
- See an Opera at the Sydney Opera House in Australia
- Tour a Monastery at Meteora in Greece
- Marvel at Guyana’s Kaieteur Falls
- Kayak Through Icebergs in Greenland
- Tour the Hanging Temple of Mount Hengshan in China
- Read the Bible
- Lavender fields in Provence
- Visit 17 regions in the Philippines
- Visit 81 provinces in the Philippines
Now, I’ve decided to go all in and be even bolder 😊—I’ve added another 50 dreams to the list, and I’m doing something extra special this time. Overconfident? Maybe. But I’m excited.
- See penguins in the wild
- Try 30 regional bread types
- Host a themed dinner party
- Journal 100 days of gratitude
- Walk with alpacas
- Pick your own fruit at an orchard 🍎
- Sleep under the Northern stars in Norway
- Attend Chelsea Flower Show in London
- Start a stitching memoir series
- Photograph owls at dusk
- Eat a traditional meal in Morocco
- Go paddleboarding on a calm lake at sunrise 🌅
- Curate a quote-a-day calendar
- Create a mini cross stitch kit
- Try 30 types of cheese around the world
- Write a travel zine
- See tulip fields in the Netherlands
- Attend a lantern release in Taiwan
- Host a stitchalong online
- Create a stitched flower map
- Build a snow cave and spend a night in it ❄️
- Build a 5000-piece puzzle
- Create your own mandala pattern (and stitch it!)
- Visit Machu Picchu
- Design a mood-based stitch calendar
- Volunteer at a wildlife rehab center
- Press and preserve 20 wildflower types
- Meditate for 30 days
- Redesign my craft corner
- Stitch a prayer or poem
- Take a chocolate-making class
- Attend a seasonal harvest festival in another country 🎉
- Try 10 self-care rituals from around the world
- Create a stitch-themed gift box
- Visit a sloth sanctuary
- Watch a meteor shower under a warm blanket 🌠
- Explore a desert oasis in Tunisia
- Release a zodiac-inspired pattern pack
- Start a journal club
- Illustrate a short story
- Grow a sunflower wall
- Visit a ramen museum
- Create a travel-inspired stitch map
- Cross stitch a mantra or affirmation
- Take a scenic train ride through autumn foliage 🍁
- Build a reading nook
- Stitch a birth month flower series
- Make a DIY wreath using natural seasonal materials 🍃
- Hike in Patagonia
- Publish a mini poetry book
I’m turning each dream into a cross-stitch pattern—a creative way to stitch the trail of my life, one memory at a time. Every design will be inspired by the experience itself, whether it’s swimming with dolphins, exploring ancient ruins, or learning something completely new.
This isn’t just a bucket list—it’s a stitched journey through the moments that make life feel truly lived.
✨ Join Me on This Stitched Journey
This isn’t just my story—it can be yours too.
If you’ve ever made a bucket list, dreamed of something big, or simply want to celebrate everyday adventures creatively, I’d love to have you along for the ride.
📬 Subscribe to get updates
Be the first to know when new cross-stitch patterns are released, read the stories behind each design, and follow my bucket list progress—one stitch and one dream at a time.
📸 Share your own list
Do you have a bucket list? A dream you’re working on? Share it with me! Tag @stitchthetrail or use #StitchTheTrail on Instagram—I’d love to see what you’re working toward or dreaming up.
🧵 Start your own stitched bucket list
Once the first patterns are up, you can stitch along with me—or create your own designs inspired by your life. Let’s make something beautiful from the lives we’re living every day.
Live It. Stitch It. Share It.
