I created  my first bucket list in 2011, and it is one of the most important thing I have done in my life. It gives a sense of clarity about the things that really matter to me and it serves as both a guidebook and a driving force for the rest of my life. Every day I wake up, eager to work on my bucket list, a list of the most important tasks that I need to accomplish in my life.

One of my goals in life is to complete my bucket list. I would also love to inspire millions of others to complete their bucket lists.

If you would like to help me achieve that second goal, check out my bucket list below. Hopefully, it will inspire you.

RAMAN'S BUCKET LIST (31/110)

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1. Create a bucket list.

2. Graduate high school.

3. Run a half-marathon.

4. Visit the 7 New Wonders of the World. (2/7)

• Machu Picchu, The Coliseum in Rome, Petra, Christ the Redeemer, The Great Wall of China, Chichen Itza, The Taj Mahal

5. Go skydiving.

6. Learn Spanish.

7. Become a U.S. citizen.

8. Be a groomsman at a wedding.

9. Go to the Ganges River and drink from it.

10. Watch every Academy Award Best Picture winner.

11. Be a part of a YouTube video that gets at least 1,000,000 views.

12. Visit New Orleans during Mardi Gras.

13. Catch all 151 Pokémon in Red, Blue, or Yellow.

14. Attend a Sundance Film Festival.

15. Attend a Shakespeare festival.

16. Go iceblocking.

17. Milk a cow.

18. Be a spectator at the Kentucky Derby.

19. Be a contestant on Jeopardy!

20. Invent a card game.

21. Go on an African safari.

22. Be a part of a record that makes it into the Guinness Book of World Records.

23. Go on five cruises. (2/5)

24. Invent something useful.

25. Go speed dating.

26. Experience a meditative scenic drive.

27. Attend a U.S. World Cup soccer match.

28. Hypnotize someone.

29. Host a Murder Mystery Dinner.

30. Eat a fish that I caught.

31. Visit every state (23/50)

32. Experience zero gravity.

33. Give a TED (or TEDx) Talk.

34. Win a game of retirement home Bingo.

35. Write a novel in a month (National Novel Writing Month).

36. Go white water rafting.

37. Visit 50 countries. (20/50)

38. See the Aurora Borealis.

39. Study abroad.

40. Participate in a game of Human Chess.

41. Solve a Rubik’s Cube.

42. Get six-pack abs.

43. Have a best friend.

44. Start a charity or nonprofit organization.

45. Be the last person to sit down after a standing ovation.

46. See the Times Square Ball drop on New Year's Eve.

47. Ride the subway/train system in 10 major cities. (11/10)

• D.C., NYC, Bay Area, Paris, Toronto, Prague, London, Portland, Boston, Beijing, Miami

48. Meditate for 10 minutes every day.

49. Eat fugu (puffer fish) in Japan.

50. Ice Sail across a frozen lake.

51. Crowd surf.

52. Spend the night in a medieval castle.

53. Climb a sand dune in Egypt and look out across the desert at the moon.

54. Graduate medical school.

55. Join Mensa.

56. Spend New Year’s on the Las Vegas Strip five times. (2/5)

57. Fold 1000 paper cranes and make a sincere wish.

58. Stay awake for 48 straight hours.

59. Donate a large sum of money to charity…anonymously.

60. Throw a boomerang and have it return to me.

61. Go through the Panama Canal.

62. Finish a 5,000+-piece puzzle by myself.

63. Write a good rap song.

64. Compete in a large-scale scavenger hunt.

65. Crash a wedding.

66. Get my Bachelor’s degree.

67. Shake hands with a monarch or president.

68. Meditate under a waterfall.

69. Own a high-end sports car.

70. Do a ride-along with a cop.

71. Attend a yacht party.

72. Visit a privately owned island.

73. Dress up as Waldo for a massive group picture.

74. Have a cameo appearance in a major movie.

75. Be in two hemispheres at once. [Prime (Greenwich) Meridian]

76. Become an ordained minister.

77. Fly in a hot-air balloon.

78. Plant a tree (or two).

79. Have the real Mona Lisa’s eyes follow me.

80. Go parasailing.

81. Do 100 consecutive push-ups.

82. Go on amazing road trip with friends.

83. Serve as foreman of a jury.

84. Visit all 27 of the New7 Wonders Finalists (7/21). Or at least Angkor Wat.

• Machu Picchu, The Coliseum in Rome, Petra, Christ the Redeemer, The Great Wall of China, Chichen Itza, Taj Mahal
• Great Pyramid of Giza, Stonehenge, Acropolis of Athens, Hagia Sophia, Angkor Wat, Moai Easter Island, Timbuktu, The Alhambra, The Red Square, Kiyomizu-dera, Neuschwanstein Castle, The Statue of Liberty, The Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House

85. Stand in the Sistine Chapel

86. Become ambidextrous.

87. Bet money on a winning race horse.

88. Complete a crossword puzzle by myself.

89. Do the 36 Questions that Lead to Love with someone.

90. Collect an epic amount of hotel room keys. (I got 93)

91. Fire a .50 caliber rifle.

92. Create my own version of the game Risk.

93. Attend a luau in Hawaii.

94. Legally obtain a middle name.

95. Learn to play the piano.

96. Run for Congress.

97. Attend the Olympics.

98. Zipline over a rainforest.

99. Walk on fire.

100. Meet a savant.

101. Send a message in a bottle out to sea.

102. Watch a space shuttle launch in person.

103. Launch fireworks on the Fourth of July.

104. Participate in a Civil War battle reenactment.

105. Publish a real physical book.

106. Invent a board game.

107. Dunk on a 10-foot basketball hoop.

108. Free a slave.

109. Eat pizza in Naples.

110. Be the mall Santa during the holiday season.