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What’s on Your Bucket List? Women in Their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s Tell… (And the Results are Surprising!)

Franki Hobson by Franki Hobson
29/01/2016
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It used to be that the older you got, the more likely you were to add ‘relaxation’ to your list, while youngies were keen to travel the world and climb Mt Everest. Not anymore. Compare your list to these five women’s, and be totally surprised…

The stereotypes have been thrown out the window! Yep, if you are in your 20s, you’ll probably have ‘learn to knit’ on your bucket list, while it’s the gung-ho grey nomads are signing up for skydiving these days. Recent research commissioned by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to mark the release of heartwarming comedy Last Vegas is proving that age really IS just a number. Turning age stereotypes on its head, it seems that rather than moving into the slow lane when we get older, we are grabbing life with both hands and more than ever before.

We spoke to five women about their dos before they die, and it’s clear that gals in their 20s and 30s no longer have the most daring and exciting bucket lists. There has been an unexpected role reversal with the younger generation getting into crafts and our parent and grandparents giving us a run for our money with their new zest for life.

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The 20s Bucket List

Kara Macdonald is in her 20s and lives in Brisbane. She loves travel, her nannying job and musicals.  A keen yogi, Kara is looking forward to travelling Western Australia later in the year. Here’s her bucket list.

  1. Go on Safari
  2. Swim with dolphins
  3. See Great Barrier Reef
  4. Shower in a waterfall
  5. Learn to knit
  6. Ride an elephant
  7. See Broadway show in New York
  8. Go on holiday to Disney World

Bucket List Woman 20s

The 30s Bucket List

Kirsty Sloan is a digital producer from Melbourne. In her 30s, she enjoys keeping fit, going to gigs and being the envy of her friends with her young looks. Here is her bucket list:

  1. Learn Golf
  2. Learn to sew
  3. See Britney in Vegas
  4. Fly a plane
  5. Make the parents proud
  6. Sleep in a tree-house
  7. Adopt a dog in need
  8. Swim in a pool of Evian

Bucket List Woman 30s

The 40s Bucket List 

Candice Cooper-Williams is 42 years old. Candice lived her younger years to the full and is now settled in Sydney and working at a brand agency (Activedge Brand Promotions), her bucket list includes:

  1. Swimming with whale sharks in WA
  2. Competing in an 80km ice skating race in Sweden
  3. Dive trip to the Maldives
  4. Being part of an expedition to Antarctica
  5. Working on an archaeological site
  6. Staying in a villa in Tuscany for a month in summer
  7. Having her photos published
  8. Heli boarding in NZ

Bucket List Woman 40s

The 50s Bucket List

Vivien Cornish is a former accountant in her 50s. She loves life and has a keen sense of adventure, valuing life experiences over money and status. Her bucket list?

  1. Going to space (she has a ticket for Virgin Galactic)
  2. Climbing Kilimanjaro
  3. Walking the Inca Trail
  4. Seeing the Northern Light
  5. Bungee jumping
  6. Learning the tango
  7. Hiking volcanos in Iceland
  8. Sky-diving

Bucket List Woman 50s

 The 60s Bucket List

Roslyn Prowse found her passion in later life – sky-diving! Diving for the first time in her 60s, she is a regular visitor at www.skydive.com.au in Wollongong, and has already completed five dives in the past few months!

  1. Ski-diving (any time, any day)
  2. Go heli-skiing in Canada
  3. Visit Antarctica
  4. Paraglide in the Alps
  5. Dive with whale sharks in Southern Australia
  6. Climb Cradle Mountain in Tasmania
  7. Cycle in Holland
  8. Kayak in New Zealand

Bucket List Woman 60s

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Franki Hobson is a contributing lifestyle writer for The Carousel. She has worn many hats during her 20 plus years as a women's lifestyle journalist and editor.

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