Drinking wine and eating pasta in Italy, seeing kangaroos in Australia, touring Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, sunbathing in Hawaii, strolling through Central Park in NYC. Paying off a mortgage, retiring early, giving to a charity, skydiving. Have you done any of these things? If so, you may be checking off some items on other people's bucket lists, maybe even your own. According to a study done by Provision Living, 95% of Americans have a bucket list and 66% of them say they will check off a bucket list item within the next year.

So, bucket lists are a real thing. Although people may not specifically call it that, most have a list, either written down or just in their heads, of what they want to experience in life. How do bucket lists get started? Based on the 2,000 people surveyed, 38% started their list when they got to a certain age, 12% because of media (books, tv, movies), and 11% started theirs after a trip, with other reasons rounding out the rest of the answers. It also seems that both boomers and millennials value bucket lists items closely: boomers are willing to pay on average $3,081 on a bucket list item, with Millennials only slightly behind at $2,959.

The top items on bucket lists? Americans want to travel, with 77% of respondents having travel experiences listed on their bucket lists. Not only did they have a destination listed, but the average number of destinations listed was 8! Top countries included Australia, Italy, Ireland, Japan and the United Kingdom and the top cities were Honolulu, New York, Las Vegas, Anchorage, and San Francisco. When asked if they would prefer to travel with a spouse or significant other, 52% said yes but 14% would prefer to travel solo.

Financial items were also popular, with 71% of respondents including things like paying off a mortgage, paying off debt, retiring early, saving for a child's tuition, giving to a charity and buying a home on their lists.

Following travel and financial goals, other popular categories on bucket lists include personal development goals (71%), family goals (67%), health goals (55%), hobby goals (47%), career goals (42%), spiritual development goals (40%) and volunteer-related goals (27%). There were also some very specific bucket list items that appeared often: skydiving, winning the lottery, and having kids.

It's clear that bucket lists are popular, so what's holding people back from checking things off their lists? Finances were the number one reason (57%). Sure, wouldn't we all love to travel to different continents? But that costs a lot of money and most of us just can't afford it. Other reasons were lack of time, family responsibilities, age, fear, health, no one to experience it with, and just pure laziness.

Provision Living designed this survey to get people thinking and reflecting on their lives. Asked at what age they were happiest, boomer respondents said 32, while millennials said 21 was their happiest year. No matter your age, having a bucket list can help encourage you to visit new places, take chances, and live your life to the fullest. So, revisit your bucket list and start checking things off!