Expert reveals five-step plan to make bucket list a reality

An expert has urged people to ‘do it for real’ and turn their bucket list into a reality.

Gen Z is more likely to pursue traditional milestones like getting married and starting a family than to take a gap year to travel the world, volunteer or appear on TV.

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According to a survey of 2,000 adults, people born after 1996 are more conventional than you might think. Their top priorities are becoming financially independent and building a good career.

More than a third (35 percent) dream of one day getting married, while 34 percent would like to have children.

And as many as 22 percent are already thinking about how they can retire earlier.

The research, commissioned by John Lewis Money, found that baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) would rather travel the world (36 percent) than pay off their mortgage (21 percent).

And one in five (20 percent) hope to receive the keys to a brand new car, showing that it’s not just young people who like to drive in style.

While millennials (28-43 years old) mainly focus on saving for the future (36 percent) or simply owning a home with a driveway (16 percent).

People think that they will achieve most of their life goals at age 36, regardless of age.

Wayne D’Aranjo of John Lewis Money said: “It’s interesting to see, in a reversal of conventional wisdom, the traditional and some would say very sensible moments and milestones in life that younger generations are striving for, such as becoming financially independent and saving for the future.

“In contrast, it is the older generation who consider traveling abroad as their top priority.”

The study found that only 10 percent of baby boomers see getting a dog as a goal in their later years, rather than a desire to do so. In Gen Z, that number is 22 percent.

Of those over 40, nearly half (49 percent) think their life goals have hardly changed since they were 20.

But on the positive side, six in ten (59 percent) still think they have enough time to do everything they want.

And plan to use their savings (62 percent), salary (40 percent) and investments (20 percent) to finance their goals.

However, one in ten (nine percent) think they need to win the lottery to be able to afford everything.

Additionally, 46 percent say it’s important to have a bucket list of things you want to do in your life, with the top reasons being that it’s good to have something to strive for (63 percent) and it makes you feel alive (54 percent).

Research by OnePoll shows that 37 percent of Gen Z and millennials believe they have more opportunities than older generations because the world is more connected.

Wayne D’Aranjo added: “Whether it’s the desire to have a family dog ​​or the desire to buy a new car, just having a bucket list of what we want to achieve in life can be a great starting point for actually making it happen.”