Many people have bucket lists. I don’t. The idea of a list
to check off items before I die has no appeal to me. Am I alone?
I have heard some precise, outlandish, and ridiculous bucket
lists. Learning to be a snake charmer? Really? So if you put something like learning
to become a snack charmer on your bucket list and it never happens is the whole
list voided? Is it a way to achieve lesser and more reasonable feats?
How old do you have to be to start a bucket list? I
overheard a 30-something woman talking to a 40-something woman about their
bucket lists. Before they could turn to me at my advanced age and ask me about
my list, I left the vicinity.
I think I underestimated the popularity of a bucket list. I
thought it was like the Macarena, something fun for a short amount of time.
Bucket lists, I read, have appeared on people’s resumes and in job interviews,
and even in obituaries!
Bucket list fundamentals, I really want to know:
- Why do you have a bucket list?
- Do you keep a bucket list because you are afraid you will die with regrets?
- Is it a way to brag?
- Is it a checklist to keep score among your friends, neighbors and associates?
- Is it a conversation starter?
- Is it a filter, you only associate with people who have similar bucket lists?
What is on your bucket list?
Do you think you will achieve all the items on your bucket
list?
What happens if you don’t meet 25% or 50% of your list?
Convince me I need a bucket list!
10 comments:
I never called it a Bucket List, actually. I just have stuff in my mind I want to do. We have places we want to travel, and we call it where-do-we-want-to-travel list. Then there are things I can now do because I am retired and have the time. I never formalized it, myself. A rose by any other name...
I have a vague idea of a few things I would still like to do in my life, but snake charming is definitely not on the list!
Yes Carol by any other name, but you may have hit upon the issue I never thought, retirement. As we get older with more free time and expendable income fun things to do couched in the term bucket list are less likely to be scoffed or questioned. Maybe?
Me neither Helene. I have a friend who wants your latest vacation so I sent her to your blog!
I like having a couple of really special bucket list items because they keep me focused. They're things -- or places -- I really will regret if I don't get to do or visit. And I'm more likely to actually accomplish those goals because they're concrete and meaningful. My "bucket list" trips have been amazing!
Lois your bucket list trips have been amazing! You kick the bucket list into the ozones!
I would never make a list. What happens when you get to the end of it?????
Laura, I know. Kind of freaks me out too!
A refreshing opinion on the bucket list -- I agree!
Thanks Talia!
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