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This last weekend I went to see the Bucket List with
a friend of mine for his 34th birthday. It was a decent movie with a
great message, I thoroughly enjoyed it and would highly recommend it to
anyone. If you are not familiar with the movie, it is about two older
men (Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman) who are dying of cancer.
They make a "Bucket List" which is a list of things that they would
like to do before they "kick the bucket."
I went home that night and
looked in an old journal and found a similar list that I made when I
was 18 years old. It was interesting to go through the list and cross
off some of the items, and then I decided to have some fun and add to
the list. I really got into, I decided that no idea was too grandiose
for the list, I was going to go all out with it. I ended up with about
55 items, it was a very stimulating activity and I think everyone
should have a bucket list. So here it is, or at least most of it,
because of the personal nature of a few items, I have left them out.
The items highlighted in green are completed items with a small
description of when or where.
Bucket List
1996 List- Journal Entry
1- See
the world
2-
Scuba dive- Aruba 2000
3-
Sky dive- 1996 High School Graduation with Jason Hall
4- Be
a Santa Claus
5-
Play at least one song on the piano- Nearer
my God to thee
6- Play
Harmonica
7-
Coach a team- Oly mpus High School 2000
8- Become a teacher on a topic I am passionate about
9- Play
in a rock band
10- Own a motorcycle
11- Live in a foreign country for at least 1 year- Uruguay, Costa Rica
12- Learn to surf- Costa Rica 2007
13- Fly fish
14- Swim with sharks
15- Run a Marathon
16- Become fluent in another language- 1997 Uruguay
17- Own a Christmas
Tree lot that gives trees to the poor
18- Own a potter’s
wheel
Additions to list
19- Sail the world
20- Do humanitarian
work
21- Learn to fly a
helicopter
22- Climb a mountain of significant size
23- Raft Rivers on
all 7 continents
24- Appear on television- interviewed on local news for rugby team
25- Write a book
26- Learn to Swing
dance
27- Do something
amazing on my 70th birthday- a marathon
28- Do something even
more amazing on my 80th- an all night dance party
29- Become an expert
in something- Costa Rica Travel
30- Heli-skiing
31- Stick up for
somebody
32- Live in the
perfect climate
33- Own a horse
34- Learn a martial
art
35- Record a CD of my
own songs- 2002, but I would like to do another professionally.
36- Learn to sing
well
37- Be very close with all
my nieces, nephews, and family
38- Accumulate a
gigantic library of 1,000 books that I have read
39- Watch the sunrise
over Machu Picchu
40- Watch the sunset
on the Pyramids
41- Surfing at age 65
42-Touch my toes with ease-it's been years :)
So
there it is, it's pretty broad right now, and I hope to get more
specific with some time, but at least it's a start. The thing I love
about it, is that I am already starting to make adjustments in my life
in accordance with these goals. Who knows if I will complete all of
them or not, but that's not really the point....the point is that they
are there, they are good, and they are worth shooting for.
What's on your bucket list? Can we help you cross something off? I would love to hear your ideas, email them to me at info@purelifeexp.com.
"Dream lofty dreams and as you dream, so shall you become"- James Allen
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