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Post by katlady on May 2, 2016 6:26:13 GMT
Do you have one? What do you think about them? Why is it good or bad to have one?
I don't have one. I have a mental list of things that I would love to do/see, but I don't check anything off if I do it. IMHO I just think "bucket list" is one of those trendy new phrases, especially when used by 20-somethings.
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theshyone
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Post by theshyone on May 2, 2016 7:39:31 GMT
Long before "bucket list" was popular I had goals & aspirations. I totally check it off when I accomplish it. This past summer I did something I've waited around 30 years to do. It's an accomplishment.
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Post by Chinagirl828 on May 2, 2016 9:00:04 GMT
I'm like theshyone in that I've had a list of goals and aspirations for many years. I have removed some of those things that no longer hold the same meaning they did when I added them and I've definitely added more things to the list. I'm a list maker by nature so this really appeals to that part of me. I like having the bigger goals to work towards and checked off the most recent item mid last year.
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Post by myboysnme on May 2, 2016 12:26:35 GMT
My grandpa who died in 2011 at age 99 always said, "That's something to do before you kick the bucket." I often say 'kick the bucket' for 'died'. It's not a new term but it got popular again after the movie came out.
I do have a bucket list but basically it is just things I want to do before I 'kick the bucket' and mostly it involves travel.
I want to go to NYC at Christmas time, see some tourist things, and I used to want to skate at Rockefeller Plaza but this year when I put my skates on after 20 years my knees, ankles and feet said, "Oh HELL NO!"
I want to go to Hawaii, but if I don't get there it's OK. That one used to mean more to me.
I want to spend as much time as I can at the beach. That's easy because I live on the coast but I hardly ever go.
Lastly, I want my life/photos in scrapbooks. All the photos I want to keep. Then I want to spend time sitting and looking at them and enjoying them. I probably need to live at least 10-15 more years (which would make me almost 75 by then) and actively scrapbook to do that, but I think it can be done. If they get tossed after my funeral at least I enjoyed them.
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Post by Dalai Mama on May 2, 2016 12:41:27 GMT
No, I don't. There are so many things that I've experienced in my life that I never would have even thought to put on a bucket list - Walpurgis in Sweden, snorkelling with a humpback, breaking in to the Palauan Capitol building to use the bathroom, diving with a great hammerhead, visiting Klein Curacao, swimming Jellyfish Lake - that I don't feel a need to have a wish list of experiences.
The fact is, with few exceptions, I want to do it all.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 14:01:03 GMT
I don't. I'm fortunate that I think I've done a lot of interesting things that might be on other people's bucket lists, at least travel wise. But I turned 50 this year and I made a "50 for 50" list after reading about the idea on line. These are doable, not huge things. Things I've been wanting to do, but keep putting off, like "host an afternoon tea" and "visit XXX museum" "send one letter or card per month to a different friend" stuff like that.
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Post by countrychick on May 2, 2016 14:08:20 GMT
No I don't. Maybe I should put " make a bucket list" a bucket list!!!
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Post by countrychick on May 2, 2016 14:10:13 GMT
That should have said "on a bucket list". I need to learn to proof read.
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Post by giatocj on May 2, 2016 14:20:05 GMT
I do a "summer bucket list" every year, but only because we only have so many weekends to do them in so I like to have a plan. Other than that, I just have some stuff I'd like to do in my lifetime before it's too late. Many I've done, others I've set goals to accomplish, and still others may just be pipe dreams. I'll take what I can get. On the other hand, I do kind of have a bucket list for Tucker now that he's getting older. I'd like to see him "complete" that sometime in the next 20 or so years because, yeah, he's going to live to be about 30. Clearly it's not unheard of based on last week's news story about the world's oldest living dog .
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on May 2, 2016 14:20:36 GMT
The fact is, with few exceptions, I want to do it all. The list of things I don't want to do is much shorter than the things I do want to do. I've accomplished a great deal of things on my "Ultimate To Do List", but there is so much more to accomplish. Sometimes I get a little sad to realize that I most likely won't get them all done, but the feeling doesn't last. While the phrase might be a trendy thing now, I think it's good for everyone to have a list of things they want to accomplish. It can be mental or written down somewhere. Whatever works! I just had a thought though. It would be cool to do a scrapbook of just your 'bucket list items'. My ultimate Bucket List goal has been to have the most interesting stories in the assisted living home. Problem is that I've now realized that because so much of what I've done is really unusual and unique thanks to the places we've lived, they will all think I have dementia and am making it all up!
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Post by freebird on May 2, 2016 14:47:29 GMT
I have an actual journal I keep a list in. It used to be things like "get to my goal weight" etc. But now it's stuff like "go to the world series at least once" or "ride the eurotrain" Stuff I can throw money at to make it happen. lol
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Post by katlady on May 2, 2016 14:49:47 GMT
What Dalai Mama said, I want to do it all. I have done a lot of traveling, and there are still places I would like to see, but I feel like if i concentrate on getting to those places I may miss other opportunities. I am not a big list maker, so that probably feeds into my thoughts on "bucket lists".
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Post by scentcrazy on May 2, 2016 14:53:50 GMT
I have a travel bucket list.
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 2, 2016 15:59:09 GMT
I have one, and I do check things off as I go along. I've been very lucky to have already done a lot of things that most people will never do and I've gone places where many people will never go so if I drop dead tomorrow I won't feel like I missed out on life. But that doesn't mean that there aren't still other things that I would *like* to do and other places I would *like* to go eventually. My list evolves as I check things off and get older.
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Post by littlemama on May 2, 2016 16:03:20 GMT
Nope, I don't need another list of things to do. Just adds more pressure, and most of the things that people put on these lists are not things that I would regret on my deathbed if I did not do them.
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Post by femalebusiness on May 2, 2016 16:06:21 GMT
I don't have a bucket list because when I think of someting that I'd like to do, I just go do it. I rarely put anything off.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2016 18:36:06 GMT
Years ago....like 15 or so I found a website called "43 Things" which was a place to keep a list of things you wanted to do. I started a list and every so often I look at it to remind myself what I want to do/see/accomplish. I have things like "dinner party for 10 where I cook the whole meal", "stay at a 5 start hotel". Some of the original things are on my list anymore "have a daughter" is one that I removed a few years ago. I have added to the list also - "run a half marathon" recently went on the list as well as "hike half dome".
I like having a visual list - I highly doubt I cross them all off but it's fun to try.
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Post by compwalla on May 2, 2016 18:53:51 GMT
Do you have one? What do you think about them? Why is it good or bad to have one? I don't have one. I have a mental list of things that I would love to do/see, but I don't check anything off if I do it. IMHO I just think "bucket list" is one of those trendy new phrases, especially when used by 20-somethings. Tell me again how trendy you think the concept is when you are diagnosed with an incurable cancer. Bucket list is very meaningful for me, especially when it comes to doing things that make good memories for my family. What do I want my kids to remember when I'm dead? A clean house? Or seeing Hamilton's original Broadway cast at the Rodgers with their mother? I've done a lot of cool shit in my life but they are still cool things I'd like to do before I shuffle off this mortal coil. Bucket list? I don't give a fuck about anyone else but it matters to me.
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Post by quiltz on May 2, 2016 18:54:57 GMT
I have a journal where I write down the trips & places that I have visited & the places that I would like to go to.
Another space is to note the 'celebrities' that I have met & the circumstances surrounding these meetings.
Another space is a note special recognition of achievements that I have completed.
The last quarter of my journal is for dreams & wishes & hopes for the future.
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Post by Anita on May 2, 2016 19:24:09 GMT
Yes I do, and they all involve travel. Over the last two years I've had a taste of immobility and health issues. Add in that my DH is disabled and won't be able to travel forever, and our little bucket list has become a pretty high priority. If I don't get everywhere I want, that's OK, but I will die trying.
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Post by valleyview on May 2, 2016 21:11:25 GMT
I'm with compwalla on this. I think that memories made with people are just as important as any personal trips or accomplishments.
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Post by lisae on May 3, 2016 0:03:18 GMT
When I was in my 20's and 30's I had one. When the movie The Bucket List came out, I answered a message on USAToday about what was on my bucket list. I named a few things I could remember from my old list that I still wanted to do. And of all things, the reported called me, interviewed me and put my items in the article with 2 or 3 other people. Honestly, I'd have given it a bit more thought if I expected that to happen. I did like having those goals when I was younger.
Anyway, I don't really keep one now - at least not big things because as my cousin who also has parents in her 80's says, "We don't make plans anymore." Truly we never know what is going to happen. I can plan out a trip but never make reservations that can't be cancelled last minute. So I can have things on my list that are very flexible.
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