In the year 2000, I make a Bucket List with 50 items. Most items on the list are fairly down-to-earth; some are a little more exotic. Examples: Qualify for the Boston Marathon (done), run the Boston Marathon (done), complete an Olympic length (done) and Half Ironman (done) triathlon, visit all 50 states (done), complete the 200-mile one-day bike race LOTOJA (done), visit all seven continents (not done; I'm going to Antarctica in January), see the Great Wall of China (done), see the Pyramids and Egyptian temples (done), visit 15 national parks (done), do 10 pullups (not done
; I have horrible upper-body strength and am overweight), publish a book (done numerous times), design and carve a chess set (not done), obtain CPR Red Cross certification (done), read 10 books in Spanish (done).
Summary: I have complete 44 of the 50.
How are you coming on yours?
Wait! You run marathons and triathalons and you're overweight? There is hope for the rest of us!
Dang, I can't come up with a list like Fuego's, let alone like Scott's! Better get cracking! Congrats to you, though, on finishing such awesome goals.
What will you do when your list is complete?
Make a new one, of course.
That one is on my conscious "things to do before I die" list.
That's what I call mine. Seems a little more urgent than "bucket list". Kind of motivates you to start ticking off items.
I actually have two lists. One is more grandiose with lots of travel and long term stuff. A few examples:
Visit all the Disney Parks
Hunt geese in Canada
Hike into Evolution Valley
Celebrate Oktober Fest in Germany
Drive Route 66
Then I have more immediate, day to day stuff. Some stuff is on both like writing a book, mainly because it is a long term goal, but something that I can work on right now without a lot of planning or money. Here is some stuff of the other list:
Fly tying
Work on my Jeep
Build a potato gun
Go on Fishing Trips
Surfing
The second list isn't really designed to tick items off, but just a place to dump ideas and it acts as a reminder when i can't think of anything else to do. Been retired about 4 months and have a couple off the first list, but did or started those prior to retirement: nude beach, play guitar, swim in all four oceans (2 down), and visit all the Disney parks (2 down). Since retiring I have begun writing a book. Off the second list I have done maybe half the items to one extent or another.
To me the lists are important. You can say you want to do something, but writing it down is a big deal. It's real, you can look at the list and sometimes it begs you to get moving. Many of my "Things to do Before I Die" items can be accomplished with single trips to Europe or Asia. I have no idea how much those trips would cost, but if I begin planning i then have a goal, such as save X amount of dollars.
Like W2R, I would be content if I died tomorrow. No, I won't have done everything I wanted, but I haven't put things off either. I had my own brush with death and since then I have learned that just appreciating each day and the people in your life is way more important than seeing some site or experiencing some activity. Ticking off items on my bucket list is just icing.
That's good stuff, I gotta go blog now.