Starting A Bucket List.....

After the death of my husband I realized there is a very limited time for all of us here on earth. I started my bucket list--the top 10 things I want to experience before I die.

--Do you have one or have one started?
--Would you like to share your bucket list? less

That is a deep topic. Again, sorry for your loss. It does make one consider life, and mortality.

We do have our own bucket list, but after serious soul searching, we scrapped it and started over, with some well thought out caveats.

Our list doesn't matter. YOURS does.

Our suggestions to you are as follows....


1. Make the list not of "crazy things" (go to the moon), but of things that are "do-able" in this time and with the resources you have (financial, time, health...etc). If you are 89, in a wheelchair, use oxygen and have a minimum wage job saying adding "climb Mount Everest" to you list is wishful thinking...not a real "bucket list". However, that same person MIGHT say "see the Grand Canyon" or "Niagara Falls".
A young, healthy, extreme sport person, however, may well decide to "climb Everst". In short, keep your "list" real to your situation.

2. Add those things really "in your heart". Don't say "see the Eiffel Tower" just because everyone adds it to their list. If you are a total freak about Star Trek, maybe your "list" could include visiting William Shatners horse farm, or doing the Vagas hotel that features Star Trek. Know what we mean? Keep true to YOUR dreams and interests...not the "general list".

3. This is the hard one. As Nike says..."Just DO IT". Put something on your list and then add a DATE. Not in the far future, but in the real, NEAR term. Call the place. Start planning and GO. Do it. See it. Live it.

That is the way you make a bucket list and actually "fill it".

Our best to you. less

That is a deep topic. Again, sorry for your loss. It does make one consider life, and mortality.

We do have our own bucket list, but after serious soul searching, we scrapped it and started over, with some well thought out caveats.

Our list doesn't matter. YOURS does.

Our suggestions to you are as follows....


1. Make the list not of "crazy things" (go to the moon), but of things that are "do-able" in this time and with the resources you have (financial, time, health...etc). If you are 89, in a wheelchair, use oxygen and have a minimum wage job saying adding "climb Mount Everest" to you list is wishful thinking...not a real "bucket list". However, that same person MIGHT say "see the Grand Canyon" or "Niagara Falls".
A young, healthy, extreme sport person, however, may well decide to "climb Everst". In short, keep your "list" real to your situation.

2. Add those things really "in your heart". Don't say "see the Eiffel Tower" just because everyone adds it to their list. If you are a total freak about Star Trek, maybe your "list" could include visiting William Shatners horse farm, or doing the Vagas hotel that features Star Trek. Know what we mean? Keep true to YOUR dreams and interests...not the "general list".

3. This is the hard one. As Nike says..."Just DO IT". Put something on your list and then add a DATE. Not in the far future, but in the real, NEAR term. Call the place. Start planning and GO. Do it. See it. Live it.

That is the way you make a bucket list and actually "fill it".

Our best to you. less

Thank you. I wanted this post to be helpful for those who want to need or start one. Also fun for others to read the accomplishments of the people who have started to check off the items on their list. Your advice is very helpful! (Even though I had to get all my items on one list then split them off as fanciful, possible and definite.) less

That is a great goal. I know how you feel. Despite some great professional Kudo's, I think raising my daughter to be the amazing woman she has become is my number one accomplishment, by far. As for "egg donation"? The lady next door needed two for the cake she was baking....and I gave them to her. Does that count??? I am a bit old to donate the other kind. less

Again, so sorry for the circumstance, but honestly, we created one when our daughter got went off to medical school and was really "an adult" on her own. We then scrapped it when we realized it was full of "will never happen" dreams. We now have a list of 20 items and have already checked off four, and we know we will accomplish all 20 in the next ten years or so, barring any unforeseen life issues. It's nice to have some real, fun, planned out goals. less

Skydiving??? Okay, it's not something either of us care to do (we do deep sea diving, but that is different). However, Skydiving is something that many general aviation airports host and you can find skydiving clubs from coast to coast. You can sign up for a short course and then a "paired" ride down (you are tethered to an experienced skydiver for the trip down). SO.....why not start on that list by seeking out a club near you THIS WEEKEND. Yes indeed....like TOMORROW...and at least making contact and getting information, so you can start working on that one, cool item??? Be sure to wear some kind of camera (like a GoPro) to catch the action for future reference too!!! less