Have you see versions of bucket lists that have been going round of late? The one from the movie is as follows:
Why would we do this? Why make the list or share it?
Maybe to take stock, to do a personal inventory as to whether we are living or spending time.
Maybe we'd do it to compare with others. That's not a great way to live as we ought to live our own lives, not someone else's life.
Maybe we've had a scary or threatening diagnosis, been laid off or fired, had a major change in circumstances or relationships. It's good to take stock, to think deeply and choose well, to be intentional and meaningful about how we live. I have a friend who is being intentionally frivolous this year. Great as long as we are choosing and not just cruising!
Use this one as per the instructions or make your own. My friend Jaime shared an amazing one with me last year and I'm still awaiting a copy of it! It was a terrific reflection of her and some things she'd like to make time to do.
Here's The Bucket List Don sent me. The Bucket List.
() Gone on a blind date
( ) Skipped school
( ) Watched someone die
() Been to Canada
() Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Europe
( ) Been to Africa
( ) Been to Asia
( ) Jumped off a cliff
( ) Bungee jumped
() Parasailed
( ) Been to Hawaii
() Been on a plane
( ) Flown a plane
() Been on a helicopter
() Been lost in a country where you don't speak the language.
() Gone to Washington, DC
() Swam in the ocean
() Cried yourself to sleep
() Played cops and robbers
() Recently coloured with crayons
() Sang karaoke
() Paid for a meal with coins only
() Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
() Been to New York City at Christmas time
() Been in love
() Been married
( ) Lived in NYC
( ) Lived in northern CA
() Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
() Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
() Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose and/or elsewhere
() Caught a snowflake on your tongue
() Danced in the rain
() Written a letter to Santa Claus
() Been kissed under the mistletoe
() Watched the sunrise with someone
() Blown bubbles
() Gone ice skating
() Gone to the movies alone
( ) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
() Climbed a mountain
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Run a marathon
() Lived in more than one country
() Laid down outside at night and admired the stars
() Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
() Been on a cruise
() Traveled by train
( ) Traveled by motorcycle
() Been horse back riding
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR
() Been to Disney World
( ) Been to Disney LAND(any of them)
( ) Been in a rain forest
( ) Seen whales in the ocean
() Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Ridden on a camel
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
() Been water skiing
( ) Been snow skiing
() Been to Westminster Abbey
() Been to the Louvre
( ) Been to the Egyptian Pyramids
() Swam in the Mediterranean
() Been to a Major League Baseball game
( ) Been to an NFL game
( ) Been to an NBA game
() Been skinny-dipping
() Laughed so hard you cried
() Followed a map for treasure
( ) Drove a dune buggy
( ) Gotten lost in East L.A. after dark
( ) Gotten a Tattoo
Don lives in North America now, but lived in Europe for a while. For those who live in The Antipodes, maybe an All Black's Test Match would be in place of an NFL game, or getting lost in a bad section of Sydney comparable to East LA. You could substitute Walking the Sydney Harbour Bridge for the St Louis Arch and seeing Rotorua's geothermal activity for Old Faithful Geyser.
Not sure how many are in Don's list, but I've done 58 of them. I think Don was one of the kisses under mistletoe!
- Witness something truly majestic
- Help a complete stranger for a common good
- Laugh till I cry
- Drive a Shelby Mustang
- Kiss the most beautiful girl in the world
- Get a tattoo
- Skydiving
- Visit Stonehenge
- Spend a week at the Louvre
- See Rome
- Dinner at La Cherie d'Or
- See the Pyramids
- Get back in touch (previously "Hunt the big cat")
- Visit Taj Mahal, India
- Hong Kong
- Victoria Falls
- Serengeti
- Ride the Great Wall of China
Why would we do this? Why make the list or share it?
Maybe to take stock, to do a personal inventory as to whether we are living or spending time.
Maybe we'd do it to compare with others. That's not a great way to live as we ought to live our own lives, not someone else's life.
Maybe we've had a scary or threatening diagnosis, been laid off or fired, had a major change in circumstances or relationships. It's good to take stock, to think deeply and choose well, to be intentional and meaningful about how we live. I have a friend who is being intentionally frivolous this year. Great as long as we are choosing and not just cruising!
Use this one as per the instructions or make your own. My friend Jaime shared an amazing one with me last year and I'm still awaiting a copy of it! It was a terrific reflection of her and some things she'd like to make time to do.
Here's The Bucket List Don sent me. The Bucket List.
"Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not, then send it to your friends. (To do this on Facebook, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, do the list and tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.) If you don't see the Tag people in the upper right hand corner you are in the wrong place.) After being tagged on multiple versions of this, I figure I'd have the time to do this one!"Things you have done during your lifetime:
() Gone on a blind date
( ) Skipped school
( ) Watched someone die
() Been to Canada
() Been to Mexico
( ) Been to Europe
( ) Been to Africa
( ) Been to Asia
( ) Jumped off a cliff
( ) Bungee jumped
() Parasailed
( ) Been to Hawaii
() Been on a plane
( ) Flown a plane
() Been on a helicopter
() Been lost in a country where you don't speak the language.
() Gone to Washington, DC
() Swam in the ocean
() Cried yourself to sleep
() Played cops and robbers
() Recently coloured with crayons
() Sang karaoke
() Paid for a meal with coins only
() Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
() Been to New York City at Christmas time
() Been in love
() Been married
( ) Lived in NYC
( ) Lived in northern CA
() Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
() Made prank phone calls
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
() Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose and/or elsewhere
() Caught a snowflake on your tongue
() Danced in the rain
() Written a letter to Santa Claus
() Been kissed under the mistletoe
() Watched the sunrise with someone
() Blown bubbles
() Gone ice skating
() Gone to the movies alone
( ) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
() Climbed a mountain
( ) Gone snowmobiling
( ) Run a marathon
() Lived in more than one country
() Laid down outside at night and admired the stars
() Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
() Been on a cruise
() Traveled by train
( ) Traveled by motorcycle
() Been horse back riding
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR
() Been to Disney World
( ) Been to Disney LAND(any of them)
( ) Been in a rain forest
( ) Seen whales in the ocean
() Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Ridden on a camel
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
() Been water skiing
( ) Been snow skiing
() Been to Westminster Abbey
() Been to the Louvre
( ) Been to the Egyptian Pyramids
() Swam in the Mediterranean
() Been to a Major League Baseball game
( ) Been to an NFL game
( ) Been to an NBA game
() Been skinny-dipping
() Laughed so hard you cried
() Followed a map for treasure
( ) Drove a dune buggy
( ) Gotten lost in East L.A. after dark
( ) Gotten a Tattoo
Don lives in North America now, but lived in Europe for a while. For those who live in The Antipodes, maybe an All Black's Test Match would be in place of an NFL game, or getting lost in a bad section of Sydney comparable to East LA. You could substitute Walking the Sydney Harbour Bridge for the St Louis Arch and seeing Rotorua's geothermal activity for Old Faithful Geyser.
Not sure how many are in Don's list, but I've done 58 of them. I think Don was one of the kisses under mistletoe!
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