“The Bucket List”is – a 2007 movie where “Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die”
About 8 months after the movie came out I tried to watch it – but it was too soon after my own cancer battle and it was kind of depressing. But I love the idea. Make a list of things to do before you die. I don’t really call mine a “to-do” list because “to-do” lists sound like hard work and put all sorts of pressures on a person. I am calling mine – “a list of things that would be totally cool to do before I die but if I don’t get to all of them that’s cool too” – not quite as catchy is it? Here it is anyway.
- write a novel (ok how about 50,000 words in November 2009)
- climb a real mountain (no, hills do not count)
- buy a really nice pair of winter boots
- watch the sunset from Key West
- quit the cubicle rat-race
- ride a horse
- go to the top of either the Eiffel Tower or the Empire State Building and don’t pass out from your fear of heights
- roast a whole chicken
- spend a whole week on a beach doing nothing
- buy a convertible
- go to a jazz club
- learn to snow ski
- visit London
- learn to live simply
- learn a foreign language
- learn to kayak
- make bread from scratch
- drink a really good bottle of wine
- learn a musical instrument
- cherish each and every day
- go back to the Tickle Pink Inn
- buy a leather jacket
- visit a spiritual place
- go on a yoga retreat
- write another novel
- donate to causes that touch your soul
- forgive yourself for your past
- find God in everything
- Love Husband more every day.
