After watching The Bucket List last night, I’ve been thinking about what I want to do or experience in the duration of my lifetime. Differentiating between fantasies and meritorious items can be difficult; after all, the list is a hypothetical for me at this point.
Another difficulty in crafting a list is considering how realistic the items are. In the movie, the main characters do much traveling, race car driving, and sky diving. Not all of these actions would be reasonable or even possible for most of the people in the world. For instance, a Guatemalan villager may not care to travel to the other side of the world or participate in an extreme sport whether or not it was financially reasonable.
In my case, I have decided to focus on including items that would be achievable given my current life circumstances. I am also trying to include items that are not dependent on material successes, but a result of time, effort, and interaction with other people.
- The List:
- woo a beautiful woman
- teach people - pass on skills and knowledge
- invest in people - bring richness to life in the form of love and liberty
- become conversationally fluent in another language - and use it!
- experience health and fitness
- create something delicious
