During a recent dinner conversation, the topic moved to bucket lists. Not everyone (me included) has a bucket list. Bucket lists are about trying new experiences. Experiences that are important enough to try in our lifetime.
Sometimes we don’t want to make a list. (Just one more thing that feels like work or the potential to fail when we don’t accomplish something.)
Sometimes it is scary to write down these items. (What if I cannot do it, what if it requires me to overcome fear?)
Sometimes we think we are too [insert your own self-limiting description here] to make a list. (We are too old, scared, busy, etc.)
Sometimes we live through other people’s lists. (I can join them or not, but not create or plan for my own.)
Sometimes we think about these new experiences, but the distance between thinking and doing can be a very long journey. (Dreaming is great, but doing is so much work.)
One of my favorite bloggers/bucket list enthusiast is Christine Barba. I have enjoyed reading her list and it provided the right inspiration for my own list.
I have started my list. One of my goals this year is to finish the list.
One bucket list item has been to attend a TED and TEDx event.
Looks like I can cross this off my bucket list.
Bucket lists require risk. Bucket lists require us to stretch ourselves.
Do you have a bucket list? Maybe it is worth spending a few moments to write down a few today. Don’t wait. Feel free to share your top three items with us in the comments section?
Carl Weber Consulting 