The Bucket List

On April 30, 2010, in Bucket List, by ralph

Bucket List

Well, I’m going to start a new category today – the “Bucket List”. I’m sure you’re all familiar with the term. It’s a list you make of all the things that you want to do before you “kick the bucket.” There was a movie by the same name that came out in 2007 and starred Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. I just got the movie recently and watched it with my wife the other day.

I began thinking of compiling a bucket list last Fall. I don’t recall ever thinking too much about one before that. As you grow up, especially in your teenage years and early adult life, you don’t worry a whole lot about the future. There’s a certain feeling of immortality in those years and the idea that you’re going to die someday is pretty much pushed back into your subconscious somewhere. As you get older and begin to see more of your family, friends and acquaintances passing away, the idea of dying becomes more relevant. I think I’m at that point. The below bucket list is certainly not the final one, by any means. It’s more of a first cut of things that came to mind, initially. They’re not in any particular order. I’ll probably add more things as they come to mind.

Do you have a bucket list? If so, what sort of things do you have?

Bucket List

  • Run a marathon (completed 10/18/2009)
  • Run the Boston Marathon (completed 4/19/2010)
  • Watch a shuttle launch (completed 4/5/2010)
  • Go to Mt. Rushmore
  • Go to Australia
  • Go to Italy
  • Go skydiving (completed 6/28/2013)
  • Go hang gliding (completed 6/12/2013)
  • Go bungee jumping
  • Go zip lining
  • Hike the Grand Canyon
  • Compete in a triathlon
  • Take a cross country motorcycle trip (completed 5/14/2015)
  • Attend a session of Congress
  • Go white-water rafting
  • Ride in a hot air balloon (completed 8/10/2013)
  • Go race car driving (completed 10/18/2014)
  • Celebrate my 50th wedding anniversary
  • Walk my daughter down the aisle
  • Have a grandchild
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  4. wgolden13 says:

    Hi Ralph:
    I would love to use this “bucket list” photo for my book (I will be publishing it as an ebook). Where can I find it to gain the rights to it?
    Thanks,
    Wendy

  5. ralph says:

    Hi Wendy,
    I just googled it. I don’t remember there being any copyright or other identifying information to determine the original artist. I’ve always gotten permission and given attribution for the photos that I use in my “Photographs” section of my blog. I just tried googling “bucket list” and the photo no longer appears except under my web address. You might try a slightly different search phrase. Sorry.
    Ralph

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