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Post by gerald on Aug 1, 2018 22:11:04 GMT -5
Excellent idea
--------------------------------- Bucket List By Janet Plank
Ever since I saw the movie “Bucket List”, I felt good. I felt hope and excitement. I get excited easily it seems, but hey, we have to take whatever we can out of this life, to make it better. As long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else.
I wanted to think about living
When I first started thinking of this, I was sad, even bewildered. I didn’t want to think of a bucket list where I would do things before I die, I wanted to think about living. Living! If I had opened my mind right away, I would have seen that living is what I would be doing and giving myself permission to do so as well.
Sure, I would have to give up any notion of climbing a mountain, or even going into the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Now let’s be real! How can I give up anything I would have had no intention of doing anyway? I’m absolutely terrified of heights. That’s not to say that I wouldn’t want to go to the Grand Canyon, I do, I have always wanted to see it. No, I won’t get too close to the edge. No, I won’t climb down, and I won’t ride down on a donkey. I will set my boundaries, then I can say “I did it”! See that’s where my dream of seeing it is.
Yep, I’m planning on living for a long time and I say it’s time to start living!
Some things my bucket list will have:
1. Someone to help me with spring cleaning. Maybe a daughter or a couple of grandchildren will come and do that. We could have fun. 2. Someone to help paint a room in my house, or that they will do while I’m away for a day. 3. Have my hubby take me out to a small restaurant in some of the small towns close by. I’ve always wanted to go, but never have. 4. A few days in the Black Hills. 5. Going to my granddaughter’s graduation, even though I will only go for a little while, because of limitations. Also, to help with some of the preparations from my house. 6. A phone call to an old friend. 7. Be a secret Santa to a child on the Angel Tree. 8. Do a random act of kindness or pay it forward. 9. Go to Yellowstone State Park.
A bucket list doesn’t have to be extravagant
It only needs to help us focus on some things we want to accomplish in our lifetime. Do we have to do 50 things in a Bucket List, or even 100 things? No, but it may open other doors. Does it matter if we will accomplish everything? No. Should we be sad if we can’t? No. If we can’t make it to our destination, that’s ok. We can get information from the Chamber of Commerce to learn about the area or to see a video, this will help you enjoy the endeavor without feeling like you set yourself up for a fall. Have fun with this. This gives me hope and anticipation. It’s fun to dream and more fun to make it a reality. Just know that if you can’t complete your list the way it’s written, you can change it so that it works for you.
Enjoy!
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Post by gnott on Aug 3, 2018 15:27:15 GMT -5
Sounds good.
Have one piece of advice (when did I not???).
IF going to Yellowstone, avoid my old home town of Jackson and the lower loop - it is a Zoo! Slip in quietly from Billings or Helena to Mammoth Hot Springs.
Ask Utah, she will tell you. Smile.
[OOPS! Yellowstone STATE Park. ha, So much for my reading skills.]
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Post by skate4life on Aug 19, 2018 10:43:26 GMT -5
My bucket list was short and is completed. Now I need to make some legal changes as 35 yr friendship bit the dust a year ago. No one left to be executor of will or make medical decisions except my attorney if he is allowed. So as soon as I can get sider man back here to finish the house, pay the bill, then I will contact my attorney. I am tired of this lousy quality of 'life' and no desire to make any more changes......so please don't make the usual suggestions. Not everyone wants to 'exist.'
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Post by joany on Aug 19, 2018 16:12:31 GMT -5
skate4life, I'm sorry, but I can't pass by without saying something.
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Post by gnott on Aug 19, 2018 23:49:03 GMT -5
skate4lifeDon't the exact situation of how many are going to inherit, nor how much is involved, but if there isn't that many yet a few bucks then do what a friend of my did... "You can't take it with you." He bought some nice stuff. A Questar telescope, a Porche, and did some touring. He couldn't & didn't like to fly - so he went by ship. Many probably don't know but every ship container, tanker, ... has room for some passengers. And it is cheap. Can take your tanks, compressors, POC, etc. Have to bring your own liquor, times are a tad vague, but you can go anywhere at about a quarter the price of cruise ships and airplanes, and get to play pirate. IE. take a look around. You can find a zillion things you never thought of to do once you are no longer tied down. If not for my wardens I would be gone in a heart-beat.
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Post by skate4life on Aug 20, 2018 7:59:11 GMT -5
Nice thoughts Gnott - already did my cruising. I'm just not interested anymore. It is hard enough carrying my D tank from car to pharmacy I refuse to be one of those housebound people needing a caregiver to feed & wash me & be a 'companion.' Bull dinky! I think bucket lists are a great thing and I enjoyed crossing off each item on my list.
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Post by John on Aug 21, 2018 6:34:48 GMT -5
Gerald thanks for the reminder .. Skate we love you 🌹
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Post by joany on Aug 21, 2018 6:47:37 GMT -5
skate4life, Ditto 🌹
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Post by lavishgail on Aug 23, 2018 14:42:57 GMT -5
Skate, I love you! 💚💙💚💙💚⚘🌿⚘🌿⚘🌿⚘🌿⚘🌿⚘🌿⚘🌿⚘🌿💜💛💜💛💜💛💜💛💜
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