Bucket List #1

A neat little activity I assigned my high school seniors years ago was to list 25 things they wanted to accomplish in their lives. This was long before the movie, Bucket List, came out and it coordinated nicely with a John Keats' poem I was teaching.

It was fascinating to watch the teenagers' responses. Most of the girls got right to it and wrote incessantly, filling up an entire page. Many of the boys sat there, staring into space. With a little prompting they were able to come up with a list long enough to get credit for the assignment. I inwardly chuckled at the differences in the gender responses.

What touched my heart was that almost all the students listed "happy marriage and family life" somewhere on their lists. Many of these were young people who knew first-hand the agony of divorce and custody-sharing,

There is value in such an assignment, no matter what age. What about you? Do you have a Bucket List? Even in the midst of hectic, over-scheduled modern life there should be room for dreaming.

Assignment:

• List 3 things you'd love to accomplish--they can be fun, frivolous, or life-changing. It's your list so it's your call.
• Think about the items on your list. Peruse them, mull them over, and yes, dream about them.
• Select one that gives you the most passion and is doable in this stage of your life.
• Vow to accomplish that item in 2015.

Have Fun!

 

Let me know in the Comments section below what you're hoping to do. If enough readers respond, I will share them with everyone in a future blog post.