As I work through my bucket list, I’m worried that items on it will become less meaningful, either because of a rising standard to meet or just because the experiences have been reduced to an explicit “to-do” list.
I would hate if I actually had this reaction -
(from Daisy Owl.)
It kinda defeats the purpose of having such a list in the first place. Luckily, so far, I’ve had no problems on that front. If anything, I just wish I was better at documenting my experiences.
It’s hard to believe that I wrote that list two-and-a-half years ago now, though. I’m proud of getting things checked off already, but I really wish I could do more. 11/200 in 31 months, or roughly one item every three months. That means only four items per year, which means that it would take me a little over 47 years to finish things at this rate. I’ll be 74, or just under my life expectancy. Assuming, of course, that I can hold this rate, which will be difficult, since I’m doing easier and less expensive things first.
Besides that, some of these things won’t always be available for me to do, especially some of the eco-tourism items on my travel list. And some of things on my list just don’t seem meaningful anymore.
So I guess I’ll be revising my list soon. Perhaps every New Year’s Day?
Interesting, didn’t know you had a bucket list. I would put one together, but that’s too much effort.
Hahaha. I’m sure there are things you want to do, and it’s not set in stone or anything. I think just having it written down helps you focus on getting those things done.