Bucket lists will be with us forever. Here’s a list I published on March 5th, 2018. I think it still may be helpful for those planning a bucket list. I should have labeled this list the Top Nine since the last one is a recommendation of one to do.
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Top Ten Things Not to Include on Your Bucket List
The inspiration for this post came from the website https://www.bucketlist.net/
While looking around, I came upon one list of the top ten crazy things to put on your bucket list. This list started me thinking of what not to put on your bucket list for fear of having the list prematurely remain unaccomplished. I did borrow a couple from the list.
10 If you are making a bucket list, do not include swimming with great white sharks. If you do, at best, they will have eaten before you show up. At worst, they have all given up their vegan diet, and you are the first animal protein they’ve seen for weeks. (Looks like those extra long flippers might come in handy, Dayson.)
9 If you are making a bucket list, do not include asking Tiny how he got his name the next time you see him. If you do, at best, he will have his Airpods in his ears and will miss the question. At worst, you will remind him of the teasing he took in the fourth grade when he stood six feet tall. (This might be a good time to try out those nunchucks, Deavon. Be careful, though, and don’t let Tiny take them away from you.)
8 If you are making a bucket list, do not decide to ski the Alps. If you do, at best, you’ll sober up before the trip. At worst, you’ll get to the mountain and ignore the fact that you really weren’t an excellent skier in the first place. (That thrill of being airborne doesn’t last very long does it, Delbert? Don’t worry; the ski patrol will be waiting for you at the bottom of the mountain. It is a very short trip to the hospital.)
7 If you are making a bucket list, do not add breaking the world freedive deep dive record. If you do, at best, your first try will give you a hint to stop. At worst, you will realize that the 122-meter (400+ feet) record is safe with your ten-foot dive. (Yes, Delsen, you need to hold your breath for over four minutes to break the record. So far, your best shot was twenty seconds)
6 If you are making a bucket list, don’t include quitting your job to try something new. If you do, at best, your boss will hire you back. At worst, something new is something that ten million had tried before and failed. (I give it to you that a mail-order catalog seemed like a good idea, Donte. It’s just that it has all been done before. Why not try to corner the aluminum can market?)
5 If you are making a bucket list, don’t consider a solo skydive. If you do, at best, you will take all the training. At worst, you’ll go up in a plane and then have to actually step out the door. (The first thing to remember is when to deploy the chute, Dorian. The second is how to use the other chute. Let’s not worry about the third right now you have enough to deal with.)
4 If you are making a bucket list, don’t think taking your life savings to Las Vegas would be fun. If you do, at best, the casino will have caught on fire. At worst, all those blackjack lessons and theories went out the window when you took a card on fifteen, and it was a ten. (The hotel will be happy to comp your room tonight, Dorrin. It seems you are the most prominent loser today.)
3 If you are making a bucket list, do not include running with the bulls in Pamplona. If you do, at best, you will be able to outrun the guy behind you. At worst, your strategy of running up a tree will backfire as six bulls all hit the tree. (You forgot that those horns are pretty tough, Draupnir. Put away that red hanky. Nothing can save you now.)
2. If you are making a bucket list, do not make a note about cooking fish at home. If you do, at best, someone who loves you will talk you out of it. At worst, you will finish the cooking and realize you have ruined a twenty-dollar fish and a fifty-thousand-dollar kitchen. (I think you have learned your lesson, Drewes. Now call the bank and get that home improvement loan fast.)
1. If you are making a bucket list, include becoming a best-selling author. If you do, at best, it may happen. At worst, you will live forever trying to complete your bucket list. (Just keep working on it, Drystan. Ninety-two is the new sixty-two. There is plenty of time.)
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I hear #6 get suggested all the time. Definitely creates mixed signals when you have others claiming you need stability.
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I hear you on that. 😊
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The picture is brilliant
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Glad you liked it. 😁
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#1 is profound. As for #2, cooking fish sure leaves an aroma in the kitchen, doesn’t it.
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Cooking fish does. I have this long standing discussion with the Producer about cooking fish at home. She says I suck at it. I, of course, disagree. We still don’t cook fish at home. 😁
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I suck at all my cooking. Thankfully, my wife is getting more active in the kitchen. And Wendy’s has a very hood chicken wrap.
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Ha ha ha.
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Fair training for second thoughts. Still working on my bestseller.
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Keep working. I believe you will make it.
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You’re closer than most!
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I agree.
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Well, you succeeded in completely Number 1, John. Are going to try any others?
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Ha ha ha. You say the nicest things, GP. I think I will pass on the others.
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To be honest, if you’d only offered up that cartoon at the top, I would have been happy for the rest of the day. That’s hilarious. As for the rest, I think they’d all fit well into the lyrics for a song titled “Oh, my bucket-list has a hole in it!”
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Ha ha ha. One other comment on the post likes the picture. Maybe should have run that by itself. Thanks, Linda. I like your song idea.
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Most of these are definitely not on my bucket list. But we do cook fish at home – usually grill it if possible. Hubby does a great salmon.
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Sounds great. I never got the hang of fish.
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Yes, indeed, John! Let’s try our best to be sane. 😆
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We should all try our best knowing some of us will not make it. 😁
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No bucket list for me!
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Okay. I can understand that too.
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I’m trying to stay satisfied with the here and now!
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Here and now is a good thing. 😁
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🙂
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Oh John, you really are funny. Especially the last one. You’re not 92 are you?
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Nope just 83.
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Okay, a spring chicken. My oldest aunt is 94.
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I like the term spring chicken. 94 sounds like your DNA is in good shape.
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Yes, my mom’s family is very strong.
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So true! And yet, you made me remember a very small Chelsea getting excited about these sorts of lists and planning to achieve these impossible things. It might be the recent surgery talking, but I now find myself tenderly cradling my body when I read the skydiving and skiing and deep sea goals.
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Sometimes life moves by the superfluous temptations.
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Also true.
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Ninety-two is the new sixty-two — I love that one, John! Too bad it’s not necessarily true. And I’m still giggling over the fish-in-the-kitchen one. Probably would’ve been cheaper to get a fish sandwich at McDonald’s!
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I think a fish sandwich is the perfect solution. Thanks, Debbie.
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I don’t know what it says about me, but during the “Running of the Bulls” I always root for the Bulls. Once I realized my bucket list filled up a notebook, I discarded the idea of a bucket list. 92 is the new 62….maybe I should do a bucket list after all!🙂
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You should, Bruce. There is plenty of time to get that stuff done.
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A charming list to say the least. I was never good at making a bucket list-if it was something I really wanted to accomplish, or experience, I tried to turn it into a goal where I could make incremental progress toward accomplishing it.
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That is the smart way to handle things you want to do. Thanks, Monika.
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So pleased I don’t have a Bucket List!… 🙂 I do however have a Wish List…. And it includes the whole world… Can you guess what that is John.. 😉 xx ❤
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I can imagine your wish list, Sue. It is certainly being challenged right now. 😊
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Yes, lots in the mainstream. But much more happening with humanity pulling together, behind the scenes. I have faith xx
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Makes me feel better. (your faith)
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There’s so much on that list that I wouldn’t do … no skydiving for me or running with the bulls. If 92 is the new 62, then I want to get to 92 😉 In fact, I don’t even have a bucket list. I want to be satisified with what I have right now. The rest is icing. And I’m still chuckling over that cartoon … lol.
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I think you have a reasonable outlook, Marie. 😊
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Too funny, John. I don’t have a bucket list, but I have places I’d love to visit. Top of my list is Jerusalem – not such a good idea right now. Ephesus – maybe in a couple of years. More locally, I’d like to visit a dozen or more National Parks. I guess I’m living forever. 😂
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The national park visits are something I would like to do as well. I think the Jerusalem trip is going to have to wait. Good to have plans.
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I love the cartoon, John. None of these are on my list. My list is to try to enjoy whatever life brings my way. As for #1, I received an email earlier today from a friend who said, “I’ve entered my ninth decade and still going strong.” He’s actually still working.
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That’s great. Keeps him young
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You said it too late. Regarding #8, I already skied in the Alps, in Garmisch Parten-Kirchen. You are right, it was not a good experience. I had an accident, a bad shoulder displacement, concussion, and amnesia.
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“Look out below,” is the dry. Sorry about your injuries. When I turned 70, I stood at the top of a two black diamond hill at Heavenly Lake Tahoe. My courage was spent. Old fart that I was, I had lost it. Took the gondola back to the base. Nice fire and some quality bourbon helped me forget.
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LOL, yes a good bourbon is never wrong
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I have an immense dislike for bull fighting, so any chance the bulls have to even the score is plenty fine with me.
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I agree. Run over those idiots
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I second that!
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I make a trip once a year to the casino, but I leave if I go through the small amount that I bring.
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I always allocated $50.00. The goal was to see how long I could play before the casino took me for everything. My best record was three nights.
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On the rare occasion when I win, I pocket the original stakes and the rest is gravy. If I lose the winnings, I cash out and figure I’ve gotten some entertainment for free.
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I always leave the $50.00 behind. Figure it is the cost of having some fun. Wait there was one time I put a coin in a slot machine and hit the jackpot. A real fluke for sure.
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I never made a bucket list! I think I’ve packed a lot of living into my 72 years, travel no longer interests me, and I have everything I need or want right here, so … no need for a bucket list! Still, if I ever change my mind, I’ll keep your cautionary list in mind! 😊
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You are in a good place it seems. Keep the list in mind for sure.
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Indeed I am … and thankful for it!
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Some good ones here, John, Hubs and I are committed fish eaters and cook fish at home all the time! I did sky dive but in tandem, and I still want to swim with white sharks off the California coast but in a cage! As for becoming a best-selling author – that one is not on my list as it seems impossible!
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I agree on the seemingly impossible best seller item. But as a wise person said impossible just takes longer.
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I’ll be six feet under by then!
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Ha ha ha.
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Haha thank goodness none of these are on mine. Come to think of it any more I’ve can honestly say just making to the bucket (leu) in time is good enough for me. 😂🥹💓
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A good way to look at it, Cindy. 😊
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I have only one thing on my bucket list … die with with about three cents in the bank. The rest I spent on having a good time, not buying things I don’t need.
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Great plan. Let’s hope there is no lingering at the end.
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No. 1 might just be the thing for many here 🙂 I am on it, John.
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