Comments on: Bucket List http://www.endsofearth.com/2009/10/bucket-list/ Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal ---Ralph Waldo Emerson Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:29:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brook http://www.endsofearth.com/2009/10/bucket-list/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Brook Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:28:18 +0000 http://www.endsofearth.com/?p=809#comment-471 Tom, sounds like you already are inspired. You should definitely make a bucket list. Everyone should...it gives you something to work towards and gives you rewards, through the funner more costly items, for doing the big-ticket items. Tom, sounds like you already are inspired. You should definitely make a bucket list. Everyone should…it gives you something to work towards and gives you rewards, through the funner more costly items, for doing the big-ticket items.

]]> By: Tom http://www.endsofearth.com/2009/10/bucket-list/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Tom Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:18:22 +0000 http://www.endsofearth.com/?p=809#comment-467 Nice Brook! Perhaps I should make myself a bucket list. You are inspiring me. I have in a way done something drastic. Even though I have a dependable good paying job, I am going through a fire academy to become a firefighter. It's something I have wanted to do for a long time. I would have done it in the AF, but no officers in that career field. Anyway, keep doing your thing. I am probably not the only one living vicariously through you. Tom Nice Brook! Perhaps I should make myself a bucket list. You are inspiring me. I have in a way done something drastic. Even though I have a dependable good paying job, I am going through a fire academy to become a firefighter. It’s something I have wanted to do for a long time. I would have done it in the AF, but no officers in that career field. Anyway, keep doing your thing. I am probably not the only one living vicariously through you.

Tom

]]> By: Brook http://www.endsofearth.com/2009/10/bucket-list/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Brook Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:29:27 +0000 http://www.endsofearth.com/?p=809#comment-464 I don't do gold stars and I don't have a daily planner, but I nearly always have a list, often written on the back of a receipt, for my daily/weekly items. I line-through each item when I finish. It's very simple and non-technical. Checklists have been everywhere in my life, from lists of goals and chores as a kid, to assignments in high school and college, to flying planes. I don't think there is a better way to build a plan, document the progress, and revise. Putting something to paper is always step one in making it a reality! I don’t do gold stars and I don’t have a daily planner, but I nearly always have a list, often written on the back of a receipt, for my daily/weekly items. I line-through each item when I finish. It’s very simple and non-technical.

Checklists have been everywhere in my life, from lists of goals and chores as a kid, to assignments in high school and college, to flying planes. I don’t think there is a better way to build a plan, document the progress, and revise. Putting something to paper is always step one in making it a reality!

]]> By: sizetracker http://www.endsofearth.com/2009/10/bucket-list/comment-page-1/#comment-462 sizetracker Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:50:54 +0000 http://www.endsofearth.com/?p=809#comment-462 This idea of lists and goals...we must be related. I remember when mom and dad had us set goals at the start of every summer - how many books were we going to read, what were we going to learn about, what activity did we want to try...and then mark our progress or completion. It kind of stuck - from the big life (which keeps getting bigger) and yearly goal lists to daily to-do lists. Do you still give yourself gold stars? This idea of lists and goals…we must be related. I remember when mom and dad had us set goals at the start of every summer – how many books were we going to read, what were we going to learn about, what activity did we want to try…and then mark our progress or completion. It kind of stuck – from the big life (which keeps getting bigger) and yearly goal lists to daily to-do lists. Do you still give yourself gold stars?

]]> By: Brook http://www.endsofearth.com/2009/10/bucket-list/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Brook Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:14:15 +0000 http://www.endsofearth.com/?p=809#comment-460 Mary, I checked out your list! I was happy to see no "learn to juggle animals." I applaud your making the list public. I'm too chicken, but making your goals public are a good way to hold yourself accountable. There's no hiding! If you want to visit a new country, have some challenging riding, and lose weight, I recommend Vietnam. I dropped 10-15 pounds in the last 2 months eating rice and meat, with a snack of Oreos, Ritz, or Western food every other day or so. Everyone drives motorbikes, but they are 100cc, so you would find that very easy. The tough part is figuring out the traffic. Some people inexpensively rent motorbikes and drive across the entire country or into the mountains. I'm thinking of visiting all the states I've never seen and Canada. How messed up is it that I've been to Cambodia, but not our friendly neighbor Canada. Mary, I checked out your list! I was happy to see no “learn to juggle animals.” I applaud your making the list public. I’m too chicken, but making your goals public are a good way to hold yourself accountable. There’s no hiding!
If you want to visit a new country, have some challenging riding, and lose weight, I recommend Vietnam. I dropped 10-15 pounds in the last 2 months eating rice and meat, with a snack of Oreos, Ritz, or Western food every other day or so. Everyone drives motorbikes, but they are 100cc, so you would find that very easy. The tough part is figuring out the traffic. Some people inexpensively rent motorbikes and drive across the entire country or into the mountains. I’m thinking of visiting all the states I’ve never seen and Canada. How messed up is it that I’ve been to Cambodia, but not our friendly neighbor Canada.

]]> By: Brook http://www.endsofearth.com/2009/10/bucket-list/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Brook Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:29:46 +0000 http://www.endsofearth.com/?p=809#comment-457 Ha! That's crazy? I'll give it a look...hopefully your list doesn't include "Learn how to juggle small animals" also...that would really be quite the coincidence! Ha! That’s crazy? I’ll give it a look…hopefully your list doesn’t include “Learn how to juggle small animals” also…that would really be quite the coincidence!

]]> By: Mary Baker http://www.endsofearth.com/2009/10/bucket-list/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Mary Baker Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:15:13 +0000 http://www.endsofearth.com/?p=809#comment-456 Great minds must certainly think alike. I just updated the bucket list today. http://pinkysdzl.blogspot.com/ Also check out http://dayzero.ning.com/ and http://www.43things.com/how_i_did_it/view/26395/how-to-go-on-a-road-trip-with-no-predetermined-destination Great minds must certainly think alike. I just updated the bucket list today. http://pinkysdzl.blogspot.com/
Also check out http://dayzero.ning.com/
and
http://www.43things.com/how_i_did_it/view/26395/how-to-go-on-a-road-trip-with-no-predetermined-destination

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