Starting a bucket list
Marni Sumbal, MS, RD
I often find myself crossing things off my "in-my-head" bucket list but I have never taken the time to write down all that I want to do before I can no longer do them. Now that I am one year older at 35 years old, I thought that it would be a good time to make a list of all the things I've always wanted to do but haven't gotten around to them yet. Now that I am forcing myself to write things down, it's a bit more difficult than I thought it would be to write my bucket list!
- There are no rules. Write down what you really want to do without worry, fear or uncertainty.
- Write down what immediately comes into your head.
- Start small and keep adding to your list.
- Use a bucket list website for inspiration.
- Keep your mind open for new ideas.
- Don't limit yourself to just big, scary, possibly unreachable items. Include "everyday" goals that will make those bigger bucket list items feel more satisfying and memorable.
- Find meaning in each one of your bucket list goals.
- When all else fails, think of what you would want to do if you only had one more day to live.
Above all, a bucket list helps you turn your life priorities into achievable goals that will make your life better.
- Write a nutrition book.
- Make enough money to live comfortably so that I can donate money to those in need (ex. animals).
- Rescue an older dog.
- Live in a cabin/house by a lake in the mountains.
- Fly first class overseas with a flat-bed seat.
- Go on a safari in Africa.
- Swim with dolphins in their natural habitat.
- Race Ironman Lanzorote.
- Race triathlon Alpe d'Huez.
- Break 10 hours in an Ironman.
- Win an Ironman (amateur female).
- Meet Ellen DeGeneres.
- Grow 50% of more of my daily produce intake.
- See Karel place on the podium at Kona or win overall male amateur in an Ironman.
- Be a guide to a visually impaired athlete in a triathlon.
- Live a few months in Europe.
- Bring Karel's mom to the US to stay with us for 1+ month.
- Swim in the dead sea.
- Visit the Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa.
- Swim in the swimming pool at San Alfonso del Mar.
- Be a keynote speaker at a conference/event.
- Go whale watching.
- See the Amazon rainforest.
- Be mortgage-free.
- Have my own at-home lap swimming pool.
- Watch the Giro d'Italia with Karel (while cycling from stage to stage).
- Run a 50K trail race.
