Hey, look at that! I’m 2 for 2 in my very own new year blogging fest! I don’t have the balls to actually commit to a “Project 365″ -way too much room for failure-but I have resolved to embrace my fear and just write. Every day… maybe. So, there it is. And here it is.
Do you have a bucket list? My “bucket list”, which I have self title my 40 Before 40, is overflowing with the things I would like to do before I turn 40. I’ve probably talked about it a million times and some of you know about the most important things on the list. For example, I will bravely travel on a zip line before I turn 40. This is the single MOST important item on my list and it must be completed or I shall forever live in shame.
Why? Why, I’m glad you asked! It’s a really good story but I’ll tell you later because it’s just humiliating enough to qualify for it’s own post…
Have you read my list? Of course you haven’t and neither have I!
Talking and committing to paper/weblog are two very different things. This list exists in my head, in my heart, and smack dab in the middle of my mind like a billion pound brick of elephant poop with a big smiley face that just laughs at me.
“Haha,” says the billion pound brick of elephant poop, “hows that list workin’ for ya? When we gonna see this list you speak of so frequently” {I swear I’m not drunk, I gave up Diet Coke two days ago (again) and I think the cleansing process must be releasing toxins into my bloodstream, hence the elephant poop hallucinations.}
It’s an important list, this 40 Before 40, and I don’t know why I agonize over publishing it. Well, yes I do know exactly why I agonize.
What if? What if I put it out there and then can’t or don’t do something?
I’m beginning to see the value in the whole writing every day thang… LAWD, will you look at that? Who gives a hoot if I do or don’t check off all those things on my bucket list? What does it mean if I turn 40 and haven’t completed everything on that list?
Here’s the thing friends, there is courage in dreaming big and making big fat lofty bucket lists. So what if I don’t get to check off “win power ball and save the world” before August 18, 2012? Yesterday I wrote about the difference between intention and action. This list needs to exist so that I can turn my intentions into action.
Stay tuned, you may or may not see a list from me soon.
Do you have a bucket list? What are the most important things on your list and what actions are you taking to complete them?
I did a 40 before 40 list and was able to complete almost all of them. It was a great way for me to make sure I did some memorable things that year.
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Oh, my goodness, I can barely get the essentials done! I have done a zipline, and I can tell you it is worth it! So fun and exhilarating! Right now the ONE thing I want to accomplish is to raise my children through their teen years without scarring them for life. After that? We’ll talk bucket list!
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40 before 40 – love that idea. have to think about mine!!
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[...] Over the past year or so I’ve been creating a “40 Before 40″ list-a bucket list of thinks I’d like to accomplish before I turn 40. There are several things on that list that I’ve been able to check off, others that may or may not happen, and several that I am determined to make happen because they are important to me. I haven’t published the list, I’ve mentioned it but haven’t been able to bring myself to put it out there. If you are wondering why you can read about that in a post from early this year, here. [...]