Will work miss you? Creating your bucket list

How many times have you heard the stories of people who have been given weeks, months or if they're lucky a couple of years to live, and then decide to live what's left of their lives in an exciting way?

Well there is a movie that portrays this called "The bucket list" - the premise - take 2 men hospitalized with cancer, who decide to do everything they ever dreamed of - before they "kick the bucket".

I've never heard of the movie before today, but I have spoken to you about something similar - your "do before you die list" - many times.

The beauty is of course, we don't have to wait until we have been given a death sentence before we decide to do everything we ever said we wanted to do - although as you can well imagine these things do take on a bigger degree of urgency if you have.

So how do you create your bucket list (the do before you die list) - and more importantly - how do you create the sense of urgency that you would get if you had been given that kind of news?

First of all, you need to stop and really think about it. This is not a five-minute process whereby you write down a list of things you would sort of like to have /do/ be or achieve at some point - but an in-depth process that looks at everything. So with that in mind I do need you to set aside some time - now would be good and decide:

    * If you only had 1 week left to live - what would you do?
    * Expand that - what if you had been told you had 2 weeks or a month at the most - what would you do?
    * Try working it out for 2, 3 or 6 months
    * Then and only then add the ones you can achieve if you have 12 months to do them all.

In creating this kind of list you create your own sense of urgency:

    * Need to make amends with a member of family or an old friend you wished you had never fallen out with?
    * Need to get your finances in order?
    * Need to stop thinking about yourself for 5 minutes and think about how your family will cope when you've gone?
    * Need to spend time with your kids before they don't want to spend time with you? How about your spouse?
    * Have you waited to tell someone you love them and isn't it time you got married?
    * Have you ever wanted to chuck your job in and never felt brave enough before now?

These thought processes are those goals everyone keeps talking about - when you think about it, the bucket list is a goal with a "DEAD Line"

And isn't that just one very good reason to stop procrastinating and a) start writing your list and b) start achieving them.

So - before you dismiss this as just another goal setting exercise, you've missed the point - because what will you remember when you are unable to get out and about and do all those things on your list. Will you lie there remembering all those amazing things you did manage to achieve, or will you wonder if work will miss you?

Comments

[Kham]

Here is a great place to create, manage and share your bucket list. You can also get some interesting ideas to put on your bucket list from others.

Check it out.

<a href="http://www.sharebuckets.com">http://www.sharebuckets.com</a>

[Elle]

Thanks Kham, will check it out
Elle