The Bucket List - A Process For Capturing Ideas For Your Life Goals List

The Bucket List is the title of a popular movie releasedIf you don't have a system to collect these nuggets,
in January 2008 starring two of my favorite actors,some may be lost forever. Carry a small notebook,
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. It is bittersweetmemo pad or a few 3" X 5" cards with you at all
plot because these guys are dying of cancer, but it istimes to capture those great ideas before they slip
also comical as they go about fulfilling the items onaway.
their list of what they wish to accomplish before theyWhether it is a big "aha" moment such as while dining
"kick the bucket." The biggest lesson: Don't wait, orin a fine Italian restaurant with delicious food and
waste, another minute! Make that list, clarify what isatmosphere, it occurs to you that you've always
important to you, and start living a more fulfilling life.yearned to visit Italy. Write it down. Or, it is an
Creating a life goals or bucket list is a continuingeveryday reminder to pick up the laundry from the dry
process. It is ever changing, morphing and growing ascleaners, write it down. For ease of sorting and putting
we check off items we have accomplished and addthese ideas or suggestions into action later on, it is
more to our lists as we change, morph and grow fromrecommended that you write one per page or card.
those experiences. Ideas and flashes of insight andAs for capturing those sleepy-time dreams, keep pen
inspiration can hit you anywhere, at any time-anand writing material on your bedside table. And if you
overheard snippet of conversation; watching childrencan't wait until you are out of the shower to jot down
play or dogs interacting at an off-leash park; alone inyour thoughts, there are waterproof boards and pens
nature or in the middle of a crowded concert hall; inyou can buy and hang in the shower. Really.
your dreams or in the shower.