| The Bucket List is the title of a popular movie released | | | | If 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 bittersweet | | | | memo pad or a few 3" X 5" cards with you at all |
| plot because these guys are dying of cancer, but it is | | | | times to capture those great ideas before they slip |
| also comical as they go about fulfilling the items on | | | | away. |
| their list of what they wish to accomplish before they | | | | Whether it is a big "aha" moment such as while dining |
| "kick the bucket." The biggest lesson: Don't wait, or | | | | in a fine Italian restaurant with delicious food and |
| waste, another minute! Make that list, clarify what is | | | | atmosphere, 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 continuing | | | | everyday reminder to pick up the laundry from the dry |
| process. It is ever changing, morphing and growing as | | | | cleaners, write it down. For ease of sorting and putting |
| we check off items we have accomplished and add | | | | these ideas or suggestions into action later on, it is |
| more to our lists as we change, morph and grow from | | | | recommended that you write one per page or card. |
| those experiences. Ideas and flashes of insight and | | | | As for capturing those sleepy-time dreams, keep pen |
| inspiration can hit you anywhere, at any time-an | | | | and writing material on your bedside table. And if you |
| overheard snippet of conversation; watching children | | | | can't wait until you are out of the shower to jot down |
| play or dogs interacting at an off-leash park; alone in | | | | your thoughts, there are waterproof boards and pens |
| nature or in the middle of a crowded concert hall; in | | | | you can buy and hang in the shower. Really. |
| your dreams or in the shower. | | | | |