Towards the end of high school, I began composing a bucket-list of sorts. It had the usual things on it: skydiving, eating snails in Paris, seeing an aurora, getting a degree and writing a book. Most of them I’ve achieved, but as I look back, I’m not sure they’re actually the most radical things I’ve done.
Bucket-lists can be beneficial but they’re all about forward-planning and imagining. Sometimes they’re not realistic. Life may bring restrictions like health, finances, time or circumstances, and suddenly our dreams are out of reach.
As I reflect on my life, I realize that my BEST bucket-list is my POST adventure one; the things that I’ve already experienced that I’d never have imagined up myself.
Here are some of the things that I’ve done that weren’t on my bucket-list:
Flying over Mt Everest
Walking across a Burning Ghat on the Ganges River
Paragliding with eagles in the Himalayas
Cliff jumping into the ocean
Being elbow deep inside a sheep, trying to deliver a lamb
Road-tripping through torrential rain in outback Australia
Living life to the full isn’t always about planning, but about making the most of every opportunity; appreciating what we have been given, rather than focusing on what we’d like.
I may never see an aurora, get a PhD or travel into space, but I have no doubt that I will have experiences that I never would have dreamed of. I’d hate to miss them because I was so focused on my own plans.
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thank you dear 🙂 🙂
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Thanks Sam x
Love this! It’s important to not just anticipate the great things we will do in the future but also take time to appreciate the things we had a chance to do in the past. Great post!
Thanks Anna! Life hands us so many amazing opportunities; it’s such a waste if we don’t recognise them.
Bless you!
“Making the most of every opportunity; appreciating what we have been given,” – Sage advice that never goes out of style. Great post!
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