Lucket Bist

Noun, Bucket List:

(1) A list of experiences one desires to complete before certain periods of time.

(2) A list of outlandish ideas or experiences that one wants to, but never will, complete before certain periods of time.

(3) A list of hopes, desires, and wishes that drive a person to succeed, remind a person to live, and give a person a reason to believe they are more than human.

Regardless of which of the above definitions one chooses to believe in, a bucket list symbolizes more than just a list; it gives us insight into our personalities and inner desires. Often times, it disregards human limitations, leaving us open to the realm of our own imaginations - stopping us only at our own dreams and deepest sentiments. It has the potential to become the driving force in one's life, and it invites us to obsess over it; because, after all, the completion of a bucket list represents the success or failure of dying free of regrets.

My "Pre-High School Graduation" Bucket List:

1) Skydive. Sure, everyone always says that they want to go skydiving, so what's the difference with me saying it? I actually will. This year, on June 16th, 2012 (my eighteenth birthday) I plan to go skydiving at an airfield outside of Elizabethtown (I still haven't informed my parents yet so keep it on the DL). Now you may ask why I am so determined to willingly jump 15,000 feet out of an airplane and hopefully not die on my way back to Earth, and I may tell you that I choose to live. Because in every man's life, he has two options: To live or to breath, and I choose to live, and if that means risking death by falling out of the sky and praying my parachute opens to do it, well everyone's going to die sometime and personally I would prefer to die without regrets.

My "Pre-College Graduation" Bucket List:

1) Travel somewhere alone. This is my variation of the "Eat, Pray, Love" trip that Julia Roberts took, except I plan to do it in some isolated country filled to the brim with natural beauty. I want to hike across some remote island like Iceland or New Zealand for a month and basically just experience the best the world has to offer without anyone else. My goal? To find myself and then learn to be that person.

My "Pre-Death" Bucket List:

1) Travel the world. Ever since I was young I have had a burning passion to go everywhere there is to go and see everything there is to see. And this would be my way of doing it. Sure, I've already been to most of the necessary European capitals, but I intend to not leave a single stone unturned. And if that means going to Zagreb, Croatia then I'll buy my ticket and be off because for me there is no greater interest than experiencing new and different cultures so that is what I intend to do.