Why I Don't Have A Bucket List

Ever since the movie 'Bucket List' was released in 2007, the phrase has been tossed around so often it's now a household word. A Bucket List is a list of things that you want to have done or accomplished before you "kick the bucket". Seems like everyone has one!

There is nothing wrong with having goals you'd like to accomplish before you leave this world, but I can't really bring myself to make my own Bucket List, and here's why: I don't want the pressure of a list of things (which I may or may not be able to do) looming over me for the rest of my life.

Instead, I look at each day as a gift, and I am thankful for whatever that day brings me. So I may not travel outside the US before I die, or wear a size 8, or write a novel. But every day that I can get out of bed and enjoy the small blessings in my life, I'm fine with not planning a whole list of things to race toward.