But what
things did she not get to do? What items were left unfinished on her
list?
I started
contemplating my own personal bucket list of items to do before I die. As much as I would like to be the type of
person who says “Photograph cheetahs in their natural habitat in Africa” or the
slightly less attainable “Bake the perfect soufflé,” I am learning there are
actually more things I would rather not
do—the anti-bucket list, if you will.
MOV’s List
of Things to NOT Do (Even
Though It Would Impress Lots of People):
*Run a
marathon*Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
*Eat a bug (intentionally)
*Hike the Appalachian Trail
*Ski a triple black diamond slope
*Skydive (people are supposed to stay in planes, not out of them)
*Swim with sharks
*Bungee jump
*Wrestle an alligator
*Rock climb
So, as you
can see, I am actually the most boring person in the world.
My list has
more, ahem, achievable goals on it. Things like:
*Remember how
to spell “recommend” or “vacuum” without having to use spellcheck or
auto-correct
*Put gas in the car before the orange “Empty” light blinks on
*Remember to switch the laundry to the dryer on the same day it was originally washed (or at bare minimum the same week)
*Use my high school Spanish for something more exciting than ordering tacos
*Find the perfect couch (oops, I mean affordable perfect couch)
*Finish the stack of half-read books I have, or if not, then donate them to the Goodwill
*Buy new printer ink before I need it at 11 pm on a Sunday
*Teach my children not to punch each other (who am I kidding—I said achievable goals)
*Take my Target coupons with me instead of leaving them on the kitchen counter
You might
not run into me on that flight to Brazil to climb Sugarloaf, but I am confident
that I will one day remember to put the Target coupons in my purse. It’s all a matter of priorities. *Put gas in the car before the orange “Empty” light blinks on
*Remember to switch the laundry to the dryer on the same day it was originally washed (or at bare minimum the same week)
*Use my high school Spanish for something more exciting than ordering tacos
*Find the perfect couch (oops, I mean affordable perfect couch)
*Finish the stack of half-read books I have, or if not, then donate them to the Goodwill
*Buy new printer ink before I need it at 11 pm on a Sunday
*Teach my children not to punch each other (who am I kidding—I said achievable goals)
*Take my Target coupons with me instead of leaving them on the kitchen counter
MOV
