Bucket Lists...

To begin, if you haven't seen the movie, stop what you are doing, find a friend with a big TV and surround sound and WATCH THIS FILM!!!

I love this movie, because I love the message behind it.  It shouldn't take cancer or another life-threatening illness to remind us of how precious or preciously short life is.  There simply isn't enough time to spend it wasted on routine or the status quo or the humdrum of not stretching beyond our comfort zone pressing beyond our perceived capabilities.  Our lives should be filled with interesting people, unique experiences, adventures, love and romance, the stuff of legend.

A bucket list, simply defined, is "a list of tasks to complete before one dies, or 'kicks the proverbial bucket'..." (see Merriam-Webster).  What a simple yet profound concept.  But it's not enough to simply give occasional thought to this concept - the list must be contemplated, pondered, and ultimately written down.  No escape hatches, no excuses.  It can be long or short - that is really an individual and private decision, based largely on the dreams and aspirations of each list's owner - but it MUST be acted upon, a little at a time, until the list is complete.  And the time to start your list is now.  And the time to start crossing things off your list - also now.

So for fun I'm challenging you to join me in starting a personal bucket list.  Whether you're a close friend or a total stranger, I think it'll be fun to quit making excuses or justify putting off our personal opportunity to "Seize the Day" and start right now.  And never wanting to be one that preaches what he doesn't practice, I thought I'd share some of the items from the list I've started.  Perhaps they'll inspire you or maybe they'll offer additional insight into what makes the Restless Recruiter tick...

My Bucket List

1. Become a Master Scuba Diver
2. Write the novel that's within me
3. Find my soulmate and live my very own romantic comedy
4. Explore Eastern Europe by rail or by boat
5. Master underwater photography
6. Jump out of a perfectly good airplane
7. Make my parents proud
8. Explore Greece and Malta (my grandmother's favorite place)
9. Take a gondola ride in Venice
10. Be the father to my son that my father was for me
11. Possess a stone from the pyramids in Egypt
12. Swim with the whale sharks
13. Take a boat ride down the Amazon
14. Complete an African safari
15. Make someone smile and someone laugh each and every day

Okay the ball (or bucket) is in your court!  Enjoy the exercise, good luck with your list, and have an awesome weekend!!

RR