since 2006, when the movie ‘Kicking the Bucket’ was released.
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Word of the Day: Bucket list
Everyone has a to-do list.
You have one, and I have multiple.
A bucket list, however, is a to-do list for life.
It’s a list of experiences or achievements you want to accomplish before you ‘kick the bucket.’
It’s a very new term in English because it’s only been around since 2007 when the movie ‘The Bucket List‘ was released.
Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson played two terminal cancer patients having fun before they died. After that movie, everyone wanted to create and cross things off their bucket list.
Do you have such a list, or have you already accomplished everything you ever desired to do?
I don’t have a bucket list.
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I have multiple to-do lists right now to keep track of without adding another one.
There are some life goals, though, such as travelling around Japan in a motor home and, of course, growing ArtisanEnglish.jp into a respectable online English service.
In the movie, for one reason or another, the men waited until they were faced with their own mortality to decide to finally collect the experiences or achievements they’d always wanted.
I think people should try to do as much as they can throughout their lives.
Travel when you are young, foolish and willing to accept less-than-ideal sleeping arrangements.
Enjoy the little special moments of every day.
Do that, and you will not have to rush through a bucket list.
When you’re forced to face your own mortality, you’ll already have a list of achievements and not one of regrets.
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