Out With the Bucket List, In With the Chuck-It List
<p>What’s on your bucket list?</p>
<p>It’s a line most of us are all too familiar with, since it was popularised by Justin Zackham in the 2007 movie <em>The Bucket List</em>.</p>
<p>At the time it was a novel idea, prompting many to pen their own lists — even if only in their heads. More than a decade on, the question hasn’t gone out of style: <strong><em>what do I want to do before I die?</em></strong></p>
<p>Lots of people are devoted bucket-listers. They write ambitious lists: Ride a camel around the Egyptian pyramids, leap out of a plane (with a parachute attached) learn a new language, swim with dolphins, get a tattoo.</p>
<p>Obviously the lists are individual. What’s common is that most, if not all, the items can be filed under “experiences I haven’t had before”. Things that make my life Bigger, Fuller, More Interesting.</p>
<p>So far, so good. But a client recently reminded me of the folly of this approach. In his mid-fifties, and about half-way through his bucket list, he’d become disillusioned.</p>
<p>“I’ve realised I’m never going to tick off all the things on my list. Whichever way you look at it, and no how much I do, I’m going to come up short.</p>
<p>“Is that the feeling I want to create?</p>
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