Filling up My Bucket List

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day. Why am I not writing them down? Habit? Too busy? Too tired? It might be a combination of all that. Changing my habits and life takes time and energy. When I don’t sleep well, I don’t write well. I don’t write at all. My brain can’t do it.</p><p id="205d">So I’ve been taking care of myself using my CPAP. If I use it consistently, I get enough sleep. I get dream sleep and those thoughts help me to write. My creative side comes back and smacks me on the shoulder. “Hey! You gotta write now!” Taking care of my body now is obtainable and helps me get writing out of the bucket and onto the page.</p><h2 id="f338">Wear the skinny jeans</h2><p id="ab84">I added body-positive sites to my Facebook. And microlearning apps to my phone so I would be on Facebook less. Social media is entertaining but it is also draining my confidence in who I am. When I see perfect faces and toned bodies, I want to celebrate the person brave enough to post. What I end up doing is shaming myself. I decided to stop the shame and wear what I wanted.</p><p id="bfdb">So I wear skinny jeans with shorter sweaters. You can see I have a belly. I refuse to wear tents and baggy clothes when retailers sell pretty things in my size. Wearing clothes that show my body as it is right now is doable. It’s obtainable and it feels good to accept. Accepting who I am is a bucket list item. I’m glad it’s in there.</p><h2 id="cfac">Embrace My unknown</h2><p id="051d">My future is unclear. Major life changes bring confusion, uncertainty, and fear. My old bucket lists showed me jumping in feet first, even if I broke some bones. That’s harder to say when you approach fifty and living on your own.</p><p id="5a66">Age brings wisdom. I’ve learned a few things before I jump in feet first. My fears are only fears if I haven’t done the research or looked at the basics. I’m smart enough to know that the unknown is scary until it becomes known. Then it becomes old hat and you move on to something new. Each day is an unknown.</p><p id="aab0">I decided to embrace th

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e day. I embrace the unknown. I will place that in my bucket because it’s a good one to have in there. Facing or overcoming your fears is something everyone needs to one at least once in their life. Doing it each day is obtainable and means you create the future you want to have.</p><h2 id="e123">A sand pail and shovel</h2><p id="4e06">This summer, I will hit the beach in a two-piece bathing suit, to play in the surf and write as I sit under an umbrella. Thoughts and dreams will make their way onto a page. I’ll laugh and jump into the water even though I can’t swim. I’ll do it anyway because I want to live free from doubts and the past.</p><p id="b9cc">I plan to fill up my bucket with items as plentiful as the grains of sand under my toes.</p><p id="824c">Time to buy some flip-flops.</p><div id="62a5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/kindness-starts-with-me-50007ef5d35d"> <div> <div> <h2>Kindness Starts with Me</h2> <div><h3>It starts with you too.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*_mLoapDwMds9SPsI)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="7979" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/its-january-and-your-first-monthly-theme-of-2024-with-promptly-written-3c4315007d0e"> <div> <div> <h2>It’s January and Your First Monthly Theme of 2024 With Promptly Written!</h2> <div><h3>Start your year with inspiration from Promptly Written</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*-Sf5TAAozBEWJipQtL_4HQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Let’s start with a shovel and pail at my local beach

I’ve placed my dreams in a bucket. Saying “maybe” and “one day”. I kept adding to the bucket and didn’t see any changes. A closer inspection showed a hole. I put aside one dream and moved on to something else. New aspirations replaced the old ones and I moved on.

My dreams and goals fell out of that hole, never to be seen again.

2023 was a year of change for me. My home life changed as my goals for the future changed. Staying still is not healthy. Starting a new life by myself needs a fresh start and new dreams.

It’s 2024 and it’s time for a new bucket. This time I’m filling it with obtainable things that I can do more than once in my lifetime.

North America! Here I come!

My previous bucket list had Italy, Greece, and Australia. All interesting places. All very long flights for someone who gets pretty airsick. The Great White North and the US of A have so many beautiful places full of fun things to do and explore. If I’m willing to drive a little further or take a shorter flight, I can be halfway across the country in no time.

Planning at least one trip to somewhere new each year is obtainable. I’m going to pick a spot on the map, then budget and plan. If I’m lucky, I’ll get good barbeque along the way. Travel doesn’t have to be to a seventh wonder of the world. It just has to have wonder.

Dream what you want to write

Yes, even the ones that don’t make sense. I have loads of ideas every day. Why am I not writing them down? Habit? Too busy? Too tired? It might be a combination of all that. Changing my habits and life takes time and energy. When I don’t sleep well, I don’t write well. I don’t write at all. My brain can’t do it.

So I’ve been taking care of myself using my CPAP. If I use it consistently, I get enough sleep. I get dream sleep and those thoughts help me to write. My creative side comes back and smacks me on the shoulder. “Hey! You gotta write now!” Taking care of my body now is obtainable and helps me get writing out of the bucket and onto the page.

Wear the skinny jeans

I added body-positive sites to my Facebook. And microlearning apps to my phone so I would be on Facebook less. Social media is entertaining but it is also draining my confidence in who I am. When I see perfect faces and toned bodies, I want to celebrate the person brave enough to post. What I end up doing is shaming myself. I decided to stop the shame and wear what I wanted.

So I wear skinny jeans with shorter sweaters. You can see I have a belly. I refuse to wear tents and baggy clothes when retailers sell pretty things in my size. Wearing clothes that show my body as it is right now is doable. It’s obtainable and it feels good to accept. Accepting who I am is a bucket list item. I’m glad it’s in there.

Embrace My unknown

My future is unclear. Major life changes bring confusion, uncertainty, and fear. My old bucket lists showed me jumping in feet first, even if I broke some bones. That’s harder to say when you approach fifty and living on your own.

Age brings wisdom. I’ve learned a few things before I jump in feet first. My fears are only fears if I haven’t done the research or looked at the basics. I’m smart enough to know that the unknown is scary until it becomes known. Then it becomes old hat and you move on to something new. Each day is an unknown.

I decided to embrace the day. I embrace the unknown. I will place that in my bucket because it’s a good one to have in there. Facing or overcoming your fears is something everyone needs to one at least once in their life. Doing it each day is obtainable and means you create the future you want to have.