Working On The List

I have been working my tail off to create this list and part of me feels like I am really putting too much pressure on myself. I keep telling myself that the longer I drag it out the less I am going to accomplish on it...but, news flash self, you won't even be 25 for another three weeks, cool it! I guess there is that perfectionist part of me that feels like I can't start working on it until I have a final draft. But, honestly, it may not be drafted the way I want for a long time.

I think I keep jumping back to the number 100 because from what I can see, most bucket lists are 100 things to do before you die. My husband, the darling that he is, very simply put it to me as "you follow way too many rules." You know what? I do. I am going to have to add that to my list!  #79. Stop Doing What Everyone Else Does.

For that reason, I am going at this like Earl Hickey in "My Name Is Earl." For those of you that have never seen the show a.) shame on you, go watch it! b.) Earl creates a list of bad things he has done to others and tries to right those wrongs for karmic reasons. No, my bucket list has nothing to do with karma, but in the show his list grows on a regular basis, depending on the situation or what piece of information he can remember. I am going to do what I can on my list when I can and if I find, along the way, that I want to add to it, I will! So far, I have about 78...make that 79 items on my list.

I am trying to decide if I should post my list in its current state or if I should wait and post when I am working on or have completed an item. Maybe both...#80. Stop Being So Indecisive.

Thank You & Good Day!

Well, here goes nothing.

Hello All (or should I say, anyone at all...just one, maybe?)

My name is Nichole and I have been doing a really deep search in myself of what it is I truly want out of this life. I don't know about anyone else, but it's actually a really daunting task! I am finding it to be pretty hard to really pinpoint what it is I want. For that reason, I decided to start writing down some things that I want to accomplish in life. Things that I want to be able to tell my grandchildren one day (and no, I don't have any of my own kids yet...but I like to plan ahead), things that they will want to eventually tell their grandchildren (a bit much, yeah?)

I just feel that I am a normal, every day plain Jane and it is not as if I am ever going to have a building, bridge or stretch of highway named after me...so I would like for my family to at least want to remember me years from now as someone who did what she planned to do. I want them to know that if they put their minds to something, they can do it...because I am going to do it and set a good example for them (I hope!!!)

I think the whole point of making a list...which I have found is called a "Bucket List" (thank you Justin Zackham), is a way for me to lay it all out there and have something tangible there. Maybe this blog is my next step. I have already given my wonderful husband the duty to kick me in the pants when I start slacking on my list. I think this is a way to be held even more accountable for it. I want to believe that if many, many, many people (overconfidence in my writing? perhaps) read this and help me stay on target...I'll get it done. It takes a village, people! Keep on me, please!

I am still working on my list...they say a bucket list should be 100 items. Well, I have about 80 or so right now and I keep editing and adding and removing and I am afraid that if I continue to change it, I am never going to do it!!! I will try and post my list today or sometime soon.

Thank you and Good Day!