Well I did have one thing that I accomplished. I always wanted to add a phrase to the vernacular. I was the one who came up with Joan Rangers that is used on Fashion Police, referring to fans of Joan and the show. All I get though is bragging rights. Still, there it is.

I think I'd like to go for a balloon ride.

I'd also like to get DH to all 50 states...he has 5 to go.

But I don't really put together a bucket list and keep it going...just things and inspirations that occur...some get accomplished, others forgotten.

My father graduated with a degree in geography. It was his 'thing'. I have pictures that were taken in front of all 50 state capitols. He was working on another project when both my parents got too frail to travel anymore; he wanted to become a member of the Century Club. That organization's members have traveled to 100 countries! That was his bucket list.

By this time next year, if all goes as planned, I will have only one state left to have traveled into. Rhode Island! Rats, that is a long way just for bragging rights.

A real far-fetched bucket list thing is to have my name as a clue in a crossword puzzle.

The missus and I cruise a lot. By the end of this year we will have cruised for almost 400 days (married 21 years). I would like to make it to 500. I have cruised with a couple from Jacksonville and they have cruised with One Cruise Line more than 1,500 days! No way will I make that.

dh and i drew up a bucket list during the last couple of months before our retirement date June 1, 2012. As of yet we have not done a single one of the items on the bucket list.........we did however build a new home - that was not on our bucket list.....

I have just one item on my bucket list: to pare down my "stuff," sell what I can, and organize what I keep so my kids won't have to do it all someday. That's been my goal since my parents died in the mid-1990s. They were organized and had a relatively small, tidy house. I have an old farmhouse and outbuildings. I'm still working on this "list."

A friend of our who is gravely ill was watching the Olympics recently and expressed interest in a bucket list trip to see Rio. Since my wife and I have been there several times, it was suggested that we might be good tour guides to accompany and assist her on that trip. We agreed in principle and we've looked into it some, but my wife is busy with horse shows until September 12, and then the following weekend I'll be out of town.

However I'm really not sure our friend would have the energy for such a trip. She came to the castle party last week, and even with two people helping it took her about 5 minutes to go from the car, through the house, to the back deck. Add in another three or four weeks until we'd be able to go, and I expect her condition to be even worse.

There's a saying first expounded by a business thinker/pundit, I forget whom, that goes "Things that are planned for and then measured, get done".

If doing particular things or having goals never has been your practice or of importance to you, satine, making a list probably won't do much for you unless you want to change your approach.

I can't say I really have a bucket list. More of a wish list that is ever changing. I don't have a great desire to see things. I prefer to experience things. If I find something I enjoy I like being the best I can be at it. I don't compare myself to others. I set personal goals. Right now it's horses. I am trying different teachers on for size. I don't want to just be able to ride a horse. I need to know how things happen. It's not enough to do it, it's about the technicalities.

Life is ever changing and throws curve balls our way. So my goal is to remain open to new experiences and live my life as fully as I am able or desire without forsaking others or my responsibilities. I've ended up doing things I dreamed of doing but figured I would never ever actually do. On the other hand I have let go of dreams that just aren't going to work out for me or mine.

I think I've lived a pretty placid life but people who know me well would disagree. I've always been a risk taker to observers but I have chastised myself for being too timid. Not grabbing the opportunities that present themselves. But then if I lived my different and took different paths I wouldn't be who I am. So that is good enough. I think. My username reflects what I try to be.

You can't/shouldn't do that. Watch me. :-D

My DS's mantra has always been, "do the things that scare you most". He reached that wisdom a lot sooner than I. I'm somewhat jealous. ;-)

I've enjoyed everyone's thoughtful posts.

Annie--congratulations on Joan Rangers. How clever you are!

I have an unorganized mental bucket list, nothing I feel compelled to do much about....just dream unless something falls in my lap.

I'd like to don the proper attire and help a beekeeper, see the Egyptian pyramids, take a French class, foster a dog, ride a horse bareback like I used to, keep chickens. Some things on my list are easily doable, but I'm happy for the time being, loving my volunteer work, dog and grandkids is fulfilling.

I have a practice I began many years ago. Five goals at at time. I put down things like finish reading a book, lose X pounds, pay off X loan, but I also put down things like get a 50% pay increase, buy a house, things that were impossible (things where someone else had the control, for instance)! And they'd all happen. I printed them out and put them where I saw them all day long. That I'd accomplish whatever my mind set, didn't phase me, I kept doing it. I stopped a couple of years ago. I have no idea why. I need to do it again. The sky is the limit! I think I realized I need to pick worthy goals. Feed all the hungry children of Nashville over the summer would be worthy.

I don't really have a bucket list exactly, but I did have things I wanted to accomplish. One was having a family, and the other was traveling.

I am currently thinking about taking a Spanish class. I took Spanish in high school so I can read it somewhat, but I would like tone able to have an actual conversation in Spanish.

My youngest became e fluent in Spanish and I travel to Costa Rica yearly. It would be fun to converse to my daughter and other in Spanish.

Sort of. Before I go I want to visit Japan and meet my mom's family; travel to Scotland (where my dad's family came from); go to England because I've never been; go on an Alaskan cruise; drive down the Pacific coast highway, including a stop to visit the coast redwoods in N. CA.; see Crater Lake; go to the last few states I haven't been to including Maine. Now, because of Facebook I want to go home and see a gieser in the desert near where I lived for the last part of my childhood. I'd also like to go back to Germany at least one more time. I'd also like to go back to Yellowstone and check it out better, spend more time there.

Good for you Annie, you must have felt bad with Joan Rivers passed. I know I did.

Outside of a list of places we'd like to visit, hubby & I have a "local restaurant" bucket list.

There are about 25 restaurants and new ones we add as they open and we hear of them. It's been fun to explore new areas of town!

No I don't have what I would call a bucket list. I have a few thoughts and ideas about some things I have an interest in. But nothing written down. I am more a go with the flow and enjoy the spontaneous events that occur. I have always wanted to go to Hawaii but there are other beautiful tropical areas I would like to visit too. Right now my biggest concern is getting back into the house and everything settled in before winter. I would like to have our first family Christmas in the new house. Not sure that will happen this year but some day.

At one time I did have a bucket list, traveling to places that my hubby and I had talked about...But, then came a diagnosis of dementia and that bucket list was suddenly pushed way into the background...Of course I'd love to travel but there is no way I could ever go and enjoy it if hubby wasn't able....So, I'm thinking, if you think you'd like to do something or have certain dreams, don't put it off....You just never know what might happen........But, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I still have him with me.......

no bucket list for me, I just do what I want anyway.

I don't have a written bucket list but I do have some things I want to do. I want to go to Alaska, see the Northern Lights, go to Scotland and Greece, go back to Maine and stay longer, ride a zip line (I'm afraid of heights so this one is huge!). I want to sell my large house and buy a small one. I want to go back to Yellowstone. There is a George Strait song that says, "She let herself go" about a woman who let herself go here and there. When my husband was sick and dying I told him that when he died I was going to let myself go. He asked where I was going and I told him I didn't know but I was going somewhere. So far I've been to Disney World, Destin, FL, Asheville, NC twice, Ireland, Athens, GA a few times and I am going on my first cruise at the end of Sept. I was talking to a friend today and we agreed it was time for us to plan another trip when I get back. We would do it now but she has a trip planned for Sept also.

Sunny...many hugs

I have completed my "bucket list", so to speak. I have had the privilege to visit all 50 states and high-lights of each state, as well as many parts of Mexico and Canada...which is all I care to do...(I do not do well with long plane rides)...and enjoyed several cruises, etc.. I loved my hot air balloon ride, and parasailing....and hope to do both again some day. I also did two of my DH and my wishes....sold our big home, and built what was to be our "retirement" house, but had to do these by myself. Unfortunately, he died unexpectedly before we got to do them together. One thing he wanted to do was drive the highway to Alaska...but I do not even want to travel by myself, other than short tours.

One thing that I "considered" was going for a NASCAR race car ride...but when I saw the molded seats (looked like child's car seats) and have to crawl in through the window because doors are welded shut, I know that desire will have to go....these old joint replacements will not bend that much....oh well..

But people, if you have dreams, please do them while you still have your spouse and both of you have your health.

There is something off-putting about the Bucket List concept to me. I don't care for the tone of the language and the concept of acquiring experiences as though life were a giant scavenger hunt or shopping expedition. This is not to say I don't believe in goals. I am pretty compulsive about goal setting in fact- but my goals tend to be more about what I want myself to be able to do as opposed to places I want to see or activities I want to experience- I let those things come as they will more or less. Rob333 I love your five goal strategy and expanding it to include serious service goals. I will definitely crib that idea from you.

Elmer, you're talking about two very different personality types, neither of which is "better." A person who to prefers to go with the flow would most likely not enjoy or even be miserable with a to-do type list of accomplishments.

I agree that there are personality types that do lists compulsively, but I think that's different. Everyone has a need for various forms of organization, self-control and self-discipline. There are lots of things that adults are expected to do that may be outside of one's own comfort zone or areas of familiarity, that doesn't mean they can or should be avoided.

Task prioritization and systems to do so are related in a way to time management techniques. They're easy to poo-poo but the benefit is indisputable. Those who say they don't need to do so are often just rationalizing away something they fear or don't want to do.

As I said, it's a technique many find useful.