Ok fine, I’ll admit it. That title was indeed meant as clickbait to get you intrigued! But this blog post is indeed about a bucket list that I got off of a shopping bag. I had to look it up where it came from, it’s the Natura store, a Spanish chain with stores in Spain and Portugal. I haven’t been to Spain in a while, so I think it must be either from the time I went to Porto or when I went to Lisbon before that. Though I have no clue what I bought. But I loved the bag so much that I’ve been keeping it for years! While redecorating, I hung it up on the wall in my office space. It reminds me that other things are important besides working. That it’s important to have fun also.
Remember to:
- Watch the sun rise and set on the same day
- Give flowers
- Laugh at yourself
- Run as far with your legs as with your mind
- Lose your inhibitions inside and outside of the shower
- Visit each of the seven continents
- Learn another language and teach your own abroad
- Forgive, like the brave has always forgiven
- Experiment with weightlessness
- Not want to retire
- Run a race against time
- Confess to something big
- Sleep a lot and keep on having dreams
- Gate-crash a party and make it last forever
- Shout “the next round’s on me!” in a bar, and then keep your promise
- Make love somewhere you normally wouldn’t
- Run naked in the rain
- Live without the Internet for 24 hours, and not just because you have no signal
- Conquer your fears
- Sleep under the stars
- Not buy a return ticket
- To have more plans than memories
- Know which came first, the chicken or the egg
- Reach the top in all your plans
- Love a lot and well
Some of these I haven’t done, and will never do. Like running in the rain or not buying a return ticket? No thanks! And some I always try to do like sleeping a lot and laughing at myself. I also speak 3 languages and am currently learning a fourth, so that one is being done as well. Oh, and I’m always late, so I’m constantly running races against time. Though I don’t think that’s how they mean it… Haha! Also, 24 hours without the internet? I’d have to put my phone away, and I can’t live without my phone for that long!
For me, there are just a few missing though:
- Spent an entire day in bed reading
- Reread your favourite book
- Read a book you think you’ll hate
- Try to convince your friends to read your favourite book
- Ask a stranger for a book recommendation
- Read a book to a child
- #buyastrangerabook
What are some things on your bucket list? What makes you happy? I’d love to hear about it in the comments!
Happy reading,
Loes M.