Things to do before you kick the bucket...

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  1. jdaviswrites profile image73
    jdaviswritesposted 14 years ago

    I want to try something, so hear me out. Post one thing that is on your life list (if you don't have one, start one today). This is a list of things you must do or see before you die. Skydive, climb Everest, throw a pitch at Yankee stadium ...whatever it is dreamers, dream it, and tell me one.

    After a sufficient amount of replies, I would like to create a hub with all the responses as well as provide tips on how, if possible, to achieve each one. You will each be apart of the finished product, and I have a feeling it could be very cool. Thanks to everyone in advance for all your input.

    1. Dgerrimea profile image60
      Dgerrimeaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Perform a song in front of a crowd of thousands \m/(*~*)\m/

    2. dutchman1951 profile image61
      dutchman1951posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Put up a Giant Bill-Board in the Middle of Downtown and let it read: "The following People can kiss my die-ing Fat-Red- Southern- A..
      then list them all by name!

      Jon

  2. profile image0
    sneakorocksolidposted 14 years ago

    Gender reassignment.

    1. Misha profile image62
      Mishaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      That's easy tongue

      1. Beth100 profile image70
        Beth100posted 14 years agoin reply to this

        lol  2 funny!

  3. tantrum profile image60
    tantrumposted 14 years ago

    Throw away all the buckets

    1. profile image0
      sneakorocksolidposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hey! I have some pieces parts in those buckets!

      1. tantrum profile image60
        tantrumposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        they're all in the bin. go and fetch them ! lol lol

        1. profile image0
          sneakorocksolidposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          OH MAN!

  4. jdaviswrites profile image73
    jdaviswritesposted 14 years ago

    so far...interesting.

  5. Beth100 profile image70
    Beth100posted 14 years ago

    Kick the bucket before it's too late!  tongue

  6. jdaviswrites profile image73
    jdaviswritesposted 14 years ago

    You guys haven't given me a whole lot...except for gender reassignment. That one's brilliant.

    1. profile image0
      Aquaposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      No you haven't received any real responses have you? OK - here's a real one for you. I would like to travel to every continent, and also start working on individual countries. I've got quite a few under my belt, but it's a big world out there and I want to see as much of it as I possibly can. smile

      1. jdaviswrites profile image73
        jdaviswritesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        maybe a job where you have to travel to every continent?...two birds one stone. That's on my list as well.

  7. profile image0
    Leta Sposted 14 years ago

    Oh, God, just one?

    Write several novels
    publish books of poetry
    travel, travel, travel
    own a publishing house
    own a gallery
    sell my painting/photography
    master at least 2 languages
    own lots of real estate
    master the art of investing
    make a million dollars
    get a Phd
    set my guy up so he can design the house he wants
    live by the ocean
    live in Paris
    live in Tuscany
    run a marathon
    live to be 100
    always be passionate about life

    Aim high, wink

    1. Lady_E profile image61
      Lady_Eposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I love the "live by the Ocean". It must be amazing to wake up every morning and hear the waves and seagulls. Whenever I go on hols, if its close to the beach, the Suite has to be a Sea View... I guess that's the closest I'll get for now. lol.

  8. UltimateGamer profile image61
    UltimateGamerposted 14 years ago

    Visit Niagara Falls

  9. profile image0
    Ghost32posted 14 years ago

    Not figuring on dying. big_smile

    1. Deborah-Lynn profile image60
      Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I won't kick a bucket...it would bruise my toes....

      But one thing I would love to do in the future is sell one of my photographs or paintings for a substantial amount of cash!

  10. profile image0
    sarah dawkinsposted 14 years ago

    I made a mental list several years ago and have already done some of it.  Things like:
    learn to ride a motorbike, buy one, ride it (had a Diversion 600)
    do a scuba dive
    learn to ski
    live in another country  (there's nowhere like home though!!)
    drive on the right hand side of the road
    do my nursing degree
    visit somewhere exotic, 5 star all inclusive (went to Jamaica 2001)

    Now I am on to:
    do a Masters degree
    try to be a good role model at work
    be kind to the environment
    get fit/joined the gym (the body has changed shape...haha)
    be an activist for health without chemicals

    in the future it's about:
    buy a motor home and travel round the world - well, we will start with Europe whilst we have the dogs, then who knows where we will go
    grow my own veggies, in my own garden

    I realise that my lists are nothing extravagant, but I am trying to keep it real and attainable.

    Good luck with the hub.

  11. emievil profile image66
    emievilposted 14 years ago

    So many:

    Have a 30-door apartment
    Set up my online business and my own webpage
    Have my own house and lot
    Make my accounting branch bigger and better
    Set up call center and/or medical transcription business
    Travel to other countries (wrote a hub about this already, plans
    are there but still has to save the money)
    Learn accounting software
    Learn one foreign language and two local languages
    Win the lottery! smile
    Get accredited in CIMA or CFA

    Have children, grandchildren and have enough to leave to them so that they'll have a comfortable life even after I hit the bucket. smile

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    ralwusposted 14 years ago

    The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. I just want to be prepared, full.

  13. JulietduPreez profile image69
    JulietduPreezposted 14 years ago

    write more books

  14. Lady_E profile image61
    Lady_Eposted 14 years ago

    Visit every Continent. smile

  15. ripley05 profile image60
    ripley05posted 14 years ago

    to one day afford a motor home for me an my dog and travel all round the coasts of britain and the rest of eu, and help one person out where ever i go ,
    skydive
    scuba dive
    bungee jump but would be to painful with osteo/arthritus
    and then kick the bucket out in space amongst the stars looking down at earth .

  16. myownworld profile image73
    myownworldposted 14 years ago

    i refuse to kick anything, not even when I'm too feeble to!!

  17. wrenfrost56 profile image56
    wrenfrost56posted 14 years ago

    There are so many things......here are a few, I hope there helpful.
    Run the london marathon.
    See all the wonders of the ancient word.
    Write a number one best seller.
    Own my own home.
    Learn to drive.

  18. jdaviswrites profile image73
    jdaviswritesposted 14 years ago

    These are all such awesome relplies. Giving me some ideas of my own...

  19. Beth100 profile image70
    Beth100posted 14 years ago

    To raise my children until they reach at least 3/4 of their full potential into adulthood.  To leave an impact on this world that affects it positively (which I'm in the process of for many years).  To be loved and liked by all and to love and like all.  To be unconditionally happy.

  20. Beth100 profile image70
    Beth100posted 14 years ago

    Oh yes, to hit 100 on the hubber score and to actually make more than a few pennies off of adsense!  lol

  21. flread45 profile image59
    flread45posted 14 years ago

    finish my log cabin

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    lynnechandlerposted 14 years ago

    Would like to see the Blackfeet sun worship ceremony.
    Visit Ireland and Scotland.
    Publish a novel.
    Cruise the Missippi in an authentic river boat.

    1. jdaviswrites profile image73
      jdaviswritesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      blackfeet sun worship ceremony?

      1. profile image0
        lynnechandlerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        It is a ceremony performed by Native Americans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Dance

  23. theageofcake profile image60
    theageofcakeposted 14 years ago

    -To be successfully self employed
    -To create at least one documentary film about an unfamiliar, under-discussed subject
    -To write and illustrate a graphic novel
    -To write several books
    -To become fluent in at least 2 languages other than my first
    -To enter a drug-induced spiritual journey with the guidance of a Shaman
    -To create and star in a cult musical akin to The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Hedwig and the Angry inch
    -To build and live in a TreeHouse (I'm talking a literal livable house in a tree, like what Link has in the Legend of Zelda series but much more elaborate and modern)
    -To find out what creature it was that produced "The Bloop"
    -To never stay in one place for longer than 3 years for the rest of my life
    -To not die, but vanish mysteriously

    1. jdaviswrites profile image73
      jdaviswritesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      man, i really like this list. especially the spiritual journey and life in a treehouse...good work.

  24. Lisa HW profile image60
    Lisa HWposted 14 years ago

    I don't plan to kick the bucket, so I live my life that way.  (I reserve the right to change my mind at some point in the future, of course.  smile  )

  25. Zsuzsy Bee profile image85
    Zsuzsy Beeposted 14 years ago

    To live on my own small remote island with only my dogs, (all other pets too) books, music, and internet.
    Naturally my kids and grandkids should live on the other side of the island too.

  26. Colebabie profile image61
    Colebabieposted 14 years ago

    Save a life
    Fall in love (Check!)
    Earn a degree (I'll be done in May!)
    Swim with a sea turtle (Check!)
    Have a child
    Write a book
    Become a wife
    Visit another continent
    Be a part of something big
    Ride a motorcycle
    Fix something
    Swim with sharks (Check! But I wanna do a cage dive now!)
    See a whale in the wild
    Scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef
    Set a world record (Check!)

    1. jdaviswrites profile image73
      jdaviswritesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      what world record?

    2. emievil profile image66
      emievilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Swim with sharks?! That's really something. How was it? The only time I saw sharks was behind the big aquarium in the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

      1. Colebabie profile image61
        Colebabieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        I've done it a few times. Not anything planned, just been diving and seen some sharks. I want to do a cage dive now smile

        1. emievil profile image66
          emievilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Wow! That's an exciting experience. Just wondering, did you write a hub about it? I was looking through them and did not find one.

          1. Colebabie profile image61
            Colebabieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            No, I've never written a hub about diving before. Thanks for the idea though smile But like I said not anything planned or a big deal, just some reef sharks here and there.

            1. emievil profile image66
              emievilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

              Okay smile. I'll look forward to that hub when you do cage diving. smile I don't think we have that here.

              1. Colebabie profile image61
                Colebabieposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                You may, but want to go to South Africa to do it smile

  27. Colebabie profile image61
    Colebabieposted 14 years ago

    I was a part of the biggest human awareness ribbon. But someone else beat our record smile Oh well, we had it for a second.

  28. Paradise7 profile image69
    Paradise7posted 14 years ago

    Help make world peace happen.  Even just for one day.  No wars, anywhere.  Wouldn't that be great?

    PS, Colebabie, what's a world awareness ribbon?  I guess I should know but I don't.

  29. Colebabie profile image61
    Colebabieposted 14 years ago

    http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/6251666/2/istockphoto_6251666-awareness-ribbons.jpg
    It's a ribbon for a cause. We made a human one. We all wore the same color shirt and arranged ourselves into a ribbon.

  30. profile image0
    A Texanposted 14 years ago

    I want to move across the street from a Country club and put up a sign that say's

    "Happy Hog Farm 10,000 happy hogs coming soon!"

    Wait I already did that.

    1. jdaviswrites profile image73
      jdaviswritesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      haha, that's awesome

  31. Deborah-Lynn profile image60
    Deborah-Lynnposted 14 years ago

    * Sit on a cloud
      * Hold a baby seal
      * Jump into a Giant Chocolate Fondue
      * Kiss a giraffe
      * Rescue someone in need
      * Dance naked in a Fountain
      * Deliver a Baby
      * Grow Giant Pumpkins
      * Finish my Duck Pond
      * Dance at the Weddings of my two beautiful daughters
      * Beat my Husband at Chess
      * Meet my grandchildren
      * Assure the safety of my loved ones

    1. jdaviswrites profile image73
      jdaviswritesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      iv'e got it. for your daughters weddings, you could have a giant chocolate fondue fountain, jump in it, and dance naked in it with your daughters. i can't help you with the sitting on a cloud part...

  32. jdaviswrites profile image73
    jdaviswritesposted 14 years ago

    Would anyone care to soon see the hub I promised? Or should I let this thread grow for a couple more weeks before letting anything dry like concrete?

  33. Tamarii2 profile image57
    Tamarii2posted 14 years ago

    getting rid of the stuff...

  34. Jackson Riddle profile image49
    Jackson Riddleposted 14 years ago

    Run 100miles in under 24hours , known as the western states 100

  35. Sexy jonty profile image58
    Sexy jontyposted 14 years ago

    removing the water and then kicking the bucket ....

    1. earnestshub profile image80
      earnestshubposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      lol clever answer!

      1. Sexy jonty profile image58
        Sexy jontyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        thanks for good remark ....

  36. Pearldiver profile image66
    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    Never, Never kick the bucket without your Steelcapped Boots! big_smile

    1. Sexy jonty profile image58
      Sexy jontyposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      why don't you let me know this before ..... I just got hurt by it ....

  37. jdaviswrites profile image73
    jdaviswritesposted 13 years ago

    I almost forgot about this forum topic. I think it's only fair to follow thru with my initial promise. It'ss time to write a hub... stay tuned

  38. defenestratethis profile image61
    defenestratethisposted 13 years ago

    Sing a jazz tune in the blue lights of a smokey nightclub.

 
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