Comments on: Bucket List Management

By: One billion pesos of wisdom for the week

One billion pesos of wisdom for the week — Wed, 26 May 2010 01:38:41 +0000

[...] Bucket List Management Sean simply shows you his “before and after” of his bucket list that he made about a year ago. I found it pretty useful; I think he makes some great points that are actionable too. [...]

By: Jamar

Jamar — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:26:14 +0000

I agree with Cody from a few comments above. Goal for this week – complete a bucket list.

I was just wondering when you completed your bucket list did you just quickly write down 100 things you thought of in succession? Or was it more of a list in progress that took a little while to put together. FOr me i think i could write down maybe only 10-20 unique things like learn the croatian language or something but th following may just be STA travel type stuff. BUt i suppose its the journey not the destination.
Cheers. Location180 is great inspiration.

By: My Bucket List: Goals for a Thrillingly Heroic Life | Thrilling Heroics

My Bucket List: Goals for a Thrillingly Heroic Life | Thrilling Heroics — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:43:00 +0000

[...] before I die until recently. It wasn’t until Sean Ogle recently wrote about bucket lists, and how to identify the most important life goals that will enable you to achieve the other items on you…—the travel goals, the possessions, the fun stuff—that I finally got motivated to really [...]

By: Why I Started This Blog & My Current Missions | Bucket Adventures

Why I Started This Blog & My Current Missions | Bucket Adventures — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:04:36 +0000

[...] motivation. You can read Sean’s original post here. Sean also provides additional tips on bucket list management and suggested that the best projects to start on you bucket lists are the ones with the most [...]

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 07 May 2010 03:18:00 +0000

Sean —

Very informative post. I really like your approach.

David is right. Focusing on the “enablers” is classic 80/20 thinking. I spent far too much time trying to focus on too many life goals at once. As a result, I ended up spinning my wheels and accomplishing nothing. This year has been spent primarily on the enabler goals and a few others. As a result, I’ve made much more progress in the past four or five months than I have in the past two or three years.

Thanks for putting a name to what I’ve been doing. Putting a label on it suddenly makes me feel smarter. It’s almost like I knew what I was doing

By: David Walsh

David Walsh — Tue, 04 May 2010 05:16:09 +0000

This post is money Sean. It’s classic 80/20. Focusing on the highest-impact, enabling items makes the rest a reality. Once every 3-6 months, I sit down and re-focus on a life-list. I trim things that are no longer relevant or motivating, and refresh it to sync with my real goals. I save the document, and don’t look at it again for 3-6 months. At the end of it, I nearly always have accomplished exactly what I set out for – and I didn’t need to refer to a damn list to remind me along the way.

It’s an important process not because “otherwise you’ll forget you want to do it” but simply because it sets your life trajectory and gives your sub-conscious a witching rod towards what you want.

By: Elisa

Elisa — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:58:38 +0000

You aren’t actually writing these to call *me* out, right? It just feels that way. I’m just reading these things far too personally.

Sean, I really like these last few posts. As for a Bucket List, I’ve contemplated it many times. As you know from my BlogCrush, it is one of my favorite features of your blog.

But as you note, so many people are doing them and they seem to be the same recycled objectives. Also, so few post them and actually put things into action to achieve them. It’s like a dream cloud floating in the menu bar, occasionally visited and with no substance. When I get the point that I publish it I want it to be something I’m gonna do. But like quitting your job/getting married/having kids I don’t know if there’s ever a “perfect time” to start a bucket list.

So…have you hooked up with the traffic school classmate in Thailand yet?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:03:22 +0000

I think you bring up a good point here that without some kind of “action” this is nothing more than a list. I put together my own list (I call it a Life List) after reading your post awhile back on “How to write a bucket list”. At the time I wasn’t really thinking of including “enabler” items I just wanted a list of things that I thought would be cool to experience.

I may not obtain or accomplish everything on my list but as long as I make an effort to do so (apply some action) and enjoy the journey along the way…that is what I value the most.

After reading this though you got me thinking about things I can do now to make it easier to at least start that journey. I’ve got the “what” in the form of a list…now I need the “how”.

Good stuff Sean!

By: Cody McKibben

Cody McKibben — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:27:45 +0000

Great, great points on the bucket list Sean. I’ve been taking notes on your list and several of our other blogger friends. It’s about time I compile my own here soon in the next few weeks. Goal #1: compile a Bucket List!

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:00:45 +0000

Great advice here. I review mine quite often and most of the items really come down to 1 enabler, that is quit my job and make an income online. Once that’s done, I think I could breeze through my list and really enjoy the process.

Sometimes I wish that I had never put the damn thing together because it seems to taunt me haha. But I’ll conquer this thing one way or another, I just need to get into the right position to do it.

Awesome idea for a post, something that a lot of us readers can relate to. Cheers!