I’ve always found the idea of having a ‘bucket list’ a bit selfish and strange. Is this the purpose and quality we put on having a life? Shouldn’t we find our meaning and purpose within every moment?

It’s the same as having to take a holiday, is our life so mundane and bad that we have to get away? Spend all our time wishing we were somewhere else and being pampered like a child?

If our life is so unsatisfying maybe we should look inward and make changes that then reflect outward into each moment so that we don’t need a bucket list or holiday?

It seems that life is structured so that we feel dissatisfied and always want to be somewhere else and feeding the ego.

Is the length of our life going to be measured by the amount of time we spent away from normality being self indulgent?

I would rather walk a different path, being fully awake in each moment, whether pleasure or pain and get meaning and purpose from giving and supporting my community and environment. Giving is far more rewarding than taking. It’s a deeper form of happiness.

Instead of having a list in my bucket, I’d rather fill it with meaning and purpose in the present.