NearNow or BucketList?

BUCKET LIST or #NearNow? I find the concept (social psychology: ritual) of #BucketList interesting. Making a list of things you want to do. But I'm guessing can't? I don't tend to have bucket lists. "ooh that looks good, let's do it!" I've always suspected that my life will deviate and it's now or never. [And I've been right, mostly] Disneyland and Disneyworld were on my bucket list. Plenty of time to go there, right tho? I mean later, when you have money and time? ... ... not sure I'll ever go back to a place with long lines and grabby hand rails, ever again. Covid19 has scarred me for life. But in the spirit of BucketList but right now, I am thrilled that we found 2 days (a few years ago, when in the USA), on a meager budget to wander around the park. Yes I bought the ears :P

Of course sometimes you can't just start knocking stuff off your bucketlist but if the bushfires/pandemic and soon to be alien invasion are anything to go by, simply sticking stuff on a wishlist and then forgetting about them (hellooooo Amazon :P ) is probably not a great way to live life. I'm big on second guessing myself, there are things I wish I'd done, purchased, achieved when the opportunity arose but no, there is NO second knock so: focus, start on the path, try.

I went without a car for years and years, but I travelled o/s. Travel was important to me (plus: parking is not one of my super powers). I bought a house (mortgage!) much later than my peers, and chose to sacrifice security to achieve "retirement dreams" in my 20's and 30's. I figured if I died young, the bank would get the house and I'd have a life of adventure. It's a good deal though I've currently changed my goals to breaking up with the bank.

I am not spontaneous though. I like the research side. I spend six months idealizing, visualising, googling, watching YouTube videos of people doing what I want to do. It feels impossible. Then I take a step. And magic happens.

Ok, in one case it was a nightmare but a MAGIC nightmare LOL

I have no idea what I'm trying to say. but here's me in Disneyland with a pair of ears. A dream come true. And my fave photo I took in Iceland. And walking El Camino pilgrimage in Spain. I'm glad I took the #NearNow not the #BucketList option.