Just Keep Going

Why I Threw Out My Bucket List

''Before the term “bucket list” was invented I was a young, somewhat naive, woman with a list of ideas about where life would take me. I would most likely become a professor, undoubtedly write some great novels that would win many prestigious awards, while at the same time raising an adoring family.

I never said I was realistic about my plans.

But, as anyone over the age of thirty will understand, life happens. And it doesn’t usually happen the way you think it will. After finishing my BA with enough student loans to last a while, I decided to temporarily break from school to work full-time. Then I got a good job. Then a husband. Next thing I knew, I had a mortgage and a couple of kids. So I made the difficult decision to quit my job and stay home with my little ones. Suddenly I realized that, despite all my plans and best intentions, life was already happening...''

by Andrea Marlene