Bucket Listings

On St. Patrick's day, I saw an article on Huffington, a letter a grandfather had written to his grandchildren.  It was advice for life and I am a sucker for these sorts of things.  I linked to the original, but here are 3 pieces of advice that really spoke to me: 

• Make a Life List of all those things you want to do: travel to places; learn a skill; master a language; meet someone special. Make it long and do some things from it every year. Don't say "I'll do it tomorrow" (or next month or next year). That is the surest way to fail to do something. There is no tomorrow, and there is no "right" time to begin something except now.

• Travel: always but especially when you are young. Don't wait until you have "enough" money or until everything is "just right." That never happens. Get your passport today.

• Pick your job or profession because you love to do it. Sure, there will be some things hard about it, but a job must be a joy. Beware of taking a job for money alone -- it will cripple your soul.

I love the last one.  It's advice someone gave me once, and I feel so very grateful to be able to pursue a career I'm just crazy about.  I fall in love with medicine every day, and even when I hate it, I still love it.  As for the first two, I've added a bucket list tab.  I started my bucket list after I graduated from college, I've crossed some things out and I've added some new things (particularly from a this article from Huffington on the most underrated cities in Europe).  I loved that that grandfather said "Make it long".  Be ambitious with your bucket list, why not?