I always had this dream. Of watching U2 perform I still haven't found, one of my favourite songs, live. I loved the way the mass of people always sang to it so heartily, regardless of whether english was even a first language in that country. Then, on February 13th 2011 I watched Bono perform the song live at Soccer City in Johannesburg, and I got to scratch what I thought would be the most impossible item off my bucket list. That's the thing; it seems that sometimes even the things you think are impossible will their way to you.
My favourite part of having a bucket list is that there are moments, when you can cross off something from your list, that you realise these moments will become some of the best memories of your life; the moments that you will look back on one day and remember as making your life more worthwhile.
In addition to U2, my bucket list included watching Coldplay live, watching Brazil play football and going away on holiday on my own. Those are the things I've crossed off. And then there are the things I am yet to cross off; I want to go to Glastonbury and Tomorrowland, I want to take Eric Lanlard's baking course, I want to get my PhD., I want to travel the world, I want to take a professional dance class, I want to watch all my favourite bands perform live. I want to cycle the Cape Argus. I want to watch Cirque du Soleil.
And as you grow up, your list will change. You'll want new things, you'll let go off things you thought were important before. And at the end of it, I'd like to think that those will be the memories that make your life worthwhile.
So make a list. Simple things like take a new class. Learn a new language. Watch the sunrise on the beach. Let go of a floating lantern. And bigger things. Like travel. Go to a concert to sing your favourite song live. Find a way to change someone's life for the better. Find ways to challenge yourself; to remind yourself life is more than the ebb and flow of daily routine. To remind yourself that there are moments that make everything seem extraordinary. I always had this dream. Of watching U2 perform I still haven't found, one of my favourite songs, live. I loved the way the mass of people always sang to it so heartily, regardless of whether english was even a first language in that country. Then, on February 13th 2011 I watched Bono perform the song live at Soccer City in Johannesburg, and I got to scratch what I thought would be the most impossible item off my bucket list. That's the thing; it seems that sometimes even the things you think are impossible will their way to you.
My favourite part of having a bucket list is that there are moments, when you can cross off something from your list, that you realise these moments will become some of the best memories of your life; the moments that you will look back on one day and remember as making your life more worthwhile.
In addition to U2, my bucket list included watching Coldplay live, watching Brazil play football and going away on holiday on my own. Those are the things I've crossed off. And then there are the things I am yet to cross off; I want to go to Glastonbury and Tomorrowland, I want to take Eric Lanlard's baking course, I want to get my PhD., I want to travel the world, I want to take a professional dance class, I want to watch all my favourite bands perform live. I want to cycle the Cape Argus. I want to watch Cirque du Soleil.
And as you grow up, your list will change. You'll want new things, you'll let go off things you thought were important before. And at the end of it, I'd like to think that those will be the memories that make your life worthwhile.
So make a list. Simple things like take a new class. Learn a new language. Watch the sunrise on the beach. Let go of a floating lantern. And bigger things. Like travel. Go to a concert to sing your favourite song live. Find a way to change someone's life for the better. Find ways to challenge yourself; to remind yourself life is more than the ebb and flow of daily routine. To remind yourself that there are moments that make everything seem extraordinary
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