Fulfilling Bucket List Quotes

Rhys, who'd planned a last-minute trip for me so I could fulfill my bucket list, even though it must've gone against his every instinct as a bodyguard, and who kissed me like the world was ending and I was his last chance of salvation.

there is no rest for the striver. Just beyond the completion of each goal on our life-achievement “bucket list” looms another goal, and then another. Meanwhile, of course, the clock is ticking—quite loudly, in fact. We become breathless. And we have no time left for a calm and reflective appreciation of our twilight years, no deliciously long afternoons sitting with friends or listening to music or musing about the story of our lives. And we will never get another chance for that.

In his translator’s introduction to Rosa’s book Social Acceleration, Jonathan Trejo-Mathys writes: "The more we can accelerate our ability to go to different places, see new things, try new foods, embrace various forms of spirituality, learn new activities, share sensual pleasures with others whether it be in dancing or sex, experience different forms of art, and so on, the less incongruence there is between the possibilities of experience we can realize in our own lifetimes and the total array of possibilities available to human beings now and in the future—that is, the closer we come to having a truly "fulfilled" life, in the literal sense of one that is as filled full of experiences as it can possibly be." So the retiree ticking exotic destinations off a bucket list and the hedonist stuffing her weekends full of fun are arguably just as overwhelmed as the exhausted social worker or corporate lawyer.

•   Maybe it confuses you when people’s ultimate fantasies include sex. Your thoughts on getting three wishes, fulfilling a bucket list, or having your last Earthly experiences on Doomsday would not involve sex.

But some things are universal: Trust is essential in building healthy relationships. Hard and persistent work is essential to achieving excellence in anything and, as an added pressure now, is required in order to remain relevant in a rapidly changing world. And collecting self-fulfilling experiences on a bucket list is, in the end, no more deeply satisfying than having made a lot of money. In other words, both may feel good, but neither has much to do with achieving deep human contentment and happiness, which still come as a well-earned by-product of making commitments, connections, and contributions.