Don't have a bucket list, do it now!
Don't have a bucket list. A list that you must complete before your time runs out. Most people start their bucket list then wait until they retire to get it all done. Why not just do it, do it now, d...
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I have just finished reading all of the tread as it is now. And have clipped some of the better parts.
Turtle said; It's all good and well to say "do it now" but with diesel at $4.00 bucks a gallon and tires at $1,200 a set I'm having a hard time "doing it now." Some of us are having a hard time just keeping a roof over our heads and food for the family and if I could figure out how to "do it now" believe me, I would!.........Then he came back with…My daddy always said there were two sides to a coin and here is the other side. My FIL had the same do it now and never wait attitude. He made a lot of money and spent it as fast as he made it so he could do his bucket list while young. And he did. Fast cars, tons of guns and toys. He did a lot of cool stuff and did a lot of cool things in his life. He is 70 now and all of the cars and guns and toys are gone. He lives in assisted housing because he can't afford to pay rent and live. He lives on something like $800 a month. He can't really make ends meet because he has no money. My daughter had a great idea when she was only 8 years old. She told me one day; dad, the world is backwards. I asked, what do you mean? She said, people should be born old and then go backwards in life. I asked why? She said when you're old you can't do anything because you're old. You have all this money that you made in your life but you can't really enjoy it. When you're young, you have your health but no money so you can't do anything.
Funcamper said; I also don't have a bucket list only because there truly isn't anything I MUST DO OR SEE. sure I want to get to some places, see a few things, do some activities etc., but I also live day to day and enjoy what I have right in front of me, and if it is all I get, then it is all I was meant to get
RV-1/2n Said; For those with the funds and time, you are fortunate. For those lacking funds and time, do the best you can with what you have. To create and then complete a Bucket List to me is absurd. I don't think that once I am dead I will have regrets of not making that trip to the Grand Canyon before I died.
Pnichols said; sometimes going down "bucket list" items costs money ... money that should go to a good retirement later just in case one gets that far. One thing worse than not experiencing one's bucket list is getting unexpectedly old and having to eat dog food and reuse disposable diapers because one spent too much earlier in life addressing a bucket list.
J&J said; Old saying: "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but save like you'll live forever." Hard to do, but it is the correct answer.
I am very happy that I do not have a bucket list and that as we have traveled and lived in the USA, and a couple of other countries we have been able to see and do a lot of stuff along with the kids. The other day I started to look at the costs for retirement and am shocked. “All of the stuff we own” is paid off except the MH. The monthly S&B home costs is ridiculous to include insurances, taxes, repairs, car insurance, life insurances, medical insurance, fuel and eating is going to make travel a little difficult as it eats up about 75% of our 4 pensions/SS. Also with the cost of living that is predicted for the next year or so it might reach 90%. I am happy that a lot of you have been able to travel and see the things that interested you but I feel that those of us that are just getting ready to change our lives and those behind us are going to find YOUR way of life impossible for the common person.
Turtle said; It's all good and well to say "do it now" but with diesel at $4.00 bucks a gallon and tires at $1,200 a set I'm having a hard time "doing it now." Some of us are having a hard time just keeping a roof over our heads and food for the family and if I could figure out how to "do it now" believe me, I would!.........Then he came back with…My daddy always said there were two sides to a coin and here is the other side. My FIL had the same do it now and never wait attitude. He made a lot of money and spent it as fast as he made it so he could do his bucket list while young. And he did. Fast cars, tons of guns and toys. He did a lot of cool stuff and did a lot of cool things in his life. He is 70 now and all of the cars and guns and toys are gone. He lives in assisted housing because he can't afford to pay rent and live. He lives on something like $800 a month. He can't really make ends meet because he has no money. My daughter had a great idea when she was only 8 years old. She told me one day; dad, the world is backwards. I asked, what do you mean? She said, people should be born old and then go backwards in life. I asked why? She said when you're old you can't do anything because you're old. You have all this money that you made in your life but you can't really enjoy it. When you're young, you have your health but no money so you can't do anything.
Funcamper said; I also don't have a bucket list only because there truly isn't anything I MUST DO OR SEE. sure I want to get to some places, see a few things, do some activities etc., but I also live day to day and enjoy what I have right in front of me, and if it is all I get, then it is all I was meant to get
RV-1/2n Said; For those with the funds and time, you are fortunate. For those lacking funds and time, do the best you can with what you have. To create and then complete a Bucket List to me is absurd. I don't think that once I am dead I will have regrets of not making that trip to the Grand Canyon before I died.
Pnichols said; sometimes going down "bucket list" items costs money ... money that should go to a good retirement later just in case one gets that far. One thing worse than not experiencing one's bucket list is getting unexpectedly old and having to eat dog food and reuse disposable diapers because one spent too much earlier in life addressing a bucket list.
J&J said; Old saying: "Live like you'll die tomorrow, but save like you'll live forever." Hard to do, but it is the correct answer.
I am very happy that I do not have a bucket list and that as we have traveled and lived in the USA, and a couple of other countries we have been able to see and do a lot of stuff along with the kids. The other day I started to look at the costs for retirement and am shocked. “All of the stuff we own” is paid off except the MH. The monthly S&B home costs is ridiculous to include insurances, taxes, repairs, car insurance, life insurances, medical insurance, fuel and eating is going to make travel a little difficult as it eats up about 75% of our 4 pensions/SS. Also with the cost of living that is predicted for the next year or so it might reach 90%. I am happy that a lot of you have been able to travel and see the things that interested you but I feel that those of us that are just getting ready to change our lives and those behind us are going to find YOUR way of life impossible for the common person.
