It's fun to create bucket lists that describe all the monumental activities you plan to accomplish during your life, but it is also important to remind yourself of all the things you won't ever do again—and why. Here is my open list of 29 things I won't ever do again during my lifetime:
1. Watch the British version of "The Office"
Let's be honest, it's not as funny as the Steve Carell version.
2. Mistake blue cheese for ranch dressing at buffets
A revolting accident that will never be repeated.
3. Eat Cookie Crisp cereal for breakfast
Sorry, but it's not as yummy as it once used to be.
4. Drive too fast on a gravel road
Let's all take a moment to remember what happened last year.
5. Forget to wear sunscreen on a sunny day
Because no one likes a sunburn.
6. Eat a hot dog
Sooooooo nasty. And who even knows what they are made of?
7. Play the Monopoly board game
It takes forever to finish and it's just so boring. Especially if you can't be the car.
8. Forget to carry cash in the summertime
Hello, local cash-only ice cream shops!
9. Go on a water ride at an amusement park
Without a full change of clothes, at least.
10. Eat too much birthday cake in one sitting
Birthday cake, I love you, but in small doses.
11. Take another public speaking class
Or speak in public again, for that matter.
12. Wait until the last minute to fill my car up with gas
It's a real problem, and I'm working on it.
13. Transfer to a different college
I've had just about enough of the "transfer experience."
14. Date or romantically pursue another person aside from my husband
Because I love him with all of my heart, and that's that!
15. Eat ham on Thanksgiving day
Come to think of it, I won't eat most Thanksgiving foods ever again.
16. Join a college marching band
I did that once, and it was kind of awful.
17. Enroll in another college program, period
Sorry college, but after this round, I'm totally done.
18. Watch the movie "Les Misérables"
Throwback to the time my best friend (now husband) and I agreed to stop watching it after 20 miserable minutes.
19. Eat a toasted sandwich from Subway
Warm turkey slices = gross!
20. Create another social media profile
Social media is just too much work for me.
21. Visit the south without eating at least a gallon's worth of Blue Bell ice cream
You're the real MVP of ice cream, Blue Bell.
22. Put my homework ahead of my personal happiness
I've been putting way too much emphasis on my homework lately, and I want to start addressing it in a more healthy way.
23. Watch another superhero movie (of any kind)
Sorry, but I've never been a fan of superheroes.
24. Worry about my weight or how my body looks
You know "pretty" is a socially-constructed concept, right?
25. Eat too many Texas Roadhouse rolls before my food arrives
The struggle is real, but I'm trying really hard to practice self-control.
26. Watch a NASCAR race of any kind
Sorry, but I still haven't quite figured out the point of racing.
27. Eat bacon on a cheeseburger
Because I absolutely despise bacon.
28. See a movie without buying a large bag of popcorn (with extra butter) first
You only live once, so it might as well be extra buttery.
29. Forget to smile every day
Because life deserves to be celebrated!