Bucket list- noun
informal
a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime.
"making this trip is the first thing on my bucket list"
Crossing things off their bucket list is something millennials live for. From everything to skydiving to traveling the world, we are thrill-seekers. Nothing beats the sensation of chills running up your spine as the adrenaline of the moment finally hits.
I wanted to shake things up a bit and make an anti-bucket list. Here are 4 things I hope I never have to experience in my lifetime:
1. A massive natural disaster such as a hurricane, earthquake, etc.
I have been lucky enough to have grown up in rural Ohio. I have lived through nothing more than thunderstorms and hot days. I can’t imagine bunkering down in the basement for a tornado or leaving my home for a tsunami.
2. Dropping out of college and returning to my hometown.
This is what failure looks like in a sentence to me. I am the kind of person that wants to succeed no matter how hard I have to push myself. I have worked so hard to get to where I am and turning around and going back to that small town life seems like a nightmare.
3. Spending the night in jail.
"Orange is the New Black" seems like a pretty accurate depiction of what would happen if you put my spoiled ass in a jail cell. I don’t know how I would handle prison food.
4. Being in the middle of a war zone.
I really respect those who fight for our county so we can have freedom here. I think peace is something we take for granted; we can walk outside and (for the most part) not worry about being shot or kidnapped or bombed.
I think if we thought about the things we don’t have to or don’t want to experience, we’ll be so much more grateful for all the amazing things we do.