I just recently saw the movie UP. I loved the deeper meaning to this movie and loved that it centered around scrapbooking. What I took away from the movie was – don’t focus all your attention on what you want to do all the time. Sometimes having a “bucket list” of the things you haven’t done yet can weigh on you. Let life take it’s course and treasure the things you have done. Find meaning and value in the everyday that makes things special.
Instead of making a bucket list (which is all fine and good) I encourage you to comprise a list of all the great experiences you have done already that make you YOU!
Here’s a small list I started of some cool things I’ve done although many of them have yet to be scrapbooked – eventually.
- Attended the taping of several TV shows – Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Letterman, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Rachel Ray, The View, Will & Grace, The Martha Stewart Show
- Been to the top of the Empire State building
- Been to the top of the Statue of Liberty
- Been and worked in the World Trade Center – Tower 1
- Seen the Hoover Dam
- Seen the Grand Canyon
- Parasailed with my friend Rebecca in Turks & Caicos
- Visited a run plant in Martique
- Tried snorkelling
- Almost got into a fight with Molly Ringwald on the street in NYC (although I’m sure she isn’t aware of this but she almost walked right into me and I almost yelled at her until I realized who it was. Still learn how to stay to the right when walking the streets of NYC Molly!)
- Told Bobby Flay I liked his shirt while waiting for an elevator (its said “Still Hungry”, which I think is a new show he is doing funny enough)
- Followed Britney Spears once into a costume jewelry store in SOHO on my lunch break from work
- Visited the “Cheers” bar with my friend Dan in Boston
- Rode The Cyclone several times in Coney Island
- Honeymooned in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Had a Nathan’s hot dog in Coney Island
- Went to the 1st Advertising Week Walk of Fame Mascot Parade
So what are some of the things you have done and experienced that make you YOU?
