Are you finished completing everything that you wanted to do in life?

I’ve already accomplished so much more than I expected to be able to in this life that anything additional feels like an undeserved bonus.

It would be nice to have a full beard by the time I defend my PhD, but I don’t think that’s in the cards. Maybe by tenure review O_o

I’ve barely touched my bucket list yet. 2/12 items crossed out. I’ve got plenty of time, although I’m trying to be less hesitant and more “present-oriented.”

One of my big items is donating blood. I’ve received quite a lot of blood and would really love to donate at least once. I’ve never weighed enough to do so. I’m working on it, making progress slowly.

I’m in my 50’s and just getting started!
I have a vision for a spiritual retreat center, sort of like a convent or monastery for girls who have no idea what they want to do when they get out of High School. It would be a 6 month or year program.
So many of my daughters friends ended up getting pregnant and rushing into marriage right out of HS. I want to create a place with no academic pressure for young girls to go and get away from their family and decide who they are and who they want to be.

I haven’t even created a bucket list or anything, but there are some things that I have wanted to do that I have already done. Life seems like it could be as if there is always something new; as if the list is never completed.

Yes. But I keep thinking of new stuff all the time.

I want to play the Beethoven Pathetique.

I have many things that I still want to do. Places I want to go.

I have never met my only granddaughter, and it seems very unlikely I ever will. She was born in Sweden, and now lives with her mother and stepfather in London. They removed her from my son’s custody before his severe stroke 4 years ago, and he rarely gets to see her.

I have four grandsons who I enjoy every day.

@Rarebear: When I got, briefly, serious about the piano, I did work on the first movement of the Pathetique for my junior and senior year of high school, with extra lessons and practice time during the summer between those years.

I never quite got the runs fast enough for the tempo and had to cheat by slowing down. The first chords are still burned into my memory however…forever, it would appear. And I have the annotated copy of the piece on my piano to this day.

It was not a thrilling experience, and I lost the momentum to face the other movements.

Simply practice two hours daily (cut your practice back to part-time) and you’ve got it.

@gailcalled Oh, I know. I’m halfway through the first movement now.

I was born 300 miles from the ocean and always wanted to go to sea. I took an RCA basic electronics course when I was 10 and decided that I wanted to work in electronics, especially high frequency stuff like RADAR. When I was 17 I joined the Navy, when I was 18 I married my high school sweetheart, when I was 19 I graduated from the Navy’s electronics school and was promoted to a third class Electronics Technician, RADAR. I stupidly volunteered for Vietnam and was sent there shortly after I graduated from electronics school.

So by the age of 20 I had done everything I set out to do, even went to war. That is something only a teenager would want.

Regardless I advanced in the Navy, quit and worked for NASA, worked on early versions of satellite navigation equipment, changed industries because I was really interested in computer control systems. We also had two children who grew up to be engineers and parents. They each had two children, so I have 4 grandchildren (something that I hadn’t planned for) that turned out really great.

I guess you could say that I did everything I planned to do. Now I’m retired and my question is do I just wait to die, or do I set new goals? I’m not sure what comes next.

no way :) I always want to try new things (sports, hobbies) I’m always curious….I don’t think anyone could run out of new things to try…..in the last few years, I’ve tried golfing, yoga, taken a class online, and much more…..there’s just so much out there (and I’m sure locally to where you live too)......and if you are concerned about money, alot of things to try will offer a first class or session for free to see if it’s right up your alley :)

@Ron_C
Next is your story in a book.

No way! I have a million things I still want to do and the list keeps growing.

I want to write a novel.
I want to turn my thesis into a book.
I want to travel to Canada (doing that soon!)
I’d like to learn to play guitar – I may not achieve this.

I like to try lots of different things and to keep learning so I’m always up to something.

@Inspired_2write ”...our “story in a book.” I don’t think so. Even the summary of my life seemed like bragging. I can imagine that an entire book of that stuff would bore most people to tears. Besides….I just remembered, I would like to speak Spanish like a native.

No I am not finished at all. I don’t really feel like I ever started.

@Ron_C
Try doing your family history to leave as a legacy for the next generation.