Page 9 - Pure Coaching Magazine - Issue 1

A couple of days ago, a friend and I were My message to everyone is to kick the bucket
talking about Istanbul, a vibrant cosmopolitan list out of the way and create your Living List.
city I was lucky enough to visit for a In other words:
conference where I gave a talk at one of the
Change your 'To Do' list to 'To Do Now' list
Universities. My friend had never visited and
Write down your goals under the headings
said it was on his bucket list. Bucket list. As in
Big and Small for each activity and then
a list of things to achieve before you kick the
give yourself a realistic 'Do By' date so that
bucket, that is, before you die. I may be wrong
you can achieve these in your current day-
in that ‘bucket’ is a metaphorical container
to-day life and not let them become pipe
that you plan to fill with lots of positive
dreams.
experiences. What is clear is that both ideas
Tick off each item as you experience it and
suggest a list of activities, hopes, wishes and
give yourself a treat along the way (my
desires etc. that you put off until later, much
favourite is afternoon tea).
later. But when?
Life really is too short so experience all you can
now rather than put off until later.

I was inspired by another friend approaching
her retirement who is steadily planning her
retirement list, a pre-bucket list if you will.
Here, she is gradually creating a 'To Do' list for
this period of her life of all the things she
plans to do once she retires and is sensibly
categorising them into big and small activities
such as: decluttering a whole house, travelling,
learning a new skill, volunteering (big); to Marina Lambrou (PhD) is an accredited
pursuing a favourite hobby, going on walks,
practitioner life coach and an academic
going to the cinema more often, baking (Associate Professor in linguistics and
(small).
language) with over 25 years’ experience of
teaching, training and mentoring in language
These activities will give her the needed daily
and communication. She is an expert in
structure and sense of purpose in-between analysing how people communicate and
enjoying not having to commute and work.
understands the power of language. Marina
But why wait? One reason, I suppose is time has many publications and is also an
and not having enough of it but lists like a
experienced public speaker having given talks
bucket list and retirement list put off what you around the world, including a TEDx talk in
can be experiencing and enjoying today when
2016 on how we talk about our personal
you are financially more sound and physically experiences.
able.
http://thelifeprofessor.co.uk

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