Cooper, Dakotah: Bucket List

            A bucket list—a collection of experiences or achievements a person wishes to have before they miss their chance because of age or financial restrictions. My bucket list is simple. I don’t wish to do anything crazy like climb Mt. Everest, or even be the president. The experiences and achievements I wish to have are to graduate college, have a connected family, and grow old with that one special someone. 

            Graduating from college will be a life time achievement for me. Not because I will be the first in my family to do so, but because it’s something that I have personally been looking forward to since the moment I started Greenbrier High School. My teachers showed me just how important graduating from college really is if I wanted to have a comfortable life. Now that I am in college and only a few more years away from accomplishing this achievement, I get excited that I am about to cross off a major item on my bucket list.

            Having a connected family and having a special someone to grow old with go well together. This item comes from seeing how happy my grandpa is always. For the last ten years, after my parents were divorced, I observed that my grandpa was always happy and my dad was always unhappy. When I compared their level of  happiness, I realized that my grandpa’s happiness came from having a successful family and having that one special someone to grow old with; making those two things a necessity on my bucket list.

            A bucket list should provide happiness to one’s life. Nothing could make this soul any happier than graduating from college, having a connected family, and having that one special someone to grow old with.