Bucket List Allison Parker

 

As a start, I want to ride in a hot air balloon. I have always felt afraid of heights and situations where I can’t easily escape, both of which are inevitable when riding in a hot air balloon. The action of riding in the air balloon isn’t just about the view or the feeling of the wind cold on my face- but the fact that were I to ride in one, I’d have conquered my fears and not allowed them to control me.

 

On a more serious note, I want to graduate college. Twice. Neither of my parents have attended college, making me the first to have the chance to graduate. I want to feed my ambitions like a flame by getting as much knowledge under my belt as possible. I plan to graduate with my first degree in computer science, and my second in pathology. Both of these things have interested me since I was a 10 year old, learning to do basic block-coding on Scratch while watching video after video on epidemics and deadly diseases- I was a weird kid.

 

I want to travel to Japan. It’s as common a wish as any, but I find some nostalgia when thinking about Japan and how my dad would bring me home souvenirs from his deployments overseas. The cute dolls and Pokemon merch became a token for the joy I’d feel watching him walk through the door after months of no contact.

 

Overall, I want to live a life where I feel fully fulfilled and happy. My bucket list is due to change, as life ebbs and flows and my wants and dreams will as well. But I will never strive for a life that’s less than.

Bucket List Shannon Hobbs

As an incoming “calendar freshman” according to Dr. Shannin Schroeder, I have a few long-term goals in mind such as becoming an abnormal pediatric psychologist and starting a family. 

 

However, I do have a few short-term goals such as graduating in 3 years instead of 4 and maintaining a GPA that stays above 3.5. 

 

Starting next summer, I hope to get a part time job working at the local coffee shop in my hometown. I also plan on continuing my babysitting endeavors, as this gets me experience being around children who I can hopefully help in the future. 

 

While my goals may seem simplistic at the time, I see myself achieving far beyond my stated goals. For example, changing the way my generation thinks about the classroom setting and the anxiety that comes with it. In my mind, if I can change the way an 18-year-old thinks, I can most definitely help school age children overcome mental ailments or even mental illness.

 

Bucket List Hunter Pye

I would consider myself a lifelong learner. From the early years of my life until now, I have always enjoyed learning new things. As a child, I was always picking up new hobbies and trying to learn more about new subjects. 

With my ambition and vast interests, I’m sure I could talk all day about things I would love to do later in my life. However, there are some key things that are at the top of my list. Starting in high school, I took interest in political discussion. Over time, I realized that I had a passion for leadership. I became fascinated with our country’s history and political philosophy. Therefore, I am looking forward to the day that I run my own campaign for elected office. My goal is to run a successful campaign and serve Arkansans on the state-level. Because of politics, I became intrigued with American law, and I have come to really enjoy studying litigation. My career goal is to become a litigation lawyer. 

In my personal life, I want to do some traveling. I don’t have a specific place in mind, but for certain, I want to experience more of this beautiful world I live in. I also want a family, with a beautiful wife and kids that I love sacrificially. I want to achieve enough success in my career so that my family enjoys financial security. I also want to give my future wife and children a good life, like my parents gave me. Above all, I want my life to reflect Christ. My life here on Earth is temporary, and there is only so much I can do. But whatever I do, I want it to be an advancement of God’s will and an advancement of God’s kingdom. 

Bucket List Viviana Farias

 

My bucket list is constantly changing but as of right now, a Freshman at Southern Arkansas University I plan on keeping good grades through hard work while also balancing a good Golf game. I want to enjoy both the academic and athletic side of my time here at SAU. I plan on doing that by getting involved in the community through volunteering opportunities and the SAAC (Student Athlete Advisory Committee). 

Through SAU I plan on getting a degree in Entrepreneurship and I also plan on minoring in something, but I am not quite sure what yet. I want to open and invest in business ideas I have had since I was small.  While I can't get a job because of my busy schedule I still want to make a difference at SAU during my time here. I want to do that by bringing an organization called Triumph Over Kid Cancer (TOKC) to bring awareness to Magnolia Arkansas about pediatric cancer through community volunteering events.

As for my personal bucket list, I want to live life to the fullest and never settle for less. I want to enjoy what I do for a living while also being able to take time away and either play golf or travel to places I have dreamed of visiting.

Bucket List Nadia Dodson

 Asked to create a bucket list I realize how few ambitions I focus on. I moved into college focused on finishing the last days of my job, the season coming to a close. Now I have blips of goals: pass this test, complete this assignment, be on time, and so on. While I am at SAU I want to accomplish some of the same things everyone says. I want to excel, I want to graduate on time, I want to pass all my classes, same old same old. Personally, I want to strike a balance between involvement on campus and my academics and maintain it. One example is to be involved in the projects happening in the biology department, another is to get experience before going out into the world looking for a job.   

To obtain the necessary experience I want to find summer internship programs. These internships are a foot in the door, a way to possibly have a job after graduating or, at least, a step closer to a job. It is through these steps, these internships and my degree, that I aim to accomplish what pushed me towards my major. It is my heartfelt hope that, with my degree, I can collect data on species that are rarely studied, that are data deficient, and which have not been studied for decades.   

In my personal life, I want to spend more time with my friends who go to different colleges; in essence, to keep those long standing relationships strong. Similarly, at SAU, I would like to meet new people and make some new friends. I’d like to see current relationships grow alongside the new ones forming.  

Bucket List Emily Stanich

When asked to write a bucket list, most people list off fun activities, but I believe there are more meaningful bucket list agendas. 

Personally, the thought that crosses my mind throughout the day is making my mother proud. My mother is the one person that will be by my side until I die. She has always taken care of me, and she is the reason I am in college today. Ever since I was little I can remember my mom telling me about how important school is, and when I failed her continuously throughout school; she would always lift me back up, so that I could try again. 

College has been hard for us. She works three different jobs to help me pay for college, and I put in the work on making excellent grades. I can see how it affects her when I visit home. Seeing her like that has motivated me to achieve this goal, and motivated me to do well in college; all just to make her proud. 

One might ask how I will accomplish this goal? I have already started; currently I have straight A’s; which helps my mother financially because of scholarships. The next portion of the plan is to visit her to make sure she is well, and in doing so she can see the progress I am making. Lastly, I plan to get an internship with Lockheed Martin, so that I can pay for my own education, so she does not have to. It is time to make my mother proud, and I must return the favor and take care of her now.

Bucket List Cason Buzzard

A dream I’ve always had since I was a little boy, is to be a great father. So simple, so daunting, and everything I work for in life. I hold no greater desire than to make children I don’t even have yet proud, to be a father that could supply everything my children want and need and could desire. 

I look back at my childhood and my father has been a fantastic inspiration and driving force throughout my entire life. I hold him in incredibly high regards, and one day I hope to not only be like him but to surpass him. I would hold no greater pride in life than to be the father that my children love to brag about, no matter their age, nor the time period. 

The same love that I see my own father in I want my children to experience in the decades to come. The same stories that I tell my friends and family of my father, I hope that my children will share stories of me in a similar regard. I want to protect and love them greater than I do so myself or anyone else. Everything a father should be is all I aspire to in life. Everything I do, every action I take, I take so that one day I can reach my goal. 

What could spur someone to have a goal like this? I have no idea. It’s just everything I have ever wanted and everything I work for in my day to day life and one day I will attain this goal.