Bucket List: Jacob Kaminsky

 

I have not though much about a bucket list in the past, but this assignment has made me think about the things I’d like to do before I die. I want to go skydiving which most people want to do but have never done. I want to skydive or bungee jump for the thrill, for the dopamine rush, for the exhilaration of free falling. I know I’ll be scared but I’ll overcome my fear. 

Nature is one of my prime enjoyments in life. Hiking, especially, grounds me and reduces my stresses. I’d like to hike in an exotic place such as a rainforest to experience a type of nature different from the area where I currently live 

Going to  Comic Con in Orlando is on my list. I am a super huge nerd and I love superheroes and anime too. At Comic Con I could be my true self myself and indulge in one of the many things I love in life, the world of fantasy and my dreams as a kid. 

My true dream in life is to be an actor. So being in a movie is another item on my bucket list. I would not care whether the film was popular. I love action movies and superheroes and have long wondered what it would be like to play one in a movie. I can imagine acting as Spiderman or another superhero. Acting might make me question reality itself, what an insane thought.  

These are the items on my bucket list so far and hope to expand it.

Bucket List: Mary Stevens

 I have many hopes and dreams to accomplish in life. Those make up my bucket list.The first item is to deliver  babies in a hospital. After I graduate college I want to become a labor and delivery nurse and hope to help a wide variety of women successfully deliver their children. Another item is to become fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). I learned a little when I volunteered at Arkansas School for the Deaf and Blind during high school. I want to become more well versed in ASL so that I can better communicate with ASL speakers . I hope that during my life I can become fluent in many languages, but ASL is the one that I want to learn first. The next item is to see Stevie Nicks live in concert. I have fond memories of listening to Fleetwood Mac with my dad when I was little. As I’ve gotten older I have continued to listen to and appreciate the music of Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks. I believe that she is a great role model and musician. The song I most wish to hear her perform live is “Gold Dust Woman.” A more short term goal is to receive the booster shot when it becomes available for the public. I have been very cautious during the current pandemic because many of my family members are immunocompromised. So, I want to do my best to keep them as safe and healthy as possible. I hope that I am able to complete all of these items and many more during my lifetime.

Bucket List: Hope Cheatham

 

Many adopt the mindset of “you only live once” while making their bucket lists and they plan extravagant adventures. However, I would not consider myself to be that type. I know I could live a fulfilled life by only accomplishing a few basic things. Of course, as exciting opportunities arise in my life, I will take them as I see fit.

I want to graduate college with several degrees, including a Master of Business Administration. Then, I hope to become a Certified Public Accountant. Before I reach retirement age, I would like to make a name for myself in the accounting profession, even if it is just a local reputation. I want people and businesses all over south Arkansas to recommend clients me.

All the work put in to prosper in my career would only be worth it if I could share with a husband and children. I hope to find the perfect guy for me and start a family.

One of my more specific goals in life is to have a “Pinterest” farmhouse. I would love to have a white farmhouse-rustic style home in the middle of a pasture where I can host family and friends. 

Most importantly, I want to be happy with no regrets when I look back on my life 50 years from now.

Bucket List: Jonathan Bunnell

 

The idea of a bucket list has never come up in my life till now. Previously, I have always taken things in waves, and waves come and go. By picking and choosing those, I have achieved most of what I wanted at moments without thinking much about the future, basically just keeping alive. So, if I have to come with a bucket list, it will only be temporary and will be updated when the next waves hit.

The arguably most important item on my bucket list is to live comfortably. I don’t need overwhelming wealth and the burdens that follow. I only want to have enough money to afford the few hobbies I have along with the time to enjoy them. 

Once I am comfortable and can sustain myself is when I will aim for my other goals. I would like to set a record in either Sound Pressure Level (SPL) or International Auto Sound Challenge Association (IASCA) competitions. Being born almost completely deaf, once I became able to hear I have always been interested in sound reproduction and sound quality control. Audio was the main reason I chose engineering as my career path. 

Engineering also drives my interest in cars. I have always enjoyed learning about how they work, what forces act upon them, and how drivers are able to control vehicles at high speeds. This interest has led to me wanting to build my own vehicle from the ground up someday. 

Bucket List: Abbey Richardson

 

Before this assignment I had never thought about what experiences I desired to achieve during my life. For me, a bucket list is an inspiration for what experiences I want to have within my lifetime. I thought hard about what to add to this list and why.

My biggest goal is to attend medical school and become an OBGYN. I’ve never aspired to live the 9 to 5 lifestyle. It took me a long time to search my options and to settle on a career path that felt right for me. I love the idea of helping new parents bring a new life into the world.

In addition to my long term goal of becoming an OBGYN, I also aspire to travel to Italy. I come from an extremely small town, so small that Magnolia seems relatively big to me. Plus, I have never been able to experience a culture different than the one I am used to. Through researching other countries I found Italy and decided that I wanted to experience what it had to offer.

Even though life can be extremely wild and many hardships may come my way, I know that I can always find inspiration through my goals.

Bucket List: Colin Julian

 Of all things I want to do before I die, there are several that top my list. One of the highest ones is to go skydiving at least once as it is readily available nowadays. I have no fear of heights, so plummeting back down from ten thousand feet would be liberating. Another top goal on my list is to travel around the world. The countries I want to visit are England, Germany, Austria, and France. Specific cities include Winchester, Bayern, Vienna, and Paris. I would reach Asia eventually and see Indonesia and perhaps Japan. Next is learning to program in Lua 5.1, a coding language, and sufficiently 3D model in Blender is other goals on my list. Those two skills would combine to lead to a greater goal: creating my own video game. It need not be complex or fancy. However, I want to say that I made a video game. But my biggest goal of all is to befriend as many people as I humanly can, enjoy meeting with individuals from a vast array of cultures, mindsets, and origins.

 
My goals intertwine with each other. I want to travel the world and see places while meeting new people and potentially befriending them. Knowing how to create meshes allows me to provide assets for a game. Knowing how to code a functional script enables the game to function. For skydiving, having that adrenaline rush while appreciating the beauty in the sky wraps it all up. If I can complete all these goals on my bucket list, I can die happy.

Bucket List: Abigail York

 

I have always had dreams and goals in my life but have never had an official bucket list until now. As I child, I dreamed of being a doctor. For some reason I cannot recall my dream country to live in was Russia. Now, I still have big dreams, but they seem to be a little more realistic.

The first item on my bucket list is to get a job in the medical field. My mom is an ER nurse and has always been an inspiration for me. Specifically, I would like to work with children or babies. I really enjoy being around children and would love to care for them the best that I can.

The second thing on my bucket list is to travel to New Zealand. Again, my mom is my inspiration for this goal. She attended college in New Zealand: I would love to explore the country and take in the beautiful scenery.

My third and most unusual item on my bucket list is to dance in front of the Eiffel Tower while it is raining. It is very specific goal but I feel it would be so stress reliving. France, as a whole is just so pretty and seems magical in a way to me.

My fourth item is to have a family, although a very cliché goal, it is something I want in the far future. To be more specific, to have a husband, kids, and possibly a house on a lake.

My fifth and final item is to just be satisfied, to not be stressed, on edge or wanting more, to be content with where I am in life.

Bucket List: Carmen Lok

 

I was never the type of person to make a bucket list because I always assumed the things on the list had to be great feats or shocking goals. However, coming to Southern Arkansas University has made me realize that each accomplishment is important regardless of its size. Pondering over what I want to accomplish before I kick the bucket, I have finally compiled my list.  

Coming from a small learning center, I did not get to experience as much as other students from public or private schools did. Therefore, my bucket list consists of attending a lot of events and activities here at SAU. I want to watch football games, volleyball games, and band marches; I also wish to participate or witness the traditions we have in SAU such as bed races, homecoming, banquets, and gatherings and do some volunteer work. 

I also have goals outside of the university. Since my parents graduated from high school and immediately started working, they did not get much time to explore the world outside of work. Therefore, I aim to help them retire, then they can freely pursue the hobbies that they weren’t able to before. On a more personal note, writing has always been my passion; I have written short stories and poems, but I never persevered long enough to complete anything longer than that. Thus, my aspirations would be to write a book, an article in a newspaper, and write a movie script.  

I may not accomplish everything on my bucket list, but the idea of it will encourage and remind me to seize opportunities and strive for what I want. I believe knowing what I want and working towards it will bring me one step closer to achieving it. 

Bucket List: Zane Johnston

 

I've never been fond of making bucket lists. I understand that many find them helpful and meaningful. To me, however, they seem stifling because I tend to change my mind frequently and like to adapt to whatever comes up. So, I keep my goals vague and more along the lines of something I'm trying to do continuously rather than something that I do once and am done with. I’d rather do that than cross items off a checklist. 

 

I want to be genuinely happy and help others be happy too. I believe my career goal of becoming a therapist would help me do this. Someday, I’d like to be financially stable enough to provide therapy pro bono to those who cannot afford it, especially children and teens. I can hardly imagine how much good that would do me, to provide for others. 

 

I don't know if I want to have kids of my own, but hope to make a positive impact on the next generations. I don't have any lofty financial goals for myself, but I hope to live somewhere where I can keep a garden, even a very small one. I'm more concerned with making sure I'm still fighting for what I believe in, and making some sort of positive difference in people's lives.

 

Above all, were it me looking back at myself my hope would be that I’d admire the life I led and that I was kind to everyone.

Bucket List: Grace McLelland

 

Abraham Lincoln once said, “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It's life in your years.” Bucket lists help fill your years with life. I want to fill in my years with academic achievements, family goals, travel goals, and business goals. My list may not seem to have much life, but it is the life I want to look back on at the end of my years.

            I want my early life to include academic achievements such as graduating from SAU with 4.00 GPA as an Honors student with a Bachelor of Science degree. My next goal is to attend the University of Oklahoma Dental School, graduate from there with my D.D.S., then continue on to their graduate program in orthodontics.

            At that same time, I would like to start my family goals. I want to marry a man who loves me deeply and wants to give me the world. After, I would like to have four children of our own (hopefully two girls and two boys). Later, I would like to adopt at least more two children with one being from a foreign country.

            Some of my goals are travel goals. I want to see every country in Europe. Visiting all fifty states is also on my travel list. Other places I would like to go to are Japan, Malaysia, and the Phillippines.

            Lastly, I have two business goals; one is to own an orthodontics practice. The other is to start a baking business when I have enough money to start one.

Bucket List: Eduardo Trejo

 

Bucket lists often express whether someone is “alive” or not. Although most people would fill their lists with outrageous stunts such skydiving or surfing, those are not for me. I have other options and small achievements I would want to accomplish in life.  

One is to travel to another country beyond Mexico or Canada. I am talking about traveling to places like the United Kingdom, France, or Japan. I would like to learn more about these countries, explore them, and take in their beauty. I would consider earning a college degree there, or even studying for work as it took place in one of those countries, or as a vacation. I would consider that an accomplishment.  

Another thing on my bucket list is to host a gaming tournament. While it may sound odd for an honors student to have such goal hosting one could be one of the neatest things to do in college or elsewhere. Hosting a gaming tournament can be one of the most fun experiences to do for a change. I have always participated in tournaments, but never ran one of my own. This accomplishment can change my perspective on video games as a whole.  

Also, on my bucket list is to create an original piece of art. By that I mean a song, music video, short movie (around thirty minutes), or a research discovery made outside of a required course or assignment. This item could one that to look back on later and realize that I created something unique. Many people today look up to those who create things; I’d like to be a person they admire.  

The final item on my bucket list is to graduate college. I want to make sure I have the skills and experience necessary to survive in today’s economy.

Bucket List: Hannah Henderson

 

Jumping and soaring through the air 14,000 feet up, is what George H.W. Bush did at 90 years old. I was crushed to find out sky-diving cost $900. My grandpa, being a successful businessman, told me to get a degree that would foster the money for all my dreams.

 I started working hard in school, working 75 hours a week during the summer, and spending my second half of senior year taking care of my dying grandfather, and it was evident that Southern Arkansas University, the place where my grandfather got his bachelors, was the school for me. I could go there with no debt, and I could commemorate my grandfather in the process.

I look back to the advice my grandpa once gave me, and I still had those goals in mind. Time has passed, and I graduated with Distinguished Honors from Bryant High School in the top 7% of my class.

Although my motives have changed, they are for the better. My goal, now, is not to have a big house; I just want a house I can turn it into the type of home where my grandmother made made every guest feel welcome. I no longer want just a sky-diving experience, but I want to remember that adventure is not just for children. Thinking of these things reminds me of why I continue. Oh of course, I am going to jump out of an airplane. I just might decide to go when I am 91. This is my bucket list.

Bucket List: Tano Tatum

 

I am a very active and social person and enjoy playing sports, spending time with friends, and traveling. But, there are some other things that I have not yet had the chance to do. Those are attending a Chicago Bears game in Soldier Field, visiting the Bahamas, skydiving, and getting married.

I have been a Chicago Bears fan since 2017. The team’s culture, play style, and fan base fascinate me. Every time I watch a Bears home game on TV, I crave to be there. Soldier Field is amazing and the crowd is electrifying. I have even been considering moving to Chicago after I graduate just so I can go to every Bears home game.

I love vacationing at the beach so visiting the Bahamas is a place I would love to visit. In my opinion, the Bahamas have some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. I will most likely honeymoon there and visit again for our tenth wedding anniversary.

            Skydiving is something that nearly everyone puts on their bucket list but most don’t have the courage to do it. I would not be afraid to skydive. I believe it would be an amazing experience. Another perk of skydiving is bragging to other people that you skydived. They will respect you more for being brave enough to do it.

My final item on my bucket is to get married. This is the most important item on my list because I am tired of being single and I want to one day have a family of my own. I am so excited for this to happen. I look forward to raising my children and teaching them the ways of life.

Bucket List: Irelyn Coker

 

Seeing the Northern Lights, running a marathon, and learning to play an instrument are just a few of the most common items on the average person’s bucket list. While I also wish to see the Northern Lights one day, my bucket list consists of dreams that are more centered around my career and where I am to live one day.

            One of my dreams is to live in New York. I have lived in a small town in the south for my entire life. My hope is that one day I will have the opportunity to move to New York City to be surrounded by all of its cultures. When there, I want to have a house just outside of the city with a personal library. To have a personal library has always been a personal goal of mine because I am such an avid reader.

The most important dream on my bucket list is to write a novel and see it published. Throughout my childhood and into my first college experiences, I read many novels that helped me through difficult times in my life. I want to be able to write a story that helps someone through life like those books helped me. I want to be alive when my novel is published because I hope that one day I will meet someone that tells me how my story impacted them.

My bucket list is full, but the aforementioned dreams are the most important to me. They are the ones that I will continue to work towards. Though I am sure I will be happy in the future if I never cross these items off of my bucket list, being able to visibly mark them off would be a dream come true.