The business of working through a bucket list has a big edge over most long term projects. Although the task seems daunting at the onset, it’s an open-ended process that allows almost limitless opportunities to get closer to what one wants through revision and reflection. That’s liberating in so many ways, and very different when someone else drives the agenda. It also naturally leads to more revisions–these in turn lead to further changes–the net effect of which can push the final delivery date out indefinitely.

I suppose I might have left well enough alone with the original draft. Certainly the list was as long as these sort of lists go and capture across section of activities and destinations.

But from experience, lists work best when I force myself to revisit them periodically. Letting just a few vines rot by neglect can taint the whole harvest. So after thinking about what I set out to do with the bucket list in the first place, and reading the items over one by one, some additions came to mind.

Additionally, also I wanted to track points where they had been some motion on my end. In these case, the item remains intact, but includes any relevant updates.

5) Write 5 novels < << In the middle of number two. 12) Ride in a hot air balloon. <<< Received vouchers covering a balloon ride for two as a birthday gift. In the next year, I just need to pick a day to make this happen. Looks like Fall 2008. 20) Become proficient at Krav Maga <<< Tonight is my first class. Proficiency takes about three to five years of study. Since I'm going to Vegas for Spring Break in a few weeks, there's an opportunity at number 23 and 26 at once, with some slight modifications. 23) Spend 1 night alone in the Mojave desert. <<< Swapping this for a 6 hour ATV tour through the heart of the Mojave. I'll see more than at night and have some fun carving up the sand dunes. 26) Put a $100 bet on outside box black at Ceaser’s Palace. <<< I'll make the exact same bet in three weeks, only at the Luxor, which houses a newer and glitzier casino. Number 27 and 28 are new. 27) Sketch a vineyard in Tuscany as part of a winery tour.

28) Stand center stage at the Theatre of Dionysos.