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B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When was the last time you did something that you really wanted <\/i>to do? Something that added value to your life? We tend to get so wrapped up in our day to day lives that  sometimes we forget that we need to just live and enjoy our lives. <\/em>Making a bucket list will get you closer to accomplishing those things that you would hope to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article below and be ready to answer the questions that follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self-help books\u00a0abound\u00a0with\u00a0pleas\u00a0to get off the couch, get out of the house, and make your dreams come true. A perfect (or nearly perfect) life just needs a measure of self-discipline and hard work, and is within reach for those who try. Regrets, many of these books suggest, pile up and eat away at happiness and fulfillment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Realistically, however, a dream life is impossible. It’s something to think about in the\u00a0margins\u00a0of everyday life, such as during the commute to work or just before you fall asleep each night. Most people can’t write a best-seller, for example, nor achieve financial independence with some sort of start-up business. Responsibilities like family, a mortgage, and work naturally come first, creating a certain level of\u00a0mundaneness, and which thereby puts the\u00a0kibosh\u00a0on pursuing these flights of fancy. The self-help books do get one thing right, though: the bucket list.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bucket list serves as a “to do” list before you die, like learn a foreign language, skydive, or travel to exotic locations around the world. The list should feature acts of\u00a0aspiration, which offsets the more boring\u00a0facets\u00a0of life. You don’t need to live each day as though it were your last on the planet before kicking the bucket, but the list instead should encourage you to plan imaginative, colorful, and even daring acts. You should\u00a0plumb\u00a0your imagination, for human nature requires something on the horizon other than an endless monotony of identical days. What’s more, the list doesn’t need to be\u00a0hedonistic. The best lists contain items which\u00a0enrich\u00a0the lives of others, too.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: headsupenglish.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. What are some activities you would put on your bucket list?
\n2. What are some popular activities that appear on many bucket lists? Why do you think these are popular?
\n3. How realistic is it to write a bucket list, and then do the activities listed? Please explain.
\n4. Why is it important to have dreams or goals to work towards?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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