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Bucket List Exchange Activity

1. Create a post sharing 1-2 items from your personal bucket list (things you dream of doing before you “kick the bucket”).

2. For each item, briefly explain why it’s important to you.

3. Browse your classmates’ bucket list items.

4. Comment on at least 3 classmates’ posts with:

Tips or resources if you’ve done that activity

Words of encouragement

Questions about their bucket list item

This activity helps us learn about each other’s dreams, values, and aspirations!

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Personal Bucket List

Ally: Illustrates a children’s book

I’ve read tons of books as a child and the illustrations of the books always made the storyline become more imaginative. I’d like to use my art talents and help illustrate books for children to read.

Ally: Be a designer for a celebrity’s red carpet outfit

I love the idea of designing a celebrity that I love and capture it onto a dress or outfit. Although I am not familiar with fabrics but I genuinely have a passion for sewing and designing. I think that I can start experimenting by winning fashion design talent quest this year.

Sophie: Become financially independent & run a successful career

Financial independence grants us the freedom to pursue more opportunities and live life on our own terms. By reducing anxiety about the future, it allows us to focus on our goals and form relationships that are authentic and empowering, rather than ones born on dependency.

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From our bucket list, two items from there include bungee jumping and paragliding. It is important to us because we often see different people on social media attention or these extreme sports and have a lot of share since most of them really enjoyed the experience. We also find it important because it helps us face our fears of heights and give us the mentality that if we can overcome this fear, we can overcome anything else :>

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Emma’s bucket list:

1. Travel to Europe

I want to explore the world more and experience different kinds of culture and food.

2. Parachuting

I want to step out of my comfort zone and enjoy the thrill of falling air before I die

Jasmine’s bucket list:

1. Travel to Italy

Because food is extremely important to me and the food in Italy is something I have to try at least once before I kick the bucket.

2. Go on an overseas exchange program during University

I want to make some friends from outside of Asia and also experience living in a foreign country

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bucket list:

1. Skydiving in NewZealand, since I’ve never traveled overseas, it’s always been a dream of mine to feel and see the scenery of NewZealand. In order to build up courage id like to go skydiving to try the thrill of the air running through my hair and to able to feel free in the sky.

2. To buy a sp3 Daytona and crash it, I’ve always wanted to try diving a sports car with the feeling of speed and wind, must feel really fun also crashing it and dying in my dream car feels fun.

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1. Go see beyond the solar system

Though I don’t want to be an astronaut, I want to go space and explore what humankind never explored before. It’s important to me because space is so vast, and being able to learn more about it is such a fascinating thing for me.

2. Being able to have a vacation near the beaches/ shores without worrying about anything

I want to try going on a vacation without worrying about the fees and plans. I want to try being absolutely carefree of anything and enjoy my holiday, even for a short period of time. It’s important because I could do whatever I want and relax myself from life.

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1. Have a first class seat in airplane

--> I want to know how is first class feel like and how the food taste like.

2. Grow a tree successfully

--> I like growing plant but never tried to grow trees successfully so I hope to grow a tree and could make it keep alive for one year.

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1. Travel around the world in a van

I wish to be able to travel to all the countries and islands in the world. It means a lot to me since I enjoy visiting different countries and learning about their culture and history. It would be really fun to travel around the world just by driving. I can navigate to different roads and go to rural areas to enjoy the countryside view. I’ve seen people who did it online and I want to try living inside a car.

2. Adopt a cat

I love to go to different cat cafes in Hong Kong to relax and escape from the academic stress from time to time. I hope that when I become financially stable I could adopt a cat of my own so I could always come home happy.

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Bucket list item: I’d like to publish my own comic book.

It is important to me because I have always loved comics ever since I was little, so I really want to give back to the comics industry. Also, I love drawing. I would like to create something more original, through blending ideas and concepts in a different way. However, I haven’t really succeeded at that yet.

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1. Achieving life milestones

achieving milestones like getting married or graduating college. These are often the milestones that are most memorable in life.

2. career goals

to be financially independent and achieve career goals such as getting a promotion or even starting my own business, these achievements can enhance my skills and knowledge.

3. travel the world

I hope to explore the world by travelling more, i always feel like i have not seen the world enough, especially europe, as i have only explored 10% of this world, i hope to travel more.

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1. Animate for a music video

I’ve seen a lot of music videos with animations and I really like how the animation usually matches with the rhythm of the music. It would be nice to collaborate with different artists and learn from them.

2. Starting my own business and selling my own artworks

I really like drawing and I want to try to make money from it to see what it is like to own a business.

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Lily’s bucket list

1. Hike in the Himalaya

It’s dangerous but I would say it gives me a strong sense of freedom and peace. You can see the beautiful view from the mountains which is impossible to see in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is like a suffocating cage. I want to go somewhere silent and with few people. Also, you would meet many difficulties and have a lot of thoughts during the process. I hope I can know more about myself and find the real me.

Aylin’s bucket list:

1. To live alone in the countryside:

Maybe living with a pet together? I could stop working :), stop socialising :), and relax myself, doing anything I want to do. But the premise is that I have made enough money.

2. To find a job I enjoy:

I think it’s important if the job you do is something you are interested in. I will have to spend 45 hours per week, which lasts for 30ish years. Though I got the money, I wasn’t enjoying the whole process at all, wasting my time and life. Doing a job I like allows me to do things I like, and receiving money for it.

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Visiting the Torture Museum in Amsterdam and living abroad, the latter is a lot less achievable, but I want to experience another culture beyond the level of travelling to meet new people and build my appreciation for new things. For the torture museum, it’s good to see how far we’ve progressed as a society and history has always been interesting to me so I’d like to go to a similar one at least once.

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Suri Wong

-1)become financially independent and travel around the world with my family

Becoming financially independent can makes me feel safe to go all around the world without any financial pressure and I would have more chances to try different things .Moreover, spending more times with my family creating memorable times with them.

-2)own a farm

It’s always been my dream to live in the rural areas, breathing in unlimited free air , and all i need to do I feed the cows , chickens etc . It feels relax 🧘‍♂️ and I would love it very much !

Oriole Yeung

learn Korean and live in Korea

The first thing that comes to my mind when i heard the phrase “kick the bucket” is k-pop. Since i started watching seventeen’s performances and variety shows, i have always wanted to learn Korean and live there for at least a year to experience the Korean culture . I often feel impressed when i saw people who knows several languages (especially Korean) and communicate with their idols comfortably without any language barriers. However, i am just a form 4 student right now so i can’t do so:)

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Elise

I want to see the aurora lights with whom I love. In Hong Kong, such a crowded and busy city with tall buildings, it is very rare to see these kinds of natural lights in the sky. I have always been fascinated by nature’s beauty since I was small and I think seeing the aurora lights will fulfill my inner childhood dream. I also want to try living in Finland. It is one of the happiest countries in the world and I can also go see the aurora lights there.

Emily

We will all kick the bucket someday, but it is certain that everyone has their own goals they want to achieve before they return to the soil, so here’s mine!

Firstly, I want to slowly build up a collection of cute dresses that I love and be able to wear them almost everyday. Frilly things are the cutest!

Secondly, I hope to improve on my hobbies so that one day I can be proud of my work (and hopefully even be able to become a respected artist with a successful career)

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I want to live in seclusion since I always hated people and the noise and dispute they bring. I want to be away from the calculating people that will harm one another for their own benefits. I also adore Tao Yuanming’s quiet and peaceful lifestyle in the countryside and I enjoy reading his pastoral poems because they always make me very peaceful and I knew that I would like to live a life like that. Although the transportation might be inconvenient and not very accessible, I still hope to move to the rural areas one day where I could have a content life and not worry about relationships with people and how to please them.

In the quote "A Goal is a Dream with a Time Frame on it.", I think it means that we don’t have unlimited time to achieve our goals so we should start finding ways to achieve our goal and make concrete plans. We shouldn’t procrastinate or you might have no chance to reach your targets until you die. For example, if you want to be rich, you first have to learn how to make money as well as make plans on finding a high-paying job and how you invest with your capital. You cannot just imagine about achieving your goals without taking any actions or you will never succeed. After planning, you have to take action or else all the plans will be meaningless. The difference between a goal and a dream is that a goal is achievable and you will make plans and try different methods to achieve it. However, a dream is just a thing that you imagine and think about. If you make plans and keep doing things that can help you get closer to your dream, your dream will become a goal that you can soon attain, no matter how fair your dream seems to be.

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We believe that the quote, “make no small plans; they have no magic to stir men’s souls” means that if one was to make only small and easily achievable plans, it may not be able to motivate a person.

We agree to this quote to a moderate extent. We think that people shouldn’t begin with a small plan. Although small plans are easily achievable, people may take advantage of this, having this illusion of small basic tasks looking like their “plans for the day”, as if going through a regular day were a milestone. This not only gives little motivation to people, it makes them unproductive too. The feeling when completing these “small plans” may not be able to amount to the motivation that people get from setting big goals that initially seem impossible to achieve, giving them some incentive to actually want to work hard to accomplish a seemingly unachievable goal.

That incentive acts as the “magic to stir men’s souls” and actually makes them willingly set larger goals for themselves. They end up believing that to realize this dream, they will have to work hard. However, with nothing but large goals, people may tend to put the goals off, showing that only having large goals is also ineffective.

We believe that setting both small and large goals along the way to achieve a large goal is the most effective solution. Having only large plans or only small plans can’t amount to much, but with a balance, achieving enough small goals can give people momentum to want to achieve the next big goal.

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I disagree with the quote “Make no small plans; they have no magic to stir men's souls”. I think “small plans” refer to little, easily achievable goals, while “magic” refers to motivation. I believe this quote is encouraging you to only make big goals. However, I believe only making big goals actually makes you less motivated, and that a combination of one big goal with a few small goals is better.

Firstly, I disagree with this quote because only making big long-term goals can make you lose motivation over time. Big goals can help you recognise your aspirations, but without a clear path to complete them, they can seem very daunting, which may lead to procrastination. So, I do not believe that only setting big goals makes you more motivated.

Secondly, I think that a combination of only big goals with a few small goals is better than only creating big goals. The big goal helps you recognise your ambition, while the small goals set a clearer path for you to reach this ambition. Achieving the small goals over time helps you build your motivation and confidence to reach the big goal. So, I think that this method is more motivating than only having a big goal.

In conclusion, I disagree with the quote because I believe only making big goals leads you to lose motivation over time, and that a combination of one big goal with a few small goals more motivating.

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In my opinion, one’s dreams shape a person’s life, it could be an inspiring vision, but it’s rooted in people’s minds without a concrete plan, a dream is just a wishful thought. Often, people can’t make it into reality. However, goals, on the other hand, require you to take action to succeed. They are similar to dreams, but this time, other than just thinking about it, you take steps to reach that goal.

I think the quote “A goal is a dream with a time frame on it.” means that a dream can become a goal once you put a time limit and a deadline to it. And I agree with what this quote is trying to say. A dream would not become true no matter how much you want it to happen, because it only exists in the imagination of one’s mind. Only through consistent effort and hard work will it have a chance to become reality. I’d also like to think that Goals are checkpoints in the long journey of reaching your dream. Once you actually start to actively pursue it, you will only be closer to it, never further. So putting a “time frame” on your dream will help you reach it in the end, though it might take a long time to do so. Because at the very least, you are not just thinking and dreaming about it. You take actions and set deadlines so as not to procrastinate until you have no time left to achieve it.