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Why bucket lists become impossibility lists

I keep a bucket list on my phone with 200 items and I add things faster than I cross them off and it makes me feel like I'm failing at living.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're treating life like a project to complete rather than an experience to savor.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stoic memento mori — remember you will die?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.