Lately I’ve noticed my friends have started doing something that’s caught my attention: creating a bucket list. It has not only caught my attention but peaked my interest into making one of my own.

Some of you may be asking yourself what a bucket list is. In simple terms, a bucket list is defined as a list of goals you plan on accomplishing before you “kick the bucket.”

More and more, it’s become a normal occurrence for me to see my friend pull out her fancy journal in class and jot down a new goal to accomplish. While we’re taking notes in class, I’m not sure what sparks a new goal but it’s a goal good enough to add to the list. I love that my friends are setting goals and talking about the next time they’ll be able to cross something off.

I strongly believe we all have numerous goals tucked away in the back of our minds that we often forget are there. Making a list and posting it somewhere we’ll see it everyday not only encourages us to meet these goals but it’s also a reminder to cross off the ones we’ve accomplished.

I’m not even able to accomplish the simplest goal of writing a bucket list, but seeing all my friends jumping on the band wagon has made me realize I need to join in on this.

Goals are a great thing to have and an even better thing to accomplish. Accomplishing them makes you feel a sense of pride that you’ve done something you’ve always wanted to do. Between our soccer practices and studying for our math tests, we lose track of our goals and only when we see something that reminds us do we remember we ever made that goal in the first place.

One day, these people, the bucket list ones, will become some of the most successful people I know. They push themselves to accomplish their goals.

Any of us can make a list of goals in our head, but it takes the motivated ones to write them down and share their lists. You could even make ‘write a bucket list’, the first goal on your bucket list. Then you’re already on your way to crossing something off!