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A to-do list that admits you're mortal, written to outrun the deadline.
means A list of things you want to do or experience before you die.
from Tied directly to the idiom 'kick the bucket,' meaning to die — itself of murky origin, possibly from the beam or frame (a 'bucket') from which slaughtered animals were hung by their feet, or possibly from a bucket kicked away in a hanging. The specific phrase 'bucket list' is modern, popularized widely by the 2007 film of the same name about two terminally ill men racing to live out their wishes — the movie didn't invent the concept, but it cemented the term in everyday use.
- origin phrase
- from kick the bucket, meaning die
- coined
- popularized by 2007 film of same name
- psychology trick
- deadlines make dreams feel actionable
- common flaw
- most items require money, not courage