A few years ago. my son Paul shared something rather cool with me.
He put together a list of things he wanted to do before the end of the summer and decided to call it his “Summer Bucket List”
It sort of brought me back to when I was his age and all the things I wanted to do each time a brand spanking new summer presented itself. I like to refer to those years as “Those years where I actually had a summer” 
His list captured the true essence of summer in my opinion because the list didn’t rely on mucho dinero to finance the list . . . the list was simply a collection of moments he wanted to have before the end of the summer.
The timing was perfect because the very next year, he graduated from High School and I started Castain Training Systems and somehow, we both needed those “bucket lists” even more!
One of my items was to simply get the ice cream man and enjoy some ice cream out on the patio at least once. Well I no sooner put that bad boy on my list when low and freakin behold, the ice cream man ventured down my block.
The next thing you know I was crossing an item off my list while catching myself totally digging the moment.
Why? Because I was no longer doing stuff for my clients and trying to conquer the sales training world, I was doing stuff for me!
Then I added things like . . .
Going camping at least 3 times before Labor Day. Note: I love camping and I’m sick of that feeling you get when the season is just about done and you realize you’ve been too caught up in working your ass off to go. Bummer!
Learning to cook 5 new summer dishes
Catching a sunrise and a sunset at the beach.
Finishing 2 new instrumentals I’ve been writing forever.
Etc
It was a fun process and it helped me feel in control of my summer. More importantly, it helped me create the balance I know I need to sustain my life’s journey.
And just like my son’s list, mine doesn’t require lots of money.
Next year will be a different story though . . .
To ease my transition into turning 50 I decided that a Caribbean cruise (and ringing up a hefty bar tab while at sea) might be in order! 🙂
So today is all about giving yourself the gift of planning some memories for you and your family and then . . .
Living them as though this will be your last summer.
Do this every summer knowing that one summer you’re going to be right.
So what’s on your Summer Bucket List my friend?
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