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Summer Bucket List

A written list of things you want to do before summer ends, from swimming to road trips.

A summer bucket list is a short, written collection of experiences you want to have over the season. The term borrows from "bucket list," the idea of things to do before you "kick the bucket," scaled down to a single summer. The value is in the writing. A goal you write down is far more likely to happen than one you only think about, because the list makes vague intentions concrete and keeps them visible. A good summer list usually mixes free, do-it-this-weekend items with one or two bigger goals, and runs eight to twenty items long.

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