Why Your Bucket List Should Be Your “F*ck It” List

Waiting until it’s the “right time” is for fools

Chris Mielke, PMP
6 min readJun 8, 2024

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After 30 years of teaching grade school, my mom retired at 64. Two months later, doctors diagnosed her with lymphoma.

She never saw her sixty-fifth birthday.

I remember talking with her about her “bucket list.” She would walk me through a lovingly…

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Chris Mielke, PMP

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