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The Anti-Bucket List that Reminds Me of My Absolute No’s

Yes, there is such a thing

Nancy Blackman, MASF
6 min readOct 15, 2022
The Anti-Bucket List that Reminds Me of My Absolute No’s by Nancy Blackman, lists, turquoise background with green sprig and star, open journal with words “Anti Bucket List” and in upper right hand corner—never say never? Watch me.
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First, this is in response to Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, and her lovely Anti-Bucket list. She is always such an inclusive and inspiring writer.

There are many things that I will do. In fact, creating an anti-bucket list is weird for me because I try to remain open in life. But here I am, making a list. I remembered doing a similar deal-breaker list with my husband when we were looking for a place to live. Obviously, the deal-breaker list were things we felt we needed in order to live well in a space.

But that’s not what this is about. So, here we go!

10 Things I would never do:

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1. No bungee jumping for me!

The idea of being thrown off a very high place with an elastic rope attached to my ankles is not only…

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Nancy Blackman, MASF
Nancy Blackman, MASF

Written by Nancy Blackman, MASF

Boosted & 8x Top Writer. Owner: Refresh the Soul publication. Editor: The Shortform and Poetry Playground. Published in: “Mixed Korean: Our Stories" — Kindle.

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