Theartfulage iconTheartfulageSep 1, 2026

A reverse bucket list, listing what you have already done, is a small practice with real science behind it

Most of us are familiar with the bucket list: the running catalog of things we still want to do before we die, the skydive, the trip to Japan, the novel we mean to write.

A reverse bucket list, listing what you have already done, is a small practice with real science behind it

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Most of us are familiar with the bucket list: the running catalog of things we still want to do before we die, the skydive, the trip to Japan, the novel we mean to write.

Instead of listing what you have not yet done, you write down […]

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Most of us are familiar with the bucket list: the running catalog of things we still want to do before we die, the skydive, the trip to Japan, the novel we mean to write. A reverse bucket list turns that idea inside out. Instead of listing what you have not yet done, you write down […]

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A reverse bucket list turns that idea inside out. Instead of listing what you have not yet done, you write down […]

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