Bucket Lists

Nowadays, it’s hard to pick up a travel magazine or visit a website without learning about the 100 exotic locales you must visit, the 50 foods you have to eat and the 500 cruises you need to take before kicking the proverbial bucket. These faux dream lists fill folks with inadequacy and fear; the implication is that you simply haven't lived until you've leapt from a plane. We say, carpe diem at your own pace. Just ask Dave Freeman, author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," who'd completed fewer than half of his recommended activities when he died unexpectedly at just 47. What once-in-a-lifetime activity did him in? He fell down and hit his head. At home.