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Gangas said it made her feel accomplished to complete one thing on her bucket list

“It was well worth it; I got pictures and a video, and I got over my fear,” Gangas said.

Some students have bucket lists to detail their plans to complete over their lifetimes.

Bucket list are a collection of goals for a certain period of time.

Students have different views on how important it is to have these plans for their life.

The goals on these lists can range from good grades to getting married and to traveling the world.

Gangas said having a bucket list makes life worth living.

“If you set your goals throughout your life, as you reach them you can say you’ve had a successful life and a more enjoyable one,” Gangas said.

Gangas said she plans to face her fear of big fish soon by going scuba diving.

“I went snorkeling and a stingray swam by me and I jumped onto a rock,” she said. “I had to yell for my dad to come get me.”

Other students base items from their bucket list on their fears, like Laura Sharp, a sophomore business major.

Sharp said she wants to also get over her fear of heights.

“It sounds really weird, but I want to go zip-lining to get over my fear,” Sharp said.

Sharp said her bucket list helps her plan how to achieve her goals.

She said she took an academic success class in the fall to achieve her goal of getting a 3.0 GPA.

“It is important to have goals and to work towards them,” Sharp said.

Haley England, a freshman business major, said to her a bucket list gives her something to live for.

“I’ve been working hard for awhile and I want it to be for something,” England said.

Katie Bodine, a senior English major, said she sees a bucket list as goals for her life.

“It doesn’t matter if they are lifelong, five years or just tomorrow, but everyone should have goals,” Bodine said.

Some of the goals on Bodine’s list include traveling and writing a book.

“I want to see the world because I think it makes you a better person to see other cultures,” Bodine said.

Tyler Benbow, a senior marketing major, said he worked hard in high school to achieve the top goal on his bucket list.

“I got to play college hockey,” Benbow said.

Jennifer Antkowiak, a freshman pre-medicine and music major, said she has to write down her goals to remember them.

“If I don’t write them down, I’ll forget them,” Antkowiak said. “I have so many things on my bucket list, I want to keep them straight.”

Antkowiak said she liked making her bucket list and exploring all of her goals.

“Going to college has been a long term goal of mine,” Antkowiak said. “Neither of my parents went to college, so I always wanted to do it.”

Samantha McDaniel can be reached at 581-2812 or slmcdaniel@eiu.edu.