Too Depressing #MFRWauthor

"To Have Or Have Not?" I need to explain the topic further. It is not a post about weddings and a traditional vow, but about bucket lists. Similar topics in the 2017 and 2018 challenges dealt more with the contents of a bucket list than the current post. This one, however, is whether to have one or not.
I admit to being more of a realist than an optimist. Besides my natural tendencies to the more solemn, I have also lived long enough to know life can ruin the best laid plans. When growing up, the expectation was that you'd work for the same company (or be a lifer in the military) for two or three decades, then walk out the door with a gold watch and a nice pension. Retirement was to begin with a cruise, traveling the country, and visiting with family before settling down to enjoy hobbies delayed by putting work before pleasure.

Reality is that none of the companies I've worked for over the years still exist. No pension, no golden parachute separation bonus. As to the traveling? Life decreed I become a caregiver instead.
Image by Renee Gaudet from Pixabay
Although I did come up with a few items as part of writing the earlier challenges, as to whether I actually have a list written down in some secret notebook? The answer is real short--No. While I try to grant my characters their dreams, as to having some of my own? Maybe I'll answer that in some future post, but not right now.
~till next time, Helen