Steps for achieving our dreams
have you ever heard of
a bucket list it comes from the phrase
called kick the bucket which means to
die
so bucket list is a list of things
and dreams we would like to accomplish
within our lifetime
i have made the bucket list since i was
15
and have achieved many of my dreams
today i would like to share some
episodes
and the benefits of making the list
when i was 11 i made a list of things
i would like to achieve within a few
years just for fun
for example i want to pass the entrance
exam and go to this school
i want to be able to speak english i
want to study abroad
i want to become a kinder person
after finishing making the list i put it
on my bookshelf and i forgot about it
but four years later i accidentally
found it
when i was cleaning my room i stopped
cleaning
and started reading what i had written
when i was 11.
and i was taken completely by surprise
because many of the dreams were
already achieved well i had to pass the
entrance exam and
went to a junior high school i wanted to
go to i was able to speak
english not fluently but good enough to
make small talk i found that
15 year old me was able to do what i
wanted to do
and become who i wanted to be at that
time
i thought wow i can make my dreams come
true
even though i completely forgot about
them
so if i make this list more organized
and make use of it i may be
able to make more dreams come true in my
whole life
that’s why i started making the list
which is
known as a bucket list
i didn’t recognize it at that time but
when i think about this event now it was
my turning point
the bucket list helped me clarify my
future goals
for career hobby and personality
by qualifying my dreams it becomes clear
what i have to do and how i can prepare
to achieve my goals
this is my bucket list i categorized my
dreams
into some topics for trip for example
see aurora or go to christmas markets in
germany
and for personality be a trusted person
and always be curious
the number of dreams is increasing every
year
and now it reaches almost 100.
i also make goals for the year
which includes smaller dreams and easy
to achieve dreams
i would like to talk about why i think
these small dreams are important later
but before that i would like to share
two important steps i learned to make
our dreams come true
and how the bucket list helps us
the first step is visualizing
our dreams visualize
what we want to do what kind of life we
want to live
what we are passionate about this
is the first and most important step
when i made my first bucket list at the
age of 15
i realized that one of my interests
is traveling since it was impossible to
travel alone or with my friends during
junior high school
i decided to save money so that i can
use it
when i become a college student
last october i achieved one thing
on my bucket list which is going to the
golden gate bridge
in san francisco i realized that
i had a full day holiday because of the
school festival
when i saw the college schedule in april
since participating in the school
festival was optional
i thought i had to use this opportunity
to travel somewhere
it was a big idea at first and
i had forgotten that i wanted to go to
san francisco until i saw the bucket
list when i was deciding where to go
fortunately i saved enough money
over the past five years and
i found that i thought it would be great
opportunity to
make this dream come true
now the problem was
who do i go to san francisco with
unfortunately many of my friends from
college
took part in a school festival and i
couldn’t find anyone to travel with me
so i contacted my friend from high
school
she also likes traveling but she lives
in kyoto
but i texted her anyway
hi i’m planning to go to san francisco
from
thursday night to monday night i know
you’re busy
and you probably have classes on friday
but can you go to san francisco with me
it sounds crazy idea and i didn’t expect
her to say yes
because because she was also college
student and
very busy with studying but
next morning she texts me back
hi i really want to go to san francisco
fortunately i only have optional
lectures
on friday so i think i can go
there’s one thing though i don’t have
time to transfer at narita airport
so can you meet me at san francisco
airport
it was one of the most surprising but
happiest moments in my life
actually it was the first time for both
of us to meet someone
at the disney airport so we were a bit
nervous
but we managed to meet and manage to go
to the golden gate bridge
by bicycle these are the pictures i took
there
it was so beautiful it was
absolutely most memorable and
unforgettable trip i’ve ever had
among many things i think i was able to
make this trip possible
because i visualize my dreams
by making the bucket list and keep
reminding myself
what i wanted to do when i have a
holiday
if we don’t have the bucket list or
any other tools to remember our dreams
we easily forget them in our busy daily
lives
if we don’t know what we really want to
do
we might miss the opportunity to achieve
our goals
if i waited a year with coffee 19
traveling to san francisco would have
been very difficult this fall
without the list we may make decisions
not based on our dreams but based on
other things
such as money or fame or other people’s
opinions
that’s why making the bucket list is
important
and useful not just to make our dreams
come true
but also to navigate us based
on our true voices within
another important element is to always
have courage sometimes
all we need to achieve our dreams is
courage
or in another world not being afraid of
trying something new i tried many things
last year
i got driver license i took part in a
volunteer work
i took toeic exam for the first time and
i started learning kung fu
actually none of these goals require
any special skills or any qualifications
but our strong feeling and courage
to take a step forward well
i want to try bungee jumping this year
to be honest i’m achieving one thing
on my bucket list thanks to my courage
to take a first step now
please look at my bucket list again
do you see making a speech in ted talk
i put this dream into my bucket list
after
i entered college and started listening
to ted talk
in english classes so it was less than
two years ago
honestly i didn’t think i could have
such an opportunity
this early i thought
ted talk speakers should be should be
excellent at something
such as making great discoveries in
their specialties
or or experience something only he or
she can talk about
i never thought a normal college student
like me
can make a speech and tedx
i thought it would be many many
years away to achieve this dream
but the opportunity came
in a totally different way from i
expected
i heard that iuhw narita organized this
event
and that they were looking for some
speakers
with a great opportunity luck
and my courage to take the first step
in this case applying for this event
i was able to make one of my dreams come
true
in an unexpected way
well i just told you having courage is
an important factor
to achieve our dreams however
i understand it’s not easy especially at
first
i also hesitated whether to apply for
the speaker
because because i wasn’t sure i can do
it
so how did i get the courage
to take the first step for my dream
now i would like you to remember the
first part of my speech
do you remember small dreams and easy to
achieve dreams
these small dreams help us to have
courage
to take action for our big dreams
small dreams can be anything for example
trying new food we never tried seeing
a movie at the theater instead of
watching it with amazon prime
having a barbecue party with our friends
taking part in our volunteer work taking
toeic exam
practicing a new song on the piano
important thing is think many small
dreams
and then carry them out one by one
step by step starting from the easy ones
and then move on to challenging ones
if we make one dream come true even if
it’s a small one
we are proud of ourselves and
we probably think we want to feel that
positive feeling
again by making
our dreams come true repeatedly we can
gradually get confidence and courage
to challenge ourselves
that’s how i got the courage to applying
for this
tedx and making a speech
and such a big event
after listening to my speech i would
like you to
make your own bucket list
big dreams small dreams easy to achieve
dreams
or challenging dreams visualizing
our dreams help us to find our
ultimate goals how we want to live
our lives the bucket list
helps us guides us to
follow our true voices within
thank you