By Jenna Vietze ’13
EE Staff Writer
A popular phenomenon, known as Twitter, has been sweeping the nation. Twitter is a way that many people get their thoughts and ideas public. Twitter was designed as a social network to keep friends and other followers informed throughout the day.
A recent account that has been created is called “the bucket list.” As you scroll down your timeline, you will see tweets describing common things that people want to do in the upcoming year and before they die. The dreams range from throwing a project x party to partying up with your friends in Vegas. Whether the dream is small or big, this twitter account has it all on their bucket list.
Many people aren’t quite sure where to start when creating a bucket list and this account shows many different ways to approach it. There are tweets about the typical sappy things that girls want, while also tweeting about adventures people want to go on.
It is not surprising to see tweets such as “This year I want to watch the sunset with someone I love”or “This year I want to start enjoying the little things.” The more adventurous tweets are things like“This year I want to go skydiving” and “Before I die, I want to travel the world.” Not only are these tweets suggesting amazing things you can add to your bucket list, but are also inspirational in offering advice.
For me, it all started when I was little, and there were things I dreamed of doing. I still remember, to this day, when I was sitting in my kindergarten class, first day back from February break, and a girl walked in fresh back from vacation. She had corn rows in her hair, having spent the last few days on vacation in the sun. During show and tell, she passed around a picture of her in the water with a dolphin in Bermuda. That was the moment I knew that I wanted to swim with dolphins. Ever since I saw that picture, swimming with dolphins has been on the top of my bucket list.
This moment in my life inspired to me to go after my dreams. I decided I had to push forward and always be confident that someday I will cross things off of my bucket list.
Kylie Rotanelli is an intrigued follower of this popular account. “Most of the stuff they tweet are things that I can relate to but I also love seeing ideas to put on my bucket list that I never thought of, and now want to achieve” exclaimed Kylie.
Allie Passero also had a similar reaction to Kylie’s. “It is my favorite twitter account to follow, and I love seeing the creative ideas that they will think of next. This account helps me to keep adding to my bucket list.”
People are ecstatic over this Twitter account. Each day you can see the number of followers increasing. As of right now, they have 536,000 followers, which is an incredible amount for a recently created account. The number is expected to rise even more because the bucket list phenomenon does not just stop with you! Remember, said William Ross, “Every man dies, not every man really lives.”