Mastering the Bucket List: From Planning to Action

By Forney Shell and Crystal Cregge

Our pulse quickens when we think about our bucket lists. Shaking up our ordinary routine of bills, schedules, and the regular burdens of everyday life, planning out the things we want to experience during our lifetimes, is both exhilarating and daunting.

If hearing the words ‘bucket list’ conjures a number of exotic locations t

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Piper LLC
• Release date: Nov 30, 2019
• ISBN: 9781734147018

Forney Shell

Marketing and creating products of all shapes, sizes, and designs has been the hallmark of Forney Shell's fascinating career path. Born in 1937, Shell spent the first years of his life in Washington D.C. and Silver Spring, Maryland. His sales acumen was forged through selling vacuum cleaners, touting life insurance policies, and demonstrating products in retail stores. A short move up the East Coast to Boston, Massachusetts, to work for Sylvania Electronics as an electro-mechanical design engineer later led to a cross-country move to California. Shell spent the next 40 years on the West Coast, contributing designs to the Mercury and Apollo space crafts, the Space Shuttle, and the Moon Lander. Retiring in 2000 from his role at Boeing as a Senior Research Design Engineer, Shell followed the siren song to return to the East Coast, settling in Charlottesville, Virginia. Not one to remain idle, however, Shell became a travel agent for a local firm for 18 years before opening his own agency. Shell founded Pan Piper Travel LLC while also working as a part-time guide at Thomas Jefferson's stomping ground, Monticello. A life-long learner, Shell holds a Master of Science degree, is a certified life underwriter, and a certified travel agent. His specialized training with Princess and Cunard cruise lines and the Las Vegas and Orlando convention authorities speak to his travel credentials. Shell is the proud father to two sons and three stepsons. Traveling is one of Shell's personal passions, as he has visited sixty-five world cities, twenty-nine countries, and taken thirty-one cruises. Shell wrote "Mastering Your Bucket List" as a guide for peopling desiring to create a personalized bucket list and to move their travel dreams from paper to reality.

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Mastering the Bucket List

From Planning to Action

Forney Shell

Pan Piper Travel

Copyright © 2019 by Forney Shell

ISBN 9781734147001 (paperback), 9781734147018 (ebook)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019920383

Cover illustrations by Crystal Cregge, Liona Design Co. Back cover photo by Ali Johnson. Edited by KWE Publishing.

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Contents

About the Author

Preface

SECTION ONE

Non-Travel Bucket List Items

Planning for Non-Travel Bucket List Items

Spending More Time with Family

Getting in Better Physical Shape

Developing a Retirement Plan

Landing a Promotion or Ideal Job

SECTION TWO

The No-Regret Bucket List

SECTION THREE

The Travel Bucket List

Leisure Travel

Culinary Travel

Religious Travel

Adventure Travel

Cultural Travel

Fun Travel

Socially-Motivated Travel

Travel to Get Away

Travel for Follow-Up on Education

Business Travel

Getting Ready for Foreign Travel

SECTION FOUR

Modes of Travel

Your Selection of Travel Modes

Driving

Flying

Cruise

Train and Bus

Walking or Cycling

Summary of Travel Modes

SECTION FIVE

Types of Bucket Lists

Individual

Spouses or Partners

Family Bucket List

Generational Bucket List

SECTION SIX

Writing the List

Refining the List

Filters to Consider

Number of Items

Time Commitments

Safety

Your Physical Health

Cost

Overlapping Lists

SECTION SEVEN

Developing the Plan

Sharing Your List

Staying Flexible

Annual Review

SECTION EIGHT

Protecting Your Investment

The Real Costs of Insurance

SECTION NINE

Let’s Recap

Be Ready for Inspiration

Keep Your Eyes Open

SECTION TEN

Types of Items for the List

Bucket List Items for Education

First Time Bucket List Items

All of a Kind Bucket List Items

Natural Wonders Bucket List Items

Adventure Bucket List Items

It All Comes Down to This

SECTION ELEVEN

Major United States Airport Symbols

Major United States Air Carrier Phone Numbers and Websites

Acknowledgments

Dedication

To my wife, Judy, who put up with me as I learned the travel business. To my five sons, who are always encouraging. To Barbara, who provides continuing support, and to my clients, who are also my friends.

About the Author

Forney Shell is a travel agent who has supported clients in achieving their bucket list items for over eighteen years. A certified travel planner, Forney holds a Bachelor's degree in Business and a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management. He began his career in aerospace engineering as a Senior Research Designer Engineer with Boeing aircraft and contributed his designs to the Apollo spacecraft and space shuttle. Forney is also a former professor of Careers in Travel at the College of Business and Technology in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Preface

I started my own bucket list when I was a teenager.

The first item on my list came from the movies I watched as a child. Back then, the movies included not only a movie but also a newsreel about national and international news events. Several years in a row, I watched with fascination as the newsreels featured an event known as the Grunion Run.

A grunion is a small fish that looks much like a sardine. Each year along the California coast, thousands of grunions come ashore to lay their eggs. The female grunion rides