24 Gold CoinsObjective: You will put yourself in someone else’s shoes in order to use your time wisely and enjoy your life.

Drill:

1. Get your advisory journal and a writing utensil.

2. Title your page: 24 Gold Coins

Imagine this…

• A man was given six months to live, yet his outlook on life was inspiring. He was asked how he could stay so positive knowing he only had a short time to live. He shared these thoughts:

• "Each day when I wake up, I receive twenty-four gold coins, one for each hour of the day. I have to spend some of those coins for eating, sleeping, time with my family, and taking care of the day's responsibilities. I choose to spend some of my daily hours (coins) having fun and helping others. At the end of each day, there are usually a couple of special gold coins left over. I spend these with particular care.“

• How would you spend your 24 gold coins?

What an invaluable life lesson for us. We live in a hectic, "there is never enough time to get everything done" world. Our future success, and that of our children, will be determined by how wisely we invest our daily gold coins.

Questions for discussion:

1. How did you spend your gold coins yesterday?

2. How will you spend your gold coins today? List 24 numbers. What have you done with each hour, what could you do?

3. How would you spend your gold coins if you had the same diagnosis?

4. How you might spend your coins more wisely?

5. Without any indication of how long of a life you will live, how will you make sure that it is quality time?

6. Quotes for inspiration:

"The time is always right to do what is right." - Martin Luther King

“Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.” -Wayne Dyer

Create a Bucket List:List 20+ things you want to do before you die:

A. What are your goals for your life?

B. What do you want to create?

C. What do you want to accomplish?

D. Where do you want to go?

E. What do you want to see?

F. Who do you want to spend time with?

G. How could you start this year? Month? Today?

H. How do you enjoy your life right now? How could you enjoy it more? (Without changing the things that you must do.)

Here is How to Make a Teen Bucket List:

1. Do some pre-thinking time alone. It is good to reflect for yourself before diving into a group activity.

2. Sit down with people you like and trust.  Sometimes you forget things you have always said you want to do.  Parents and best friends are great reminders!

3. Think outside the box.  Do not stick with normal, really push yourself to try something new and get out of your comfort zone!

4. Be reasonable.  Be out there, but do not pick something you will be too hard (or expensive) to do, this will set you up for disappointment.

5. Make a timeline! You want to make sure this list doesn’t just stay on paper.  Start planning and setting dates and make sure your friends keep you on top of it.

Sample Bucket List

Sample Bucket List

1. Go on a cruise down the Nile River.2. Get a dog.3. Grow an herb garden and keep it alive.4. Buy property abroad.5. Publish my fiction novel.6. Drive up the California coast.7. Go to Austin for South By South West.8. Have kids and Grand kids (eventually).9. Design, decorate and build a dream house.10. Live in Berlin.

Write your own:

1. Title page something like~ “My Bucket List”

2. The next 6 slides have bucket list ideas.

3. They are on a minute timer.

4. Look for ideas.

5. Create your own.

Bucket List Ideas:Sports and Athletics• 1. Run a 10k.

2. Run a half maratho/ Run a marathon.3. Join the 50 States Marathon Club and run a marathon in all 50 states.4. Become a triathlete.5. Learn archery.6. Learn to play golf.7. Join a bowling league.8. Learn to ski.9. Ski at the top ten ski resorts in the world.10. Go canoeing or kayaking.

Adventures• Ride in a hot air balloon• Go paragliding.• Go parasailing in Acapulco.• Go sky diving.• Go on a helicopter ride.• Go scuba diving.• Go snorkeling in a shipwreck.• Swim with sharks.• Ride a mechanical bull.

• Go bungee jumping.• Go white water rafting.• Dive in a submarine.• Fly in a blimp.• Go rock climbing.• Learn to fly a plane.• Race a sports car.• Go jet skiing.• Take a canopy tour (traversing between trees on a

zip line).• Go Zorbing in New Zealand.• Ride the 10 largest roller coasters in the world.• Go on a cruise.• Visit the wreckage of the Titanic aboard a

submarine.

Dancing – Learn Any of These Dances

• Salsa Rhumba Cha-cha-cha TangoWaltz Foxtrot Belly Dance BalletTap Dance Samba

Crafts- Hobbies• Photography • Take up gourmet cooking. • Paint – watercolors, oil,

acrylics.• Gardening Grow prize-winning

roses. • Restore a classic car.Books• 234. Make a list of 100 books

you want to read.

Restore antiques. Learn to draw. Become a Cheese Connoisseur.Calligraphy Embroidery Jewelry MakingKnitting Scrapbooking SewingCrochet Beading

• Learn to say “hello” in 50 languages.Music

• Learn to play the piano.• Take signing lessons.• Learn to play the guitar.• Learn to yodel.• Compose a song.• Release an album.• Learn to sing opera.• Play in an orchestra.• Form a band.• Sing Karaoke.

Natural Wonders to Visit

• The Grand Canyon• Victoria Falls (between Zambia and Zimbabwe)• Iguassu Falls (between Brazil and Argentina)• The Great Barrier Reef• The Galapagos Archipelago• The Northern Lights (the Aurora Borealis)• The Fjords of Norway• The Amazon Rainforest• The Perito Moreno Glacier

Bucket list ideas website:

http://abundance-blog.marelisa-online.com/2010/05/21/bucket-list-ideas/

Students share:

1. What would you do with your 24 gold coins?

2. What is on your bucket list?

Class Bucket List:

“Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.”

~Wayne Dyer

50 Fun Things To Do!1. Gather up a few friends, and have a picnic in your back

yard.2. Go on a walk and take pictures of trees, flowers, dogs,

etc.3. Buy some fashion magazines, pick out a couple of

really cute outfits, and try to recreate them for less.4. Bead some bracelets and sell them for charity.5. Volunteer at the local animal or homeless shelter.6. Clean your room!7. Bake some cupcakes and deliver them to friends and

family.8. Play some childhood games like "Sorry", "Candyland",

or "Pretty Pretty Princess".9. Take your dog for a walk.10.E-mail a friend you haven't spoken to in awhile.

11. Do 25 jumping jacks!12. Look through old family scrapbooks, photo books, and yearbooks.13. Make a root beer float.14. Go to the movies with your siblings.15. Go window-shopping with a friend.16. Write a poem.17. Make fresh, homemade fruit juice.18. Give your dog a bath.19. Make dinner for your family.20. Baby-sit for a neighbor.

21. Have a sleepover party and watch scary movies.22. Plan a vacation you want to take next summer.23. Plant flowers in your yard.24. Sign up for a class.25. Have a bubble bath.26. Make a mixed CD of your favorite songs and title it "The soundtrack of my life".27. Order a pizza.28. Splash around in a plastic kiddy pool.29. Buy some crayons and a coloring book.30. Read a book based on a movie you have seen.

31. Make a scrapbook of your baby pictures.32. Get a job or an internship.33. Start a diary and write in it everyday.34. Spend the day at the library.35. Draw a self-portrait.36. Make a collage out of old magazines.37. Run around in the sprinklers.38. Go to a museum.39. Go out for lunch with one of your parents.40. Jump in the pool with your clothes on.

41. Eat last night's leftovers for breakfast.42. Learn to sew or knit.43. Invite friends over and have a tea party.44. Swing on the swings at the park.45. Tie-Dye a t-shirt or bed sheets with Kool-Aid!46. Make a smoothie.47. Learn how to define and spell 5 new words from the dictionary.48. Make popsicles in your freezer.49. Put on the radio and dance.50. Go camping in your backyard!