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Did You Make a Leap List Before Having Your Baby?
Did You Make a Leap List?
Have you ever heard of a “Leap List?” Yeah, me neither. That is until I heard the term mentioned in a recent Honda ad.
The scenario was this. A couple in their mid to late twenties are walking down the street when the girl blurts out, “I think I want a baby.” His mind reels, thinking of all the things he wants to do first before they take such a big step. He wants to go see the Northern Lights in Alaska. He wants to go spelunking. He wants to build a contestant for robot wars. But he concedes to her suggestion with the condition that they “need to do a few things first.” items on their “leap list.”
Now, this is no Bucket List…the famed list that consists of big things that could take a lifetime to arrange, do or get a chance to experience like attending the Oscars, meet Oprah or take a ride in a rocket ship. The “Leap List,” apparently, is a less hefty version of that… of things one wants to accomplish and do before a significant life change, like having a baby. Things that are a bit more attainable.
The commercial made me ponder the question, did I make a “Leap List” before I had my daughter? The answer – yes. We didn’t call it the market-ably simple “Leap List.” It was more “Things we want to do while we can.” The big thing for my husband and I? Go to Italy. Just us two. And we did. And it was great. Soon after we felt more ready to take that next step, that leap. There were a couple other things on our “list” but Italy, that was the biggie.
Did you have a “leap list,” before you had your baby? If so, what was on yours?
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Richan commented on Jan 22 12 at 4:47 pmthere’s nothing that I want to do that I couldn’t do with my son or wouldnt mind waiting until he’s old enough to spend a weekend by himself.
TNSDG commented on Jan 23 12 at 2:13 amNo. I wish we would’ve traveled more & had a a big overseas trip too. But really it wasnt financially possible at the time & hubby was kind of afraid of flying too. So I guess really no regrets. We’ll just do all that stuff wen the kids are a little older :D.
michelle commented on Jan 23 12 at 10:46 amIt was hard to stop traveling once the kids came along (we love bumming around Asia), but we are almost ready to start again. Will either take the kids overseas with us or will have them spend some quality time with the grandparents.
bob commented on Jan 23 12 at 3:22 pmWe had educational and career goals that we wanted to achieve before having a kid.
Guajolote commented on Apr 24 12 at 12:43 pmWe went to Turkey and Italy during the first trimester of my pregnancy. The tickets were bought before I was pregnant – but it worked out fantastic. I cherish those memories so so so so deeply.
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