Don’t Make a Bucket List. Make a Reverse Bucket List.
Neal Brennan and Dr. Arthur C. Brooks discuss how to increase your happiness if you’re predisposed to melancholia. By making a Reverse Bucket List. From the Blocks Podcast with Neal Brennan.
Full Episode: https://youtu.be/iTapxei018Y
Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix:
https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557
Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased).
Edited by Will Hagle (wthagle@gmail.com)
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@ShannonJacobs0
July 21, 2026 at 12:48 pm
I prefer the "fuckit list" approach. Beyond passive reversal to active rejection.
@flidmcduck4366
July 21, 2026 at 12:48 pm
This feels like the most important thing I've ever seen.
@jblack7697
July 21, 2026 at 12:48 pm
My Mom had a little thing on her refrigerator. Very glad I saw it early in life. It said:
"When you're 20, you care about what people think of you. When you're 40, you no longer care what people think of you. When you're 60, you realize no one was ever thinking of you at all."
So … enjoy your life. The thing above makes sense, IMHO.