When you hear the words bucket list, what comes to mind? Skydiving?Swimming with dolphins?Travelling to the other side of the world? Those things can certainly be adventures. But I think we've made bucket lists much bigger than they need to be. For me, a bucket list isn't about impressing anyone. It's about reminding yourself that life is still waiting. Maybe your list looks like this: Learn to paint. Visit Scotland in autumn. Take singing lessons. Sleep under the stars. Lear

The bravest thing I did this month was walk into a cafe in Copenhagen, alone, on a Saturday afternoon, and sit at a table for one. No phone as a shield. No book as an excuse. No friend to wait for, no meeting to attend. Just me, a cup of coffee, and the particular vulnerability of being a woman sitting alone in public with absolutely nowhere else she's supposed to be. I don't know exactly when eating or sitting alone in public became something that required courage. But it di