I Wrote My Marketing Bucket List At 30. It Changed Everything.

Five things I did to fall back in love with marketing.

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It hit me one night at 11:47pm.

I was staring at yet another budget tracker, trying to justify why a campaign with 3.2% engagement was still “on track.”

My brain was fried.

My heart? Somewhere else entirely.

I couldn’t shake the feeling that I wasn’t doing marketing anymore — I was just managing it.

Like the magic had been buried under decks, deadlines, and dumb sign-offs.

So I opened a blank note. Titled it:

Things I Actually Want To Do As A Marketer.

No jargon. No filters.

Just a raw, slightly chaotic list.

Stuff I’d always wanted to try. Stuff that scared me.

Stuff that would’ve made 22-year-old me shout with excitement.

I wasn’t quitting my job. I wasn’t having a breakdown.

I was remembering why I started.

That night, I wrote my marketing bucket list.

And it changed everything I said yes to after.