What is a Bucket Filler?

Oct 20, 2021

Little Girl posing with colourful fall leaves and holding with bucket full of leaves
Girl holding acorn and colourful leaf in autumn park. Child picking acorns in a bucket in fall forest with golden oak and maple leaves. Children play outdoors. Kids playing and hiking in the woods.

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According to children’s book author Carol McCloud, we each hold an invisible, or unseen, bucket: ‘All day long, everyone in the whole wide world walks around carrying an invisible bucket.’ This bucket is very special because it can’t carry sand or rocks, or anything like other buckets carry. ‘Its purpose is to hold your good thoughts and good feelings about yourself.’

We’re all responsible for each other’s bucket. A full bucket is important because it means you’re happy and confident. If you want a full bucket, you need to work together; you can’t do it alone. ‘You need other people to fill your bucket and other people need you to fill theirs.’