the list

Not to be outdone by the J, I too have decided to make my list public.

If you’re unfamiliar with the list, just know that this is something that 4 of us decided to do: make a list of anything we would like to accomplish in our lifetime. Some of them are very easy things to accomplish. Some of them are very hard. It’s not important whether or not we check everything off. What’s important is to have goals for yourself and be unafraid to chase them. When I look back on my life someday 50 years from now, maybe I’ll have a good portion of my list crossed off, but I really just hope I honestly try to do all of them.

Now that I think about it, I sincerely hope that my list never gets completely checked off. Because I don’t want my list to ever stop growing. I don’t think I can possibly experience everything there is to experience in one lifetime, and I don’t want to ever stop thirsting for new experiences (hence my usual signoff at the end of blogs).

So at long last, here is my list. I will keep this updated as the list grows and starts getting checked off. Feel free to comment on anything here. I’ll be using the square root symbol to check things off, and some things can be checked off more than once.

1. Set foot on 5 continents.
2. Complete Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage.
3. Visit Vatican City.
4. Become competent in 2 foreign languages.
5. Get my bachelor’s degree.
6. Watch a baseball game at Fenway Park.
7. Watch a baseball game at Wrigley Field.
8. Wear a Comboys jersey to a Cowboys-Eagles game in Philly.
9. Drive 100 miles for a cup of coffee. Then turn around and drive back.
10. Go to a driving range in the middle of a city (Like the one in Dallas).
11. Brew my own beer.
12. Write a book.
13. Drink absinthe.
14. Raise a puppy. √
15. Take a picture on the Great Wall of China.
16. Start a Ministry.
17. Go parasailing.
18. Successfully throw and catch a boomerang.
19. Solve a Rubik’s Cube.
20. Write a song.
21. Give a best man’s toast.
22. Get married.
23. Have kids.
24. Hit an entire bag of golf balls into an ocean/lake.
25. Go a full day without looking at a clock.
26. Smoke a Cuban cigar.

Please note that at the time of this initial post, my list goes to 25. I have no doubt that this will grow. Here’s hoping your list grows as well.

Stay thirsty my friends.