Ran the marathon. But didn't get under 4 hours. So going to keep trying.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Thursday, January 29, 2009
What I want to do before I die
Many many people have written out their "What I want to do before I die" lists out there. For the most part, they won't get done. The reasons are that most people won't do the work to get these things done, or they start their list too late in life, or the goals are too lofty.
Most people who want to parachute will not work on their fear of heights. Most people who want to see the Pyramids won't save money, get the passports, and book the trip. Most people won't do the hard work required to learn French or Japanese.
This blog follows my "bucket list", and what I'm doing to reach them. I'll keep you posted on how I'm doing with my list. And periodically add some new items.
Roger!
Most people who want to parachute will not work on their fear of heights. Most people who want to see the Pyramids won't save money, get the passports, and book the trip. Most people won't do the hard work required to learn French or Japanese.
This blog follows my "bucket list", and what I'm doing to reach them. I'll keep you posted on how I'm doing with my list. And periodically add some new items.
Roger!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
The List as of January 2009
Things I Want to Do Before I Die (in no particular order)
- Try every type of alcohol…in the same night
- Run a marathon
- Meet a midget…and bring home to play with
- Train in martial arts…in the Far East
- Learn wine tasting…in France
- Do something truly altruistic…and tell no one
- Get my 15 minutes of fame
- Discover a species
- Handle wild animals like Steve Irwin for a day
- Make a video for friends and family to play at my funeral
- Be debt-free…for 3 days only
- Learn how to sail
- Pet a wild penguin
- Take my birthday off every year
- Go to Carnival in Brazil…and ride in one of the floats
- Make over $100k a year…and live like I make $50k
- Go to a masquerade party
- Try absinthe
- Live on a boat
- Travel faster than sound
- Go to a Superbowl
- Take Wife some place where she dresses in a formal gown
- Make a hole-in-one
- Be the first bad impression of an American for someone
- Learn Chinese
- Get banned for life from someplace
- Rob a bank
- Make over $150k a year…and live like I make $75k
- Write a will
- Run a 5K…under 22 minutes
- Save over $1mill for retirement
- Visit 40 different countries…and dance in every one
- Taste an endangered species
- Reenact a battle as a Roman
- Give away $1million to charity
- Host a 200+ person party…with people of different races
- Build a tree house
- Sue someone or a company
- Deep-sea fish
- Run for office…and don't even try to get elected
- SCUBA dive
- Retire at 50
- Set a world record
- Invent something
- Bench 225
- Have a great dane
- Learn Spanish
- Ride in a military jet
- Be a fireman
- Parachute…in a wing suit
- Break 10 laws in one day…None Moving Violations
- Never weigh over 195lbs
- Win over $10k in a poker tournament
- Visit every continent
- Do something so sweet Wife cries every year
- "Convert" a Christian
- Beat up someone…who deserves it
- Own a motorcycle
- Own a painting from an 18th or 19th century master
- Learn the sword…and collect antique ones
- Make a bet in Vegas for way more than I can afford
- Volunteer with Hospice
- Ride a camel in a desert
- Jump from a cliff
- Bury a treasure and make a map
- Write 10 love notes a year to Wife
- Be on fire
- Buy a $5,000 suit
- Disprove a myth
- Steal candy from a baby
- Get a tattoo
- Go to jail…for a stupid reason
- Streak…with 300+ people to witness
- Golf under 80
- Get into orbit
- Leave myself a letter to read in 20 years
- Climb an active volcano
- Hustle someone at pool
- Luge - Street or Ice
- Play with a tiger
- Crash a wedding
- Crash a funeral…drunk
- Write a book
- Cow tip
- Name a street
- Pay for someone to go to college
- See a World Cup Final
- Try most illegal drugs…once each
- Go to jail…for a good reason
- Save over $2mill for retirement…and live off the interest
- Skinny dip…in all 7 seas of the world
- Learn to cook well
- Swim in the ocean…with no land in sight at night
- Make over $75k a year…and live like I make $50k
- Start my own company
- Meet a King
- Do something truly evil…and tell no one
- Get a pilot license
- Give a beggar or panhandler all the money in my pocket
- Use super glue in a vicious way
- Learn cricket
- Have lunch/dinner with 50 old friends…with whom I've never had lunch
- Teach a college class
- Drive 200mph
- Drive 160mph
- Start a cult
- Meet an elected President/Chancellor/etc…
- Bungee Jump…in the dark
- Publish something
- Ski the Alps
- Eat a penguin
- Learn French
- Get a picture of me as a cowboy, fireman, policeman, astronaut, and praetorian
- Put random relatives in my will
- Celebrate 50 years of marriage
- Live like a vagrant
- Take Mom, Mark, Cheryl, and Wife on a cruise…to the Bermuda triangle
- Learn guitar…and play for a crowd
- Join the Mile-High Club
- Do 100 push-ups
- Make a lifelong enemy
- Visit all 7 wonders of the world
- Dance with a tribe
- Write a song
- End a fashion craze…like those stupid huge sunglasses
- Weigh 185lbs
- Attend an inaugural ball in DC…that the Pres shows up for
Week 2 update on Bucket List
I am working on the following in Week 1:
2) Run a marathon
45) Bench 225
52) Never weight over 195
55) Do something so sweet Wife gets teary-eyed
66) Write 10 love notes to Wife a year
97) Do something truly evil (not done yet, but working on it...)
115) Celebrate 50 years of marriage
118) Learn Guitar and play for a crowd
120) Do 100 push-ups
124) Write a song
126) Weight 185 pounds
2, 45, 120, 126. Three days a week at the Racquetball Club. Run 2-4 miles on the indoor track. Do 7 exercises, 3 sets, 10-15 reps (until failure). Alternate chest/triceps and back/biceps. Abs every day. I'm not lifting enough weight to gain muscle mass. I'm more interested in giving the calories I eat everyday some place to go besides my belly.
52, 126. Crash diet. Nevermind the low carb, good cholesterol/bad cholesterol, South Beach diet, low fat, high protein, or other fad diets. I simply eat less than 1,500 calories a day.
I've lost 4 pounds in 2 weeks. The first 10 are easy. My body starts to push back at 15 pounds lost. I should weigh zero in a mere 103 weeks.
55, 115, 118, 66. I've also spen
t 7+ hours learning the guitar this week. I think I'll learn to play a sweet song Wife likes: "Dancing in the Moonlight" and play for her one night when I can get her out to see Nick's band play. I think I can talk Nick into 3 minutes of stage time to do something sweet for Wife. I also brought her flowers with a note.
2) Run a marathon
45) Bench 225
52) Never weight over 195
55) Do something so sweet Wife gets teary-eyed
66) Write 10 love notes to Wife a year
97) Do something truly evil (not done yet, but working on it...)
115) Celebrate 50 years of marriage
118) Learn Guitar and play for a crowd
120) Do 100 push-ups
124) Write a song
126) Weight 185 pounds
2, 45, 120, 126. Three days a week at the Racquetball Club. Run 2-4 miles on the indoor track. Do 7 exercises, 3 sets, 10-15 reps (until failure). Alternate chest/triceps and back/biceps. Abs every day. I'm not lifting enough weight to gain muscle mass. I'm more interested in giving the calories I eat everyday some place to go besides my belly.
52, 126. Crash diet. Nevermind the low carb, good cholesterol/bad cholesterol, South Beach diet, low fat, high protein, or other fad diets. I simply eat less than 1,500 calories a day.
I've lost 4 pounds in 2 weeks. The first 10 are easy. My body starts to push back at 15 pounds lost. I should weigh zero in a mere 103 weeks.
55, 115, 118, 66. I've also spen
t 7+ hours learning the guitar this week. I think I'll learn to play a sweet song Wife likes: "Dancing in the Moonlight" and play for her one night when I can get her out to see Nick's band play. I think I can talk Nick into 3 minutes of stage time to do something sweet for Wife. I also brought her flowers with a note.
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