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My Goals
Here is my Bucket List. I am proud to say that I had a bucket list long before the movie came out. I put my first goals down on paper and have been working to achieve them since 2000. My plan has always been to acheive two a year, and to eventually have a list of 100 goals. Currently I only have 84. I used to have 90, but as I have aged and other circumstances have changed, my desire to achieve several goals have diminished. Having a wife who is not particularly interested in it had something to do with it as well. To date I have achieved 39 of my goals. Those are listed as well. When you look at my goals, I imagine the reactions will range from "Cool, me too!" to "Why bother' to "What, you've never done that?" But, these are what I want to achieve, not what I think someone else would want me to achieve. My thought behind this was to list things that would insure that I got something out of the limited time I have on this planet, to hopefully leave something behind that would cause me to be remembered, and to experience what I think are the things that make life fun. You will obviously will have a different set of priorities and desires. Do I expect to achieve all of these? The odds are against me. But, what I do have in my favor is that I know what stands in my way to achieving each one of them, and I actively work to remove those barriers. I have always lived by the axiom that "Where there's a will, there's a way". My own personal addendum to that is "But, first you have to have the will" I have the will and desire to achieve each one of these goals. If (when) my priorities and outlook changes, the goal will be removed or amended. As the mood strikes me, I will likely add a page for some or all of these goals, explaining why they are important to me, and what I am doing to achieve them. I used to address each one of these in that manner, once per year. But, a hard drive crash erased 7 years worth of efforts to that end, and I am just now over coming that discouragement. If anyone reading this has thoughts about a way in which I might not know about or is not obvious towards achieving one of these goals, I'm all ears. Working to acheive in 2018#33 RIde in Hot Air Balloon---Done!
#89 Go Parasailing----Cancelled due to wind. Boo!! Achieved
#03 See a Cubs game at Wrigley Field #04 See the Red Sox play at Fenway Park #09 Learn to play golf #10 Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras #13 Drive to the top of Mt Evans #14 Eat dinner at Morton's of Chicago #15 Visit the 16th Street Mall #17 Stay at the Standley Hotel, in Estes Park #18 Reduce weight to 200 lbs #19 Attend a performance of Symphony Orchestra #21 Experience Thunder over Louisville #22 Visit the Pro Fooball Hall of Fame, in Canton, OH #24 Drive Trail Ridge Road, in Rocky Mountain National Park #27 Visit the Mall of America #28 See the Changing of the Aspens, in the Colorado Rockies #29 Take a Caribbean cruise #32 Take a Denver Downtown Tour-State Capital, Denver Mint & xxxxColorado History Museum #33 Ride in a Hot Air Balloon #34 See the Harlem Globetrotters play, in person #35 Visit Las Vegas, NV #38 Take a tour of an Aircraft Carrier #39 See and Go up in the Statue of Liberty #40 Fire a Tommy Gun #41 See a NASCAR race, in person #43 Get a professional massage #44 Take a tour of the Coors Brewery #46 Attend the Renaissance Festival, in Larkspur, CO #49 See a Broadway Show #52 Stay at the Delaware Hotel, in Leadville, CO #53 Stay at the Hotel Colorado, in Glenwood Springs, CO #59 See the Miracle Staircase, in the Loretto Chapel, in Santa Fe #66 See a reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg #67 Eat a lobster, in Maine #70 Write a Book #71 Stay at the Hotel Nicholas, in Cripple Creek, CO #72 See the leaves change in New England #78 Design and build a Hot Tub gazebo #79 Visit Great Sand Dunes NM & Colorado Alligator Farm #88 See a Total Solar Eclipse (Click here) |
The Bucket List#02 Visit all 50 States #05 Watch the Super Bowl, in person #06 See the launch of a rocket #11 Buy a brand new car #16 Stay at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO #20 Stay at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver #23 Visit London, England #25 Attend a Notre Dame football game, in South Bend #26 Take a Mexican vacation #30 Visit Australia #31 Take an Amtrak trip/vacation #37 See a Redwood Tree #42 Attend Cheyenne Frontier Days #45 Walk the Platte River Greenway Trail, in two days #47 Vacation at a Dude Ranch #50 Ride in a fighter aircraft #51 Visit Mesa Verde #55 See the Crystal Mill and visit Marble, CO #56 Visit Yosemite National Park #57 Visit Bryce Canyon and Antelope Canyon #58 Visit the Alamo #60 Visit Tombstone, AZ #61 Visit Italy and eat a pizza there #62 See the Great Wall of China #63 Visit and tour Alcatraz #64 See Niagara Falls #65 See an active volcano #68 Stay at the Bullock Hotel, in Deadwood, SD #69 Meet the President of the United States #73 Visit Germany #74 Visit Rome, Italy #75 Take a Russian Vacation #77 Write a book about my 50 states travels #80 Read a biography of every President of the US (click here) #83 See a ball game at Dodger Stadium #84 See a ball game at Yankee Stadium #85 See a ball game at Busch Stadium #86 Visit the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY #87 Attend a World Series game #89 Go Parasailing #90 Complete/Visit my National Parks List Canceled#01 Retire at age 60 (click here)
#12 Learn to Country Swing #36 Take a college course #48 See a Bullfight #54 Try Skiing or Snowboarding #76 Send a Message in a Bottle and get a reply Achieved by Year
2000--#4, #13, & #15
2001--#14, #28, #32, & #44 2002--#17 & #19 2003--#35, #41, & #9 2004--#18 & #59 2005--#38, #39, #49 2006--#3 & #22 2007--#29 & #70 2008--#34, #67, #71, & #72 2009--NONE 2010--#21, #52, #78, & #79 2011--#10 2012--#24 2013--#66 2014--#40 & #27 2015--#43 & #53 2016--NONE 2017--#46 & #88 |