Bucket List

Although I’ve accomplished much in life, but there are still a great many things I would still like to do. Below are those things, in no particular order. Some are more ambitious than others, mostly because I need to be able to accomplish a few things along the way. I have kept this list for a long time. The date the item was added to the original list is marked with a “+” and the date I checked off the item is marked with a “-“.

  • Do a canopy tour via zipline (+ 3/1/2011) Natvitat Canopy Tours – Asheville  (- 10/19/2012) 
  • Hike the Seven Sisters (+ 4/30/2009)
  • Spend a least three months traveling through Europe (+ 4/30/1992)
  • Take a self-guided photo-tour through all 50 states (+ 4/30/2001)
  • Learn to play the guitar (+ 7/1/2009)
  • Learn to play the piano (+ 7/1/2009)
  • Get a book published (which is not the same as publishing a book) (+ 5/1/2001)
  • Become a beekeeper (+ 1/15/2011)
  • Rappel from at least 100′ (+02/15/2007)  Crowder’s Mountain, NC (-7/19/2008)
  • Own a small farm/ranch in the mountains (+ 10/31/2009)
  • Read Atlas Shrugged (+ 9/30/2009)
  • Make a documentary film on some yet-to-be defined topic  (+ 1/1/1999)
  • Spend a month on an island (+ 5/31/2008)
  • Learn to relax (+ 1/1/2011)  Figured it out and applied techniques consistently for 6-months (-3/31/2015)
  • Learn to kayak (+ 9/16/2010)
  • Get to the ideal weight for my 6′ 3″ frame: 200 lbs. (Progress: 220 @ 7/1/2013)
  • Complete a Master’s Degree (+ 7/1/2012)
  • Become an adjunct instructor (+ 7/1/2012)
  • Transition my speaking engagements from business topics to personal/motivational topics. (+ 1/1/2013)
  • Capture 250 stories for The Working Life Project  (+ 5/10/2013)
  • Hike the Camino de Santiago (+06/19/2015)