Day two I start to think about the “goals” that I have always had. I say goals in quotations because I really have not really pursued them. These are the things that I always hoped would happen by osmosis, things that if I waited long enough would fall into my lap. Well, I’m 45 years old and my laps empty. It’s time to start going after these goals or forget them.
Many of these things have never been talked about in public, some have. Part of the deal is that “First you have to say it, and then you have to do it’’.
Well here they are…. in no particular order, my Bucket List. Well, at least the first 70.
1. Work in the sports industry in public relations, sponsor services or community services.
2. Travel internationally for business.
3. Find a job that makes me excited for tomorrow.
4. Start my own company.
5. Be known as a philanthropist.
6. Be debt free.
7. Make a million dollars….and give it all away.
8. Write an article for Rolling Stone.
9. Own a classic Mustang.
10. Build a baseball field for a poor community.
11. Pay for a college education for a stranger who deserves it.
12. Have friends that are famous.
13. Create a place where art, music and food warm people’s souls.
14. Attend a festival in Sicily.
15. Inspire others to do great things.
16. Spend a day at the Djemaa el Fna in Morocco.
17. Feed a child that otherwise would not eat that day.
18. Start a Foundation.
19. Play First Base for the Dodger’s.
20. Become the Charles Kuralt of my generation.
21. Pay someone’s medical bill.
22. Drink tea with the Dalai Lama.
23. Own a Ferrari.
24. Be asked to be a member of Augusta… and turn it down.
25. Write a book.
26. Go to Lemans.
27. Swim with a Manta Ray.
28. Befriend a wild animal.
29. Manage a band.
30. Eat Pho in Viet Nam.
31. Take a balloon ride over the Alps.
32. Learn how to make beer, bread and cheese.
33. Discover the next Springsteen.
34. Buy a beautiful Irish girl a Guinness.
35. Scuba Dive at the Great Barrier Reef.
36. Have Beignets at Café du Monde.
37. Own a race car.
38. See Thailand by boat.
39. Sky Dive (I think).
40. Buy someone a home….anonymously.
41. Play onstage with a great band.
42. Host a “Dinner for Five”
43. Live by the ocean….again.
44. Go to a baseball fantasy camp.
45. Own a gourmet market.
46. Spend a winter in Key West.
47. Sail off of Martha’s Vineyard.
48. Be Richard Branson.
49. Sleep at Mt. Everest’s base camp.
50. Drink a beer while watching a volcano overflow.
51. Sit on the board for a major philanthropy.
52. Swim in the rain in Fiji.
53. Own a music club like Eddie’s Attic.
54. Sail on a Catamaran.
55. Sleep in a castle.
56. Create a place that kids with special needs can flourish.
57. Learn how to shuck an oyster.
58. Eat at The French Laundry.
59. Have someone ask for my autograph.
60. Hold a concert for charity.
61. Go to a Super Bowl.
62. Give an older person their dream.
63. Build a school.
64. See the great battlefields of WW II.
65. Live for a year in another country.
66. Learn to play the mandolin.
67. See Paris at night.
68. Wake up in a tent in Africa.
69. Ride a train through Europe.
70. Visit every major league baseball stadium.
