What are your hopes and dreams?

I Similar to Rick Stain I want to own a house. I will never be able to do that by working in the field I am now, which completely sucks. It might take a little while longer than I originally thought.

 

Y'all might want to check out the seventh chapter of the Song of Songs/Song of Solomon.

 

1) Sell a movie.
2) Write a book before 30.
3) Write three more before 40.
4) Have a boy to play catch with and have him run up to me and hug me.
5) Continue to play hoops with my best friends 3+ times a week until I'm 70.
6) Live to 70.
7) Wake up to a beautiful woman every day for the rest of my life.
8) Bonus points if it's the same one.

 

* Qualify for the Ironman World Championship
* Qualify for the Boston Marathon
* Do a marathon and a triathlon in each of the 50 states
* See all seven continents (five to go)
* Become financially solvent
* Write a book
* Retire comfortably
* Live off the grid, or close to the edge of it

Upon further review that reads more like a to-do list, but those things are what I dream about, for better or worse.

 

* Survive my kids' teenage years.

* Marry a couple more Proverbs 31 girls.

 

I hope for enough Marriott points to put me up in Europe for a month.

And to be six or seven inches taller, a few pounds lighter, and a few dollars richer.

I don't think that's asking too much.

 

Two chicks at the same time.

Get through today.

 

Serious things (tougher to accomplish):

* See my kids grow up to be healthy and happy with whatever they decide to do.

* Keep diabetes at bay for another, oh, 30 to 40 years -- mainly for my wife's sake.

* Make a positive impact on others' lives, both on and off the job. Believe it or not, the "on the job" part can and does happen in the newspaper biz.

Fun things (easier to accomplish):

* Break the 25 minute mark in a 5K (better get going on this ... it'll never get any easier!)

* Belt a HR from both sides of the plate in the summer rec league (not much power batting left-handed, but working on it)

* Play guitar and sing onstage again, even if it's just open mic night.

 

Your post reminded me, I want to run a mile in under 5 minutes. I got my time down to 5:07 before I hurt my knee.

 

- Learn something new every day.
- Perform onstage with a rock band. Even if for just one song. Guitar, singing...whatever.
- Go to a World Cup.
- Meet a woman who makes me a better person.
- Make a movie, although youtube has somewhat allowed me to do this already on a pretty satisfying level.
- Have the ability to influence people to stop wasting time with superstitious nonsense.

 

- See all that I can see before my eyes are taken from me
- Raise a kid into a respectful, functional adult
- Write and direct a feature-length movie
- Do something that's remembered (my name need not be)

 

That all the best happens for my daughter. As far as my own hopes, can't complain.