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My Bucket List

Creating and setting out to achieve goals is one of the surest ways to ensure a lifestyle of success. Often times, opportunities and dreams you never expected present themselves because you were prepared. Many of the blessings that have occurred in my life were not planned or even a thought in my mind. Instead, while remaining focused on my ultimate destination, small adventures and challenges presented themselves that I had to accept and conquer.

What will define your life? Once you establish and create the list of things you want to accomplish in this lifetime, you can begin with the small steps that will get you there. Let go of fear, embrace love, and take that necessary step into the unknown. Don’t worry, it always works itself out in the end.

The underlying lesson here is to stop thinking and start doing. The universe takes care of the rest. You only live once and quality matters. What you do with that limited time is your choices.

Here’s my gameplan:

  1. Positively impact the life of 1 million people
  2. Play college football : 2002 – 2005
  3. Play professional football : 2008
  4. Graduate college (with highest GPA in major) : Dec 2006
  5. Summit Mt. Kilimanjaro
  6. Earn a Master’s Degree
  7. Get CPA License : Feb 2008
  8. Start my own company : 2007
  9. “Experiment” : Ongoing… Til the day I die.
  10. Grow my own vegetables, fruits, and herbs (2013….. Microgreens!!!!!)
  11. Live on a Farm
  12. Open a Farm-to-Plate Restaurant
  13. Go skydiving (In a speedo) : Jul 2009
  14. Salsa dance in Barcelona : Jun 2008
  15. Attend the biggest party on the planet : Jun 2007
  16. Learn to cook (professionally) : 2012
  17. Find and learn from a business mentor : 2012
  18. Find and learn from a fitness professional mentor : 2012
  19. Milk a cow and drink the milk (Feb 2013)
  20. Visit all 7 continents
  21. Slaughter a chicken (humanely) and eat it (after preparation)
  22. Make a Documentary
  23. Tour Europe with nothing except a backpack : 2007 & 2008
  24. Write a book (PAIN: Why Your Productivity is Suffering) : Dec 2010
  25. Write another book
  26. Win a recognizable award for entrepreneurship
  27. Go on an African Safari
  28. Make Wine in Italy
  29. Design my own home from scratch
  30. Become a best belling author
  31. Take a roadtrip across Europe : 2008
  32. Fluent in Spanish
  33. Cliff jump (Hawaii & Greece) : 2009
  34. Go zip lining through a jungle
  35. Whale Watch in Alaska
  36. Watch a show on Broadway
  37. Visit Pyramids in Egypt
  38. Mentor someone : 2012
  39. Walk on Great Wall of China
  40. More to come… I am still alive, ya know.