I was inspired by the chapter "Get Lost" from NOW, which encourages you to go somewhere you are not familar with and have an adventure.
I don't remember when I actually first wanted to go to Japan, it might have been my love of "Speed Racer" as a kid, hearing about all the cool video games and gadgets or when I worked at Wal-Mart and thought I might be able to get into the Tokyo Game show.
It was just a really cool, foreign place I thought would be a blast to see.
But, something on my list that would take the most money and be the hardest to accomplish.
Years went by with it at the top of my list, a constant reminder that the first thing might be the last thing to do or never at all.
Well... until fate stepped in.
Around Christmas time I found out that I will be going to Japan! I can't go into details, but can say that I am a very lucky man.
Lucky, but with a lot of work and money to get me there... (hint: need more material for future blogs people...)
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Introduction
A couple of years ago while walking through Borders I came upon a book with the host of "The Amazing Race" on the cover, since I like that show I stopped and took a look.
The book "NOW: No Opportunity Wasted" is about creating a list for the life that you want. I just so happen to have been in this weird transitional stage in my life so, of course, I bought the book.
Now this was before that movie "The Bucket List" so the book, my list and everything here has nothing to do with that. I just wanted to make that clear.
The book is broken down into 8 stages for a life list: 1. Face your fear 2. Get Lost 3. Test your limits 4. Take a leap of faith 5. Rediscover your childhood 6. Shed your inhibitions/express yourself 7. Break new ground 8. Aim for the heart.
I quickly made a list of eight items corresponding to the stages, but realized that I wanted much more. I remember many years ago there was this show on NBC called "Boomtown" where one of the main characters kept a huge list of things he wanted to do before he died. So I took a little from NOW and a little from that and started my 50 item list for my life.
I won't list all 50 here at once. I have accomplished a few of them already and those will be upcoming posts. I will also talk about experiences trying to get the others checked off. The items are numbered but not in really any order or significance.
The book "NOW: No Opportunity Wasted" is about creating a list for the life that you want. I just so happen to have been in this weird transitional stage in my life so, of course, I bought the book.
Now this was before that movie "The Bucket List" so the book, my list and everything here has nothing to do with that. I just wanted to make that clear.
The book is broken down into 8 stages for a life list: 1. Face your fear 2. Get Lost 3. Test your limits 4. Take a leap of faith 5. Rediscover your childhood 6. Shed your inhibitions/express yourself 7. Break new ground 8. Aim for the heart.
I quickly made a list of eight items corresponding to the stages, but realized that I wanted much more. I remember many years ago there was this show on NBC called "Boomtown" where one of the main characters kept a huge list of things he wanted to do before he died. So I took a little from NOW and a little from that and started my 50 item list for my life.
I won't list all 50 here at once. I have accomplished a few of them already and those will be upcoming posts. I will also talk about experiences trying to get the others checked off. The items are numbered but not in really any order or significance.
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