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.