Yip, that’s the truth about life … no-one gets out alive.
I told you this post was coming hehe =)
I watched The Bucket List a few days ago and thought it was “okay”. IMHO, it could have been made way shorter, but anyways, that’s not the point – this isn’t a movie review post.
*possible spoiler warning*
Although the moral of the movie’s story is that it’s all very well and good to go out and do all the stuff you dream about doing before you die, it all means absolutely SQUAT at the end of the day. What DOES mean something though, is family … having loved ones to share your heart and life with. And I have to agree – I’ve been both with and without “stuff”, money, things and the “good life” and in all honesty, I was never happier than when I had bugger all (and I DO mean bugger all!!) and just “a whole lotta lurve”, as Led Zeppelin would say =)
Still, it got me to thinking:
What do you want to do with your life?
Before now, I’ve never really given much thought to things that I absolutely want to do during my lifetime. Why is that? How is that some of us can just exist from day to day, oblivious of who we really are or what we really want? For me, there are many reasons for having avoided asking myself this question, for not giving it any real thought at all over the last two decades. I guess I was just happy with the status quo. Until now …
It’s taken me a long while since the awful (what an understatement) day I found out about HER to regain some of my strength and come to the point where I know I have to move forward and I’m finally able to start taking appropriate action.
I can’t get stuck again, I have to keep challenging myself, developing my mind and creativity, reaching out to more people, building a network of friends and associates, expanding my world and finding ways to feel happy and fulfilled. Part of all that, is thinking about what’s important to me and what I want out of life. I don’t just want to survive; I’m done with “just surviving”. It sucks; it doesn’t give you anything, nothing to look forward to and no hope.
Am I having a pre-midlife crisis? Perhaps …
So, with all that emo stuff said, what do I want to do before I die?
Let’s see … Here’s a few things to start with. Some of it is real pie in the sky thinking, but some of it is actually very do-able =)
- Learn to play the drums and guitar
- Compose a song, with heartfelt lyrics that are true to me
- Front a rock band with my incredible vocals and magnetic, extrovert personality (BWAHAHA!!)
- Learn how to salsa dance and put on a *spectacular* show
- Write a best selling book (best SELLING, not best WRITING *grin*)
- Unlock all the achievements in at least ONE Xbox game =)
- Set Mom and Dad up so they never have to work again or think about money
- Visit Las Vegas
- Throw a massive, over-the-top party, with all the trimmings, just for the hell of it!
- Watch a football match at Anfield
- Tour with the Proteas, preferably to the West Indies
- Cruise the Caribbean (yes, again – it was THAT awesome!) and this time, take my boys along for the trip
- Ride in a hot air balloon and see the landscape from a totally new perspective
- Donate an insane amount of money to a charity, completely anonymously
- Beat Son#1 at pool haha … and that’s with him NOT using his “wrong hand” LOL
- Learn to ice skate really well and spin, spin, spin
- Spend a day with Tommy Lee or Steven Wright
- Become a non-smoker, with ZERO mental discomfort
- Buy my dream home – a big house on the beach – and turn it into a magical, warm haven for my family
- Move my team into swish offices
- Retire in comfort at a (relatively) young age
- Stay at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai
- Paint again, and hang my art on the walls
- Create more jewellery and start selling it – perhaps turn that into a thriving business, along with some other crafts
- Learn to scuba dive and visit The Great Barrier Reef
- Take a spontaneous trip to wherever – just get in my car and go or drive to the airport, buy a ticket to any destination that takes my fancy and take off
- Make a room full of people laugh … on purpose!
- Be rid of my migraines – forever
- Organise all my photos and memorabilia into albums and scrap books for my kids
- See my beautiful and special children both grow up into loving, humble, happy and secure men
That’s a good start, I think =) I guess the next step is to draw up a Big Plan!
Now then … what about you?
What’s on YOUR bucket list?
I can definitely relate to most, if not all of these…I think it’s awsome having goals in life…
Not to blow any trumpets here but when I left school, I started a sort of bucket list…and I’m half way done. Most of them are travel and wildlife related but this year, after spending news years eve with friends who run a dance school…I bit the bullet and went for salsa lessons! Let me tell you, I have never had so much fun in a long time! And falling on my ass in front of a number of beautiful woman has never been so unhumiliating
I recomend it highly…
@Ches … Oh WOW!!! That’s fan-bloody-TASTIC
Big up to you for starting a bucket list at such a young age and actually managing to get through a lot of it. Awesome stuff!
Yeah, I gotta give Salsa a shot – I love dancing so much, just have to conquer my shyness
BTW, I fixed the typo in your URL – transposing the “p” and “s” in blogspot takes you somewhere else
this rocks. i need to work on mine
hehe. Ches does that all over the place. its his littlekicker to us all. Hi Ches! I stalk you regularly tss tss
@cath … OOOOH!! Was I supposed to leave it then? Hope I haven’t broken some Freedom of Speech rule ERK!
I would LOVE to see yours … consider yourself TAGGED Cath, hehe.
*****swoooning all over this blog @ Ches*****
Nice list, Sue
@SheBee … nothing nicer than a guy who can dance, hey? (or play the geetarr!!)
And Fanks! Was fun to do …
*says nothing about boys who dance*
hehe……your list has challenged me. Oh dear, by reading your blog I’ve been more challenged than I’ve been in a while. Difficult, but VERY needed. Thank you.
ANFIELD?!
tsk tsk tsk…..
Get Fight Night 3 for xbox360, quick and easy way to get all the achievements and a ton of fun multiplayer!
Thanks JB…ya everyone thought I’d lost my marbles for a sec there, he he
@Steven – YES!! Absolutely!! I never walk alone
Makes for interesting Premier League watching with Sir G, your fellow Blues supporter haha
@Ches … Cool man. The Bee and I areonnit dude!
@JOC – tricky, yes – but a worthwhile exercise methinks
Cath – you have have you? Quietly it seems…
I can give you advice bout point number 18 and 29. Used to struggle with them. for smoking cravings, try peanuts, but the ones that still has the dop on. that way fidgeting to get them open will help a bit. secondly, i will suggest that you go see a neurologist bout the migraines, my sister had the problem and he said it is some sort of chemical inbalance (pardon the english, mine sucks a bit)
So ja, hope that helps
@Carlo … peanuts?? FAT!!!! hmmmm
Yeah, I do need to see a neurologist, you’re right about that. I’ve been putting that off though ‘cos I don’t have a full medical aid, only a hospital plan. Oh dear … I should probably look at how much that’s going to cost so I can budget for it.
How did the neurologist diagnose your sister?
yep, peanuts. it worked for me though, but results may vary. I actually have a craving list somewhere that tells you what your body actually needs when you are craving something. oh, and when you stop smoking you should try jogging. it helps.
As for the migrain, im not sure how he diagnosed it, I think it involved a cat scan or mri and some bloodwork. but I can find out the doctor’s name and d it to you on twitter? (for the record, im carlojnel…)
Good luck
Carlo – I know who you are !!! Hehehe
Yes, please DM me. Thanx.
These rock!
@Cluckhoff …
It was SUCH a great list to make for a change – beats that crappy old Great Wall of China To Do list any day!!
We did that. We just drove to the middle of South Africa, the exact middle was somewhere in the Karoo. Stopped and then decided where we wanted to go, end up driving 5500km and seeing 7 of the 9 provinces of South Africa.
No 26 is something everyone should try.
@esvl … wow, what an adventure!! That’s very cool
some of these are easy ie #18
@Mark … ummmmm … no?