Before I Die

Shout out to Randy at Ethos.

I read about Andrew Stanton in a recent issue of Men’s Health magazine, and I have decided that he will serve as my role model. He’s my age, about my weight and his process is pretty much the same as what I am doing now as well as what I want to do when I get ‘there’.

In reading the blogs in my Google Reader, I discover that Randy over at Ethos posted on May 29th a list of some of the things he wanted to do before he died. As I have a similar list, I thought it would be a good part of the ‘process’ to share it with you here. There must be a commonality to all lists like this as I even have some of the same items on my list that Randy has.

So far, this list has only lived in my head. Before I die, I want to:

• Get a tattoo.
• Climb Mt. St. Helens.
• Cycle Oregon.
• Do the Century Ride of the Centuries.
• Run the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
• Hike the Oregon portion of the Pacific Crest Trail.
• Drive Coast-to-Coast in a convertible with my friend for life, Bryan.
• Ride motorcycles with Jeff to the tip of South America.
• Visit (in no particular order) Great Britain, Australia, Czech Republic, Romania, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Poland, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Italy.
• Publish a book.
• Visit all Seven Continents.
• Go back to college and get right all I got wrong the first time.

That’s it for now… the list is a living thing. Just like when I lose this weight and become more than a living thing. But a person who enjoys living.