Things I Would Like to Do in My Lifetime!
✔ = what’s done so far (last updated December 27, 2022)
1. I would like to live a long, healthy life at least to the year 2020. ✔
2. I would like to provide a comfortable standard of living for my family. ✔
3. Write and have a few novels published. ✔
4. Have five songs recorded. ✔
5. Make more money than I need. ✔
6. Talk with the president. ✔
7. Make three good family or friends movies. ✔
8. Play the piano or guitar. ✔
9. Type 40 words a minute correctly. ✔
10. Sell millions of dollars’ worth of merchandise. ✔
11. Make my wife feel happy, healthy, pretty and young all her life. ✔
12. Give my children the most love, the best education and best example I can give. ✔
13. Visit New Orleans. ✔
14. Paris. ✔
15. London. ✔
16. Vienna. ✔
17. Dresden/Berlin. ✔
18. L.A. ✔
19. San Diego. ✔
20. Las Vegas. ✔
21. Chicago. ✔
22. St. Thomas. ✔
23. Run 10 miles straight. ✔
24. Swim the width of a river. ✔
25. Beat a number-one seeded tennis player in a tournament. ✔
26. Play golf in the 70s a few times. ✔
27. Correspond with the pope. ✔
28. Speak to a TV audience. ✔
29. Do a comedy monologue in a nightclub. ✔ (Dad)
30. Be interviewed on a radio program. ✔ (Dad) ✔
31. Get my picture in a national magazine. ✔
32. Make money on the stock market. ✔
33. Set up a charitable fund. ✔
34. Drive a Corvette. ✔
35. Teach a class about wine. ✔
36. Have a 34-inch waist again. ✔
37. Own a $200 suit. ✔
38. Own a black tux. ✔
39. Send Joan on a $1,000 shopping spree. ✔
40. Help Laura win a scholarship. ✔
41. Own a large house with our own land. ✔
42. Have my own tennis court. ✔
43. See a World Series game live. ✔ (Dad: Phillies 2, Toronto 0)
44. Go to a Super Bowl game. ✔
45. See the NCAA basketball finals. ✔
46. Go to the Rose Bowl. ✔
47. Surf in the Pacific Ocean. ✔
48. Grow a watermelon. ✔
49. Own a wine cellar of fine wines. ✔
50. Plant an apple tree. ✔
51. Skydive at least once. ✔
52. Go sailing by myself. ✔
53. Be invited to a political convention. ✔
54. Help my parents enjoy their retirement. ✔ (Dad)
55. Pay back my dad $1,000 plus interest. ✖ (Dad: failed) ✔
56. Own a great record collection. ✔ (Dad)
57. Develop an impressive library. ✔
58. Ride a horse fast. ✔
59. Sing at my daughter’s wedding. ✔
60. Dance at my grandchildren’s weddings. ✔