Today's Path: Another 10 of My 50 List

I hope that everyone has been thinking over their 50 Lists. It is quite hard to get to 50.
A few guidelines to remember when making your lists:

1. Be specific. There are reasons why places have names. USE THEM!!
2. Avoid using all, most and part of.
3. Avoid grouping things (ex. mountain ranges vs. the Rockies).

Without further ado here is another 10 of my 50 List:

• Get a Tattoo
• Going Skiing in the Rocky Mountains
• Learn to Cha Cha Cha
• Climb Pike's Peak
• Go Cliff Diving
• Run in a 5K
• Visit the Taj Mahal
• Ride a Zip Line through the Rain Forrest
• See the Northern Lights
• See the Ball Drop on New Year's Eve in New York

Today's Path: 10 of My 50 list

My 50 list is in the process, but it is still a long way from being finished (40 things to be exact). These are things come hell or high water I am going to do before I am 50. They are not too general that you can do them all the day before you turn 50 but not too specific that you won't ever get them done. These are not in any certain order.

This is what I have so far:

• Skydive
• Go for a Hot Air Balloon Ride
• Visit all 50 states
• Visit 6 out of the 7 continents (one down)
• Wind Surfing
• Scale part of the Grand Canyon
• Drive a race car
• Take the Polar Bear Plunge
• Go to the Olympics as a Spectator
• Ride an Ostrich

As you can see I still need some help.

My friend Gabe's list is:

• Wind surfing
• invent something
• Visit a castle
• Go on a safari
• visit the pyramids
• Ride in a fighter plane
• Throw out a first pitch at a major league game
• Visit Niagra Falls
• Make my own film
• Go to another country

If you have a list let me know and I will add it to the blog, and I will hold you to it.
Feel free to post as many things as you can.

Today's Path: 50 by 50

The past few weeks I have taken the time to set some goals for myself and am enjoying where I am going.

For a while I just haven't been feeling myself. I wasn't enjoying what I was doing, and I started questioning what I was doing with my life. One way that I have change the path I am on was by deciding to have a 50 by 50 list, 50 things to do before I turn 50.

My list is not fully formulated yet, but it is in the works. I have taken the time to start doing things outside of the box. I am a "normal" person for the most part, even though I do not believe in "normal" or "average." For example, Friday night I went to a Monster Truck Rally. Not something, the "old" me would do. While we were there they had Motocross racers jumping these huge jumps. I found that that is something that is not on the my list.

However, I am going to SkyDive. SkyDiving is on my 50 list, but I do need some more ideas. Let me know what some of your 50's are.

Here is some footage from Friday Night.

Today's Path: Why Things Happen

Do you ever wonder why things happen? You know, the reason behind the event?

This past Friday, I was on my way to Missouri Baptist, for their Perk event, and I was following this car that was going 55mph down Hwy 40. For some unknown reason I didn't go around them. I followed behind them at the good ol' speed of 55. On most days I would have sped around them to get to where I was going, but this time I didn't.

About the time I was preparing to get off the highway, a deer ran out onto the highway and the lady I was following SMASH right into the deer. I pulled off to the side of the road to make sure that everything was okay.

I don't know why I slowed down to follow the lady, but for some reason I did and was able to help them after they hit the deer.

Since Friday, I have felt more like myself. I have started asking more questions and being excited about everything.

There is a reason behind everything that happens; sometimes it just takes us a while to figure it out.

Today's Path: A Natural Phenomenon

Tonight I went to a friend's house to watch the Blues' game, they won 3-2 FYI. But that is all irrelevant. Here is what is relevant.

When I was leaving we walked outside, and as usual I looked up at the sky to see the stars, (this might just be the Aries in me but there is something fascinating about the stars and the beach to me) and bang there it was! A streak of light. It was a shooting star.

It has probably been 8 years since I have seen a shooting star; the last time being when I was in sixth grade and was ambitious enough to wake up at 3am to watch a meteor shower.

It was the single greatest thing I have seen in quite some time, but I also believe it is something everyone should see. It brings back wishing and believing that a shooting star can make your wishes come true.

If you haven't ever seen a meteor shower or a shooting star, you are missing out. However, on November 17/18 you can see a meteor shower. But if you cannot see the shower in November here is a clip of a meteor shower.

Today’s Path: Are You a Rock Star?

It is Halloween time, and everyone is preparing their Halloween costumes and masks. But what about the masks we wear everyday?

Yeah, sometimes they are called hats; however, how you act in that hat is your mask.

This is something that I myself am trying to overcome. I am this person at work, this person at school and this person everywhere else. It’s like I am expected to fit into each role and display certain characteristics.

I am DONE with being a different person in each place…DONE!!

I am a ROCK STAR, as my good friend Gena tells me. I am a rock star at work, school and everywhere in between.

What defines who you are? What do you do? What do you like most about you and what do you like the least? They all make up who you are.

Even when you are yelling at your little brother for leaving things in the middle of the floor and you trip over them in the morning, it is a part of YOU!!!

Decide who you want to be. Because I am a ROCK STAR, and I am going to party like one!!!

Enjoy!

Today's Path: Get into it!

Last night at work we held our 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat Event. Trunk or treating is a way to ensure that kids stay safe around Halloween. Families decorate the trunks of their cars and the kids go from trunk to trunk "Trunk" or treating.

Besides the Trunk or Treating, we had several other games. I was in charge of the mummy wrapping contest. I think, the best activity the entire night. The kids were racing to see who could wrap their mummy the fastest.

After a few pairs went, we were down to only three kids at a time wanting to race. So I helped the odd person and wrapped them.

I only intended to wrap one or two mummies, but four mummies later I was not doing to hot.

I was so dizzy I could not stand up. My boss came over and told me I got into the event too much.

Wait a second back this train up! I got into it too much? What is the point if you aren't going to jump in and have fun? Granted I did pay for it that night, but oh well.

If you are going to do something, do it because it is fun and you want to, not because you have to.