Established in 1966

Aging weighs heavily on my mind because this year, I will turn 40. I (like many other men) take time to reflect on my goals and aspirations from when I graduated high school. Therefore, it is time to review the list to determine my progress:

  • Buy a new Pontiac Fiero
  • Earn a million dollars by age 40 Well, this one does not look very promising. Of course I didn’t clarify if that was every dollar I have ever made, so in the 25 years I have been working, I think this one counts.
  • Ride in a limo by age 35. Actually, on my 35th birthday, my wonderful wife and kids took me to Morton’s in a limo.
  • Get married without kids. Well, I guess THAT didn’t work out as planned.
  • Travel to all 50 states and 20 countries. 49 states and 2 countries completed. I guess I better hit Hawaii and do some overseas traveling.
  • Invent something useful. LMAO…I seriously doubt I will actually accomplish this.
  • Own my own house. YEAH! Check! Well, the bank owns it.
  • Gain 25 pounds. OK, let me explain. When I graduated high school, I was 5 feet 10 inches and 127 pounds. I was a stick. Needless to say, I have totally blown that 25 pounds out of the water. Now if I lost 25 pounds, I would be thrilled.
  • Run my own company. Did this one. Then when we had it running, we sold it off.
  • Make a boat out of duct tape. I actually made this boat with a friend while I was in the Air Force. But the problem was the cardboard on the other side of the duct tape sealant. When it had the slightest bit of water hit it, the cardboard softened. So the boat floated for about 2 minutes successfully before taking on water.
  • Have sex with more than one woman at a time. :) I will never tell…

So, instead of dwelling on my losses and going out and buying some Miata convertible to make up for everything I “lost” out on, I decided to take my list and revise it ever so slightly.

  • To not be in debt when I die.
  • Buy any new car.
  • Earn a million dollars. In this case, I am referring to Taiwan New Dollars. That equals out to 30,875.63 US dollars.
  • To pay off this house I “own.”
  • Make a boat out of duct tape.
  • Travel to all 50 states and 20 countries. 49 states and 2 countries completed. I guess I better hit Hawaii and do some overseas traveling.
  • Watch my kids get married.
  • Graduate from college.
  • Lose 40 pounds.
  • Still be ABLE to have sex at 80.

This brings me to my point (as I almost always have one). When you are young you have visions and ambitions for what the world has to offer. You are just waiting to conquer everything on your list and be rich, famous, better than your parents were. As you age, reality has to take over your thought process. When I see the man with the toupee flapping in the breeze in his Miata convertible leaving the divorce lawyer’s office, I wonder what he missed so badly that he is willing to ruin his life.

This is life. Sometimes the things you plan don’t always work the way you want. The reality. It is reality that teaches you the lessons you really need to know.

What are your goals in life?

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