Yes YOU!
Been awhile I know, but I’m talking to you.
You’re the one that wouldn’t fall.
You couldn’t find the time.
You didn’t love me back.
And I have just 2 words for ya….
Be IN! Coffee = INspiration. Books = INformation. Beer = INtentional Enjoyment.
Yes YOU!
Been awhile I know, but I’m talking to you.
You’re the one that wouldn’t fall.
You couldn’t find the time.
You didn’t love me back.
And I have just 2 words for ya….
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
This and This feels like all there needs to be said tonight.
My plans of polishing off my 500 words on personal statements this evening, posting it with my new determinations, and celebrating a job well done with a Pumpking ran headlong into reality of life happening tonight. My coffeeshop/bar is out of the Southern Tier seasonal and midway into my edit my phone alights with news of the passing of Steve Jobs.
I feel posting anything else but something on Steve is not appropriate tonight— especially not my lowly thoughts about making a personal statement and standing proud in the face of your words. His statement is bigger than mine could ever be. So I’m sipping an nitro-tap Old Rasputin and will pay my respects by sharing what I’m feeling tonight.
I’m sad that the world has lost this amazing man.
Per inspiration and instructions from Mr. Impossible himself (AKA Joel Runyon of the Impossible League) I am sharing my own intended Life Itinerary Way-points:
The truly Epic:
Substantially and Quantifiably help one person pursue his/her passion… every year
Invent one word that makes it into the Dictionary (not just the urban one)
Fund an artist for (at least) a year
Other Life:
52 weeks of one blog post a week
52 weeks of one book a week
1 year living debt free (no mortgage, car payment, student loans, nor carried credit card balances)
Live in another country for (at least) 6 months
Publish an Academic Article
Publish a Non-Fiction Article (printed)
Be paid for a speaking gig
Teach a collegiate course
Travel:
Solo travel in non-english speaking country
Visit Every Continent
Drive US coast-to-coast
Spend (at least) 1 week hiking Appalachian Trail (or comparable)
Stay in a hostel (yes, I really never have)
Couchsurf
WOOF
Spend a night on a sailboat at sea
Have coffee in 50 countries before I turn 50
Fitness:
Race/Ride/Event in every US State (and DC)
5K (technically I haven’t raced a 5K, first race was 4miles) (Corri di Vita 9/30/12)
10K
Metric Century Ride
Full Century Ride
Double Century in one day (STP – July 2012)
Triathalon – sprint distance
Triathlon – olympic distance
Things to learn:
Scuba
Emergency Medical Training
Yoga teaching certification
Fluent in one other language
Things to try:
Bellydancing
Poledancing (for fitness)
Rollerderby
Guided Meditation
Fly a plane
Jump out of a plane (skydive)
Rappel
Hand-glide
Roast my own coffee
Brew My own beer
Raise Chickens
A 3-Day Fast
Polar Bear Swim
Surfing
Snowboarding
A lover of lit, wit and Post-its, I'm wondering & wandering into my best way of life. CBB is an ode to passion & call to action: Be IN.
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