“In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.”
Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)

I once wrote the following list as goals that I would like to accomplish in my lifetime.

1) to be knighted by English Royalty

2) to have some Japenese figure of power to have a sword made for me…and I mean a REAL sword - Japenese steel (I had this one before Kill Bill came out…BTW)

3) to let loose a 1969 Black Mustang Convertible on the Autobahn. A couple trips and then off to Amsterdam for a month I won’t remember.

4) to verbally rip a president in a public forum.

5) to kick the ass of someone like a Navy Seal ( someone trained well).

6) to surf a big wave - not a Tsunami but a large storm driven wave.

7) to be the Sade of Hip-Hop.

8) to die having done or doing something truly noble.

9) to be on Real Time with Bill Maher, P.T.I., the show of some jerk like Bill O’Reilly (and rip him).

10) to become wealthy and NOT buy stupid shit I don’t need or forget about as soon as I buy it.

11) to get an honorary degree from the college I left.

12) to revitalize a third world country.

13) to successfully create cold fusion. (which could help #12)

14) to win an award people covet and not accept it (not the nobel though).

So I went over these and then I thought about things that I have done that were worthwhile and this is what I came up with.

1) I have increased my income on every job I ever had, without any special education or training and still remain one of the youngest most relied upon people.

2) I have helped hundreds of young people get a job, a GED or get into college. One of whom is pulling $45 an hour and I may ask him to hook me up with a job.

3) I haven’t relied on a lot of people to accomplish some of the best things I’ve done.

4) I have exactly zero baby mommas.

5) I have never cheated on a woman.

6) I have demonstratd more self control than I will ever admit on this blog.

7) I have been outside of and on both ends of this country.

8) I’ve told people with authority over me (job wise) that I wasn’t going to do what they say, meant it and followed through.

9) I’ve come through for friends when it counted.

10) I see more in front of me than what’s behind me.

11) I’ve perfomed on stages with people I admire.

12) My ace has joked about me to someone that didn’t know we were friends and this third party (who I don’t know) stuck up for me to the point my ace had to explain we’ve known each other almost two decades. Additionally, several people have said I have a good reputation.

I’m still working on the first list though.