I was listening to the Ricky Gervais podcast and he, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington were chatting about things, including death and such. And then I thought about how often I say, “I’m putting that on my list” – meaning, I refer to something that I want to explore/do/see/etc…
So, this led me to sit down and do my next blog on making a list of twenty-one things (I like odd numbers) that I absolutely must do before I pass on to the next level, whatever that may be. (And maybe, after reading this, you might want to write your own. You never know, writing it down may crystallize things so that when opportunities arise or become even remotely possible, you jump on them…)
1. drive a Ferrari, on a road I can do at least 100mph
2. spend a month in Italy, speaking the language fluently
3. have at least one feature film distributed in all the major cities (preferably worldwide, but I’d accept this, considering the business I chose…)
4. visit Liverpool
5. visit each continent, at least once
6. meet Jonathan Franzen
7. meet Francis Ford Coppola, not from chance but from purpose
8. work at a vineyard, at least for a day
9. visit the gravesites of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Victor Hugo
10. scuba dive
11. fall in love with someone who makes me laugh and continually surprises me, and I do that for them
12. read the Bible
13. climb a mountain
14. publish something
15. learn something new each and every day I’m conscious
16. ride in a hot air balloon
17. own a dog that looks like Toto, who I name Lenny (after John Lennon, of course)
18. kiss someone who makes me go weak in the knees
19. invent something I can patent
20. meet Kenneth Lonergan and tell him how much his film “you can count on me” changed my life
21. never settle