So we are somehow one month into the year (seriously wasn’t it just Christmas?) and I have ticked four of my 50 first list ideas, putting me on track to completion so far. This last week I ticked two on the same day. It was one of the coolest days of my life!
To me, there are only a few people in this world who exude excellence.
Kobe Bryant was one of them.
Everything Kobe did was excellent, but, to me, one of the things that stood out the most about Kobe is that he expected that same excellence out of everyone around him.
Baseball, my favorite sport, has been marred by a cheating scandal. Allegations run rampant for months regarding teams, namely the Houston Astros and Boston Rex Sox, and earlier last week Major League Baseball (MLB) handed out punishments to the Houston Astros.
I am kind of a foodie. There was a time when I only ate four things — hot dogs, chicken fingers, pizza and french fries.
But now… I eat almost anything and food is one of my passions.
That being said, I have a few 50 first food dreams that I have not yet fulfilled. Like the rest of my list when it comes to food I have done a lot of things so far.
Last year, you might have read a column that I wrote entitled something like “A very millennial resolution.” In that very column, I wrote about my New Year’s resolution for 2019: stay off my phone more.
Well, I write this column in 2020 informing you that, as someone recently told me, I have completely and utterly failed at that.
I will turn 50 this year and I have decided to make a list of “50 firsts.” They are things I have never done that I have always wanted to do. This is a challenge for me. I have done a lot of things — lived in other countries, swam with giant turtles, gone whale watching, hitchhiked in Oz and motorcycled the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
So a very cool friend of mine had to get rid of her chickens and asked me to take them.
I have always wanted chickens but right now is so not the best time for me to have them. Yet I went over there about two weeks ago to pick them up. I watched my friend trying to round them up — I certainly wasn’t about to get pecked to death and didn’t dare try to touch them.
So my 26th birthday is Monday (please hold all applause until the end).
My 26 years on earth have been interesting, for sure. Like everyone, I’ve experienced very high highs and very low lows.
I’ve learned a lot. As a lifelong learner it’s imperative that I learn from my mistakes. Sure, my girlfriend wishes that I didn’t need to make mistakes to learn obvious lessons, but, apparently, that’s not how I roll.
Yep, my favorite season is here and I have already been out exploring our Black Hills ice.
My partners and I ventured out into the wilderness to climb a 100 foot ice climb known as the Harney flow. (I asked the questions if it’s now called the Black Elk Peak flow but got no response.)
