On Turning 30…
As many of you probably know, I celebrated my 30th birthday on Tuesday. Actually, the celebrations began Monday night as the Cowboys throttled the Eagles 41-37 in the last Monday night game ever to be played at Texas Stadium.
Opportunity presents itself for me to quote “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys,” and tie in Monday night’s victory with my life long devotion to the team and its’ personalities. However, I think I’m going to take this in a different direction.
A couple of my co-workers decided to take me out to Pei Wei to celebrate my birthday with lunch. I’ve never been one for fortune cookies, I seldom find them entertaining and I sure as hell don’t believe in them, but I decided to get one prior to leaving.
“You are a lover of words, someday you should write a book.”
Like many people with a degree in English, I dream of being published one day. I seriously doubt that getting this strip of paper in a cookie will aide me in accomplishing that goal, but it does serve as an a gentle reminder to follow through with goals I have set for myself.
While I’m far from an old man, I have reached a numeric milestone. It’s time to take stock and set out a list of goals that I hope to accomplish over the next 30 years.
- Get published
- Start a family
- Attend a Super Bowl, in person, that the Cowboys win
- Finish some form of graduate school
- Be my own boss
- Own my home
- Be interviewed by NPR
- Run a marathon
- Play a round at Augusta National
- Laugh at myself daily
- Laugh at others daily
- Rediscover the piano
- Learn what people mean by “post-modern” Christianity
- Attend every Dallas Mavericks’ home opener
- Teach at least one college level course
- Live in a town that understands Friday Night Lights
