My "Done" List

"Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible. " - Jimmy Connors

My introductory post for this blog mentions documenting my rise. Lets see how I've done so far since that post in 2010 when I was 24...

HANDFUL OF PROS:

• I graduated magna cum laude.
• I kayaked with dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico.
• I met my drum idol Mike Portnoy twice.
• I moved to Spain to finish up my college degree
• While in Spain, I visited the cities of Cordoba, Sevilla, Granada, Jerica, Gandia, Madrid, Barcelona, Sagunt, and lived in Valencia.
• I tripled my knowledge of the spanish language. (Still don't know much at all)
• I road tripped to France from Spain, Slept in the Pyrenees Mountains, rock climbed in Fontainebleau France, and visited Paris.
• I visited Marrakech, Morocco in Africa, road tripped into the Sahara Desert, rode a camel to my tent where I camped in the desert.
• I improved my photography skills immensely. (Still never fully satisfied with my photos)
• I visited London, saw Harry Potter in the Odeon Theatre, and ate fish 'n chips!
• I wrote and recorded four songs of my own, and wrote three musical scores for others including a  documentary for Kevin Sorbo of the old TV show "Hercules" fame.
• I created a music video recorded all over the world using Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater (my fav band EVER)'s iPad app, and got some attention from him personally.
• I travelled, couch surfed, and have seen many new states.
• I became a ski bum and worked on a beautiful snowy mountain just to snowboard all season.
• I visited the bahamas.
• I photographed my first wedding, and the couple is happy with the work.
• I moved to Massachusetts.
• I saw Peter Gabriel in concert.
• I've gone apple picking! Very new experience for me.
• I've learned to Salsa dance. (Still a beginner!)
• I've gone to my first pro baseball and football game.
• I lost weight. My heaviest was 280lbs. I got down to 180.
• I've made many plans for my future. Great plans. Plans just right for someone as odd as me.
• I went skydiving

HANDFUL OF CONS:

• I keep "planning" my future.  Planning is just make believe.
• I gained weight. I'm now at 235.. "Obese" according to the BMI.
• I keep setting off to do these huge plans in my head. Take some action towards my dreams, and I feel like the efforts aren't even close to what I need to do to make them real.
• I feel like I run in the same circles with some of my close relationships. (Can't embellish on here.)
• I have not written 50 songs, only 3.
• I have not created much video content. Lots of footage, but not many full productions.

To keep things short, I limited the pros and cons very much. I must admit I've done some RAD stuff.  The things I have done are great for conversations.  I actually do get some sort of enrichment from doing amazing stuff.

However, I don't feel full because of them.

The weight in the few cons I posted is enough to tip the scale.  Gotta get started.