On Being Sixty: 60 Things To Do Before I Am 60

Sixty Things To Do Before I am Sixty!

1. Write a list of sixty things to do
2. Complete and submit my screenplay
3. Finish three more screenplay drafts, based on the ideas that I have
4. Go to Venice and stand on the Realto
5. Go to Vienna
6. Finish Paige’s Room
7. Finish Erin’s room
8. Get my Headshots done
9. Get my teeth fixed
10. Paint a great piece of art for the house
11. Pay off all of the excess owed on loans etc
12. Sell all of the copies of Esmeralda (that’s worth £12,000) @ £5.99 each
13. Complete the front and rear gardens
14. Complete push it for Peace
15. Complete the London 10 K
16. Complete the London Triathlon 2015 in less than one hour!
17. Qualify to ware GB Colours
18. Re do the kitchen
19. Fix the Oven and Hob
20. At least three romantic weekends away with Chris
21. Redecorate our bedroom and make it passionate
22. Blog 60 times
23. Get 60 followers for my Blog
24. Reach 2000 followers for my twitter account
25. Design and build a fitted wardrobe in our room
26. Create £5,000 in a savings account
27. Handwrite at least 12 letters to Ryan
28. Re-condition my car
29. Buy a new camera Cannon 70D
30. Improve on my website
31. Apply for a promotion
32. Refocus my Kindle Books and publish at least six
33. Start a family tree
34. Organize all of our photos into albums
35. Convert our video into edited digital
36. Be willing to fail!
37. Do an amazing Halloween setup at the house
38. Disney Paris
39. Do something special for Christmas
40. Complete all of the Christmas shopping by Thanksgiving
41. Go Camping with Paige
42. Go fishing with Paige until she catches her first fish on her own
43. Visit my family in Stockport
44. Make a short film
45. Replace Chris’s Wedding Band
46. Teach a monologue coaching class
47. Learn 4 Monologues
48. Go to the Theatre at least four times with Erin
49. Raise £500 for charity
50. Take my two days from work and volunteer for charity
51. Be a better listener
52. Visit the beach where my mothers ashes were spread
53. Go camping on my own and spend that time alone to reflect
54. Replace the dish washer
55. Claim back the conservatory
56. Sort and throw out all unwanted items to make room in the house
57. Grow a wall garden with Paige 2015
58. Do something green for the house Photo or wind
59.  Attend my In-laws 50^th Wedding anniversary
60. Spend time with my Son and Daughter-in-law

Think Positive, Ask Why! 

Lee

On Being Sixty

On August 23^rd 2014 I entered into my 60^th year. To be clear, I am 59. I find this both jolting and amazing. 

When I look back to when I was ten and think of the life expectancy of many of my Grandparents generation, it strikes me immediately how fortunate I am to live in a time when health and longevity are so much better than of those times. Both of my Grandfathers died at age 65 of a similar lung condition brought on by the working environment they were exposed to. I look at my life now and I am extremely grateful that I am not only healthy but that my generation in general is in a much better position to face our future. I have just finished my second London Triathlon along with many my age. While I realise that this is not Earth shattering stuff I am happy that I can look forward to what appears at the moment, a long and healthy future ahead of me.

It struck me that in this last year of the decade of my fifties, I should mark it with a yearlong celebration of my life. What could I do, where could I go and what landmarks might I achieve if I put all of my focus towards those goals? I work very hard and I love my job, but I know how easy it is to let that define the person we are. Nothing wrong with that you might say, however I don’t want my life to have been all work and no play.

I am going to write on this blog sixty times and chronicle the next year of my life. I blog because it is the way we do things these days. An online diary, a letter to the world and a way of sharing what is important to me. I think that is why so many people Blog. If it touches one other person, so be it and if not then at least I will have a diary that I hope will inspire my Children to examine their lives and in doing so, live better ones.

I am also creating a list of 60 things I want to do before I am 60. At first glance that does not seem like a lot, but when you think there are only 52 weeks in a year, suddenly that brings the year into focus. I will post the list when it is complete which should be within the next week. Some of the items are quite large and some no so much, but put together they make up a year of doing rather than of talking about. I hope I am left with a wonderful list of achievements on my 60^th birthday and not a list of regrets and could have been.

I hope you will join me with your own list of things to do before your next birthday. Let’s make the world a little better for having spent a year together.

Live Passionately, Ask Why!

Lee