Today I Start!

You may be thinking what in the world did he start?  He's been going for years!

Years is right!  Today I turn 39.  It's not a big milestone, and I'm actually not dreading becoming 40, but today I have begun to look back at my life.  I'm not complaining because I love my life and everybody in it.  As I looked back, however, I have noticed one trend.  Because of family obligations and God's call on my life, I have spent an extreme amount of the past 39 years taking care of everybody else.  Sometimes this has occurred at the cost of my health.  Other times this has occurred at the cost of me accomplishing things for me.  All of this has added up to me not doing things I have always wanted to do, and not attempting things that I may have been afraid of.

Well, this year I hope to change all of that.  This is the year of my Top 40 Countdown.  This is my 40th year bucket list.  This will be the place where I share with the world me trying to accomplish a list of 40 things before I turn 40.  I am still working on my list.  I will post it shortly.  My real goal is to have a well balanced list of things that are easy that I just have never done, as well as, things that will be a great challenge to accomplish throughout this year.  I may or may not finish the list, but I have 366 days to try (this is a leap year).

I invite you on this journey with me as I laugh, cry, celebrate, and mourn all of the things I will accomplish or fail at along the way.  Follow this blog for updates and posts about my progress.  This ought to be a great year or great things.