I haven’t thought about things I want to do before I die. There are many small items, but for the most part they are close at hand. The items that are more distant make up my bucket list.
First item is attending a Yes concert. I’ve been listening to their music and they quickly became my favorite band. I also want to learn how to play the song Clap by Yes’s guitarist. Learning to play it will take a long time. It requires musical mastery.
Another item is to summit a mountain before sunrise. In 2017 I hiked up Mt. Baldy in Cimarron, New Mexico with some of my old Boy Scout troop. We had hoped to make it by sunrise but we missed it by about two hours despite getting up at 2 am.
The last item is to learn how to cook my mom’s gumbo from scratch. Every winter, she makes gumbo from scratch and it’s my favorite meal. I want to watch her closely to learn exactly how she makes it and to be able to make it myself.
Ultimately I don’t know what the future has in store for me. While modest, these goals seem like the most meaningful and realistic goals that I could achieve within my lifetime.
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