Entry for 23rd June, 2008

I have been very concerned by my own mortality since I turned 40. If the evidence of 3 out of 4 grandparents and 1 out of 2 parents is to be believed, I have almost certainly passed the halfway point. I can't help feeling that I wasted a bit too much of my time playing fantasy football and watching re-runs of "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
I feel that I should be more ambitious in my latter years. the problem is that I basically like the things that I do - my job is absorbing; I really enjoy the theatre; and I like to go out with my mates for a bit of a laugh. However, if you write down your list of Things to Do Befor You Die on a big sheet of paper, I somehow feel that the only entry should not read -
Do a bit more of the stuff I do just now.
I imagine that Marie Curie, Genghis Khan and even Sid Little all had more ambitious targets than that. I am off now to dream up some important targets for the limited time that I have left on the planet.