A Successful Life

Katie bought the fun version of Life at D.I. the other day, and we've played it at least 5 times already. I lose most of the time. I'm not sure why. I just end up paying for box tickets to the World Series and producing a music video for a rock band. I think it's funny that success in the game of life is determined by how much money you have. Sure, you get tokens for doing things like "going fishing" and "playing a family game" but those tokens are just converted into money at the end of the game.

On the back of those tokens are things you have accomplished, showing you what a successful and full life you've had. Here are the things that make an abundant life...according to Life. You can consider this my to-do list:

1. Climb Mt. Everest
2. Invent New Ice Cream Flavor
3. Run World Record Mile
4. Solution to Pollution
5. Nobel Peace Prize
6. Humanitarian Award
7. Invent New Sport
8. Build Better Mousetrap
9. Pulitzer Prize
10. Swim English Channel
11. Design New Computer
12. Cure the Common Cold
13. Compose a Symphony
14. Paint a Masterpiece
15. Write a Great American Novel
16. Win Dance Contest
17. Lifetime Achievement Award
18. Open Health Food Chain
19. Save Endangered Species
20. Family Horse Wins Derby
21. Become President
22. Toy Invention Wins Big
23. Discover New Planet
24. Find New Energy Source

The back of the box says that there should be 25 tokens, so I guess we're missing one. That's OK; I'll just make my own:

    25. Write a blog post every day for a year